In my previous column I recounted the genesis of the GVF Satellite Hub Summit @ CABSAT, a progress which has led us, in 2019, to the 5th event in this successful series, which takes place over 12 to 14 March at Dubai International Convention & Exhibition Centre/Dubai World Trade Centre.
The essential value-added feature of the annual CABSAT exhibition, the 2019 program will not disappoint, with almost 30 contributors from 27 different organizations “taking the stage” at some point across the two main days of the Hub Summit and the final half-day Workshop.
Free-to-attend, presentation-based, panel discussion-focused, with wide-ranging content, and presented within a physical “Hub” – an open-access theatre-style structure situated within the satellite exhibition hall – this is what characterizes the Satellite Hub Summit.
Our aim is to provide a continuing major focus for the discussion of satellite communication industry themes applicable to the Middle East, North Africa and South Asia regions, in the context of the wider industry and world, serving to create a powerful and prominent platform for addressing and analyzing evolutionary and revolutionary transitions in satellite technologies, services, applications, and markets.
This year we have speakers from (in alphabetical order by organization name): ArabSat; Comtech EF Data; Euroconsult; Eutelsat; GVF; Hughes; iDirect; INSTER Tecnología y Comunicaciones; Integrasys; Intelsat; International Telecommunication Union; Kratos Communications; LeoSat; Methera Global Communications Ltd; Mission Microwave Technologies LLC; ND SATCOM; Newtec; Northern Sky Research; PTScientists; Satcoms Innovation Group; Satellite Markets & Research; SES; SES Networks; SpaceWatch Global; Talia/Quika; United Arab Emirates Telecommunications Regulatory Authority; and, ViaSat.
Key ‘Knowledge Partners’ for the Satellite Hub Summit include Euroconsult, Northern Sky Research (NSR), and SpaceWatch Global. Stéphane Chenard of Euroconsult, Chris Baugh of NSR, Torsten Kriening of SpaceWatch Global, Riaz Lamak of GVF, as well as Virgil Labrador, Editor-in-Chief of this publication, will comprise the moderating team.
The program for the Dubai Hub Summit will begin on CABSAT Day One, 12 March, with keynotes from Khalid Al Awadi, Manager, Broadcasting & Space Services, Spectrum Management Affairs Department, United Arab Emirates Telecommunications Regulatory Authority, and from Xiuqi “Ellie” Wang, Head, Data Treatment Section, Space Publication & Registration Division, Space Services Department, Radiocommunication Bureau, International Telecommunication Union.
Four following main program sessions over two days will feature the following key themes for discussion:
Global Satellite Focus… “Big Ticket” Issues on the Industry Forward Agenda
- Regulation, Spectrum & WRC-19
- The Interference Agenda – A Problem Gone Away?
- Satellite & the Cloud/Network Virtualization, M2M, IoT, 5G
- Cyber Security Developments & Initiatives
- Disaster Response – Satcoms Innovations & Strategies
- Sustainable Space Initiatives & Best Practices
- Satellites & Space – Expanding Access, Emerging Technologies, Globalising Aspirations
Global Satellite Business is Big Business. New Space Making It Bigger
- UHTS/VHTS/HTS 2.0
- HTS Evolving: The LEO & MEO Mega-Constellation Terrabit Factor
- Smallsat Markets – Applications in Revolution
- Accelerating Ground Segment Dynamics
- Antenna Evolution: Parabolas to FPAs
- Satcoms & Earth Observation – Application & Market Interfaces
- Resources from Orbit – Exploiting ‘Bigger’ Data, Data Analytics, Applications Innovation & Quantum Computing
- Mobility: ‘Maritime Morning’ – “To the Wider Market and Service Horizon”
- Maritime Mobility – Growth Steaming Ahead?
- Maritime Market Plurality– Addressing Segment Differences
- Key Facets of the User Experience
- Bandwidth Inshore & on the High Seas
- Satellite & Vessel Autonomy – Where? How? Why?
- Satellite Cyber Security @ Sea
- Radomes & Superstructure Footprints
Mobility: ‘Aero Afternoon’ – “It’s Not Just About the IFEC!”
