AV’s founding partners Arturo Vittori and Andreas Vogler have been interviewed by Discovery Channel (Canada) at Arturo Vittori’s home town Bomarzo in Italy.
The interview will be part of a documentation about Leonardo da Vinci and selected modern designers and inventors, who are considered as modern days’ Leonardos.

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Palais de Beaulieu, Lausanne, Switzerland, March 17, 2006

AV has been invited for a presentation at the professional conference habiter juste? juste habiter? habiter à l’extrême… organized by the Swiss Engineers and Architects organization SIA, which takes place on Friday 17th March from 16:00 to 19:00 at the Palais de Beaulieu in Lausanne, Switzerland.

The list of speakers include:
Claude Nicollier, astronaute
Mauro Pedretti, ingénieur
Anne Lacaton, architecte, Vassal et Lacaton architectes
Philippe Rahm, architecte
Andreas Vogler, architecte

AV has been invited to the International Space Station Business Club IBC Members’ Event “ESA Programmes – Future Outlook”, that is scheduled to take place on Friday, 10 March 2006, at ERASMUS/ESTEC.

Programme:
10.00-10.05 hrs
Welcome
IBC Secretariat

10.05 – 10.55 hrs
ESA Programmes – Future Outlook
Bob Chesson
European Space Agency

10.55 – 11.10 hrs
Towards the European Long-Term Strategy for Exploration
Bernhard Hufenbach
European Space Agency

11.10 – 11.40 hrs
Present and Future Opportunities in the Context of the European Exploration
Programme Aurora
Piero Messina
European Space Agency

11.40 – 12.00 hrs
AAS View on European Challenges and Opportunities in the Field of
Exploration
Tbd
Alcatel Alenia Space