Programme Day 2

Day 2, March 6^th, 2008

1100

Registration & Networking Refreshments

1120

Welcome from the Day Two Chairman

Martin Jarrold, Chief of International Programme Development, GVF

1130

Inter@ctive Presentation with Q&A

The View from the Asia-Pacific Satellite Communications Council

A representative of the Asia-Pacific Satellite Communications Council (APSCC) will provide an analysis of key satellite market issues from the region.

Speaker:

Dr. Nongluck Phinainitisart, President, APSCC

1200

Inter@ctive Presentation with Q&A

The New Training Dynamic in Regional Capacity Building

Applicable in all regions of the world, GVF has developed a range of informational and training resources that are designed to offer both government/quasi-government/NGO institutions and private sector entities the resources to enhance and grow their capacities for effective action. These capacities may include, in the public sector, the development and implementation of effective approaches to satellite regulatory reform or for market liberalisation. Or, in the private sector, they may include the deployment of training resources to facilitate professional development amongst satellite earth station installation engineers. In this session a GVF VSAT Installation & Maintenance Course Certified Trainer will elaborate on the rationale of GVF installation training, explain just how it works, and demonstrate how your organisation can benefit from it.

Speaker:

Mazen Nassar, Managing Director, MenaNets

1230

Luncheon Break & CABSAT Exhibition Viewing

1400

Case Studies & Innovation Challenges

Market Vertical Study: The Energy Industries & GVF Market Sector Initiatives

The oil & gas industry is, of course, a vertical market of central importance throughout the MENA region, and one that depends on satellite technology for its mission critical operations in the exploration and production, as well as other, industry segments. New broadband satellite based applications are essential in supporting the operational imperatives which facilitate the enabling of the ‘Digital Oilfield’. GVF recognition of the central importance of this user vertical in the satellite industry customer-base and coverage of oil & gas connectivity requirements in GVF programme activities has now extended to a formal relationship between GVF and the publisher of the GulfOilandGas.com industry information portal. In this session the speaker will define the satellite communications connectivity imperatives of the oil & gas sector, and the collaboration with GulfOilandGas.com will be explained.

Speaker:

Martin Jarrold, Chief of International Programme Development, GVF

1430

Inter@ctive Panel Plus

Alternative Satellite Technologies & Next Generation Networking: Market Opportunity in the Evolution of Platforms & Performance

Evolution of space segment and of ground segment, together with innovation in software and applications have, over the life of the satellite industry, introduced a series of new dynamics to the arena of wireless communications and brought about major opportunities in the continuing evolution of the business models and revenue streams of satellite operators and network service providers. In this session you will learn about some of the latest waves of innovation to come from space segment operators and ground station equipment vendors.

Speakers:

Jon Osler, Managing Director, Middle East & Africa, VSAT Networks, ViaSat

Soheil Mehrabanzad, Assistant Vice President & General Manager, Africa & Middle East, International Division, Hughes

1510 Inter@ctive Panel Plus

Driving the New Dynamics of the Regional Broadband Satellite Solution

The emphasis of the contributors to this final session is on the analysis and understanding of current trends as a foundation for the planning of growth in, and directing the evolution of, the provision of broadband, IP-based, applications and services in the future marketplace. However, this is not an exercise in ad hoc crystal ball-gazing, but a clear and detailed overview of just how today’s satellite technologies and the associated business models which facilitate their current effective deployment are most likely to evolve into yet further improved technologies and a range of increasingly innovative business models of revenue-stream expansion. If the IP satellite argument has been won in the minds of the corporate/SME/SOHO end-user, just exactly how must the satellite sector continue to position itself to secure long-term sales of its solutions, and to successfully guarantee the customer-base competitive advantage that arises from the satellite choice? What next for the satellite-based networking environment? What next in the MENA satellite – and non-satellite – communications marketplace?

Speakers:

Issa Odtallah, Senior Regional Development Manager, Dubai Regional Centre, Inmarsat

Ton Ebbenhorst, Vice President, Global Sales, Vizada

1550

Concluding Remarks from the Chairman

1600

Close of MENASAT 2008 & Return to CABSAT Exhibition Viewing