Asia-Pacific Satellite Communications Council
A Voice, A Vision for the Asia-Pacific
 
 
 
 
 
Program

APSCC 2005 Satellite Conference & Exhibition
The 8th Asia-Pacific Satellite Communications, Broadcasting and Space Conference and Exhibition
27-29 September, 2005 Meritus Mandarin Singapore
Program
Date
Time
Program
27 (Tue)
08:00-09:00
Registration
09:00-10:30
Opening Session
10:30-11:00
Morning Refreshments sponsored by Telesat
11:00-12:30
Satellite Operators CEO Roundtable
12:30-14:00
Lunch sponsored by SingTel
14:00-15:30
Panel 1: Satellite Business Strategy
14:00-15:30
Session 1: Space Aplications - CEO of Space Agencies
15:30-16:00
Coffee Break sponsored by Telesat
16:00-17:30
Panel 2: Policy and Regulatory Issues
16:00-17:30
Session 2: DTH Services
18:00-19:00
Welcome Reception sponsored by Space Systems / Loral
19:00-21:30
2005 APSCC Awards Dinner sponsored by ILS
28 (Wed)
09:00-10:30
 Satellite Manufacturers CEO Roundtable
10:30-11:00
 Morning Refreshments sponsored by Sea Launch LLC
11:00-12:30
 Panel 3: Insurance and Risk Management
Session 3: Disaster Prevention & Recovery
12:30-14:00
 Luncheon sponsored by APSCC
14:00-15:30
 Satellite Broadcasting CEO Roundtable
15:30-16:00
 Coffee Break
16:00-17:30
 Panel 4: Broadband Service Applications
16:00-17:30
 Session 4: DMB Services
18:00-19:00
 Cocktail Reception sponsored by Orbital Sciences Corp.
19:00
 Dinner Sponsored by Arianespace
29 (Thu)
09:00-10:30
 Launch Services CEO Roundtable
10:30-11:00
 Morning Refreshments sponsored by Boeing Satellite Systems International
11:00-12:30
 Panel 5: Content Delivery via Satellite
11:00-12:30
 Session 5: Satellite Manufacturing & Reliability
12:30-14:00
 Luncheon sponsored by APSCC
14:00-15:30
 Panel 6: Enterprise Broadband
14:00-15:30
 Session 6: Distance Learning & E-Business
15:30-16:00
 Coffee Break sponsored by Boeing Satellite Systems International
16:00-17:40
 Panel 7: New Services and New Technologies
17:30
 Closing Remarks
18:00
 APSCC Council & Plenary Meeting
 
  Tuesday, 27 September 2005
     
08:00-09:00 Registration
09:00-10:00   Opening Session
    Opening Address: Dr. Eui K. Koh, President, APSCC
 
Welcome Address: : Andy Haire, Deputy Director-General,
    .........................................Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore
     
    Keynote Addresses:
 
G. Madhavan Nair, Chairman, Indian Space Research Organisation
    Bill Hope, Executive Vice President, SingTel
     
10:00-10:30   Morning Refreshments sponsored by Telesat
     
10:30-12:00   Satellite Operators CEO Roundtable
    APSCC 2005 starts off the day with the first of the "CEO Roundtables" plenary session where the leaders, movers and shakers of the industry give first-hand predictions to delegates about the new hot spots for growth and opportunity.

For this plenary session, leaders from major global and regional satellite operators will share their insights into how satellite operators are positioning themselves for sustained profitability and steady revenues. Also, leaders will describe their strategies for facing the new environment of communications and broadcasting for today's digital lifestyles. They will address inquiries such as: What are the prospects and opportunities for growth in the region? What are key challenges facing satellite companies in the region? What strategies are these CEOs using to overcome those challenges?

