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CONNECTIVITY NEXT SUMMIT ON DEMAND
9:25 am – 9:30 am WELCOMING REMARKS
SPEAKER:
- JJ Hornblass, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Royal Media
9:30 am – 10:15 am SESSION ONE: PANEL — Emerging Trends in Connectivity Satellite Development & Deployment
- Regulatory impact on current and upcoming LEO constellations
- Recovery from supply chain issues
- Importance of developing hybrid solutions
PANELISTS:
- Brian Aziz, Executive Director of D2D, Iridium
- Mike Kaplan, VP of Business Development, LeoStella
- Devon Papandrew, VP of Business Development, Stoke Space
- Sriram Subramanian, Director of Product Management, Skylo Technologies
MODERATOR:
- Laurence Russell, Deputy Editor, Connectivity Business News
10:15 am – 10:45 am SESSION TWO: Fireside Chat
During this session, Paul Gaske, Chief Operating Officer of EchoStar, will sit down with a member of the Connectivity Business News team for a one-on-one discussion on current trends and opportunities in connectivity, such as the growing demand for multi-orbit connectivity, the value of hybrid solutions and how service providers can tailor connectivity solutions to their customers. The discussion will be followed by an audience Q&A session.
MODERATOR:
- Laurence Russell, Deputy Editor, Connectivity Business News
11:15 am – 11:45 am SESSION THREE: PRESENTATION – How the U.S. military can bring in non-traditional vendors
- The status of Space Systems Command’s Front Door Initiative
- Summary of the government’s other efforts to connect with start-ups and new companies
- Linking novel commercial services and products with warfighters
PRESENTER:
- Art Loureiro, Director, Space Defense Solutions – Space Superiority, L3Harris
MODERATOR:
- Laurence Russell, Deputy Editor, Connectivity Business News
1:20 pm – 1:30 pm 2023 Connectivity Next Innovation Awards Ceremony
The 2023 Connectivity Next Innovation Awards, celebrate achievements in the connectivity industry and will be presented for the first time this year at the Connectivity Next Summit, and in an upcoming issue of Connectivity Business News.
MODERATOR:
- JJ Hornblass, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Royal Media
1:30 pm – 2:15 pm SESSION FOUR : PANEL — Innovations in antenna development
- Building antennas that can connect to multiple orbits
- Creating smaller, more portable antennas
- Enabling cellphone-to-satellite connections
PANELISTS:
- Brian Chandler, Director of EO & SATCOM Antennas, Viasat
- Tobias Forsell, Founder & CEO, Forsway
- Tim Rosener, Radio Frequency Chief Engineer of the OESOU, Payload and Ground Systems Division, Northrop Grumman
MODERATOR:
- Madeline Durrett, Senior Associate Editor, Connectivity Business News
2:15 pm – 3 pm SESSION FIVE : PANEL — Connecting satellites on orbit
- Growing demand for optical intersatellite links
- The need for translator satellites to connect constellations
- Developing protocols for interoperability
PANELISTS:
- Michael Abad-Santos, Chief Executive Officer, BridgeComm
- Avi Shabtai, Chief Executive Officer, Ramon.Space
- Tim Deaver, VP of Strategic Solutions, US Government Sales & Business Development, Mynaric
MODERATOR:
- Jean-Benoît LAITHIER, Principal Advisor, Euroconsult
3:30 pm – 4:15 pm SESSION SIX: PANEL — Digitizing ground systems
- Advantages of switching to a digitized ground system
- Challenges of bringing legacy systems into the digital age
- Adding in cloud services
PANELISTS:
- Ed Baron, SVP, Product Strategy, Parsons Corporation
- Calvin Pennamon, Director of Operational Exploitation Systems, Payload and Ground Systems, Northrop Grumman
- Chris Rose, CTO – Antenna Systems, Viasat
MODERATOR:
- Robert Bell, Director, SSPI
4:15 pm – 5 pm SESSION SEVEN: PANEL — The economics of satellite longevity and orbital sustainability
- How life-extension services can keep fuel-depleted satellites online — and active
- New competition building out a life-extension marketplace
- Repairing and upgrading satellites/payloads on orbit: what’s working now
PANELISTS:
- Andrew Faiola, Commercial Director, Astroscale
- Chris Kunstadter, Global Head of Space, AXA XL
- Mike Lavis, Space Security Advanced Programs Lead, Lockheed Martin
- Dr. Réka Winslow, Space Physicist & Research Professor, University of New Hampshire
MODERATOR:
- Madeline Durrett, Senior Associate Editor, Connectivity Business News
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 14
9:30 am – 9:45 am PRESENTATION – unconnected.org
SPEAKER:
- Mea Thompson, Co-Founder & CCO, unconnected.org
MODERATOR:
- Laurence Russell, Deputy Editor, Connectivity Business News
9:50 am – 10:20 am SESSION EIGHT: Keynote address
During this session, Daniel Gizinski, Chief Strategy Officer at Comtech, will discuss current and future satcom needs and opportunities, with a focus on government satcom. The discussion will be followed by an audience Q&A session.
MODERATOR:
- Laurence Russell, Deputy Editor, Connectivity Business News
10:25 am – 11:20 am SESSION NINE: PANEL – M&A trends in the space sector
- Investment is down after a flurry of activity in 2021
- Satcom providers going vertical with new acquisitions
- Will companies continue to combine to form multi-orbit solutions?
PANELISTS:
- Aly Lalani, Executive Director, JP Morgan
- Armand Musey, Founder & President, Summit Ridge Group
- Dara Panahy, Partner, Milbank LLP
- Noel Rimalovski, Managing Director, GH Partners
MODERATOR:
- Caleb Williams, Vice President, Platforms & Solutions, Quilty Space
