Australasia Satellite Forum 2014
20 & 21 May 2014
The Ball Room
Westin Hotel, Sydney, Australia
Hosted by
talk Satellite & CommsDay

Background
Talk Satellite and CommsDay are convening a one and a half day Satellite Forum. A gathering of world and domestic satellite leaders on the 20 & 21 May 2014 at the Westin 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.

Keynote: Paul Fletcher
Parliamentary secretary to the communications minister, Australian Government

Keynote: AIRCDRE Nick Barneveld, ADF
Director General ICT Policy and Plans

Speakers
Paul Sheridan – Vice President Optus Satellite
Terry Beakley - Vice President Asia, Intelsat
David Ball – CTO, NewSat
Stéphane Israël - Chairman & CEO, Arianespace
Glen Tindall, VP Asia Pacific, SES
Andy Start, President, Global Government, Inmarsat
Keith Ramsay, V.P. Sales & Marketing, Gateway Teleport Ltd.
Sandeep Kumar, Head of Satellite Sales, Telstra Global
Loyley Ngira, CEO, Our Telekom in the Solomon Islands
Michael Haliday, General Manager, Wireless Nation
Todd McDonell, Vice President Global Government Solutions, Inmarsat
Mario Querner, Vice President, Newtec Asia
Christian Patouraux, CEO, Kacific Broadband Satellites
Don Buchman, General Manager, Commercial Aviation Services, ViaSat Inc.
Don Brown, Senior Vice President Strategic Planning, Newsat
Matt Dawson, Program Director, satellite NBN Co
Christopher Baugh, President, NSR
Nick Leake, Director Satellite Marketing
Chris Hill, Chief Technology Officer & Managing Director Asia Pacific
Michael Abela, CEO, Skybridge
Oded Sheshinski, Regional Vice President, APAC, Gilat Satellite Networks.
Simon Bull, Senior Analyst, Comsys
Pierre-Jean Beylier, CEO, SpeedCast
Tui Rutherford, Business Development Manager, Oceania, EM Solutions Pty Ltd
Gregg Daffner, CEO, GAPSAT
Christopher Hose, Executive Manager Spectrum Planning and Engineering, ACMA
Ted McFarland, Vice President, Orbital Science
Erwin Hudson, Program Manager, NBN Co Long Term Satellite Service (LTSS) Ground System, Viasat Inc
Scott Sprague, Chief Commercial Officer, Newsat
Phil Cross, Sales Director, IPSTAR Australia & New Zealand
Thomas de Menthière Asia-Pacific Director Government Satcom, Airbus Space and Defence
Jack Scott, Key Account Manager Space Systems, Thales Australia
John Stanton CEO, Communications Alliance
Bob Horton, Representative, GVF

More speakers to follow.

Topics

Keynote: Paul Fletcher, Parliamentary secretary to the communications minister, Australian Government

Shaping Australasia’s satellite footprint:  Satellite Operator Roundtable
Analyst Overview Presentation
Oceania / NZ Customer Panel

Broadband Panel: To the edge and beyond

Stéphane Israël - Chairman & CEO, Arianespace

Mobility Panel: Land / Sea / Air

Teleport Panel:  
Keynote Military: AIRCDRE Nick Barneveld, ADF
Military Applications

Military Panel: Increasing capability to the warfighter through satellite
Optus: Platinum Sponsor Speaker
Enterprise Case studies: Oil & Gas, M2M

Regulatory Panel :    

Exhibitors

Optus

Newtec
OneAccess

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