The Australasia Satellite Forum - The Sothern Hemisphere’s foremost satellite event

Background

Talk Satellite and CommsDay are convening a one-day Satellite Forum of world and domestic satellite leaders on the 21 April 2010 at the Four Seasons Hotel Sydney, Australia. The aim is to identify and initiate needed dialogue for the development of Satellite as a primary delivery mechanism for universal service purposes.  The Australasia Satellite Forum,  will provide a uniquely inclusive forum to address issues of urgent concern to governments, enterprise and consumer entities.

Join top speakers from the Australasian and International Satellite Industry as they discuss:

• The role of satellite in fulfilling the universal national broadband network mandate
• Satellite in verticals such as government, oil and gas, mining, aeronautical, maritime
• Ka-Band Spot beam Satellites; already planned for US and Europe, what part can they play as a primary broadband delivery mechanism across Australasia
• The future of DTH across Australasia
• E-Government and Rural Enterprise Networks
• Global trends in Global Capacity Markets – Round Table

Andrew Kerans, Head of ACMA Spectrum Policy  

Paul Sheridan, Director, Optus Satellite

Adrian Ballintine, Chief Executive Officer - Newsat

Professor Reg Coutts - Coutts Communications

Ramesh Ramaswamy, Assistant Vice President, Marketing International Division - Hughes

David Ball,Vice-President, Asia-Pacific - Intelsat.

Brett Savill, Head of Strategy - Broadcast Australia

Patrick French, Senior Analyst - NSR

Simon Bull, Senior Consultant, COMSYS - Communication Systems Ltd

Gary Hale, Global Lead – Media, Satellite & Broadcast (MSB), Cisco

Andrew Jordan, CEO, GE – Satellite

Dr. Gregory Clark, Chairman, KaComm Communications Pty Ltd
Pierre-Jean Beylier, Chief Executive Officer of SpeedCast Ltd

Sandeep Kumar , Business Development Manager, Reach

Dawn Harms, Vice President, Marketing & Sales, Space Systems/Loral

Tony Waters, Company Director, Oceanic Broadband Solutions Pty Ltd

Chris Frith, Representative, Global VSAT Forum

Glen Tindall, Senior Director, Sales, Asia and Australia, SES WORLD SKIES

Mike Kenneally, COO, Jabiru
Martin Jean-Baptiste, Senior Director Marketing and Sales, Thales Alenia Space 

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