Conference Documentation: Global MilSatCom 2007

DAY 1

8.30 Registration & Coffee

9.00 Chairman's Opening Remarks

Gerard Donelan, Head of Public Sector Projects , SES ASTRA.

9.10 KEYNOTE ADDRESS:NATO’s Tactical Operational SatCom Activity

The challenges of bringing into use UHF DAMA SATCOM TACSAT Radios

The different techniques for “On The Move” and “On The Pause” usage

The operational and support management for software programmable SATCOM radios

Future improvements and the effect of new waveforms The role of industry in making it possible

Brigadier (Ret'd) Tim Waugh, Programme Manager for NATO SatCom and Deployable CIS, NATO C3 Agency.

Lieutenant Colonel Bob Thompson , UHF DAMA SATCOM Project Manager , NATO C3 Agency.

9.50 Small Satellites - Changing the Approach to Military Use of Space

Current small satellite capabilities

How small satellites will contribute to efficient, flexible communications networks in the future

The services that these networks will provide to military surveillance and reconnaissance

The improved military capabilities that will

Stuart Eves, Senior Account Manager; Military Systems , Surrey Satellite Technology (SSTL).

10.20 Providing Resilient Satellite Services for Military Operations

The threat environment

System responses to changing and emerging threats

Building a resilient service

Planning for and responding to stress

Paul Millington, VP Business Development, Paradigm Secure Communications.

10.50 Morning Coffee

Sponsored by Stratos

11.20 How a Nation, Large or Small, can build its Space Capabilities

Prioritizing Space needs in a forward-deployed, netcentric operation

Commercial Space Assets for Military needs

Leveraging Partnerships

Developing Dual-use Technologies

Protecting a Small Nation's Space Capabilities

Daniel Lewandowski, USAF, Combat Air Branch Head, , NATO's Joint Air Power Competence Centre .

Major Tom Single, Subject Matter Export, C4ISTAR, Space System, Deployable CIS & Nav 8 Division , NATO.

11.50 'Better, Smaller, Faster' - The Realities of Operating in the Field and how it should better Drive our Future End-to-End Solutions

Overview of the current operational environment

Emerging challenges

Converging expectation and reality

Proper end-to-end solutions

Using trials and evaluation effectively

Group Captain Andy Powell, Commanding Officer No 90 Signals Unit, Royal Air Force, UK.

12.20 Mobile Military SATCOM Systems

Operational purpose and needs

From antenna to user

System Architecture

Technical synergy

Networking and Services

Pascal Augier, SatCom Ground Segment Marketing Manager , Thales.

Tim Hooper, Services Strategy Director , THALES Land & Joint Systems .

12.50 Networking Lunch

Sponsored by CISCO

2.00 Architectures to Increase the Utility of Commercial Satellite Systems for MilSatCom Users

The opportunity to redefine the role of commercial satellites for a military audience

Threats to the continuing vitality of commercial satellite use by the military

Commercial satellite industry innovations

Next generation space architectures

The true impact of IP on-orbit

Synchronizing ground and space

Rapid provisioning of capability on orbit

Don Brown, Vice President, Business Development and Hosted Payload Programmes, Intelsat General Corporation.

2.30 IP Networking over Satellite - "Delivering Military Grade Networks"

Satellite Communication Considerations

Next Generation Global Services

Technology Trends

Implications for Satellite Communication

Dr Klaus Dörpelkus, Space Initiatives Europe & Emerging Markets, Global Government Solutions Group, Cisco Systems.

3.00 Italian MilSatCom Developments and Future Options

Italy’s military satellite communications requirements - overview

The SICRAL project - operational effectiveness

Interoperability with allied systems

The future: SICRAL 2

Captain (N) Giovanni Battista Durando, Chief Communication and Payload Control Department, SIRCAL Network Management and Control Centre , CIS Division, General Staff, Italian Navy.

3.30 Afternoon Tea

Sponsored by SGSI

4.00 The Future of Military SatCom -Unique Requirements for Satellite Modems

Network Centric - IP Protocol

Transmission Security

Multiple Topologies: SCPC, Star, and Mesh

Mobility - Comms on the Move

Bandwidth Efficiency

David Bettinger, Chief Technical Officer, Idirect Technologies.

4.30 Research and Technology Priorities for Next Generation MilSatCom in Europe

Main highlights of the military needs

R&T work stream on the Next Generation MilSatCom

Driving factors for MilSatCom R&T priorities

R&T projects, industry trends, dual-use potential of SatCom technologies

First views on the identified R&T priorities Co-ooperation

Grzegorz Minczakiewicz, Technical Project Officer, European Defence Agency.

