This year, The European Southern Observatory (ESO) celebrates its 60th anniversary. On this occasion, an ESO Belgian Day is organized at the Planetarium of the Royal Observatory of Belgium on Thursday 8 December.
The event will bring together astronomers, ESO representatives, master and engineer students, industries and general public in a day and evening long series of talks, networking opportunities, streaming and live presentations. More precisely, the event will go like this (tentative program):

Belgian astronomers and students meet ESO (B-ESO Astronomy Day)
Belgian astronomers and PhD/master students and ESO representative (invited speaker) present astronomy research done with ESO instruments, from 9h to 16h30 with opportunities to meet student engineers and industries during the breaks (coffee, lunch)

Belgian engineer students meet ESO
Belgian student engineers (with professors) meet ESO representatives who present career opportunities at ESO, from 9h to 12h with opportunities to meet astronomers during the coffee break

ESO meet Belgian industries
Belgian industries (together with the Belgian Science Policy) present themselves to ESO representatives, from 12h to 16h30, with opportunities to meet astronomers during lunch time and coffee break

Belgian people meet ESO (B-ESO Outreach Event)
General public will discover ESO benefits to society and Belgian astronomy highlights obtained thanks to ESO instruments, from 19h to 21h (outreach presentations, live streaming, ESO full dome images)

18-06-2015
Belgian ESO Industry Day 2015 - BELSPO

BELSPO (Belgian Science Policy Office), together with ESO (European Southern Observatory), proposes an ESO industry day on the 18th June 2015, in Brussels, Belgium. During that day, ESO is introduced, an overview of the industrial sectors (technology, equipment, services) useful to ESO, and of ESO industrial procedures are provided. ESO's future projects and future industrial opportunities are presented, with a special focus on the E-ELT project. Business-to-Business meetings in the afternoon allow fostering synergic interactions between Belgian industries and ESO.

Agenda

Final participant list

Speeches and .pdf presentations:

• Welcome address.
  Margarida Freire,
  Director of Federal/Interfederal/International Coordination, BELSPO.
• The Belgian contribution to ESO.
  Sophie Pireaux,
  Industrial Liaison Officer and Belgian delegate to ESO Council in the name of BELSPO, BELSPO.
  Alain Heynen,
  Belgian delegate to ESO Finance Committee in the name of BELSPO, BELSPO
• Introduction to ESO and its programmes.
  Patrick Geeraert ,
  Director of Administration, ESO
• Ground-Based Astronomy in Belgium. 
  Belgian scientific interest and involvement in the E-ELT programme/instruments.
  Christoffel Waelkens,
  Belgian delegate to ESO Council, in the name of BNEC (Belgian National ESO Committee), KUL
• Industry opportunities in the ESO Technology Development Programme
  Gerald Hechenblaikner,
  Deputy Director, Directorate of Engineering, ESO
• ESO E-ELT programme: status and opportunities
  Roberto Tamai,
  E-ELT Programme Manager, Directorate of Programmes, ESO
• Industry opportunities in the instrumentation of ESO Programmes; and special focus on the E-ELT's
  Suzanne Ramsay,
  Deputy manager of the ELT instrumentation in in the E-ELT Programme, Directorate of Programmes, ESO
• Securing ESO Contracts - The procurement process
  Arnout Tromp,
  Head of Contract & Procurement Office, Directorate of Administration, ESO
• Optomechanics for the E-ELT
  Marc Cayrel,
  E-ELT Optomechanics Project Manager, Directorate of Programmes, ESO

 Additional documents:

• ESO community in Belgium (fiche)
• E-ELT First Light Instruments (fiches):
  • HARMONY
  • MAORY
  • METIS
  • MICADO
• ESO leaflets and other documentation provided at the industry day can be downloaded on http://www.eso.org/public/products

Industry entry point at ESO: https://www.eso.org/public/industry/cp.html

15-06-2011
Belgian ESO Industry Day 2011 - BELSPO

BELSPO (Belgian Science Policy Office), together with ESO (European Southern Observatory), proposed an ESO industry day on the 15th June 2011, in Brussels, Belgium. During that day, ESO was introduced, an overview of the industrial sectors (technology, equipment, services) useful to ESO, and of ESO industrial procedures were provided. ESO's future projects and future industrial opportunities were presented, with a special focus on the E-ELT project. Business-to-Business meetings allowed fostering synergic interactions between Belgian industries and ESO.

Agenda

Speeches

• Introduction to ESO
  Rowena Sirey, Head of External Relations, ESO
• Ground-Based Astronomy in Belgium. ESO and the E-ELT.
  Christoffel Waelkens, Belgian delegate to ESO Council, in the name of BNEC (Belgian National ESO Committee)
• ESO Technology Needs
  Roberto Tamai, Head of Technology Division, ESO
• Upcoming Opportunities - The E-ELT project
  Alistair McPherson, E-ELT Project Manager, ESO
• Securing ESO Contracts - The procurement process
  Patrick Geeraert, Head of Administration, ESO
• Instrumentation Programme at ESO
  Mark Casali, Head of Instrumentation, ESO
• Seminar: Precision Engineering and control on the E-ELT
  Roberto Tamai, Head of Technology Division, ESO
• Seminar: Civil and mechanical engineering opportunities in the E-ELT
  Alistair McPherson, E-ELT Project Manager, ESO
• E-ELT: Opportunities for companies in all aspects of construction