Panel 1 “Institutional and Industrial position versus COTS, mission classification, equipment categorization”.

Moderated by Ferdinando Tonicello, Electrical Lead Engineer (TEC-E) ESA-ESTEC. Interesting questions were addressed: In Large System Integrators’ point of view, what should agencies do?, or Considering that the standards will be subject to tailoring, should “de-regulation” be supported? How to Guarantee quality and functionality,…,? Which were discussed, among others, by key panelist which also interacted with the audience through the “mentimeter” tool.

Panelist:

• Britta Schade. ESA Quality Manager. Head of the Product Assurance and Safety Department ESA-ESTEC
• Peter J Majewicz. Program Manager. NASA Electronics Parts & Packaging (NEPP) Program
• Pierre Timmerman. Director of Quality & Security. EUTELSAT
• Christian Lopes Quintas. EEE Parts Policy & EEE Critical Dossiers Expert. Airbus Defense & Space SAS.
• Elisabeth Marin. QA-EEE – 3E Parts Quality Manager. Thales Alenia Space.