Final Programme

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Produced by: Paul Stahl, Executive Director, C21

Moderated by: David Meltzer, Secretary General, GVF

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Session 3. 14.00 - 15.30

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• Presentation 1. Satellite and the 5G Journey: Setting the Context

 

David Meltzer, Secretary General, GVF

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David spent 16 years at Intelsat in legal, procurement, re-structuring and regulatory roles concluding as Intelsat’s General Counsel and then moved to the American Red Cross where he served as General Counsel and Chief International Officer.  David also served on the Boards of Directors of satellite operators Terrestar and Satmex.

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He currently serves as Secretary General of GVF, the global trade association for the satellite communications industry.

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• Presentation 2. Key Ingredients for Successful Integration of Satellites into 5G

 

Bhanu Durvasula, Vice President Systems and Operations, Hughes

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Bhanu leads the Hughs' international product and operations team, responsible for product line management of satellite broadband systems.

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In his 30+ years at Hughes, Mr. Durvasula has held a variety of leadership roles in engineering and product development for solutions including, among others: cellular backhaul over satellite, Mobile Satellite Systems (MSS) ground networks; and point-to-multipoint wireless products for terrestrial cell backhaul and last mile access. Most recently, Mr. Durvasula’s efforts have been focused on satellite network technology for community Wi-Fi hotspot and cellular backhaul solutions in support of the company’s efforts to bring connectivity to unserved and underserved areas of the world. He holds several patents, both issued and pending.

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• Presentation 3. 5G and Satellite – Where are the Market Opportunities and How to Address Them?

 

Richard Swardh, Senior Vice President, Premium Enterprise & Mobile Operators, Comtech EF Data

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Richard is an executive manager with more than 20 years international experience in business development, partnership management, marketing and consultative sales in the global Telecom, Satellite and ICT industry.

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• Presentation 4. 5G Over Satellite: A Challenge Beyond the Technology

 

Andersonn Kohl, Satellite Technology and Solutions Manager, Telebras

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Andersonn is responsible for the conduct of normative and operative activities related to the planning, monitoring and control of satellite contracting tasks, as well as the planning, resource management and implementation activities of satellite access network.

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• Presentation 5. Satellite – Still the Technology of Last Resort?

 

Mauro Mortali, Innovation Lead – Enterprise Unit, BT plc.

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Mauro is responsible for Innovation Strategy and Exploitation within Enterprise, BT's £6.6bn turnover B2B customer facing unit. He leads on strategic projects in areas of business and technological innovation (e.g. Space), and manages an innovation programme to source, qualify and test new ideas and capabilities (e.g. Artificial Intelligence).

Session 4. 15.30 - 17.00

 

• Presentation 6. The Role of 5G and Geospatial Data as Enablers of the Connected Transport Revolution: Working with 5G, Geospatial and other Technologies to Solve Transport Challenges and to Achieve Ubiquitous Connectivity in Mobility

 

Karla Jakeman, Innovation Lead – Connected Transport Land Transport Team, Innovate UK

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Karla is the Innovation Lead for Connected Transport, part of the Land Transport Team in the Manufacturing, Materials and Mobility Sector at Innovate UK and Vice Chair of ITS(UK). She is seeking solutions which use innovative technologies to leverage smarter, greener and more sustainable future mobility systems for the efficient movement of people and goods around the world. Karla focusses on working with all sectors to enable solutions to transport challenges. Prior to this she worked for 15 years for a large Japanese automotive company as a Design Quality Engineer after completing a BA Hons in Japanese Studies.

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• Presentation 7. The Role of Narrowband IoT in Satellite Networks

 

Omar Qaise, Founder & CEO, OQ Technology

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OQ TECHNOLOGY aims to disrupt the satellite telecommunication industry and provides the world’s first universal plug & play "Internet-of-Things" device that can provide connectivity anywhere. We are building a global satellite constellation dedicated for "Internet-of-Things" communication.
 

OQ TECHNOLOGY serves the Oil & Gas, Maritime, Industry 4.0, and Transport segments particularly for the management and tracking of assets in remote areas.

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• Presentation 8. The Role of Mobile Edge Compute in a Satellite-Enabled 5G Network

 

Benjamin Posthuma, Innovation and Strategy Manager, Kymeta

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Benjamin has over 18 years of experience as a thought leader, strategist, program manager, project engineer, and director of research and development projects.

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He is primarily focused on the development of a fully-integrated connectivity environment where terrestrial communications such as LTE and 5G are seamlessly blended with current and next-generation satellite communications.

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