Moderator: Len Dest, Executive Vice President, International Launch Services

     
    Adi R. Adiwoso, President & CEO, Asia Cellular Satellite Systems
    Dr. Nongluck Phinainitisart, President, Shin Satellite Public Company Ltd.
    Mark Dankberg, Chairman and CEO, ViaSat, Inc.
    Simon Cathcart, CEO, MEASAT Satellite Systems
    Gabriel Z. Pimentel, President & CEO, Mabuhay Satellite Corp.
     
12:00-14:00   Lunch
     
14:00-15:30   Panel 1: Satellite Business Strategy: New Services, New Markets
    The Asia-Pacific region is the third-largest market for the global communications satellite industry. Operators are concerned with their positioning in the competitive market and know that flexibility and versatility are key aspects of satellite services. Operators are developing new business strategies to survive in an increasingly competitive market. In this panel, you can hear about the merits and positions of satellite operators through demonstrations and debates.

Moderator: Christopher Baugh, President, Northern Sky Research
     
    Bill Wade, Deputy CEO, Asia Satellite Telecommunications Co., Ltd.
    David Ball, Vice President, Asia Pacific, PanAmSat
    Rick Abbasi, Intelsat Singapore Pte. Ltd.
    Tim Shea, Vice President & Managing Director, Asia Pacific, Loral Skynet
    Paul Brown, COO, MEASAT Satellite Systems
    Deepak Mathur, Vice President, SES AMERICOM
    Dr. Seong-Joong Kim, Managing Director, KT Corp.
    Dr. Andrey Kirillovich, Regional Sales Director, Asia-Pacific, Russia Satellite
    ..Communications Company
     
14:00-15:30   Session 1: Space Applications - CEO of Space Agencies
    Space application is one of the key component for the benefit of information and communication technology for industry and society, ensuring it's related and combines services GNSS, GPS, Remote Sensing, Disaster Warning, etc. This session will explore the various activities and services of the region through presentations from key governmental space agencies and space companies.

Chair: Dr. Hiroshi Kimura, President, Advanced Space Business Corporation
     
    A. Bhaskaranarayana, Director, Satellite Communications Program, Indian Space
    ...Research Organisation
    Rick Sanford, Director, Space Initiatives, Global Defense, Space & Security Group, Cisco
    ..Systems, Inc.
     
15:30-16:00   Coffee Break sponsored by Telesat
     
16:00-17:30   Panel 2: Policy and Regulatory Issues
    In the Asia-Pacific region, the satellite is an essential tool for the construction of information infrastructures. Also, the region is an area open and ready for a wide variety of satellite services and applications. In order to facilitate satellite utilization, the regulatory provisions of the region should be reviewed in the interests of promoting free competition in all services. In this panel, possible regulatory options and models to facilitate satellite services and overcome obstacles will be examined.

Moderator: Timothy J. Logue, Senior Director, Business Development,
Orbital Sciences Corporation
     
    John Lewis, Consultant in International Spectrum Management
    Dr. Jorn Christensen, President, J. Christensen Consultant
    Robert Ames, President & CEO, Satellite Users Interference Reduction Group, Inc.
    Patrick French, Senior Analyst & Regional Director, Europe, Northern Sky Research
    David Ball, Vice President, Asia Pacific, PanAmSat
     
16:00-17:30   Session 2: DTH Services
    With the introduction of digital technologies, the Asia-Pacific region has become a hotbed for DTH services in recent years as the cost of satellite distribution has declined. Also, with their advance technologies, broadcasting services continue to extend their influence on society. This session will review the DTH market and innovations in the region as well as new demands facing service providers.

Chair: Eddie Kato, Vice President, Business Development & Marketing,
Orbital Sciences Corporation
     
    Warren Hardy, Managing Director, Wholesale & Satellite, SingTel Optus
    Toru Ohwaku, Senior Executive Engineer, Broadcasting Satellite System Corporation
    Yewweng Soo, Senior Director, Sales, North Asia, GlobeCast
    Reid Stephenson, Vice President of Marketing and Government Affairs, ProtoStar
     
18:00-19:00   Welcome Reception sponsored by Space Systems / Loral
     
19:00-21:00   APSCC Awards Dinner sponsored by ILS
     
....Wednesday, 28 September 2005
     
09:00-10:30   Satellite Manufacturers CEO Roundtable
    Satellite manufacturers must cope with competing markets and increasing demands on capability and reliability. In the face of these challenging times, satellite manufacturers are struggling to keep their firms profitable and their future options open. This roundtable for industry leaders will reveal their strategies for upgrading their existing products to make them more attractive to customers.

