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David Hartshorn
Secretary General, Global VSAT Forum

David Hartshorn is Secretary General of the Global VSAT Forum, the London-based non-profit international association of the VSAT industry. Mr Hartshorn leads the Forum’s efforts to facilitate the provision of VSAT-based communications solutions working closely to support national, regional and global-level policy makers as they formulate state-of-the-art satellite regulatory frameworks.

Mr Hartshorn currently serves as a Member of the Satellite Action Plan-Regulatory Working Group, the Brussels-based satellite-industry group that provides inputs to the European Commission; and he is on the Board of Directors of the Society of Satellite Professionals International, and is President of its UK Chapter.

Mr Hartshorn has worked in the satellite communications industry for 12 years, serving in sales, business development, publishing, and association offices based in North and Southeast Asia, North America and Western Europe. He has been published in hundreds of editions of magazines and newsletters, and has spoken at and chaired conferences and seminars in every major region of the world.