The GVF, the Global, Non-profit trade association representing the interests of the satellite communications industry, has announced its 4th Quarter Strategic Calendar in Major Regions of the World. With events in Europe, the Middle East, North America, Asia and Africa, GVF’s 4th Quarter Strategic Calendar covers most of the world’s regions.
As the 4th Quarter approaches, GVF is completing the remainder of the third Quarter after participating in a number of successful activities in its efforts to continue supporting its members and their initiatives through meetings with the UN and WGET, and attending a variety of events: APSCC, VSAT 2011, IBC and Satellite Business Week.
Following the VSAT 2011 Conference, GVF held its second Maritime Satcom Forum meeting. The number of attendees validated its importance. Also included in the day’s activities, GVF held its Board of Elections. GVF worked to further promote the industry’s use of Ka-Band, through its participation in the Ka-Band Roundtable at Satellite Business Week.
At IBC, GVF partnered with sIRG (satellite Interference Reduction Group) to hold a one day Interference Mitigation Summit dedicated to finding solutions for interference related issues. Major gains were achieved on each facet of the interference mitigation initiative, including Eutelsat’s announcement that they will begin requiring all uplinks in the 2012 Olympics to have Carrier ID capability.
Europe — Major Satellite Industry Opportunity at Europe’s Emergency Management Expo & Conference, 11-13 October, Munich.
On October 11th , leading satellite industry providers of emergency management/disaster response communications equipment and services have the opportunity to contribute to a GVF-led Workshop, entitled ‘The Role of Communications in Disaster Preparedness & Response: A Dialogue with Industry’. As a result of a partnership between GVF and the International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM), the satellite industry has an important opportunity to point-up its essential role in disaster recovery operations in the European, and wider global, sphere.
GVF will present the latest developments in its UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs- recognized satellite communications resources pre-positioning initiative, ‘The Registry’, at this major European Emergency Management event on 13th October.
GVF members active in the field of emergency management/disaster response communications are invited to take this opportunity to gain greater European visibility by contacting Martin Jarrold to organize your company’s contribution to this important Workshop program. Martin can be contacted at [email protected] and +44 1727 884 513. Also in Europe:
- sIRG Annual Meeting, Oct 19 – Oct 21, the UK
- WBU-ISOG Meeting, Oct 22 – Oct 23, Lagreb, Croatia
- CDN World Summit, Oct 25 – Oct 28, London
- Global MilSatCom Nov 29 – Dec 1, London
GVF will be participating in the Iraq Telecoms 2011 conference held in Istanbul at the end of October. This year’s conference, which will focus on the major opportunities currently present in Iraq for investment projects, will serve as a location for follow on meetings between GVF and the Iraqi government.
Martin Jarrold, who will be representing GVF in meetings with the Iraqi government, will be speaking during Session 7 regarding the growing opportunities for satellite and communications technology in Iraq.
For more information regarding GVF’s participation in Iraq Telecoms, please contact Martin Jarrold at or [email protected].
Also in the Middle East: Telecoms World Middle East, Oct 3 – Oct 7, Al Bustan Rutana, Dubai, UAE ip&tv Forum EurAsia & East Europe 2011, Oct 11 – Oct 12, Istanbul North America
Quality Assurance and Disaster Preparedness Take Center Stage at Satcon 2011, Oct 11 – Oct 13, NYC
GVF will be bringing two major initiatives, Interference Mitigation and the Disaster Preparedness Registry, to this year’s SATCON 2011 in New York City, New York.
GVF is starting off SATCON 2011 with a full pre-day event, hosting the Interference Mitigation Summit in conjunction with sIRG (the satellite Interference Reduction Group), WBU-ISOG (World Broadcasting Unions- International Satellite Operations Group), and RFI-EUI (Radio Frequency Interference- End User Initiative). The focus of this summit will build on the industry’s efforts to reduce interference and how to continue towards it goal.
During SATCON, David Hartshorn, the GVF’s Secretary General, chairs the Disaster Preparedness Roundtable, during which he will provide further detail about GVF’s growing Disaster Preparedness Registry initiative.
For more information regarding GVF’s Disaster Preparedness Registry please contact David Hartshorn at [email protected] or Steve Birnbaum at [email protected]. as well as. To learn more about GVF’s efforts on Interference Mitigation, please contact David Hartshorn at [email protected].
ASIA — GVF to Hold its 13th Annual Oil & Gas Conference 22-23 November, Kuala Lumpur
The GVF Oil & Gas Communications South East Asia 2011: ‘Redefining the Digital Oilfield Onshore, Offshore, Deep & Ultra-Deepwater’ (O&GCSEA2011) conference will take place over 22-23 November at the Crowne Plaza Mutiara Hotel, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Held in association with Harris CapRock, Intelsat, Hughes, SpeedCast, Hermes Datacomms, and supported by the Asia Pacific Satellite Communications Council (APSCC), the conference will be the 13th in the Oil & Gas Communications Series, and the 4th event in the Series held in Kuala Lumpur for the South East Asia ‘oil & gas patch’.
For further information on O&GCSEA2011 please visit the conference website at or contact Martin Jarrold at [email protected] or Paul Stahl at [email protected]. Conference sponsorship options to support the Kuala Lumpur programme are still available, and details of the various benefits packages are available by email from Paul Stahl.
Also in Asia:
Digital TV Middle East 2011 (co-located with ip&tv Forum Middle East & North Africa 2011), Nov 1 – Nov 2, Dubai
Africa — GVF has been coordinating with member companies and governmental and non-governmental partners to facilitate the famine relief efforts taking place in the Horn of Africa.
The efforts, which are the latest undertakings of GVF’s Disaster Preparedness Registry, have so far involved identification of prepositioned satcom assets and regulatory conditions in the region. This information about our industry’s capabilities is being provided to partners such as NetHope, the African Union and others. GVF has been coordinating with member companies and governmental and non-governmental partners to facilitate the famine relief efforts taking place in the Horn of Africa.
Follow on meetings have been scheduled to be held in Addis Ababa in October, and a meeting has been tentatively scheduled to be held in conjunction with Africa Com, which is scheduled to be held in November in Cape Town, where many of GVF’s members plan to participate as exhibitors, speakers and sponsors.
GVF has been coordinating with member companies and governmental and non-governmental partners to facilitate the famine relief efforts taking place in the Horn of Africa here