Moderator: John C. Tanner, Global Technology Editor, Telecom Asia / Wireless Asia
     
    Tony Colucci, Vice President, Marketing & Sales, Space Systems /Loral
    Laurent Godin, Vice President, Asia Pacific, Alcatel Alenia Space
    Stephen T. O'Neill, President, Boeing Satellite Systems International
    Ali E. Atia, President, Orbital Communications International
    Shogo Kitahara, Executive Vice President, NEC TOSHIBA Space Systems, Ltd
    Kenya Okazaki, Managing Director, Space Systems, Mitsubishi Electronic Corporation
    Antoine Bouvier, President & CEO, EADS Astrium
     
10:30-11:00   Morning Refreshments sponsored by Sea Launch LLC
     
11:00-12:30   Panel 3: Insurance and Risk Management
    The space business must ensure its share of high-grade investment of capital, since the satellite insurance market has received around 50 claims arising from commissioning and in-orbit anomalies since 1997. Insurers have experienced a convergence of challenging underwriting conditions. Buyers also need to devote time and attention to understanding the technical and commercial drivers for the allocation of risks. This panel will provide strategic and creative risk management advice for various types of risks such as construction, operation, insurance, and the whole environment of financing for the deployment of satellite projects.

Moderator: Bill Wade, Deputy CEO, Asia Satellite Telecommunications Co., Ltd.
     
    Eric Le Proux, Executive Director, Aon Explorer
    John Cozzi, Chief Operating Officer, ISB Washington
    Clive Tucker, Partner, Ashurst
    Ma Qimin, General Manager, Space Risk Dept., Jiang Tai Insurance Broker Co., Ltd.,
    ..China
    John Munro, Managing Director, Marsh
    Mary Fernandez, Director, Asia Pacific, Willis InSpace
     
11:00-12:30   Session 3: Disaster Prevention & Recovery - After the Tsunami
    The disastrous tsunami that followed the earthquake of December 26, 2004 off the coast of Sumatra, Indonesia, and that has caused enumerable damage in lost lives, livelihood and infrastructure, has brought to the fore the critical role of satellite communications in preventing natural disasters, as well as in coping with the ensuing emergencies and in providing for the necessary reconstruction. In this session we will cover the response of the international satellite community to last year's tsunami, as well as discuss the greater role that the industry could play in preventing and responding to such natural disasters, notably in the setting up of a Tsunami Warning System for the Indian Ocean.
     
    Peter Milne, Principal Consultant, Aetheric Engineering Ltd.
     
    Michael Elwood-Smith, CEO, NetworkAdvantage Corporation Ltd.
    Brett Biddington, Team Leader, Cisco Space Team, Cisco Systems, Inc.
    Lee Foh Cheong, Chief Engineer, Satellite Technology, SingTel
    Mitsuru Ishii, Deputy General Manager, Government & Public Sector Network Business
    ..Dept. Space Communications Corporation
     
12:30-14:00   Lunch sponsored by APSCC
     
14:00-15:30   Satellite Broadcasting CEO Roundtable
    This roundtable will feature insights on how to develop satellite broadcasting in the region from leaders of platform operators and the satellite broadcasting industries. Key leaders from the DBS, DMB, DAB and FSS sectors will converge to share ideas for moving toward future success in the convergence of communications and broadcasting. You can expect debates over how satellite broadcasting will change conventional TV broadcasting as we know it today.
     
