The school was held on the ESA/ESTEC premises in Noordwijk (The Netherlands) on 19-20 May 2011 (see group photo here)
| Thursday, 19 May | |||
| Title | Speaker | Time | Chair |
| Welcome and Logistics | S. Charlot, P. Jakobsen | 9:00 | n/a |
| Introduction: ESA and its Science Programme | M. McCaughrean | 9:15 | B. Dorner |
| Phases of a Project: What makes Space so Special? | P. Jakobsen | 10:15 | B. Dorner |
| Coffee break | 10:45 | ||
| Colloquium: the Antikythera Mechanism | M. Edmunds (Cardiff) | 11:00 | M. McCaughrean |
| Assessment and Selection Phase | P. Falkner | 12:15 | J. Rosdhal |
| Lunch | 13:00 | ||
| Implementation Phase | P. Jensen | 14:00 | S. Cazzoli |
| The Space Environment | E. Daly | 14:45 | S. Cazzoli |
| Coffee break | 15:30 | ||
| Structural Design | J.-C. Salvignol | 15:45 | J. Chevallard |
| Thermal Control | P. Poinas | 16:10 | J. Chevallard |
| Electrical and Testing | P. Rumler | 16:30 | J. Chevallard |
| Drink & Adjourn 1st Day | 17:15 | ||
| Friday, 20 May | |||
| Attitude Control | J.-P. Lejault | 9:00 | J. Caruana |
| Human Spaceflight | S. Mazzoni | 9:45 | J. Caruana |
| Coffee break | 10:30 | ||
| Tour of the ESTEC Test Facilities | 11:00 | n/a | |
| Launchers | C. Dujarric | 12:15 | Y.-Y. Chang |
| Lunch | 13:00 | ||
| Operations | J. Riediger | 14:00 | P. Troncoso |
| Wrap-up | S. Charlot | 14:45 | n/a |
| End of the ELIXIR School | 15:00 | ||