SMi's 3rd annual MilSatCom AsiaPac conference

1. SMi’s 3rd Annual
2013
15 - 16 MAY
GRAND COPTHORNE WATERFRONT HOTEL, SINGAPORE
CONFERENCE CHAIRMAN
Asia's leading military communications
Gregg Daffner CEO, GapSat,
event for satellite professionals
GVF Hong Kong Correspondent
Following on from the last two years of
exceptional discussion and unrivalled CONFERENCE SPEAKERS INCLUDE
military-industry networking opportunities, Commodore Roger Boyce, Director General ICT
Policy and Plans, CIO Group, Australian Defence
SMi Group are delighted to announce our
Force
3rd MilSatCom Asia-Pacific conference.
Lieutenant Commander Salvador Sambalilo,
Whether you are a SatCom professional
Commanding Officer Information System Group,
based in the region wishing to show
Philippine Navy
leadership in this area or an established
Lieutenant Colonel Jim Dryburgh, JS01 CIS J6,
solution-provider looking to develop your
NZDF
brand in Asia, this event will provide you
with a unique opportunity to further your Deputy Inspector General Ghulam Shabir Sheikh,
Counter Terror Wing, Pakistan Police Force
mission.
COL Mark Patterson, J6 Division Chief,
USPACOM
Nicolas Stephan, General Manager Middle East,
Key topics to be discussed: LSE Space Middle East JLT
• Regional military SatCom roadmaps and Dr. Pham Anh Tuan, Director, Vietnam National
packages
Satellite Center (VNSC)
• Space domain governance Jose Del Rosario, Senior Analyst,
• Military SatCom requirements and capability Northern Sky Research
• Proprietary SatCom solutions and services Christophe Bauer, Vice President Commercial
• The evolution of communications technologies Sales, Spacex
• Signal jamming and information superiority Commodore (Ret) Seshadri Vasan, Former
Regional Commander, Coast Guard Region East,
Indian Navy
PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP | 14 MAY
SATELLITE & SATELLITE-HYBRID COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKING CAPABILITY AND
CIVIL-MILITARY INTER-AGENCY COLLABORATION
WORKSHOP LEADER: GVF
SPONSORED BY:
www.milsatcomasia.com
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2. DAY ONE I 15 MAY 2013 www.milsatcomasia.com
08.30 REGISTRATION & COFFEE 13.30
The Philippine Navy SatCom Requirement
09.00 • Introduction to the fleet: Operating 100+ ships
• Providing WCEIS Services in Support of the C2 requirements
CHAIRMAN’S OPENING REMARKS
of the Philippine Navy
Gregg Daffner CEO, GapSat, • The Naval Communications Electronics and Information
GVF Hong Kong Correspondent Systems Center
Lieutenant Commander Salvador Sambalilo,
09.10 Commanding Officer Information System Group,
KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Philippine Navy
Australian Defence SATCOM Roadmap
14.00
• Australian Defence Force tactical and strategic SATCOM Progress Report: Government Hosted Payloads on Commercial
capabilities Satellites
• Joint Project 2008 (JP2008); key issues • Australian Defence Force Hosted Payload
• Enhancing the Australian Defence SATCOM capability • Hosted Payload Core Value Proposition Lessons learned so
through the delivery of satellite ground stations far in placing dedicated government systems on
commercial spacecraft
• Planning and monitoring tools in the Defence Network • Outlook for dedicated government systems on commercial
Operations Centre spacecraft
• Military partnerships Don Brown, Vice President of Hosted Payloads,
• Cooperation with commercial partners Intelsat General
• Future Goals
14.30
Commodore Roger Boyce, Director General ICT Policy
Furnishing Multiple Opportunities for Government in the Asia-
and Plans, CIO Group, Australian Defence Force Pacific
• SES-8 and SES-9: Providing Additional Coverage for the Asia-
09.50 Pacific Region
The New Zealand Defence Force MilSatCom Package • Improving existing Ku-band access Supporting rapidly
• National context growing markets in South Asia and Indo-China
• Expanding capacity for DTH, VSAT and government
• The WGS journey so far
applications
• Future development and requirements Glen Tindall, VP Sales Asia-Pacific,
Lieutenant Colonel Jim Dryburgh, JS01 CIS J6, SES
NZDF
15.10 AFTERNOON TEA
10.30 MORNING COFFEE
15.40
Benefits of Outsourcing Operations & Maintenance In
11.00 MilSatCom Programs
Lowering the Cost of Access to Space • New military challenges: why outsourcing?