    Moderator: Suzanne Jung, Producer and Presenter of Prime Time Morning,
Channel NewsAsia, Singapore
    ...
    Woon Tai Ho, CEO, MediaCorp News
    Myung-Joong Kim, Senior Vice President, ArirangTV
    Cesar G. Reyes, CEO, DREAM Satellite Television
    Darby Sanchez, CEO, GlobeCast Asia
    Dr. Eui K. Koh, President, APSCC
     
15:30-16:00   Coffee Break sponsored by MEASAT Satellite Systems
     
16:00-17:30   Panel 4: Broadband Service Applications
    Conventional concepts of communications and broadcasting have been changing with the introduction of digital technology, and the distinction between broadcasting and communications has been blurred. Interactivity in broadcasting based on digital technology is poised to create a new genre of satellite services, both in the free-to-air and subscription environments. This panel will explore the development of new applications and broadband services.

     
    Moderator: Gregg Daffner, President, G3 Global Communications Consulting
     
    Pierre-Jean Beylier, CEO, SpeedCast Ltd.
    Potompob Suwansiri, Head, Marketing, Shin Satellite Public Company Ltd.
    Gaurav Kharod, Regional Director, Asia, ViaSat India Pvt. Ltd.
    Jose del Rosario, Senior Analyst & Regional Director for Asia Pacific, Northern Sky
    ...Research
     
16:00-17:30   Session 3: DMB Services
    Initiated by Japan and Korea, the world's first digital multimedia broadcasting service is an exciting new service based on digital technology. DMB services are poised to create a new genre of satellite broadcasting services, both in deploying multi-service platforms for convergence and in the new environment of mobile broadcasting. This session will explore the development of new services and applications as well as examine ways to develop business models.

Chair: Naoakira Kamiya, Managing Director, Satellite Systems Research
Institute
     
    Dr. Yoshitake Yamaguchi, Acting General Manager, Mobile Broadcasting Corp.
    Richard E. Butler, Chairman, WorldSpace Asia
    Christophe Selier, Manager, Telecom Business Unit, Systems Engineering, Alcatel
    ...Alenia Space
    Wayne Heads, Director, Technical Department, Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union
     
18:00-19:00   Cocktail Reception sponsored by Orbital Sciences Corporation
     
19:00-21:00   Dinner sponsored by Arianespace
     
....Thursday, 29 September 2005
     
09:00-10:30   Launch Services CEO Roundtable
    Today launch service providers find themselves contending with an industry where supply outweighs demand. Therefore, the key issue facing the launch industry now is overcapacity. In this competitive situation, each launcher is trying to distinguish itself from the other in its reliability, flexibility, competitive pricing, customer service and a proven launch record. This panel comprising the world's top space launchers will provide a more detailed review of integrated services to customers.

Moderator: Ed Ward, President, Ed Ward & Associates, Inc.
     
    Jean-Yves Le Gall, President & CEO, Arianespace
    Dr. Mark Albrecht, President, International Launch Services
    James Maser, President & General Manager, Sea Launch LLC
    Gao Ruofei, Vice President, China Great Wall Industry Co. Ltd.
    Shoichiro Asada, Director, H2-A, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
     
10:30-11:00   Morning Refreshments sponsoref by Boeing Satellite Systems International
     
11:00-12:30   Panel 5: Content Delivery via Satellite
    Satellite solutions enable ISPs, broadcasters, corporations and government agencies to create a converged network that is perfect for simultaneously delivering rich Internet content like video and web pages to thousands of people or locations such as the network edge. Satellite technologies offer users alternatives to terrestrial-based services because they bypass congested Internet traffic exchange points and curtail packet loss issues. This panel specifically analyzes the potential for application in global content delivery service markets.

