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Mark your calendar for the next SATCON event, October 14 - 15, 2009 at the Javits Convention Center in New York City. The SATCON Conference for 2009 is currently in development. Please visit us here in June for more updated information, or contact us with any questions about the conference.

Below you can review the sessions from the 2008 conference program. To view the speakers from 2008 click here: Speakers

 

Fundamentals of Satellite Communications Systems, Part 1

Track: SATCON

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Distance Learning by Satellite--Pros & Cons

Track: SATCON

This panel will discuss the issues facing trainers who have a distance learning requirement to reach their students with live or pre-recorded video, and will consider when to use satellite, wireline, or a hybrid solution for enterprise-wide applications.

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Improving the Integration of SATCOM within the GIG

Track: SATCON

As we continue to move into this new century, US warfighting forces increasingly demand access to robust information services, regardless of their location or their mission. These services are delivered via the Global Information Grid (GIG), in which satellite communications is used for much of the connectivity to mobile, deployed forces and forces operating in tactical environments, where there is little or no existing fixed information infrastructure. The satellite communications contributions must be indistinguishable, from the other transport mechanisms that are elements of the GIG. This means that the SATCOM solutions incorporated into the GIG must be compliant with policy-based management, must support the delivery of managed services, must seamlessly support the future functions of “Web 2.0,” must provide the same mission assurance as other media, and must be as manageable as other transport solutions by a single suite of GIG management tools. This panel will focus on how Government and Industry must work in a collaborative partnership to achieve the demand of our warfighting forces for the seamless, ubiquitous integration of SATCOM into the GIG.

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How do Satellites Play in the Multi-Platform World?

Track: Media & Entertainment

Satellite communications has formed the backbone of television distribution for broadcast and cable networks for the past thirty years. For most of that history, networks have used satellites to deliver primarily linear, standard definition feeds to stations, cable operators and DBS service providers. With the rapid advance of digital content technologies, the distribution landscape has changed dramatically in recent years. Networks are now delivering multiple linear services in both standard and high definition formats, content for non-linear video-on-demand, and increasingly content destined for consumption by viewers on a wide variety of fixed and mobile platforms. Content distribution needs and characteristics have changed to match these changes in viewer access and consumption habits. Satellites continue to play a significant but dramatically changing role in multiplatform distribution, broadband communications, IP delivery and mobile services. This panel will discuss the role, opportunities and issues of satellite communication in the rapidly changing and expanding multiplatform media world.

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Applications & Services: Comms on the Move and the Military's Unique Requirements

Track: SATCON

The need for communications solutions that support the military’s unique requirements is clear, and nowhere is that need more critical than for Comms on the Move (COTM). While COTM technologies have been developed for a number of years, the issues facing the military today combined with the availability of mobile broadband solutions are resulting in new efforts for the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines. The ongoing WIN-T Program, the scaling back of TSAT and the increasing use of UAV’s will be among the topics discussed.

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Satellite Technologies that Drive Bandwidth Efficiencies and Meet Near Term Needs

Track: SATCON

In today’s economic climate the budget pressure to do more with less has never been greater. How does the Military User meet near- term needs with limited resources? One way is to make more efficient use of the bandwidth they have, maximizing every MHz with next generation technologies such as IP Over Satellite. The challenge for the satellite industry is to provide continuous technology improvements that allow satellite solutions to be more efficient. Come and listen to our dynamic panel of experts to learn the latest developments in this important topic.

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Satellite Planning -- Where will we be in 2015?

Track: Media & Entertainment

We will convene a group of top satellite and media executives to discuss the fast changing market, including supply and demand trends for satellite serving the media market. We will discuss new applications such as Digital Cinema, 3DTV and also look at effects of new compression and advanced modulation with the focus, what will happen in 2015 and beyond?

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The Graybeards Speak: Perspectives on SATCOM from DoD’s Retired Leaders

Track: SATCON

A panel of former military and DoD communications general officers and leaders will share their perspectives about the past, present, and future of national security space systems. They will assess the ramifications of such programs as WGS, MUOS and TSAT on the military's strategies and processes for acquiring capabilities and address the roles, the risks, the opportunities, and the future challenges of commercial satellite communication to serve US military capabilities and demands. They will provide insight into the business, financial, and operational considerations industry balances to address the ever-increasing military demands for information access across the spectrum of military functions in an unpredictable and dynamic fiscal environment.

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New Challenges In Disaster Response

Track: SATCON

Satellite Communications have become an essential tool to ensure ongoing communications before, during and after disasters, both man-made and natural. Intensive experience with disaster communications in recent years have led to new technology solutions and tailored applications specifically designed for emergency response, disaster preparedness and first responder communities. In turn, those relying on communications in a disaster have developed insight into how best to incorporate satellite capabilities into their disaster response network, enhance interoperability and maintain affordability. In this session, government and industry practitioners will bring to light the new challenges in disaster response and the key solutions that satellite communications can provide.

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What Happened To Reliability and Quality!

Track: SATCON

Today, the consumer television experience is plagued with audio pops, clicks and srop-outs, loudness, artifacts that can appear as a freeze, a green-screen, a red-screen or some other problem that consumers have almost come to expect. Many of us have learned that our somewhat hostile transmission system environment, and the demands of uncompromising digital and HDTV equipment, doesn’t always “play nice together in the sandbox.” How can we assure that the best transmission environments are in-place for television contribution and distribution service? What can satellite operators, equipment suppliers and service providers do to minimize interference conditions and improve quality of service? What are some of the Best Practices that our satellite industry has learned that can improve performance, margin and the overall end-user experience? Our panel of experts will share some of their experiences, war stories and some tricks-of-the trade that have helped bridge the gap between impairment and high quality TV service.