Platinum Sponsor Gold Sponsors Hosted by talk Satellite  COMMSDAY  Endorsed by     Australasia Satellite Forum 2014 20 & 21 May 2014 The Ball Room Westin Hotel, Sydney, Australia Hosted by talk Satellite & CommsDay  Global, Regional, and Domestic Satellite Leaders Converge on Sydney for the Australasia Satellite Forum 2014 Day 1 Agenda 8.00: Breakfast/Networking – Sponsored by Orbital Sciences 9.00: Opening Address: Kevin French, Publisher, talk Satellite  9.05: Keynote: Paul Fletcher, Parliamentary secretary to the communications minister, Australian Government 9.30: Shaping Australasia’s satellite footprint:  Satellite Operator Roundtable Paul Sheridan – Vice President Optus Satellite Glen Tindall - VP Asia Pacific, SES Terry Beakley - Vice President Asia, Intelsat David Ball – CTO, NewSat Andy Start - President, Global Government, Inmarsat Phil Cross, Sales Director, IPSTAR Australia & New Zealand Christian Patouraux, CEO, Kacific Broadband Satellites MODERATOR - Kevin French, Publisher, talk Satellite 10.40: Australasia Analyst Overview Presentation -Simon Bull, Senior Analyst, Comsys 11..00: Networking Break: sponsored by Gateway Teleport  11.30: Oceania / NZ Customer Panel Loyley Ngira, CEO, Our Telekom in the Solomon Islands Michael Haliday, General Manager, Wireless Nation MODERATOR - Keith Ramsay, V.P. Sales & Marketing, Gateway Teleport Ltd. 12.10: Broadband: To the edge and beyond Panel Nick Leake, Director Satellite Marketing Matt Dawson, Program Director, satellite NBN Co Michael Abela, CEO, Skybridge Oded Sheshinski, Regional Vice President, APAC, Gilat Satellite Networks Erwin Hudson, Program Manager, NBN Co Long Term Satellite Service (LTSS) Ground System, Viasat Inc MODERATOR - Prashant Butani Senior Analyst NSR 1.00: Networking Lunch sponsored by NewSat 2.15: Richard Bowles. Managing Director Asia, Arianespace 2.35: Mobility Panel: Land / Sea / Air Don Buchman, General Manager, Commercial Aviation Services, ViaSat Inc Pierre-Jean Beylier, CEO, SpeedCast John Humphrey, Strategic Advisor, Kymeta Corporation Terry Beakley - Vice President Asia, Intelsat Tui Rutherford, Business Development Manager, Oceania, EM Solutions Pty Ltd Glen Tindall - VP Asia Pacific, SES MODERATOR - Simon Bull, Senior Analyst, Comsys 3.35: Enterprise Case Studies - Oil & Gas, Offshore Study Chris Hill, Chief Technology Officer & Managing Director Asia Pacific, ITC Global 4.00: Networking Break sponsored by Gilat Satellite Networks 4.30: Teleport Panel: Richard Walshe, Vice President, Newtec Asia Keith Ramsay, V.P. Sales & Marketing, Gateway Teleport Ltd. Sandeep Kumar, Head of Satellite Sales, Telstra Global Andrew Matlock – Senior Vice President Global Sales, NewSat MODERATOR - Gregg Daffner, CEO, GAPSAT 5.20: Optus: Platinum Sponsor Speaker, Paul Sheridan – Vice President Optus Satellite 5.30: Close Day 1 Day 2 8.00: Breakfast/Networking sponsored by IPSTAR Australia 9.00: Opening Address: Kevin French, Publisher, talk Satellite 9.05: Keynote: AIRCDRE Nick Barneveld, ADF Director General ICT Policy and Plans 9.30: Military Panel: Increasing capability to the warfighter through satellite AIRCDRE Nick Barneveld, ADF Todd McDonell, Vice President Global Government Solutions, Inmarsat Ted McFarland, Vice President, Orbital Science Thomas de Menthière Director Government Satcom, Airbus Space and Defence MODERATOR - Don Brown, Senior Vice President Strategic Planning, NewSat 10.30: Military Case Studies / Military Applications: Expanding  the Hosted Payload Business Model - Jack Scott, Key Account Manager Space Systems, Thales Australia 10.50: Networking Break: Sponsored by Kacific Broadband Satellites 11.20: “Military SATCOM : increasing capabilities in a fiscally challenged environment” - Tim Verschage, Deputy Business Director - Tactical Communications Viasat Inc 11.40:  Regulatory: Christopher Hose, Executive Manager Spectrum Planning and Engineering, ACMA 11.55:  Regulatory Panel: John Stanton CEO, Communications Alliance Bob Horton, Representative, GVF Gregg Daffner, CEO, GAPSAT MODERATOR - Grahame Lynch, Publisher, Commsday 12.30: Networking Lunch - Sponsored by Optus Join industry leaders at this prestigious event: Register Now >>> Hotel Rooms >>>