8.00: Registration open - breakfast sponsored by PacTel Int

9.00: Keynote: Luke Hartsuyker, Shadow Regional Communications Minister

9.30: NBN

 -   Interim solution

 -   Ka-Band

Moderator: Grahame Lynch, Publisher, CommsDay

Panel

Oliver Stacey, NBN Co product manager NBN Co.

Reg Coutts, NBN expert panellist and ACMA member

Tony Bundrock, CEO, Activ8me

Michael Abela, CEO, Skybridge

10.20: Supply v Demand – Shaping Australasia’s satellite footprint. – Satellite Operator Roundtable

 -   NBN impact on commercial business

 -   Industry consolidation and new operators

 -   Future investment in Australasia by operators and service providers

 -   Drivers and Challenges

 -   HDTV / IPTV / FTA /OTT

 -   Mobility

Moderator: Patrick French, Senior Analyst NSR

Panel

Paul Sheridan – Director, Optus

Adrian Ballintine – CEO, Newsat

Robert Suber - Senior Sales Director, Intelsat

Glen Tindall – VP Asia Pacific, SES

Ng Guan Soon, Regional Manager, Technical Sales Support  Thuraya

11.10: Networking Break sponsored by Gateway Teleport Ltd.

11.40: ‘Next-Generation” - Presentation - Gary Hale, Global Lead – Media, Satellite & Broadcast (MSB), Cisco Systems

How are we addressing a 10-fold increase in bandwidth inventory over 5 years, what new channels to market will be required to distribute this, how does satellite get better at being a part of the whole network offering, and how does satellite transition its present offerings to support cloud services....and most importantly, what does this all mean to the end-customer! (Drawn from Comsys VSAT Report). 

12.10: Depletion of C-band - Presentation Andrew Kerans, Head of ACMA Spectrum Policy

12.30: Jean-Yves Le Gall, Chairman & CEO, Arianespace

12.45: Networking Lunch - sponsored  by Newtec

2.00:  E-Government and Rural Enterprise Networks – Presentation Simon Bull, Senior Consultant, Comsys. 

2.30 Adding Value – The key issue for Service Provider business model? Panel

Moderator: Kevin French, Publisher, talk Satellite

Panel

Pierre-Jean Beylier, CEO, Speedcast  

Andrew Taylor, CEO, PacTel Int

Keith Ramsay, V.P. Sales & Marketing, Gateway Teleport Ltd.

Todd McDonell, CEO, TC Communications Pty Ltd

Nick Leake, General Manager Marketing, Optus Satellite & Program Director NBN FRSS
Peter Hobbs, Head of Global Voice & Satellite Sales. Telstra International

3.20 Advancement in Space and Ground Segment Technology – Panel

Moderator: Simon Bull, Senior Consultant, Comsys.

Panel

Tony Colucci, Vice President, Space Systems Loral

Eddie Kato, CEO of Thales Alenia Space North America

Ramesh Ramaswamy, Assistant Vice President, Marketing, International Division, Hughes Network Systems.
Richard Walshe Business Development Manager – North Asia & Pacific Newtec

Ted McFarland, Regional Vice President, Business Development, Orbital Sciences Corporation
John Arnold, Regional Vice President - Sales, Asia Pacific, iDirect

4.10 Networking Break, sponsored by Thales Alenia Space North America Inc

4.40: "The role and capabilities of first responder communications in disaster zones" Presentations / Q&A

Moderator: David Ball, CTO, Newsat

Panel

Paul Krzystoszek, Operations & Marketing Manager, ASC

Jack Scott, Key Account Manager Space Systems, Thales Australia

Alexander Jeuck, VP Sales Asia Pacific, ND SatCom
Patrick Wong, Managing Director Asia, Comtech EFData
Simon Bull, GVF, Representative

5.30: Cocktails & Networking - sponsored by Telstra International