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Opening Remarks from the Chairman
Jeremy Rose, Senior Consultant, COMSYS, UK
Perspective Changes in a
Paradigm Shift
Simon Bull, Senior Consultant,
COMSYS, UK
As the world experiences changes in its economy, lifestyles and energy
use, VSAT is also undergoing a paradigm shift in the way business is done, the
markets served and the underlying technology platforms. A re-alignment is
beginning to take place as businesses mature and new segments of opportunity
evolve raising some tough questions. What will the future bring and where will
the successful players focus?
Keynote: Cutting the
Edge: Spaceway and VSAT Technology Development
Adrian Morris, Executive Vice President, Hughes, USA
Integration of VSAT technology with terrestrial services is marking the
industry's evolution into a mainstream component of the communication solution
available to enterprises. Spaceway represents the cutting edge of the
technology's potential and offers a glimpse of the true available potential
for the market in the longer term.
Morning Tea & Coffee sponsored by iDirect
Enabling Segregated
Opportunities with Integration
David Bettinger, CTO, iDirect Technologies, USA
With an increasing need to extend and enhance networks as well as to grow into
new markets, technology vendors must provide scaleable and powerful systems
that are also simple, reliable and flexible. VSAT systems have long defied
established technology obsolescence but can this run continue?
Levelling the Bandwidth
Playing Field
Mark Dankberg, CEO, ViaSat Inc., USA
Enterprises want application solutions, consumers want bandwidth, but does
satellite bandwidth have to cost orders of magnitude more than terrestrial
capacity? Where does the industry have to go to change the current cost
equation and what are the potential impacts on future markets?
IPTV at the Forefront
and Shop Front
Lincoln Biederbeck, Sales Director North America,
Tandberg TV, USA
Perpetual youth or is IPTV finally growing up in the enterprise marketplace?
With new projects emerging in the US and Europe and some serious network
deployments a momentum seems to be building for front of store display
networks enabled by IPTV.
Lunch
Faith, Hope & Charity:
Uniting Procurement
Joe Simmons, Project Manager, NetHope, USA
Use of VSAT is one way in which NetHope consolidates the needs and buying
power of its 32 NGO members. However, with a diverse set of applications and
coverage requirements an operator needs to be able to provide operational
support beyond a conventional service. NetHope will talk about what influences
its decision making and just what is required from a technology platform and a
service supplier in order to fulfil its expectations.
The Next Billion
Peter Seybolt, Strategic Product Manager, Ericsson,
Sweden
The satellite GSM backhaul market is about to change - dramatically. From
relatively few, very expensive and high bandwidth links the latest network
deployments will most likely be low cost IP base stations. Consequently, the
number of sites connected by VSAT is expected to increase by orders of
magnitude.
Afternoon Tea sponsored by iDirect
Moore's Law - Forget PCs, Think VSATs
Amiram Levinberg, CEO, Gilat, Israel
As VSAT sales volumes grow, so hardware pricing continues, what appears to be,
an inexorable fall. Yet platforms are packed with more processing power and
greater levels of functionality than ever before. What is the end-game, will
prices stabilise and what features are likely to provide the next wave of
demand stimulation?
Leveraging GSM Growth into USO Service
Speaker TBC, Telkomsel, Indonesia
Governments worldwide have accepted that voice and internet connectivity
are essential services for a competitive economy and VSAT is often a core
network enabler. This is especially the case when a nation is made up of
dense jungle and huge demand spread over an archipelago of around 17,000
islands. But with exploding GSM services and an IP revolution in cellular
networks, the potential for complimentary expansion is compelling and maybe
even irresistible.
Questions & Closing Remarks
Close of Day One
Cocktail Reception sponsored by INTELSAT
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Opening Remarks from the Chairman
Simon Bull, Senior Consultant, COMSYS
Out of Africa
Salim Suleman, CEO, Mweb/Afsat, Kenya
Broadband in Africa has grown from a statistical blip to
a major area of opportunity with demand and service innovation outpacing the
huge barriers the continent places in the way of expansion. Despite the
difficult conditions, customers expect a world-class service, but the
environment isn't any easier to navigate and expectations are growing. Is it
time for the market to step up again and, if so, what does the future hold?
The Carnival Spreads:
VSAT's Brazilian Engine
Delio Morais, President, Hughes do Brasil, Brazil
With fibre capacity loaded and limited in coverage, the Brazilian VSAT market
is booming with opportunity in the retail, government and distance learning
segments amongst others. Despite a relatively slow start the country is now
seen as the key to the South American VSAT business and operators are
positioning themselves for the huge potential the continent has already shown
it offers.
Morning Tea & Coffee
sponsored by iDirect
Daytime TV as a VSAT
Business
Phil Austin, Managing Director, The Life Channel, UK
From a health channel aimed at doctors waiting rooms, The Life Channel has
diversified to pharmacies, schools and play centres to encompass over 2,000
sites based on a strategy enabled by two-way VSAT technology. Hear how the
model works and how The Life Channel is now exporting the concept to other
countries.
