On the day prior to the main conference – Tuesday, September 13th – COMSYS offers a choice of 1 Day Workshops (VSAT Market & Technology Essentials or Satellite Communications Fundamentals). Additionally, the new GVF Maritime Satcom Forum will be holding their second meeting at the same venue on Friday, September 17th, from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. This will immediately follow the final session of the COMSYS VSAT2011 Conference. The Maritime Satcom Forum is an initiative that will address the growing need for satellite programmes in this increasingly important area of operations.
The GVF Maritime Satcom Forum serves as a unified voice for engagement with the maritime sector to promote the development of satellite networks around the globe and is open to all GVF Members. During the meeting, a buffet luncheon will be provided to pre-registered participants. The theme of the conference is ‘Space for Global Growth’ and Ka-band, high throughput satellites (HTS) and the infrastructure, partnership models and business strategies involved are the focus of this year’s exciting event. Speakers include:
- Dirk Zabel – Network Manager, Goodyear, USA : Adrian Morris – CTO, Hughes, USA
- Shawkat Ahmed – Chief Commercial Officer, Yahsat, UAE
- David Bettinger – CTO, iDirect, USA
- Simon Bull – Senior Consultant, COMSYS, UK
- Andreas Buxbaum – Managing Director, Nynex, Germany
- Mark Dankberg – CEO, ViaSat, Inc., USA
- José Antonio Guerra Expósito – Director of Satellite Business, Telefónica, Spain/Brazil
- Serge van Herck – CEO, Newtec, Belgium
- Koh Leng Hong – Head of Broadband Business Unit, Maxis Communications Berhad, Malaysia
- Allison Lenehan – Chief Strategy Officer, Barrett Xplore, Canada (Invited)
- Amiram Levinberg – CEO, Gilat Satellite Networks
- Mehran Mahramian – R&D Manager, ISC, Iran
- Delio Morais – President, Hughes do Brasil, Brazil
- Guido Neumann – Managing Director, CETel, Germany
- Matthew O’Connor – Chief Operating Officer, Avanti Communications, UK
- David Hartshorn – Secretary General, GVF, UK
- Martin Okulaja – Communications Supervisor, Addax Petroleum, Nigeria
- Jean- François Fremaux – Business Development Director, Eutelsat, France
- Mark Rasmussen – VP North American Sales, Network Services, Intelsat, USA
- Paul Shaw – CEO, Neda Telecommunications, Afghanistan
- Chris Hill/Joe Spytek – CTO/VP Business Development, ITC Global, Australia/USA
- Capt. Kuba Szymanski – Secretary General, InterManager, Isle of Man
- Dirk Zabel – Network Manager, Goodyear, USA
Key issues to be addressed at VSAT2011 include:
- Ka-band and the new business models that need to be considered by both spacecraft and VSAT operator
- Commercial maritime industry requirements from bridge system support to Skype
- Business continuity in a hybrid DSL/VSAT configuration and how a retail user leverages the attributes and extracts value
- Managing an ocean of bandwidth beam by beam, just how will commitments, QoS and load be shared across multiple spot-beams?
- Mobile VSAT services, where are the opportunities and how much demand is there?
- GSM backhaul moves up in site count and down in bandwidth as mobile operators move towards the next level down in the pyramid of rural opportunity
- Consumer market opportunities in all regions of the world, how VSAT is performing, how platforms are developing and how strategies are evolving
- Fibre threats to VSAT, what are the market trends?
- Ka-Band Spotbeam Satellites
- Offshore Oil & Gas
- Land-based Drilling
- Mining
- GSM Backhaul
- Military Communications
- Broadband Futures
- Consumer Internet Access
- Maritime
- Retail & Business Continuity
