2009 Paris Air Show
The formation of WIA-Europe, WIA's first sister organization, was announced at the Le Bourget Paris Air Show on Monday, June 15, 2009, at the European Space Agency (ESA) in Paris, France. From left to right: ESA Director General, Jean-Jacques Dordain; WIA-Europe's first president, Simonetta di Pippo; WIA president-elect, Daryle Lademan; Former NASA Administrator Mike Griffin; WIA-Europe's first board chair, Claudia Kessler.