Australasia
Satellite
Forum
2013
Monday
08
April
2013
The
Heritage
Room
Westin
Hotel,
Sydney,
Australia
Hosted by
talk Satellite
&
CommsDay
Global, Regional,
and
Domestic
Satellite
Leaders
Converge
on
Sydney
for
the
Australasia
Satellite
Forum
2013
Agenda
8.00:
Breakfast/Networking
sponsored
by
IPSTAR
Australia
9.00:
Opening
Address:
Kevin
French,
Publisher,
talk
Satellite
9.05:
Keynote:
Luke
Hartsuyker,
Shadow
Regional
Communications
Minister
9.30:
Shaping
Australasia’s
satellite
footprint:
Satellite
Operator
Roundtable
Paul
Sheridan,
Vice
President,
Optus
Satellite
Terry
Beakley,
Vice
President
Asia,
Intelsat
Adrian
Ballintine,
CEO,
Newsat
Glen
Tindall,
Vice
President
Asia
Pacific,
SES
John
Turnbull,
Director
Sales
Pacific,
O3b
Patrick
French,
Senior
Analyst,
NSR
(moderator)
10.30:
Broadcast
Panel:
Video
DTH,
IPTV,
OTT,
Cloud
Sandeep
Kumar,
Head
of
Satellite
Sales,
Telstra
Global
Nell
Payne,
Director
Broadcast
Technology,
Foxtel
Richard
Walshe
Business
Development
Manager
–
North
Asia
&
Pacific
Newtec
Simon
Twiston
Davies,
Consultant,
Satellite
and
Broadcast
Services
(Moderator)
11.10:
Networking
Break sponsored
by
Gateway
Teleport
11.40:
Telecom/Broadband
Panel:
Delivering
services
to
the
edge
and
beyond
Nick
Leake,
Director,
Satellite,
Optus
Oded
Sheshinski,
Regional
Vice
President,
APAC,
Gilat
Satellite
Networks.
Michael
Abela,
CEO,
Skybridge
Matt
Dawson,
Program
Director,
satellite
NBN
Co
Simon
Bull,
Seniot
Analyst,
Comsys
Keith
Ramsay,
VP
Sales
&
Marketing,
Gateway
Teleport
(Moderator)
12.20:
Satellite
Manufacturers
panel:
NGN
Satellite
Fleets
Tony
Colucci,
Vice
President,
SSL
Jack
Scott,
Key
Account
Manager
Space
Systems,
Thales
Australia
Roy
Kampfer,
Director
Business
Developement,
Lockheed
Martin
David
Ball,
CTO,
NewSat
(Moderator)
1.10: Richard Bowles, Managing Director, Asia Pacific, Arianespace
1.25:
Networking
Lunch
sponsored
by
Gilat
Satellite
Networks
2.45:
Keynote:
Captain
Vaughn
Rixon,
RAN,
Australian
Defence
Force
3.00:
Military
Panel:
Government
and
Commercial
Satellite
Cooperation
Wing
Commander
Darren
Ross.
Australian
Defence
Force
Don
Brown,
Vice
President,
Hosted
Payloads,
Intelsat
General
Todd
McDonell,
CEO,
TC
Communications
Dr.
John
Ness,
Chairman,
EM
Solutions
Patrick
French,
Senior
Analyst,
NSR
(moderator)
3.50:
Networking
Break
sponsored
by
TC
Communications
4.15: Enterprise solutions and applications
Case Study, System and Application trends – Mining - Chris Hill, CTO and Country Manager, ITC Global
Case
Study,
System
and
Application
trends
–
Maritime
-
Paul
Krzystoszek,
Senior
Manager,
Products
and
Marketing,
ASC
4.45:
Regulatory
Session
Andrew
Kerans,
head
of
ACMA
Spectrum Policy
Simon
Twiston
Davies,
Consultant,
Satellite
and
Broadcast
Services
John
Stanton,
CEO
Communications
Alliance
Bob
Horton,
Representative,
GVF
Grahame
Lynch,
CommsDay
founder
(Moderator)
5.45:
Optus:
Platinum
Sponsor
Speaker
5.55:
Networking
drinks
sponsored
by
Telstra
Global
Last
Few
Seats
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further
information
please
contact
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