5.00 Telemedicine Networks via Satellite for Military Health

The beginning of telemedicine : the first experimentation

From the experimental phase to the service

Results and the medical point of view

Nick Daly, Regional Director, UK, Eire and The Netherlands, Eutelsat.

Leopoldo Genovesi, , Telbios.

5.30 Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Day One

5.40 Networking Drinks Reception

Sponsored by eutelsat Communications

DAY 2

8.15 Registration & Coffee

8.45 Chairman's Opening Remarks

Richard McKinney SES, European Space Liaison, US Air Force.

8.55 KEYNOTE ADDRESS: SPAWAR’s SatCom Capabilities

Rear Admiral Victor See, USN Commander, Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command, Space Field Activity (SPAWAR) and Director, Communications Systems Axquisition and Operations Directorate (COMM), National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) and Program Executive Officer (PEO) Space System, Department Of The Navy.

9.25 SPECIAL ADDRESS: Overview and Observations on SATCOM and Commercial Industry

Review of need and growth in use

COTM

Architectural perspective so essential to achieving end state

New approaches (incl. technology) and trends/opportunities

Operationally responsive space and coalition operationally responsive space

Revitalizing our industrial base

(Possible) thoughts on how we choose to use space

Colonel Patrick H Rayermann, Chief, Space and Missile Defense Command, US Army.

9.55 The Critical Connection: Commercial SatCom - A Key Component of Interoperability

Global expeditionary warfare

Mobile, secure and reliable

Air, Sea and Land

Coalition operations

Battlespace situational awareness

Gordon McMillan, Director, Government Services , Inmarsat Government Services.

10.25 Morning Coffee

Sponsored by Stratos

10.55 Syracuse III: The French Military SATCOM Network as Key Element of the FR Force Projection Mission

System overview, main innovations & architecture

The cornerstone of the French NCW

An acquisition strategy coherent with the operational needs

An uninterrupted preparation of the future MILSATCOM

Michael Pascaud, Syracuse III Program Manager, DGA, Ministry of Defence, France.

Frederic Bouyer, Syracuse III System Architect, Ministry of Defence, France.

11.25 Military BPO - Information as a Service

Getting the right information, at the right time , anywhere in the world

Fusing content from disparate sources

Combining reliable and secure satellite-based communication systems with Military information systems securely

Planning the delivery of information as an online service

Delivering situational awareness and other joint operational pictures

Steve Smart, Space and Defence Satles and Marketing Director , Logica CMG.

11.55 The Netherlands Joint NL MilSatCom Project - Step by Step getting there

Operational objectives and requirements

SHF band

Advanced EHF

Concerns and challenges

Captain Hans van der Wal, Project Manager, NL MilSatCom, Defence Material Organisation.

12.25 Innovative Services to Armed Forces and Warfighters

Innovation and reactivity to the benefit of armed forces

IDS (Information Dissemination Services)

Welfare: voice and broadband access to troops in theatres

Blue Force Tracking

Eric Beranger, CEO, EADS Astrium Services .

12.55 USSTRATCOM Blue Force Tracking Mission

USSTRATCOM History with BFT

Current Capabilities

Current Development with NATO & Allies

Upcoming Requirements

Floyd Light, Deputy Chief, Joint Blue Force Situational Awareness (JBFSA) Mission Management Office (JMMO), Space and Missile Defense Command (SMDC)/ Army Forces Strategic Command.

1.25 Networking Lunch

Sponsored by INTELSAT

2.45 Future Development of UK Military SatCom

UK Vision for Future SatCom

Short Term - Skynet 5 Service Development

Medium Term - Broadening the Portfolio

Long Term - Future Satcom Technology

Reality Check - The Challenges

Commander Nigel SimmonsRN, DEC CCII - Capability Team Leader, Ministry of Defence, UK.

3.15 Satcom II a New Era

The new contracting environment

The commercial augmentation of military systems

True end to end solutions and responsibilities

Integrated commercial and military requirements

Ian Canning, Managing Director EMEA, Stratos Global.

3.55 European Launch Services (Short Film)

Philippe Berterottière , Senior Vice President, Sales, Marketing and Customer Programs, Arianespace.

