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Mr. J. Tracy Allison, Chief, Transformational Communications Engineering, Global Information Grid (GIG) Engineering Directorate, DISA

Mike Aloisi, VP Technology, Satellite & Affiliate Services, MTV Networks

Anthony Bailey, Vice President, Emerging Technology, ESPN

Claire Bailey, Agency Director and Chief Technology Officer, State of Arkansas Department of Information Systems

Charles Baker, Deputy Assistant Administrator for Satellite & Information Services, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

Tony Bardo, Assistant Vice President, Government Solutions, North American Division, Hughes Network Systems, LLC

Robert Bell, Executive Director, Society of Satellite Professionals and World Teleport Association

Bruce Bennett, Director, Program Executive Office- SATCOM, Teleport & services ( PEO-STS), DISA

Don Brown, Vice President of Business Development and Hosted Payloads, Intelsat General Corporation

Byron Browning, CIO G6, US Army

Paul Bush, Vice President, North American Sales, Telesat

Paco Carr, Isilon Media and Entertainment Evangelist, Isilon Systems

Gary Carter, Vice President & Chief Technology Officer, International Datacasting Corporation

Arnie Christianson, Operations Manager, Satellites and Transmissions, CNN

Jeff Coneys, Director of Satellite Operations, NBC

Patricia Cooper, President, SIA

Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, President, Inmarsat Government Services Incorporated

Craig Cuttner, SVP, Advanced Technology, HBO

Colonel Charles Cynamon, Commander, MILSATCOM Network Integration Group, USAF

Chief Charles Dowd, Commanding Officer, Communications Division, NYC Police Department

Adam Edwards, President, AEdwards Consulting / SUIRG

Charles Edwards, Commercial Satellite Communications Deputy Program Manager, DISA - Defense Information Systems Agency

Tim Farrar, President, Telecom Media and Finance Associates, Inc., President, MSUA

Warren Ferster, Editor, Space News

Arnold Friedman, Senior Vice President, Marketing & Sales, Space Systems/Loral

Don Gabriel, General Manager, Sales, Echostar Satellite Services

Daniel Gager, Program Manager, Defense Information Systems Agency

Kevin Gallo, Program Manager, Future Commercial SATCOM Services Acquisition, U.S. General Services Administration

Andreas Georghiou, Chief Executive Officer, Spacenet Inc.

Russell Gottfried, Mission Effectiveness Analysis Group, Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company

Keith Hall, President and Chief Operating Officer, Globecomm Systems, Inc.

David Hartshorn, Secretary General, Global VSAT Forum

Jonathan Higgins, Managing Director, BeaconSeek Ltd.

Rich Hoffmann, Lead Electronics Engineer, US Army

Susan Irwin, President, Euroconsult USA

Tim Jackson, Vice President, Media Product Management, Intelsat

Omar Jaffrey, Managing Director, Head of Satellites, UBS

Bill Janosky, Director of Information Assurance, CapRock Government Solutions

Harry Jessell, Editor, TVNewsCheck.com

LT Sonia Kendall, Commercial Satellite Communications Program/Asset Manager, United States Coast Guard

Brian Kennedy, Director, Digital News Gathering, CBS NEWS

Jean-Claude Krelic, Sales Specialist – Infrastructure Products, Miranda Technologies

Karl Kuhn, Senior Applications Engineer, Tektronix, Inc

Blair Kutrow, Vice President of Marketing, Light Squared

Col Michael Lakos, Chief, MILSATCOM Division; MILSATCOM Command Lead, USAF

Joel Ledlow, CEO, ScheduALL

Burt H. Liebowitz, Principal Network Engineer, MITRE Corporation

Rick Lober, Vice President and General Manager, Defense and Intelligence Systems Division, Hughes Network Systems

Ron Lockerby, Regional Sales Manager, Americas, Thrane & Thrane, Inc.

John McCoskey, Chief Technology Officer, PBS

David McGlade, CEO, Intelsat

LTC Kevin Messer, PM Medium Altitude Endurance (MAE), Extended Range Multi Purpose (ERMP)

Susan Miller, CEO, Integrated Government Solutions, Inc., Spacenet

Shaum Mittal, Chief, Lead System Engineering Office, Prgrm Exec Office- Satellite, Transport & Services (PEO-STS) Directorate DISA

Chris Myers, Executive Director, Newsgathering Operations, ABC News

Brian Nelles, Senior VP, PSSI Global Services

Glenn Oakley, Executive Vice President, Media Technology, Production and Operations, Discovery Communications, Inc.

Mel Olinsky, Director of Operations, CBS News

Dean Olmstead, President, EchoStar Satellite Services

Brig Gen Robert "Tip" Osterthaler, (USAF, Ret), President & CEO, SES WORLD SKIES, USG Solutions

Alan Perdigao, Director, UAV, Boeing Space and Intelligence Systems

Chris Pristera, Vice President, Operations & Engineering, Arqiva

John Ratigan, President, iDirect Government Technology

Melinda Ratz, Assistant Program Manager, CBSP, US Navy

Mark Rawlins, Head of Payload Engineering and Operations, Eutelsat

Colonel Patrick H. Rayermann, Director, Communications Functional Integration Office, National Security Space Office

Glenn Reitmeier, Vice President, Technology Standards, Policy and Strategy, NBC Universal

Bob Roe, President, SGSI

Peter Sauve, Director, Global Satellite Communications (SATCOM) Support Center, U.S. Cyber Command, USSTRATCOM

Alec Shapiro, Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing, Broadcast and Production Systems, Sony Electronics Inc.

Joe Simmons, Global Program Director, NetHope

Scott Sprague, Senior Vice President, Global Sales, SES World Skies

Geoff Stedman, Sr. VP, Marketing and Business Development, Omneon, Inc

John Stoltz, Director, Commercial Sales, GMPCS / NETWORK INNOVATIONS

Brent Stranathan, Vice President, Broadcast Distribution, CBS Television

Dick Tauber, VP Transmission Systems and New Technology, CNN News Group

Martin Turner, Head of Operations, BBC Newsgathering

Joesph Vanderpoorten, Technical Director, MILSATCOM Advanced Concept Group

Larry Wentz, Senior Research Fellow, Center for Technology and National Security Policy, National Defense University

Rich Wolf, Vice President, Telecommunications & Affiliate Services, ABC Television Network

Abbas Yazdani, President and CEO, ARTEL, Inc.

Alan Young, Senior Vice President, Chief Technology Officer, SES World Skies

Robert Zitter, Executive Vice President, Technology Operations & Chief Technology Officer, HBO

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