0915-1100:                Session 1

Satellite beyond the Backhaul Opportunity: Integration with “the Network” – A New Paradigm

• Satellite backhaul: Pre-5G networks - An appraisal of 4G/LTE and before
• Satellite networks optimisation & IP cellular traffic
• Satellite in the core: Various system architectures & 5G
• Where will satellite sit in the delivery 5G functionality?
• Enhanced Mobile Broadband (eMBB): meeting demand for increasingly digital lifestyles, focusing on services with high bandwidth requirements
• Ultra-reliable and Low-latency Communications (uRLLC): meeting expectations from digital industry, focusing on latency-sensitive services
• Massive Machine Type Communications (mMTC): meeting demand for a further developed digital society, focusing on services that include high requirements for connection density
• Regulatory and spectrum harmonisation

Richard Swardh, SVP Mobile Networks Operators, Comtech EF Data

Simon Gatty Saunt, VP Sales EMEA Fixed-Data, SES Networks

Luisa Fernandez Peña, Marketing Manager Products & Services, Hispasat 

1100-1130:                Break

1130-1315:                Session 2

Satellite Use Cases in 5G Deployed Infrastructures

• 5G networking with cellular and satellite solutions
• Merging broadcast infrastructures and broadband infrastructures
• Wireless access technology heterogeneity: A native feature of 5G
• 3GPP satellite Use Cases (satellite essential and integral to 5G networks service offerings). Examining the current/future state-of-play of satellite in:
• Multimedia Delivery: Mobile Broadcast; Content Caching; Broadcast to Home
• Broadband: Mobile Broadband to Users & Vehicles; Fixed Broadband to Homes & Enterprises; Remote Area Services; Backhaul Connectivity; Broadband to Moving Platforms
• Machine Type Communication: Fleet Tracking; Asset Management; Wide Area Sensor Management
• Critical Communication: Disaster Management; Air Traffic Management; Reliable Communications
• Vehicular Communication: Traffic Updates & Software Upgrades; eCalls & Emergency Notifications

Robert Novak, Director Business Development Mobile Networks, ND Satcom

Raz Ben Haim, Product Line Manager, Backhaul Solutions, Gilat Satellite Networks

Dario Mulassano, Business Development Director, Hughes

1315-1415:                Lunch

1415-1530:                Session 3

Device-to-device: Satellite & Maximising IoT for the Internet of Everything Everywhere (IoEE)

• Small satellite (NGSO) constellations in the M2M/IoT ecosphere
• Networks densification & the role of satellite
• Satellite seamlessness & footprint ubiquity to service the IoEE
• Satellite & the device environment of smart city infrastructure
• Satellite & IoT application markets
• Utilities: smart power, smart metering
• Transportation: connected cars, connected trucks
• Oil, Gas & Mining: exploration & production
• Civil engineering: construction & maintenance
• Agriculture: livestock monitoring
• Health services: rural & remote eHealth

Mark Lambert, Vice President Business Development, Kratos Communications Ltd.

Paul Scardino, SVP Sales Operations Engineering & Marketing, Globecomm

Alex Holvoet, SVP Program Management, LeoSat

Alvaro Sanchez, General Manager, Integrasys

1530-1600:                Break

16.00-1715:               Session 4

New Architectures & Technologies for Mobile Platforms: Meshing Wireless & Broadband Satellite

• Satellite & mobile network macro-cell & small-cell architectures
• Satellite & cellular in hybrid solutions
• Latency & evolving satellite system networks
• Network encryption, client security & cyber security imperatives: Satellite & mobile wireless pan-network integration
• High Throughput Satellites and 5G/IoT infrastructures
• GSO & NGSO satellite solutions & 5G deliverables

Fabien Robineau, Regional Director EMEA, AsiaSat

Travis Mooney, Consultant Managed Services, ArabSat

Gerry Collins, Director Mobile Network Operator Product Management, Intelsat

Kieran Arnold, Head of Networks & Systems, Satellite Applications Catapult