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1. SMi Group - The Organisers of Global MilSatCom present the 3rd Annual
MilSatCom
Middle East & Africa
23 - 24
February 2015
HOLIDAy INN, Abu DHAbI, uNITED ArAb EMIrATES
The leading MilSatCom Middle East event bringing you in
contact with key decision-makers in the MilSatCom Industry
BOOK BEFORE
31ST OCTOBER FOR
£300 DISCOUNT
BOOK BEFORE
28TH NOVEMBER
FOR £100
DISCOUNT
BENEFITS OF ATTENDING:
• Current and planned military satellite
projects across the Middle East & Africa
• Legal practices and space policy
surrounding MilSatCom
• Training programmes for MilSatCom
• Firsthand use of satcom projects in
humanitarian efforts in the region
KEYNOTE ADDRESSES FROM:
Colonel Atogeba Alobawone, Director
Communication, Directorate of Defence
Communication and Information Systems,
Ghana Armed forces
Colonel Kattala, Tanzania People's Defence Forces
Colonel Thabo Ntoni, Senior Staff Officer Product
Systems Management of the Command and
Management Information Systems Division,
South African National Defence Force (SANDF)*
OTHER CONFERENCE SPEAKERS INCLUDE:
Saeed Al Mansoori, Senior Engineer, Emirates
Institution for Advanced Science and Technology
(EIAST)
Yahaya, Isah Akor, Legal Adviser, National Space
Research and Development Agency
Her Excellency Mrs Nicole Bintner-Bakshian,
Ambassador of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg in
the UAE
Maria Mateo Iborra, Project Manager, Ground
Segment Solutions, SES
Dr Ayman Ahmed, Satellite System Engineer,
National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space
Laith Hamad, Director of Middle East and North
Africa, Access Partnership
Commodore Christian Anuge, Defence
Communications, Nigerian Navy, Nigerian
Communications Satellite Limited
Khalid Al Awadhi, Manager Space Services,
Telecommunications Regulatory Authority
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Register online or call us on +44 (0) 20 7827 6000
*Speaker to be confirmed
BOOK BY 31ST OCTOBER AND SAVE £300 • BOOK BY 28TH NOVEMBER AND SAVE £100

2. MILSATCOM MIDDLE EAST & AFRICA 2015
Day One 23rd February 2015 www.milsatcom-mea.com
8.30 Registration & Coffee
9.00 CHAIRMAN’S OPENING REMARKS
Mazen Nassar, Installation Training Lead for the Middle East,
Global VSAT Forum
LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN THE MIDDLE EAST
9.10 Use of DubaiSat-2 and its application
• EIAST Progress in the last year
• Earth observation Applications- Evidence for the success of
DubaiSat-2
Saeed Al Mansoori, Senior Engineer, Emirates Institution for
Advanced Science and Technology (EIAST)
9.50 The Regulatory Framework for SatCom in the UAE : Helping
the Industry
• Overview of the space industry in the uAE
• National and International regulations for SatCom
• The next step for the uAE
Khalid Al Awadhi, Manager Space Services,
Telecommunications Regulatory Authority
10.30 MORNING COFFEE
MILSATCOM OPERATIONS IN AFRICA
11.00 South African Defence Force's SatCom Update
• Session Details to be announced
Colonel Thabo Ntoni, Senior Staff Officer Product
Systems Management of the Command and
Management Information Systems Division, South African
National Defence Force (SANDF)*
11.40 Space Technology and Military Transformation: A Case Study
of Nigeria Armed Forces
• Session Details to be announced
Commodore Christian Anuge, Defence Communications,
Nigerian Navy, Nigerian Communications Satellite Limited
12.20 NETWORKING LUNCH
CURRENT CLIMATE IN MEA REGION AND
HOW TO OPTIMISE SATCOM USE
13.30 Government & Military SatCom in the Middle-East:
An Alphabet Soup of Solutions
• What is the state of the market and likely scenario for
commercial satcom in the Middle-East and Africa?
• What is the expected growth in services and satellite
capacity demand and for which applications?
• Will satellite markets in the region rely more on FSS, MSS or
HTS solutions?
• Where will demand be most important and for which
application?