• Space travel and private enterprise: Developing safe and • Choosing what To outsource: the opportunities
affordable transportation systems • The advantages of outsourcing: Optimisation of your assets
• Reusable space transportation systems • Misconceptions about outsourcing
Nicolas Stephan, General Manager Middle East,
• SpaceX's target: MARS
LSE Space Middle East JLT
Christophe Bauer, Vice President of Commercial Sales,
Spacex 16.20
INTERACTIVE PANEL DISCUSSION:
11.30 Regional Cooperation and Governance of Future SatCom
How the UK MOD Provides Satcom Systems
• The challenges of data sharing
• Capability Overview • WGS as a model for Asia-Pacific state cooperation-
• The Operational Perspective Prioritising Assets discussions and plans
• Managing the Services • Commercial proposals for national sharing- looking beyond
• Looking to the Future proprietary satellites
Commander Andy Rayner, Royal Navy, SO1 Core • Communications training and regional centres of excellence
Networks,Cap C4ISR, UK MOD Chaired by: Commodore (Ret) Seshadri Vasan, Former
Regional Commander, Coast Guard Region East,
Indian Navy
12.00
Delivering Tailored Commercial Military SatCom Services and Squadron Leader Michael Kennedy, CIS Capability
Solutions Worldwide Development, NATO ACT
• Introducing tailored SatCom solutions and services to various Jose del Rosario, Senior Analyst,
militaries and government organisations worldwide Northern Sky Research
• Providing procurement choices and planning models for any Lieutenant Colonel James Dryburgh, JS01 CIS J6,
NZDF
requirement
• Insight into MilSatCom future trends in the next decade
• Empowering the benefits of industry and government 17.00
partnerships and working relationships CHAIRMAN’S CLOSING REMARKS AND END OF CONFERENCE
• Real Life Case Study: The UK Ministry of Defence Skynet 5 DAY ONE
Program
Ken Hadfield, Defence and Security Advisor, 17.10
Astrium Services Government Communications
Drinks Reception Sponsored by
12.30 NETWORKING LUNCH
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3. DAY TWO I 16 MAY 2013 www.milsatcomasia.com
08.30 RE-REGISTRATION & COFFEE 13.00 NETWORKING LUNCH
09.00
CHAIRMAN’S OPENING REMARKS 14.00
Gregg Daffner CEO, GapSat, SatCom Requirements and Investment Plans in India
GVF Hong Kong Correspondent
• The maritime domain and SatCom infrastructure
09.10 • Commercial partnerships and opportunities
SPECIAL ADDRESS: Championing SatCom in the Asia-Pacific
• Advantages of SatCom • Current operations and capacity
• Embracing new commercial SatCom technologies • Border control and disaster management
• The future of hosted payloads Commodore (Ret) Seshadri Vasan, Former Regional
COL Mark Patterson, J6 Division Chief,
Commander, Coast Guard Region East, Indian Navy
USPACOM
09.50 14.30
Recent Development of Space Technology in Vietnam INTERACTIVE PANEL DISCUSSION:
• Strategy for research and application of space technology
Signal Jamming and Information Superiority
in Vietnam until 2020
• The activities at the Vietnam National Satellite Center • What is the provision and budget for anti-jamming
• VNREDSat and VINASAT technology in the region?