Moderator: Kevin French, Publisher and Founder, talk Satellite
     
    Raj K. Bajaj, Regional Director, Asia-Pacific Region, Hughes Network Systems
    Vinay Sewal, Director, Marketing & Business Development, GlobeCast
    Thomas Choi, CEO and Chairman, Asia Broadcast Networks Ltd.
    Sanjay Sharma, Director, Business Development, BtNAcess (HK) Limited
     
11:00-12:30   Session 5: Satellite Manufacturing & Reliability
    Driven by demand for new services, a limited number of orbital slots, and competitive pressures, satellites have grown in mass, power and complexity. Manufacturers have responded positively, and the satellite manufacturing industry can be commended for their technologies, which enable them to meet the capability challenge. Nonetheless, it is also a fact that manufacturers have been hampered by quality and reliability issues. In this session, speakers will provide the audience with a comprehensive picture of the ongoing effort for new technologies to ensure satellite reliability.

Chair: Dr. Ya-hui Chiu, General Manager, Operations, Asia Satellite
Telecommunications Co. Ltd.
     
    Robert Knautz, Manager, Product Assurance, Telesat Canada
    Francessco Passaretta, Sales & Marketing Manager, Alcatel Alenia Space Italia
    Bill Weller, Vice President, Marketing and Sales, Space Systems/ Loral
    David J. Whalen, Vice President, Satellite System Consulting, IOT Systems, LLC
    John Werle, Vice President, Business Dept., Space & Intelligence Systems, Boeing
    ...Satellite Systems International
     
12:30-14:00   Lunch
     
14:00-15:30   Panel 6: Enterprise Broadband Services
    Opportunities are still open for satellite companies to bring satellite-delivered broadband services to both enterprise and consumer end users. This panel will update the audience on the process of conceiving, designing, building and launching these systems as well as proposing new services and applications.

Moderator: Giovanni Verlini, Managing Editor, Satellite Evolution Asia,
DS Air Publications Ltd.
     
    Matthew Oh, Director, Sales Asia Pacific, New Skies Satellites
    Dr. Tan Hong Pew, Chief Operating Officer, Nera Telecommunications Ltd
    John Meyers, Customer Service Manager, SE Asia, Gilat Satellite Networks (Thailand)
    ..Ltd.
    K W. Chan, Vice President, Asia, iDirect Hong Kong Ltd.
    Khairuddin AB Rahman, President & CEO, Smart Digital Communications Bhd.
     
14:00-15:30   Session 6: Distance Learning and E-business
    Satellites can play a key role in the education of rural communities throughout the Asia-Pacific region, and broadband distance learning by satellite is useful for bridging the digital divide. This session will present some of the leading uses of broadband in education, forecast how satellite broadband can be used in distance education, identify the constraints on these visions, and identify the kind of collaborative research that may be required between educators and industry. Also, practical steps to building an e-business society will be reviewed.
Chair: Richard Bowles, Regional Director, Arianespace
     
    Richard T. Kusiolek, President, TransGlobalNet
    Paul Sheridan, General Manager, Satellite Sales, SingTel Optus
    Bernardo Schneiderman, Business Development & Technical Director, Space &
    ...Telecom Division, Futron Corporation
    David Hastings, Space Technology Applications, UN Economic and Social
    ...Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP)
     
15:30-16:00   Coffee Break sponsored by Boeing Satellite Systems International
     
16:00-17:40   Panel 7: New Services and New Technologies (Plenary)
    The development of new technologies and their applied components in the satellite industry lead the new applications and services of satellite communications and broadcasting. This session will update the status of new technologies and component development for these new applications and services.

Chair: Jeremy Rose, Senior Consultant, COMSYS
     
    Bon-Yang Koo, Director, Satellite Communications Team, Network Group, KT Corp.
    Mark Schmitt, Director, Business Development, Integral Systems, Inc.
    Dr. Wataru Chujo, Director, Kashima Space Research Center National Institute of
    ...Information and Communications Technology, Japan
    Gwang-Ja Jin, Principal Researcher, Global Area Wireless Technology Group,
    ..Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Korea
     
17:30   Closing Remarks
     
18:00   APSCC Council & Plenary Meeting
     
 
 
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