2025
Strategies in Satellite Ground Segment 2024 - 4&5 September - Park Plaza London Riverbank Hotel
09.00 - 10.00
Coffee & Registration
Badge collection
10.00 - 10.30
Opening Address
Henny Sands, Head of Telecom, UK Space Agency
10.30 - 11.15
Roundtable
Ground Segment - The Key Issues: Business Models; Standardization; Digitization; Virtualization; and 3GPP, AI - Keeping ahead of the pack
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Michele Di Paolo, Director of Business Development and PLM, Spacebridge
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Kevin Dunne, CEO, ETL Systems
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Alexis Martin, Chief Consulting Officer, River Advisers
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Marke Clinger, Strategic Account and BD Director, Kratos
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Moderator: Elisabeth Tweedie, Founder, Definitive Direction
11.15 - 11.45
Presentation
Defining the market for Next Generation Satellite and Ground Segment Eco System
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Carla Filotico, Partner & Managing Director, Novaspace
11.45 - 12.15
Coffee & Networking
Refreshments and Light Snacks
12.15 - 13.00
Roundtable
Satellite’s Place in Next Generation Network Data Services & Telecom Eco System through 5G & 6G Enabled Services
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Antonio Franchi, Head of Space 5G & 6G Strategic Programme, European Space Agency
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Isabelle Mauro, Director General, GSOA
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Henny Sands, Head of Telecom, UK Space Agency
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Roy Dalton, Director Consulting Services, CGI
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Alex Sinclair, CTO, GSMA
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Moderator: Kevin French, Publisher, TalkSatellite
13.00 - 13.20
Fireside Chat
Role of political leadership in the development of new space enterprises in the UK and Europe
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Lord David Willetts, Chair of UK Space Agency
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Jean-Jacques Dordain, Director General of ESA, serving from 2003 to 2015
13.20 - 14.45
Lunch
Lunch & Networking Break
14.45 - 15.30
Roundtable Discussion
Earth Station / Teleport / Datacentre service strategies in a multi-band multi-orbit domain
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Ian Jones, Managing Director, Ibbynet
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John Yates, Managing Director, Atheras Analytics
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Timothy Ashong, Secretary General, Regional African Satellite Communication Organization
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Moderator: Randall Barney, Director of Certification & Membership, WTA
15.30 - 16.00
Case Study
Regional ground system - Africa
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Timothy (Adi) Ashong, Secretary General, Regional African Satellite Communication Organization
16.00 - 16.30
Coffee & Networking
Refreshments and Light Snacks
16.30 - 17.00
Presentation
Driving broadband forward through validated interoperability and open source collaboration
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Craig Thomas, Chief Executive Officer, Broadband Forum
17.00 - 17.30
Fireside Chat
Peter Lymn, SKIES (Skynet Integrated Enterprise Solution) Project Lead, MOD
17.30 - 20.30
Evening Reception
Networking & Awards
Agenda
Welcome to Unlocking the Future: Strategies in Satellite Ground Segment 2024.