Claude Rousseau, Senior researcher, Northern Sky Research
14.10 SES and the Luxembourg Government join forces for
emergency.lu & SatMed
• emergency.lu, mobile satellite communications in support
of disaster relief and humanitarian operations in remote
locations
• SatMed, a satellite-enhanced cloud-computing based
Health platform, quickly and easily rolled out during
response and recovery phases in remote locations
Her Excellency Mrs Nicole Bintner-Bakshian, Ambassador of
the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg in the UAE
Maria Mateo Iborra, Project Manager, Ground Segment
Solutions, SES
14.50 AFTERNOON TEA
15.20 The Nigerian Space programme: policies and Laws, practices
and prospects with the security operatives
• Session details to be announced
Yahaya Isah Akor, Legal Adviser, National Space Research
And Development Agency
16.00 Global regulatory standards around drones
• uAS/uAV Drones – System Description
• regulatory background out of WrC-07 and WrC-12
• Current regulatory Status
• uAS/uAV Drones – MENA
Laith Mohammad Al Hamad, Director of MENA, AA Access
Partnership
16.40 CHAIRMAN’S CLOSING REMARKS AND END OF CONFERENCE
DAY ONE
Register online at www.milsatcom-mea.com • Alternatively fax y
SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
SMi offer sponsorship, exhibition, advertising and branding packages, uniquely tailored to complement your company's
marketing strategy. Should you wish to join the increasing number of companies benefiting from promoting their business at our
conferences please call:
Alia Malick, Director, on +44 (0)20 7827 6168 or email amalick@smi-online.co.uk
MARKETING OPPORTUNITIES
Are you interested in promoting your defence services to a targeted industry sector? SMi offer tailored marketing packages so
that your association/publication can gain access to a global market and key decision makers in the defence market.
Contact Sonal Patel on +44 (0)20 7827 6106 or email spatel@smi-online.co.uk
*Speaker to be confirmed
NEW
FOR
2015

3. www.milsatcom-mea.com Day Two 24th February 2015
8.30 Registration & Coffee
9.00 CHAIRMAN’S OPENING REMARKS
MILSATCOM MIDDLE EAST & AFRICA 2015
Mazen Nassar, Installation Training Lead for the Middle East,
Global VSAT Forum
THE CHALLENGES OF MANAGING SATCOM ON ROUGH TERRAIN
9.10 Tanzania People’s Defence Forces Update
• Current usage of MilSatCom in operations
• Overcoming MilSatCom difficulties in the terrain
• Future plans for SatCom in Tanzania
Colonel AS Kattala, Tanzania People's Defence Forces
9.50 MilSatCom in the Ghana Armed Forces:
The Strategic Roadmap
• A case for MilSatCom in the Ghana Armed Forces.
• Operational deployment and Challenges in the
procurement of SatCom assets
• The strategic roadmap
Colonel Atogeba Alobawone, Director Communication,
Directorate of Defence Communication and Information
Systems, Ghana Armed Forces
10.30 MORNING COFFEE
POLICIES AND MARKET DEVELOPMENT
11.00 Africa: The Next Hub of Government and Military SatCom
Market
• Demand Driver in Africa
NEW
• More Terror Networks Emerging
FOR
• Emerging Space Powers
2015
• Meeting Africa’s Needs
Hubert Foy, Director, The African Center for Science and
International Security
11.40 Towards an integrated African space policy and strategy
• Strategic plan of Egyptian space program,
• African prospective for space and its applications
• Potential needs for space in African continent
Dr Ayman Ahmed, Satellite System Engineer, National
Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Sciences
12.20 NETWORKING LUNCH
ISSUE OF SATELLITE INTEGRATION
13.30 Can commercial Satellite links be secured?
• Mobility
• Marine and Military
• Applications
• Secure voice links
• Secure video links
• Secure Data
Riyadh Al Adely, Managing Director, Skystream
14.10 Optimizing Satellite Communications
• Introduction to Comtech EF-Data as an advanced satellite
communications solutions provider
• Multi-Layer Optimization : building Value - One layer at a
time
• A look into the future : ready for Ka, MEOS, and Next
generation satellites
Ghassan Tabet, Sales Director, Comtech EF Data
14.50 AFTERNOON TEA
FIELD SATCOM AND SECURITY REQUIREMENTS
15.20 Challenges in Ground Systems ... Field Satcom Initiatives
• Importance of doing the right thing, the right way
• Capacity building of the resources
• benchmarking process & Validating Assets
• Support Modules for Operations & Maintenance
Riaz Lamak, International Director benchmarking &
Validation, Global VSAT Forum (GVF)
16.00 Security Requirements, Political Changes and Technological
Advancements Fuel Demand for Networks Integration
• Growing demand for integration in recent year
• Developing network requirements
• Potential market segments
• Cost and topologies
Mazen Nassar, Installation Training Lead for the Middle East,
Global VSAT Forum
16.40 CHAIRMAN’S CLOSING REMARKS AND END OF CONFERENCE
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4. MILSATCOM MIDDLE EAST & AFRICA
Conference: 23rd-24th February 2015 Holiday Inn, Abu Dhabi
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