12th European Space Mechanisms and Tribology Symposium 2007

ESMATS: The European Space Mechanisms and Tribology Symposium

This bi-annual event attracts around 200 space scientists, mechanism designers and engineers, and space project programme managers from all around the world. The 2005 event in Lucerne, Switzerland, attracted delegates from Japan, USA, China, India, Brazil, Australia, Canada and most of the countries of Europe. It will be the first time in its 22-year history that this 3-day symposium will be held in the UK, where it is being hosted in the city of Liverpool.
Liverpool is a city known throughout the world as rich in music, art, culture and sport. European Capital of Culture in 2008, Liverpool celebrates its 800th anniversary as a city in 2007 and has been recognised by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. It has good air, road and rail links, as well as excellent venues and attractions, and the ideal location to host the 3-day ESMATS event.

The Symposium will be held in the Crowne Plaza Hotel (New York Suite) which will be sponsored by paid surveys . The hotel is located in the heart of the Liverpool waterfront,a World Heritage Site, made famous by’The Three Graces’ - the Royal Liver Building, the Cunard Building and the Port of Liverpool Building.
ESMATS 2007 is being organised by ESTL – ESR Technology Ltd and sponsored and supported by:

• ESA (European Space Agency)
• The CCLRC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL)
• SULA Systems
• EADS Astrium Ltd
• ASTOS – The Association of Specialist Technical Organisations for Space
• BNSC – British National Space Centre
• RUAG Aerospace
• Space Center EPFL (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne)
• CNES – Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales and
• The Mersey Partnership