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International Satellite Communication Symposium (Geneva, 13-14 June 2016) > Programme

Monday, 13 June 2016

08.30	Registration
09.30	Introductory Remarks	Francois Rancy – Director BR, ITU
09.45	General Overview of the Symposium	Yvon Henri - Chief Space Services Department, ITU
10.00	SATELLITE OPERATORS & ADMINISTRATIONS PANEL Satellite services and interference: The current situation	Aarti Holla – Secretary General, ESOA (Facilitator) Ruben Marentes – Director, Intelsat Ethan Lavan – Director, Eutelsat Daryl Hunter – Sr. Director, ViaSat Cecil Ameil – SES Laura Roberti - Director, Inmarsat Alexandre Vallet – ANFR, France
11.15	Coffee Break
11.30	SPACE MONITORING PANEL	Yvon Henri – ITU (Facilitator) Guido Baraglia – Director, Kratos Mark Skinner – The Boeing Company Klaus MECHER - Space Radiomonitoring Station, Germany Younghee Park – Space Radio Monitoring Center, Republic of Korea Chao LUO - Space Radiomonitoring Station, China
12.30	Lunch Break
14.00	BROADCASTERS SESSION Challenges to Interference-Free Operation	Nigel Fry – BBC (Facilitator ) Paolo Pusterla – EBU/Eurovision Gary Thatcher – Broadcasting Board of Governors -USA
14.45	Carrier-ID and the Interference Technology Puzzle	Martin Coleman – Executive Director, sIRG
15.00	VSAT& SNG installation and operation training Terminal Quality Measures	Claudiu Mateescu - Global Vsat Forum/ICRC
15.15	The C-band challenge - specific characteristics for specific needs	Martin Jarrold, Chief of International Programmes – GVF (Facilitator) Cecil Ameil – SES Elena Puigrefagut – EBU
16.15	Coffee Break
16.30	SOLUTIONS BROUGHT BY THE INDUSTRY Latest Technologies to detect, identify, locate and mitigate harmful interference	Jorge Ciccorossi – ITU (Facilitator ) Guido Baraglia – Director, Kratos Thierry Balanche – Zodiac Aerospace Ethan Lavan – Director, Eutelsat
17.30	Bringing the Power of Big Data Analytics to Satellite Communications, Enabled By a New Spectrum Remote Sensing Satellite System	Brophy Daniel - VP Orbital ATK
17:45	Wrap-Up / Discussion - First Day	Yvon Henri - ITU
18.00	Close of First Day

Tuesday, 14 June 2016

9.00	INNOVATION & LATEST TECHNOLOGIES IN SATELLITE SYSTEMS Large NGSO Constellations: A new challenge and opportunity in sharing the spectrum?	Yvon Henri – ITU ( Facilitator ) Tony Azzarelli – Vice President, OneWeb Audrey Allison – Sr. Director, The Boeing Company Patricia Cooper - Vice President, Space-X
9.45	Solutions and Mitigation techniques utilized in Mobility Applications and High Throughput Satellites (HTS). Spectrum Sharing in Future Bands	Jorge Ciccorossi – ITU ( Facilitator ) Ruben Marentes – Director, Intelsat Daryl Hunter – Sr. Director, ViaSat Laura Roberti - Director, Inmarsat Ethan Lavan - Director, Eutelsat Martin Jarrold, Chief of International Programmes – GVF
11.00	Coffee Break
11.15	CYBERSECURITY SESSION Physical and Cyber Security : -Experience with Radio Navigation Satellite Service (RNSS) -Protection of RNSS Systems	Jorge Ciccorossi – ITU ( Facilitator ) MITOME Takahiro - Hitachi
11.45	Guidelines for Sat. Operators and Terminal Manufacturers	Martin Jarrold, Chief of International Programmes – GVF
12.00	Cyber Risks to Satellites and Other Space-based Assets	Caroline Baylon - AXA
12.30	Lunch Break
14.00	SCIENCE SESSION Protecting Space Science Services	Yvon Henri – ITU (Facilitator ) Harvey Liszt, Chair IUCAF/National Radio Astronomy Observatory -USA Vincent Meens , Centre National d' Études Spatiales (CNES) - France
14.45	Coffee Break
15.00	REGULATORY SESSION International Space Law	Yvon Henri – ITU (Facilitator ) Mahulena Hofmann (Prof. Dr.) SES Chair in Satellite Communications and Media Law - Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance - University of Luxembourg International Institute of Space Law (IISL) Board Member- The Netherlands
15.30	ITU Regulations and actions to prevent and resolve harmful interference, in brief.	Jorge Ciccorossi, Sr. Eng. – Space Services Department ITU
15.45	Update to Related ITU-R Study Groups activities, Recommendations, Reports and Handbooks	Mubarak Alsawafi, ViceChairman ITU-R WP-1C Nelson Malagutti, Counsellor, ITU-R Study Group 4
16.10	Wrap-Up / Discussion - Second Day	Yvon Henri, ITU
16.30	Closure of the Symposium