4.10 Special Champagne Reception

Sponsored by Arianespace

4.40 SKYNET 5 or How I Learnt to be a Happy Customer:

“A Military Strategic Perspective on SATCOM in the Age of the Private Finance Initiative”

A new focus on service not ownership

Establishing a new policy framework - making sure the vision is shared and understood

Service assurance - knowing the risks and mitigating them

Future requirements - partnership is the key to success

Delivering capability in support of operations - the bottom line

Commander David Burns, Directorate of Commander and Battlespace Management J6 Operations , Ministry of Defence, UK.

5.10 SICRAL, SYRACUSE and ATHENA/FIDUS: The European Cooperation on SATCOM

1st European Cooperation in the SATCOM Domain involving France, Italy, and Belgium soon

Full cooperation from an industrial , an operational and a state controlled point of view

The cooperation stands on two main pillars: SICRAL satellite and Athena/Fidus system

Full integration with the existing Systems, as SYRACUSE or SICRAL, and offering protection, capacity, flexibility and supporting the Warfighter at each level

The best effort for value based upon duality ( civilian standards, dual technologies)

The Combination of SYRACUSE, SICRAL and ATHENA/FIDUS will meet the needs of the military Forces Transformation

Pierre Gaudemet, Technical Expert on Military Satellite Communications, Thales Alenia Space .

5.40 Satellite Insurance for Financial Protection

Overview of the concept of satellite insurance

What is covered

Potential to move from commercial to military satellite insurance

Eric Allenspach, Director, Globals & Large Risks, Aviation and Space, Swiss Re.

6.10 Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Day Two

6.20 Networking Drinks at the Pub

Sponsored by EADS and Paradigm

DAY 3

8.30 Registration & Coffee

8.50 Chairman's Opening Remarks

Martin Jarrold, Director, Global VSAT Forum.

9.00 Polish Plans for Utilising MilSatCom in CIS Policy

Overview of Poland’ss CIS Policy

Strategic and technical plans

Command and control operational experiences

Future challenges

Colonel Boguslaw Szczypior, Deputy Chief Deployable C3 System Brank, , J6 General Staff of the Polish Armed Forces .

9.30 Satellite Communication for the Spanish Ministry of Defence

Spanish First and Second Generation

Satellite Programme & the HISDESAT Company

SpainSat & XTAR-EU System Architecture available for the government customers

Major Francisco Martín Alonso, Deputy Active Manager, Royal Air Force, Spain.

10.00 Morning Coffee

Sponsored by Stratos

10.30 Future Satellite Networks and Communication within the French Navy

Integration of 3rd generation SatCom equipment

Matching Communication Requirements

Civil SatCom Co-operation

Procurement Strategies

Commander Thomas Lockhart, Leader, C4ISTAR, General Staff, French Navy.

Lieutenant Commander Pierre Hauwaert, SatCom Program Manager, French Navy.

11.00 SPECIAL ADDRESS: Japan's Evolving Perspectives of Application of Space Capabilities for National Security Affairs: Policies and Debates on Japan's Application of Space Capabilities for National Security Affairs in the Past and Today, and Their Future Traj

History and Stakeholders in Japan's Space Policies

Japan's Space Technologies and Capabilities

Current Efforts to Modernize the Decision-Making Process for Space Strategy

Current Plan of Missile Defense System Deployment

Strengthening Intelligence Capabilities and C4I System

Japan's Perspectives on Arms Control in Space

Future Trajectory of Space Exploration and Space Strategy

Katsuhisa Furukawa, Research Fellow, Research Institute of Science and Technology for Society Japan Science and Technology Agency Ministry for Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), Japan.

11.30 Bandwidth, Bandwidth, Bandwidth - Designing a Commercial FSS Satellite for Current and Future in "Theatre" Military Communications Hot Spots

Satellite operator role in reducing bandwidth for military applications

Case study - C & KU band networks for global military deployments

Simon Gatty Saunt, Director of European Sales, SES NEW SKIES.

12.00 Antenna Technologies for Portable and Mobile Satcom Terminals: How to Choose Right Antennas for Various Military SatCom Applications

Influence of the overall SatCom performance requirements (such as utilisation of transponder resources, overall system throughput and Quality of Service - QoS) on the choice of antenna technologies

Impact of military operational requirements on the choice of antennas

Advantages and disadvantages of various antenna technologies such as reflectors, flat plate arrays, low cost phased arrays

Small antenna aperture effects (compliance with FCC/ITU regulations, and Adjacent Satellite Interference)

Trade-off analysis for a typical military scenario (case study)

Dr Robert Pearson, Head of Antenna Systems, ERA Technology .

12.30 Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Conference

12.40 Networking Lunch

2.30 Start of Afternoon Workshops