- Understanding New Segment Evolving Demand Dynamics
- Aero – Frequency Dedicated or Frequency Agnostic?
- Never Mind the Orbit – It’s all about the Price!
- Hacking & Interfering in Aircraft Systems – Myth or Reality?
- Always Online! Take-Up Rates by Captive Passengers or Demanding Customers?
- How’s the Hardware Doing?
- Antennas – Conformal, or What?
Details of the developing program with timings on a session-by-session basis can be seen on the GVF Satellite Hub Summit web pages at https://www.cabsat.com/features/gvf-satellite-hub-summit
The format of the four main sessions provides for each speaker/panelist to have a maximum of 15 minutes to deliver a presentation detailing his/her opening remarks relating to their selected topic within the overall session theme to which they are a contributor. At the conclusion of all presentations/opening remarks the speaker/panelists will form a panel. The following 45-50 minutes will be comprised of a moderator-led interactive discussion amongst the panel members and the Hub Summit audience.
Here is the speaker/panelist line-up for the two-day main program (alphabetical order by family name):
- Gagan Agrawal, Senior Consultant, Northern Sky Research
- Khalid Al Awadi, Manager, Broadcasting & Space Services, Spectrum Management Affairs Department, United Arab Emirates Telecommunications Regulatory Authority
- Hassan Aouisse, Director, Systems Engineering, iDirect
- Guido Baraglia, Director of Business Development & Sales, Kratos Communications
- Jack Buechler, VP, Business & Product Development, Talia; COO, Quika
- David Burr, VP, Business Development, Satellite Operators & Mobility, Comtech EF Data
- Stéphane Chenard, Senior Analyst, Euroconsult
- Martin Coleman, Executive Director, Satcoms Innovation Group
- Sebastien Couvet, EMEA Sales Manager, Integrasys
- Omar Diab, Regional Sales Manager, Middle East, iDirect
- Nick Dowsett, Director, IntelsatOne Managed Solutions, Intelsat
- Andrew Faiola, Head of Mobility, Newtec
- Yassir Hassan, Director, Transmission Operations, ArabSat
- Martin Jarrold, Chief, International Programme Development, GVF
- Ramsey Khanfour, Vice President, Corporate Development, Middle East & Africa, SES
- Torsten Kriening, CCO, PTScientists GmbH & COO, SpaceWatch Global (Thor Group)
- Virgil Labrador, Editor-in-Chief, Satellite Markets & Research
- Riaz Lamak, South Asia Liaison for Training, Benchmarking, Validation & Product Quality, GVF
- Dan Losada, Vice President, International Sales, Hughes
- Alexander Mueller-Gastell, CEO, ND SATCOM
- Ghassan Murat, Managing Director, MENA, Eutelsat
- Ramesh Ramaswamy, SVP & General Manager, International Division, Hughes
- Steve Richeson, VP, Sales & Marketing, Mission Microwave Technologies LLC
- Nick Roullier, VP, Customer Enablement, SES Networks
- Javier Santos, International Business Development Engineer, INSTER Tecnología y Comunicaciones
- Kumar Singarajah, Director, Regulatory Affairs & Business Development, ViaSat
- James Taylor, Director, Business & Market Development, Methera Global Communications Ltd
- Ronald van der Breggen, CCO, LeoSat
- Xiuqi “Ellie” Wang, Head, Data Treatment Section, Space Publication & Registration Division, Space Services Department, Radiocommunication Bureau, International Telecommunication Union
Also, during the CABSAT exhibition GVF’s traditional evening reception will again be generously hosted by the GVF member organization MenaNets, and its CEO, Mazen Nassar, who is one of GVF’s principal trainers in the MENA region.
For more information about GVF’s remaining CABSAT sponsorship opportunities, please contact me at martin.jarrold@gvf.org. The speaker/panelist program is now full to capacity.
Join us in Dubai! We look forward to seeing you there and to engaging with your contributions from the Satellite Hub Summit audience. Remember, it’s free-of-charge to attend. Safe travels!
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Martin Jarrold is the Chief of International Program Development of GVF. He can be reached at:martin.jarrold@gvf.org.
