With more than 560 registered attendees filling the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California, the first day of the Satellite Innovation Symposium (SIS) was quite the success.

Today's premiere of Satnews Publishers' SIS proved to be one of the most compelling events in the world of satellite innovation. 

The special boutique area of exhibitors representing their companies and sharing their technologies was also a perfect match for the event.

The list of speakers who offered their opinions and subject matter expertise in the various presentations left little doubt as to the stellar quality of the information being absorbed... for those who were unable to attend SIS, here is the complete list of the Day One speakers and their sessions... perhaps next year they will be able to join the Satellite Innovation Symposium 2018. 

Tuesday's speakers and subject matter are as compelling as day one, and the keynote speaker is a striking example of true satellite innovation, Greg Wyler of OneWeb

To learn more about the individual speakers, select the hot link that accompanies their name listing...

New Horizons in Space: The Innovation Landscape of Today

 

• Moderator: Randy Segal, Partner, Hogan Lovells
• Speaker: Gregg Burgess, VP for Engineering and Technology, Sierra Nevada Corp.
• Speaker: Devin Brande, Director, Advanced Programs, Orbital Insight
• Speaker: Phil Carrai, President, Kratos
• Speaker: Debra Facktor, VP/GM Strategic Operations and Commercial Business Unit, Ball Aerospace
• Speaker: Jim Simpson, Sr. Vice President Strategy & Business Development, Aerojet Rocketdyne

 

Ground-Based Ecosystems of the Future

 

• Moderator: Chris Baugh, CEO, Northern Sky Research - NSR
• Speaker: David Gelerman, CEO, Advantech Wireless
• Speaker: David Helfgott, President & CEO, Phasor Inc.
• Speaker: Richard Hadsall, Vice President of Global Network Operations, Kymeta
• Speaker: Kevin McCarthy, Vice President of Market Development, Newtec
• Speaker: Tony Wilkey, Senior Vice President, AvL Technologies

 

The VC Role in Satellite Innovation

• Moderator: Sunil Nagaraj, Vice President, Ubiquity Ventures
• Speaker: Mike Collett, Founder and Managing Partner, Promus Ventures
• Speaker: Steven Jorgenson, Managing Member, Space Finance Group Holdings
• Speaker: David Markham, VP for Advanced Programs and Business Development, Lockheed Martin Space Systems
• Speaker: Maryanna Saenko, Senior Analyst, DFJ
• Speaker: Andrew Spinola, Director and Senior Equity Analyst, Wells Fargo Securities

 

Keynote Interview — Mark Dankberg, Chairman & CEO, ViaSat

• Mark Dankberg (biography), Monday's keynote speaker, an acknowledged expert in communications technology, satellite, aerospace and defense offered his visionary thoughts regarding the industry, present and future.. He was interviewed by Christopher Stott, Chairman and CEO of ManSat LLC and

 

Manufacturing and Servicing in Space: New Solutions that Change Everything

• Moderator: Chris Kunstadter, Senior Vice President & Global Underwriting Manager – Space, XL Catlin
• Speaker: Vincent Clot, Business and Open Innovation Director, Thales Alenia Space
• Speaker: Matteo Genna, Vice President, Product Strategy and Development, SSL
• Speaker: Mike Lewis, CTO, Nanoracks
• Speaker: Emmanuel Sauzay, Director of Space at Airbus Innovation Center, Airbus Defense and Space Inc. - EADS
• Speaker: Brian Saunders, Head Of Strategy, Boeing Satellite Systems

 

Staying Ahead of Technology: Robotics, AI, 3D Printing, Big Data Analytics and More

• Moderator: Jeffrey W. Epstein, Counsel Northern Virginia, Hogan Lovells
• Speaker: Dr. Sean Casey, Founder and Managing Director, Silicon Valley Space Center
• Speaker: Dr. Orla Dermody, Product Manager, Platform, DigitalGlobe
• Speaker: Lisa Kuo, Head of Commercial Programs and Business Development, The Aerospace Corporation
• Speaker: Hugh Norton-Smith, VP of Business Development, Spaceknow
• Speaker: Fritz Schlereth, Head of Product, Descartes Labs

 

New Services & The Internet of Things

• Moderator: Chris Stott, Chairman & CEO, ManSat
• Speaker: Dr. Arunas Slekys, Vice President Marketing, Hughes Network Systems
• Speaker: David Logsdon, Senior Director of Public Advocacy, CompTIA - Computing Technology Industry Association
• Speaker: Matthew Napoli, VP of In-Space Operations, Made In Space Inc.
• Speaker: Alvaro Sanchez, Sales & Marketing Director, Integrates
• Speaker: Paul Scardino, Senior VP Sales Engineering and Marketing, Globecomm

 

Satellite Constellations – the New Roles of LEO and MEO

• Moderator: Dara Panahy, Partner, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy
• Speaker: Michel Abad-Santos, SVP Americas, LeoSat
• Speaker: Stephen Eisele, VP Business Development, Virgin Orbit
• Speaker: Erwin Hudson, Vice President, Telesat LEO
• Speaker: Sergy Mummert, SVP Development, SES
• Speaker: Emmanuel Sauzay, Director of Space at Airbus Innovation Center, Airbus Defense and Space Inc. - EADS

 

Government as Innovators: Incubators, Investors and Customers

• Moderator: Tom Stroup, President, SIA - Satellite Industry Association
• Speaker: Peter Hadinger, President, US Government Business Unit, Inmarsat
• Speaker: Tim Deaver, Corporate Vice President Development, SES Government Solutions
• Speaker: Wallis Laughrey, VP for Raytheon Space Systems, Raytheon
• Speaker: Ric Vandermeulen, VP/GM Global Mobile Broadband, ViaSat

 

To learn more about the Satellite Innovation Symposium, please access www.satinnovation.com.

Our thanks to Rocky Mountain Photography for their work during the symposium capturing the important moments of this event.