MEDIA ADVISORY

WHAT: Launch of the new Global Solutions Pavilion at Paris Air Show 2001

WHERE: Showcase Theater inside The Global Solutions Pavilion (Hall 1)

WHEN: Saturday, June 16, 2001
9:30 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.

WHO: Jean-Loup Chrétien, NASA Mission Specialist Astronaut (Brigadier General, French Air Force), and Bernard Harris, Astronaut with The SPACE Agency, will help AADI (a division of Hannover Fairs USA, Inc.), Salons Internationaux de l'Aeronautique et de l'Espace (SIAE) and the French Aerospace Industries Organization (GIFAS) launch the new pavilion at this media event

WHY: This year, for the first time, SIAE and AADI have partnered to present The Global Solutions Pavilion (GSP). The GSP is an international pavilion based on a new concept of presenting aerospace leading-edge technologies grouped by the four major business sectors (Space & Communications, Metals & Materials, On Board Cabin Comforts and The Business of Aviation).

CONTACTS: Stacy Sarault
Griffin Vosburg Group
+33 (0)1.41.69.33.87

or Marianne Ferrandi
AADI/Hannover Fairs USA, Inc.
+33 (0)1.41.69.34.11

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