2022 AGENDA

8:00 AM REGISTRATION

8:00 AM NETWORKING BREAKFAST

9:15 AM SESSION ONE: FIRESIDE CHAT

During this session, a member of the Connectivity Business team will sit down with Matt Desch, Chief Executive Officer at Iridium for a one-on-one discussion on crucial technology and connectivity trends and developments.  

9:45 AM SESSION TWO: M&A dynamics and the outlook for consolidation 

PANEL

• The disruptive technologies that point to M&A
• Ripple effects from Eutelsat bid and Orbcomm deal 
• Private equity’s increasing interest in the commercial space economy

PANELISTS:

• Jing Li, Manager, Corporate Strategy and Market Intelligence, SES Global
• Dara Panahy, Partner, Milbank
• S. Sita Sonty, Partner and Associate Director, Boston Consulting Group

MODERATOR:

• Noel Rimalovski, Managing Director, GH Partners

10:30 AM MID-MORNING BREAK

11:00 AM SESSION THREE: What’s new in LEO and LEO proliferation   

PANEL 

• Overcoming the dearth of ground sector capacity
• How LEO satellite players seek to stretch their footprint outside residential broadband
• Increasing importance of multi-orbit strategies 
• The rise of spaceports and new launch sites 

PANELISTS: 

• Glenn Katz, Chief Commercial Officer, Telesat
• Chris Kunstadter, Global Head of Space, AXA XL
• Mina Mitry, Chief Executive Officer, Kepler Communications

MODERATOR:

• David Meltzer, Secretary General, GVF

11:45 PM NETWORKING LUNCHEON

1:00 PM SESSION FOUR: The future of  IoT connectivity

PANEL 

• IoT nanosatellite operators go into operations mode
• How technologies are driving investment 
• Increased spending in fragmented sector

PANELISTS:

• Avi Shabtai, Chief Executive Officer, Ramon.space
• Brian Pemberton, Vice President Sales and Marketing, Omnispace
• Patrick Campbell, Partner, Milbank

1:45 PM SESSION FIVE: Navigating regulatory and licensing issues 

PRESENTATION 

• Calls for greater regulation and smaller satellites amid space debris problem
• Need for satellite subsidies 
• How can regulators keep up with the satellite industry’s pace of change? 

 PRESENTER:

• Lafayette Greenfield, Partner, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

2:15 PM AFTERNOON BREAK

2:45 PM SESSION SIX: FIRESIDE CHAT

During this session, a member of the Connectivity Business team will sit down with Mark Dankberg, Chairman of the Board and Executive Chairman of Viasat, Inc. for a one-on-one discussion on crucial technology and connectivity trends and developments.  

3:15 PM SESSION SEVEN:  Core connectivity  sector roundup  and review:  Oil & Gas,  Maritime,  Aviation  and other verticals 

PANEL

• Effects on satellite of rising gas prices and volatility, environmental concerns and increased ransomware attacks  
• Inflight connectivity amid new players in business jets, interest of SpaceX and 5G adoption 
• Shift from data collection to analytics in maritime  

PANELISTS:

• Semir Hassanaly, Head of Cellular Backhauling and Trunking Market Development, ST Engineering
• Royce Hernandez, Vice President – North America Enterprise Partnerships, Hughes Network Systems
• Bill Milroy, Chairman and CTO, ThinKom

MODERATOR:

• Robert Bell, Executive Director, World Teleport Association

4:15 PM COCKTAIL RECEPTION