Canadian Space Agency Hosting International Space Debris Meeting in Montreal

Longueuil, Quebec, May 15, 2012 - From May 22 – 25, 2012, the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) is hosting the 30th Inter-Agency Space Debris Coordination Committee (IADC) Meeting. The meeting will take place at McGill University in Montreal and is reserved for the IADC Delegation.

On Tuesday, May 22 from 11:45 a.m. to 12:45 p.m., some experts in the field of space debris will be available for media interviews.

Media representatives must contact CSA's Media Relations' Office by phone at 450-926-4370 or via email at media@asc-csa.gc.ca to book interviews.

May 22, 2012
Time	What	Who	Where
11:45 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.	Media availability	Dr. Dave Kendall, CSA Senior Advisor to President & Chairman of IADC Mr. Nicholas Johnson, NASA Chief Scientist for Orbital Debris Dr. Heiner Klinkrad, Head of European Space Agency (ESA) Space Debris Office Dr. Fernand Alby, Responsible for Centre national d'études spatiales (CNES) Space Debris & Space surveillance activities	McGill University Campus Faculty Club – Arthur Currie Room 3450 McTavish Montreal, Quebec

For more information about IADC: www.iadc-online.org/

For more information about the IADC Meeting: www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/events/2012/iadc.asp

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