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Satellite Application Technology Conference & Expo 2003

Conference Speakers

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John Ahrens, Director of Sales & Marketing, MCI, Satellite Solutions Group (SSG)

Mickey Alpert, Executive Senior Vice President & COO, Voom

Robert W. Ames, Jr, Chairman, Satellite Users Interference Reduction Group (SUIRG)

Jim Axelrod, Correspondent, CBS News

Michelle Bailey, Program Manager, Navy Satellite Communications Systems, Program Executive Office, C41 and Space

Robert E. Berry, Chairman, Loral Space Systems & Senior Vice President, Loral Space & Communications

Ronald J. Birk, Director of the Earth Science Applications Division, NASA

Dr. James A. Brown, Ph.D., Director of Special Academic Programs, Lehigh University

Simon Bull, President, COMSYS - Communication Systems, Ltd. (United Kingdom)

Jerry Butler, Senior Director, Interconnection Replacement Office, PBS

Joan M. Byrnes, Vice President & General Manager Satellite Communications, Andrew Corporation

Michael Cook, Senior Vice President, HUGHES

Dr Denis Curtin, Chief Operating Officer, XTAR

John Dealy, Senior Advisor to the CEO, XM Satellite Radio Inc.

Robert S. Dickman, Member of the Senior Executive Service, Deputy for Military Space, Office of the Undersecretary of the Air Force

Tom Eaton, President, G2 Satellite Solutions, PanAmSat

Bruce Elbert, President, Application Technology Strategy, Inc. (USA)

Bruce Gaum, Manager of Technology & New Business Development, Dome Productions, Inc.

Alan Gottlieb, CEO- Principal Consultant, Gottlieb and Company

Frank Governale, VP News Technology & Broadcast Operations, CBS

Lenny Guglielmi, Director, Network Engineering, GTECH Corporation

Samudra Haque, President & CEO, PraDeshta Limited (Bangladesh)

David Hartshorn, Secretary General, Global VSAT Forum

Dennis C. Hayes, President, US Internet Industry Association & Founder, Hayes Corporation

Michael Hinz, Director, Real-Time Operations, Halliburton Energy Services

Susan Irwin, President, Euroconsult USA

Keith Katte, Education Manager, RE/MAX Satellite Network

Robert Kennedy, Executive Vice President & co-COO, C-SPAN

John H. Klingelhoeffer, President & General Manager, COMSAT General Corporation, Lockheed Martin Space Systems

Stan Kozlowski, Senior Vice President, Retail & Special Markets Distribution, Sirius Radio

Dr. Julio Cesar Margáin y Compeán, Chief Operations Officer, e-Mexico National System

Sonny Marshall, President & CEO, Marshall Communications, Former Member of the Joint Staff & Assoc. Deputy Director, DISA/DCEC

Judy Masserang, Manager, General Motors University Distance Learning, General Motors Video Satellite Network

LTG Clarence E. McKnight, Jr., Chairman, Community Learning & Information Network, Inc. (CLIN), Former Joint Chiefs of Staff J6 & Former Commander, Information Systems Command

Ian McPherson, Director, Remote Connectivity, Schlumberger

Kenneth Michel, Vice President, Network Engineering, ABC

Susan P. Miller, President, Intelsat Government Solutions Corporation

Art (Arthur L.) Money, Former Assistant Secretary of Defense, Command, Control and Communications Intelligence (C3I)

Captain Roland J. Mulligan, Deputy for Warfare Capabilities/Head, FORCEnet Requirements, United States Navy

Jim Newhall, Managing Director, Technology, Best Western

Marcos Obadia, EVP & General Manager, Operations, Production and Engineering, Discovery Communications, Inc.

Chuck Pagano, SVP, Technology, Engineering & Operations, ESPN

Joseph Pelton, Ph.D., Director, Space & Advanced Communications Research Institute (SACRI), George Washington University

Ramu Potarazu, Chief Operating Officer, Intelsat, Ltd.

Joseph Raznik, Senior Engineering Manager, NBC Satellite Operations

Patti Reali, Principal Analyst, Gartner Dataquest

Emil Regard, Vice President, Sales & Marketing, Hughes Network Systems

Jon Romm, President, Media and Entertainment Solutions, Intelsat

Sonia Schmitt, D.Sc., Technology Educational Specialist, World Bank Institute - World Bank Group

Rolf Sjoberg, Field Operations Manager, Communications and Information Technology Service, Department of Peace Keeping Operations, United Nations

Dr Delbert D. Smith, Esq. (Del), Senior Telecommunications Counsel, Government Regulation Group, Jones Day

Philip Spector, Esq., Partner & Chair, Communications & Technology Group, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

John Stevenson, Senior Consultant, Northern Sky Research (USA)

Brent Stranathan, Vice President, Broadcast Distribution, CBS Television

Steven J. Symonds, Founder & President, Symonds Associates, LLC

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

Chuck Taylor, Manager, Information Systems, Goodyear Tire and Rubber

Harry Thibedeau, Manager of Satellite Industry Relations, NRTC (The National Rural Telecommunications Cooperative)

Stephen Tom, President, Teleport Consulting Group International, LLC

William (Bill) Tracy, Director Electronic News Gathering, ABSAT

Thomas S. Tycz, Chief Satellite Division, International Bureau, Federal Communications Commission

Ric Vandermeulen, Director of Government Broadband, ViaSat

Per Wahlberg, Vice President, Sales, Swe-Dish Satellite Systems, AB

Philip J.L. Westfall, Ph.D., Director, Air Technology Network, Air Force Institute for Advanced Distributed Learning

Rich Wolf, Vice President, Telecommunications & Distribution, ABC Broadcast Operations & Engineering

Abbas Yazdani, President and CEO, Artel, Inc.

L. Bryan Zaccardi, Senior Manager, Field Systems Training, Media Development, Pfizer, Inc.

Lou Zacharilla, Director of Development, Society of Satellite Professionals Int'l & The World Teleport Association

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

Speakers will continue to be added. Please check back for weekly updates.