VNO to Hub Operator: UK
to Middle East Service Evolution
Travis Mooney, COO, Talia, UK
Not all VSAT services in Iraq are provided under fire. Some broadband
providers have been in the country from day one and have grown their business
from a reseller through a VNO to being a fully fledged hub operator with
primarily non-military customers. This presentation walks us through the
thinking and the current and future needs driving the business.
Bandwidth for the
Masses
Matthew O'Connor, Managing Director Networks, Avanti Communications,
UK
With Ku-band capacity filling up to levels not seen since the boom of the
late-1990s, attention is once again turning to Ka-band and the advantages it
offers in terms of bandwidth availability coupled with lower costs. Avanti
Communications is perfectly placed to share where it feels opportunities lie
for Ka-band, its views on the prospects for bandwidth pricing and the changes
in satellite technology that the VSAT sector may expect to see affecting them.
Lunch
Going for Gold, Serving
the Resource Industry
Joe Spytek, Vice President, ITC Global, Australia/USA
The mining and resource industries have been enjoying a boom time alongside
other primary producers and demand for communications to support specialist
applications in extremely remote and harsh environments has grown
significantly as a result. ITC Global has established itself as one of the
foremost specialist VSAT providers in the segment and will explain the
requirements and the challenges of supporting the sophisticated needs of the
extraction industry.
Pakistan gets Spicy!
Imran Malik, CEO, Supernet
For so long almost dormant, VSAT services in Pakistan have been barely a shadow of that
seen in its neighbour, India. But that has all changed now and the country, helped by
liberalisation, is coming online. Which segments are key and will the rapidly expanding
terrestrial network in the country stunt a business which is beginning to show its true
potential?
Afternoon Tea sponsored by
iDirect
New Military Attack
Profiles
Tom Eaton, CEO, Arrowhead, USA
The military and government segments of the market have provided huge growth
for the satellite industry over the past few years. However, capacity
shortages and developments in the Middle East are changing the landscape. With
the US Military's needs increasing in other regions of the world and, at the
same time, X-band beginning to fulfill its potential, there are possibly some
radical changes in store for the commercial satcoms industry's military
business.
Real Time Services in the Oil & Gas Market - Why VSAT is Crucial
Andy Lucas, Global Sales & Technical Manager,
Schlumberger, UK
As O&G operations move into increasingly remote and challenging locations,
they depend more on office-based support teams to collaborate and support
critical decisions. Information streams are generated that must flow
securely and reliably in real time around the complex networks that serve
remote oilfield operations. Barriers to successfully providing VSAT
solutions to real-time operations are high, with installation, logistics,
support and satellite coverage all raising operational issues. As part of
the world's largest oilfield services company, Schlumberger has first-hand
experience in overcoming these challenges.
Questions & Closing
Remarks
Close of Day Two
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Opening Remarks from the Chairman
David Hartshorn, General Secretary, Global VSAT Forum
Space Segment Risk, Innovation and Asset Management
Mody Schreiber, CEO, SkyVision Global Networks, UK
Feeding a hungry market is a tricky task when there's an
overwhelming shortage of supply, but its not impossible. Reading the market,
taking calculated risks and adopting innovative strategies can substantially
change the competitive environment in which an operator plays. Its all too
easy to catch a cold, but some players have successfully sustained and grown
their businesses by being bold.
Stirring the Pudding of
Acceleration, Compression and Security
Jack Waters, CEO, XipLink, Canada
With satellite capacity prices skyrocketing, operators have to seriously
consider the latest bandwidth efficiency technologies whilst holding down
remote site costs and maintaining functionality. The recipe to achieve this
from a technology and an operational perspective is far from easy. So, what
can we expect from the industry, how will these products develop and what is
the value proposition?
All Eyes on Digital Cinema
Joe Hart, VP Distribution Services, Technicolor Digital Cinema, USA
VSAT is a technology that can rapidly prove its advantages to a new segment
of the market. For Technicolor, VSAT has quickly become a key component in
its distribution network - so much so that it has now expanded the solution
into over 500 of its US cinema sites. Since last year, Technicolor has
delivered more digital content than anyone via satellite and is looking at a
possible solution for Europe in 2009.
Morning Tea & Coffee
sponsored by iDirect
Cities in the Sky:
Building for the Future
Jean Philippe Gilet, VP Europe & Middle East, Intelsat,
USA
Satellite operators are now trying to plan for future deployments, but
innovation is required to move forward and ensure future supply. With new
owners looking to mitigate risk, older established business models appear less
workable. This presentation considers more innovative options involving
partnerships, different spacecraft designs and new procurement practices that
are likely to affect the way that VSAT operators compete with bandwidth in the
future.
Capacity Chess - Bandwidth Where Its Needed
James Dell, CEO, Parallel Global, UK
If new capacity is hard, if not impossible to come by, then operators must find
ways to use their bandwidth more effectively .. but this cannot be at the cost
of degraded service for the end-user. Effective and sophisticated resource
management is therefore essential to sustain growth and maintain margins.
This presentation addresses these issues and considers additional ways to
bring greater value to the management of a network.
Questions & Closing
Remarks
Lunch
Close of Conference
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