11:30 - 11:40
Opening Remarks by the Moderator
11:40 12:30
Satellite & HAPS: Transformational Technology
Disruption, Service Resilience
Various direct satellite-to-device services have now emerged based on technologies that have attracted a lot of attention. Early direct satellite-to-device services typically only offered SOS-type alerts and text messaging, but these early-stage services have transitioned, developing into more widely attractive offerings of internet access and video. This panel will examine what the different technologies have in common and ask if we are witnessing moves towards some form of standardisation, or a countervailing movement that is off-trend and favouring proprietary solutions.
12:30 - 13:00
Break
13:00 - 13:50
Into the Blue: Flying and Sailing with Satcoms
Crews and passengers on aeroplanes, ships, and railways, and in cars, all share the expectation that, no matter their location, there should be no limitations to broadband access to the internet, with uninterrupted service capable of supporting streaming, social media, and bandwidth hungry work applications. This session will undertake a detailed exploration the future of these mobility markets for a technologically fast-evolving satellite sector, both space and ground segment.
13:50 - 14:20
Fireside Chat: Turning Constellations into
Networks – A New Connectivity Architecture for the
Middle East Region
Today’s connectivity revolution and digital transformation brings ever-increasing demands and opportunities. With billions of new devices coming online, transforming what we expect from our satellite and wireless networks, we take a look at how one LEO network will enable the new connectivity of the future.
14:20 - 15:10
The Digital Cloud in Orbit
This session will be an exploration of the advantages of incorporating the Cloud – plus its logical extensions of virtualisation and edge-computing – into satellite businesses to fulfil the full potential of satellite’s full interoperability with telcos and MNOs, with satellites as switches in the greater telecommunications ‘network of networks’. There is an increasingly widespread adoption of cloud-native platforms and methodologies but the question is whether this is adoption of something monolithic or manifest as fragmented, siloed, and differentiated Cloud infrastructures that don’t readily scale.
15:10 - 15:40
Break
15:40 - 16:30
Connectivity: What the Underserved Want, What the
Underserved Get
“Serving the underserved” encompasses both the digital divide between developed nations and countries with a poorly developed capacity to secure reliable internet broadband access; and, the digital divide between well-served urban and suburban areas and underserved rural and remote regions. What are the principal barriers to serving the underserved – Is it connectivity? Or, is it affordability? Or, is it regulatory? What is the role of Universal Service Funds? This panel will attempt to answer these and other questions vexing providers, governments, and those on the other side of the divide.
16:30 - 16:40
Closing Remarks by Moderator
11:35 11:40
Opening Remarks by Moderator
11:40 - 12:40
Coordinated Digital Transformation in Space
and on the Ground
12:40 - 13:20
Managing Spectrum Across the Multi-Orbit
Environment
13:20 - 14:00
Navigating the Complex World of Antenna Approvals
14:00 - 14:40
Improving Process Efficiency with AI and
Automation
14:40 - 15:20
Creating a Diverse Satcoms Environment
15:20 - 16:00
5G and 6G Spectrum Management for further use of
C-Band
16:00 - 16:10
Closing Remarks by Moderator