annlang24001-es-cl-en — Announcement
Chilean Science Minister visits ESO Headquarters
25 April 2024: Today, Aisén Etcheverry, the Chilean Minister of Science, Technology, Knowledge and Innovation, accompanied by Gonzalo Arenas, the Ministry’s Head of International Relations and Maria Soledad Morales, Chilean Consul to Bavaria and Baden-Wütternberg visited the ESO Headquarters in Garching bei München, Germany. The visit, the first of a Chilean science minister to ESO’s facilities in Germany, provided an opportunity to further strengthen ties between ESO and Chile. The close collaborative relationship between ESO and Chile goes back over 60 years and has allowed the organisation to operate its telescopes at unique observing sites in Chile, while generating business opportunities and contributing to the development of Chilean astronomy. The visitors were hosted by ESO Director General, Xavier Barcons, and ESO’s Head of the Executive Office of the Director General & Head of Legal and Institutional Affairs, Laura Comendador Frutos. Following an opening presentation about ESO’s value chain and its societal impact by ...