• Projects for satellite data utilization • The type of threat recognised and where it comes from
Dr. Pham Anh Tuan, Director, Vietnam National Satellite
• The importance of the CIS landscape and it's relationship
Center (VNSC)
with networked comms
10.30 MORNING COFFEE Chaired by: Jose Del Rosario, Senior Analyst,
Northern Sky Research
11.00
Ken Hadfield, Defence and Security Advisor,
Communications Capability of the Pakistan Police and Future
Plans Astrium Services Government Communications
• Current systems and technology Commodore (Ret) Seshadri Vasan, Former Regional
• Views on satellite communications and requirements Commander, Coast Guard Region East, Indian Navy
• How fast and high quality communications can assist
counter-terror operations
15.10 AFTERNOON TEA
• The potential for SatComs to assist in border management
Deputy Inspector General Ghulam Shabir Sheikh,
Counter Terror Wing, Pakistan Police Force 15.40
Developing a Capability Package for NATO's Current SatCom
11.40
Services
Delivering State of the Art Military Satellite Communications
Programmes • Enhancing and replacing services
• Update on regional context • Reaching out up to 15,00Km from Brussels
• Laying the foundations for own secure information networks
• The future plans for NATO Service Provision
• Enabling regional sovereign capability, space based
reconnaissance and situational awareness Squadron Leader Michael Kennedy, CIS Capability
• Assisting regional security policies and national defence Development, NATO ACT
infrastructures
• Case studies of current and future global programmes
16.20
Nigel Chandler, International Business Development
Manager, Astrium Services- Government Asia: The Next Hub of Government & Military SatCom
Communications • The effects of the US pivot strategy in the region
• Maritime SatCom requirements in the strategic context of the
12.20
Korean peninsula and South China Sea
Delivering Government More for Less
• How big a problem is latency in government networks • Regional military spending
today? O3b as the game changer in terms of reach, Jose del Rosario, Senior Analyst,
throughput and capability Northern Sky Research
• Efficiency, Flexibility, Latency and Bandwidth driving Mission
Success
D D'Ambrosio, EVP, Government Solutions, 17.00
03B Networks CHAIRMAN’S CLOSING REMARKS AND END OF CONFERENCE
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4. PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP- 14 May 2013
Satellite & Satellite-Hybrid Communications
Networking Capability and Civil-Military
Inter-Agency Collaboration
Overview:
This half-day workshop will bring together expertise from About your masterclass leader:
the satellite and satellite-hybrid communications
industry membership of the GVF, companies which, Martin Jarrold, Chief, International
amongst other products and services such as fixed Programme Development, Global
satellite solutions, supply mobile and deployable VSAT Forum
satellite and wireless broadband communications Martin Jarrold was appointed GVF
solutions to military and civilian agency environments, Chief of International
including in situations where such agencies collaborate ProgrammeDevelopment in June 2001. His particular
in the field to deliver effective disaster recovery and responsibilities include outreach to the member
emergency management responses. It will explore the organisations of the GVF and for the further
complexities of the range of combined activities of development of the profile of the Forum within the
military forces and civilian agencies, and to explain how satellite communications industry, and across the
the respective satellite/wireless broadband networking global telecommunications policy and regulatory
requirements of each of these types of collaborator community.
affect and inter-relate with the communications
demands of the other.
About GVF
13.30 Founded in 1997, GVF
is the single and
Registration
unified voice of the
14.00 global satellite
Start of Workshop & Introductions industry. It brings
14.10 together organisations
engaged in the delivery of advanced broadband and
60 Minute Focus A: The Military & Non-Military
narrowband satellite services to consumers, and
Agency Communications Environment commercial and government enterprises worldwide.
15.10 Headquartered in London, GVF is an independent,
60 Minute Focus B: Defence Communications non-partisan and non-profit organisation with 230+
Contractors & the Inter-Agency Space etc. members from more than 85 countries. The broad-
based membership represents every major world
16:10 region and every sector of the satellite industry,
Coffee Break including fixed and mobile satellite operators, satellite
16.40 network operators, teleports, satellite earth station
60 Minute Focus C: Combining Inter-Agency manufacturers, system integrators, value added and
Satellite Communications Platforms enhanced service providers, telecom carriers,
consultants, law firms, and users. www.gvf.org
17.40
Interactive Question and Answer Session
18.10
Close of Workshop
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extensive prime contractor experience across all sectors - satellite systems,
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a complete range of launcher capabilities, orbital systems, manned space
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Intelsat General Corporation (IGC) provides a wide range of customized,
secure, end-to-end communications solutions to military, commercial, and
government customers. Leveraging our global fleet of more than 50 satellites,
36,000+ miles of terrestrial fiber optic cable, 8 teleports, and more than 50 Points
of Presence worldwide, our network connects you to every corner of the earth.
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SpaceX develops, manufactures and launches the world’s most advanced
rockets and spacecraft. In its first four launches, Falcon 9 proved its reliability in
back-to-back successful flights. In May 2012, Falcon 9 delivered the Dragon
spacecraft to dock with the International Space Station, making SpaceX the first
commercial company in history to visit the orbiting laboratory. And in October
2012, SpaceX again successfully delivered cargo to and from the space station,
officially beginning the era of commercial cargo resupply. www.spacex.com
O3b Networks is a global satellite service provider building a next-generation
satellite network for telecommunications operators, Internet service providers,
enterprise and Government customers in emerging markets. The O3b system will
combine the global reach of satellite with the speed of a fiber-optic network
providing billions of consumers and businesses in nearly 180 countries with
low-cost, high-speed, low latency Internet and mobile connectivity. O3b
Networks’ investors are SES, Google, Liberty Global, HSBC Principal Investments,
Northbridge Venture Partners, Allen & Company, Development Bank of
Southern Africa, Sofina, Satya Capital and Luxempart. O3b Networks is
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6. MILSATCOM ASIA-PACIFIC
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