Programme Day 1

Day 1, March 5^th, 2008

1100

Registration & Networking Refreshments

1120

Welcome from the Day One Chairman

Martin Jarrold, Chief of International Programme Development, GVF

1130

Moderated Inter@ctive “Panel Interview”

Regional Access & Applications: Satellite Networking Connectivity Initiatives & the Dynamics of IP Convergence

Demand for IP-based applications has driven hundreds of thousands of end-users worldwide towards satellite solutions, and millions more will follow in increasing numbers of emerging markets. Investments of billions of dollars into next-generation fixed and mobile satellite services, have led to broadband satellite portfolios that have been tailored for corporate requirements, and those of small-to-medium sized enterprises, the small-office/home-office, and the residential markets. This session will maximise your opportunity to learn just what global and regional satellite communications providers have to offer the MENA marketplace, and to understand how the latest, converged, access technologies and applications developments are positioned to meet regional demand.

Moderator:

Stéphane Chenard, Senior Analyst, Euroconsult

Speakers:

David Williams, Chief Executive Officer, Avanti Communications

Dr. Mohamed Elghamry, Chief Executive Officer, EgyptSat

David Bettinger, Chief Technology Officer, iDirect Technologies

1230

Inter@ctive Panel Plus

State-of-the-Art Maximisation of Satellite Bandwidth in the MENA Region

Spectrum is a finite and precious resource. In order to achieve the most efficient usage of this limited resource and to enhance investment returns for broadband satellite solution vendors, together with facilitating increased cost-effectiveness for broadband solutions buyers, IP satellite “must make the most of the bandwidth”. In this session leading satellite industry insiders will explain not only how the supply of today’s satellite solutions necessarily implies a continuing evolution of technologies to “make the most of the bandwidth”, but also how appropriate bandwidth availability, provision, and supply is carefully planned for, and tailored to, regional demand dynamics. In addition, this session will cover the major recent spectrum allocation debate arising from the emergence of new terrestrial broadband wireless access technologies and their remaining potential to encroach upon the frequency ranges used by satellite service providers.

Speakers:

Dave Rehbehn, Senior Director of Marketing, Hughes

Jean-Philippe Gillet, Regional Vice President, Europe & Middle East Sales, Intelsat

Ulrich Kiebler, Vice President, Commercial & Government, ND SatCom

1315

Case Studies & Innovation Challenges

Applications Study: Business Continuity & Disaster Response

Regular and frequent natural disasters of various types are an all-too-well known occurrence around the globe, and large sums of money are expended in seeking to predict, and thus to mitigate their damaging consequences through the application of disaster recovery, emergency management and business continuity procedures and programmes. Increasingly, it is recognised that the critical path to the most effective application of such procedures and programmes is wholly dependent upon the deployment of wireless communications which facilitate the coordinated movement of logistical, rescue and first responder resources into, and within, regions threatened by – or recovering from – a disaster situation.

Terrestrial wireless equipment is only useful when communications towers and other fixed equipment are in place to connect wireless equipment to the local and global communications backbone. In the majority of emergency situations, this infrastructure has either been destroyed or damaged as a consequence of the disaster, or was not available in the first instance. It is this reality which makes it critical for local government and emergency workers to have access to a wireless communications network that operates independently of terrestrial infrastructure. Satellite communications provide such a solution, and offer the only wireless communications infrastructure that is not susceptible to damage from disasters. The case studies offered in this session will illustrate the essential role of satellite communications for business continuity preparedness, and in the delivery of effective disaster response strategies.

Speakers:

Dr. Ram Chandran, Senior Vice President, Anacom Inc

Speaker to be confirmed, Globecomm Systems

Stefano Zara, Key Account & Special Projects Manager, Skylogic

1400

Luncheon Break & CABSAT Exhibition Viewing

1500

Case Studies & Innovation Challenges

Market Vertical Study: Marine Transportation Sector

In this session the speakers will provide case studies of the essential and expanding contribution of satellite technologies and services to maritime communications around the MENA region, and the sea lanes of the world. Hardware innovations which have fostered the development of high-efficiency stabilised antenna systems on the vendor supply side, and new applications developments which are able to meet the connectivity demands of shipping owner/operators, cargo companies, ships crews, and cruise passengers, etc., will be illustrated.

Speakers:

Jack Buechler, Sales Director, EMEA, Advantech Satellite Networks

Simon Bull, Senior Consultant, Comsys

Dr. Wolfgang Krone, Head of Sales Consultancy & Project Management, Detasad

1545

Inter@ctive Panel Plus

21^st Century Satellite Pure-Plays & Hybrids: Regional Alignment of the Convergence Factor & the Mobile Dynamic

With the communications marketplace putting an ever greater emphasis on access to much more than voice-only services whilst on the move, the speakers in this session will detail the present and growing contribution of satellite to the provision of data services and IP-based applications through mobile terminals, whether via satellite-hybrid terrestrial wireless networks or via pure-play satellite terminals.

Speakers:

Jeff Biber, Engineering Executive, Hughes

David Bettinger, Chief Technology Officer, iDirect Technologies

1620

Case Studies & Innovation Challenges

Applications Study: Sustainable Economic & Social Development through Education Provision & Health Promotion

An effective school and university education system, together with the delivery of accessible public health resources are essential to both economic growth and social development. In multiple emerging markets around the world, many of them in the MENA region, satellite-based communications are making possible access to, and more effective exploitation of, distance learning and tele-medical applications for growing populations, and doing so very cost-effectively. In this session the speakers will offer case study examples of how satellite networking is contributing to economic sustainability and social advance.

Speakers:

Eng. Sameh Waguih, Pre-Sales Manager, Alkan Telecom

Jonathan Barter, Marketing Director, EMEA, iDirect Technologies

Dr. S. Rangarajan, Senior Vice President, Engineering Solutions, WorldSpace

1705

Closing Comments

1710

Close of Day One & Return to CABSAT Exhibition Viewing