[SatNews] The first was such a success they decided to do it again.

The first annual London conference of the GVF-EMP Broadband Maritime Series held in 2010 was described as the most original program yet delivered on ICT connectivity for the high seas, inshore, and the high northern latitudes. It has been announced that the 2011 event will present an even greater range of thought-provoking insights from key industry speakers, together with interactive panel sessions, to again provide an exemplary and innovative conference dialogue.

The GVF-EMP Conference Partnership has also announced that, in support of this dialogue, ASTRA2Connect (www.astra2connect.com) has now joined the London event’s prestigious line-up of industry-leading sponsors – Inmarsat (www.inmarsat.com), Eutelsat (www.eutelsat.com), Telenor (www.telenor.com), and Comtech EF Data (www.comtechefdata.com). Also supporting the conference, as Marketing Partner, is Stark Moore MacMillan (www.starkmooremacmillan.com). In addition, the Conference Partnership has previously been pleased to announce that NSR (Northern Sky Research, www.nsr.com) will work with GVF and EMP as Conference Content Partner.

Broadband Maritime Europe 2011: Expanding Communications – Networking Solutions to the Arctic Horizon and will take place over28th & 29th June at the Strand Palace Hotel, 372 Strand, London, and is being held in coordination with the GVF Maritime SatCom Forum.

As at the date of this release, the speakers contributing to the conference proceedings will include (in alphabetical order by surname):

• Guido Baraglia, Director, sIRG (Satellite Interference Reduction Group & Business Development Manager, Integral Systems Europe
• Peter Blackhurst, Head of Maritime Safety, Inmarsat
• Peter Broadhurst, Director, Sales & Marketing, Sea Tel Products, Cobham SATCOM Marine Systems
• Martin Coleman, Executive Director, sIRG (Satellite Interference Reduction Group)
• Jens Ewerling, Global VSAT Business Manager, Maritime Business Unit, Thrane & Thrane
• Andrew Faiola, Global Account Director, Intelsat
• Dennis Feely, Regional Vice President, Network Sales, Comtech EF Data
• Francesco Giordani, Business Development Director, Thales Alenia Space
• Michael Gold, Vice President Sales, Europe, CIS & Russia, Comtech EF Data
• Jan Hetland, CTO, Datacomms Systems, Telenor
• Svend Lykke Larsen, Managing Director, KVH Europe
• Aleksander Maracic, Regional Sales Director, ASTRA Broadband Services
• Carlos Nalda, Telecommunications Counsel, Squire, Sanders & Dempsey
• Armin Neumaier, Vice President Sales, ASTRA Broadband Services
• Yoram Ofri, Director of Marketing, Applications & Solutions, Gilat Satellite Networks
• Jag Rai, Sales Director, Eutelsat
• Richard Roithner, Senior Consultant, Euroconsult
• Claude Rousseau, Senior Analyst, NSR
• Greg Selzer, Account Manager, Online Learning, SatProf Inc
• Andrew Shorrock, Sales Director, EMEA, Satellite Communications Products, Codan
• Kartik Sinha, Maritime Market Manager, Inmarsat
• Christopher Snowdon, Market Access Specialist, Access Partnership
• Denis Sutherland, Systems Engineering Manager, iDirect
• Capt. Kuba Szymanski, Secretary General, InterManager
• Colin Thompson, Director of Regulatory Engineering, Access Partnership
• Rob Verkuil, General Manager, Radio Holland Connect
• Simon Watts, Chief Engineer, Hughes Europe
• Frank Zeppenfeldt, Satellite Engineer, Telecommunications Division, ESA-ESTEC

Whilst maintaining the already defined broad focus on the key elements of maritime satellite communications that are common to all ocean regions and seaways – covering such market segments as cargo (container vessels, bulk carriers, tankers, etc), passenger (cruise liners, passenger and vehicle ferries, etc), fishing (trawler fleets, factory ships, etc), leisure (yachts, etc), oil & gas (semi-submersible rigs, FPSOs, etc), exploration (government, scientific, etc), and naval/coast guard activity (sea lanes security, smuggling/piracy interdiction, etc) – the 2011 conference will introduce regionally-unique topics and themes, such as the opening to year-round navigation of arctic seaways that are affected by climate change and the progressive retreat of the melting north-polar ice shelf and pack sea ice.

The conference will feature sessions and panel discussions on the following themes:

• Maritime Satellite Communications: Demand & Supply Shifts across the Sector
• Communications Networking for Efficient Fleet Management
• Segmenting Europe’s Maritime Broadband Satellite Communications Requirement
• The Maritime Connection: Total Cost of Ownership - Integrated, Lower Cost, Higher Specification Solutions for the Future
• Spectrum Shift: Satellite Operators, Network Providers & Deployment of New Global Broadband
• The Maritime Communications Platform: Ocean-Going ICT & the Seaborne Enterprise
• Satellite Design, Deployment & Networking: Expanding Maritime Communications, Navigation & Remote Sensing for New Arctic Horizons
• The Maritime Communications Regulatory Environment 1: Removing Barriers to ESV Operation in Territorial Waters
• The Maritime Communications Regulatory Environment 2: Communications Inshore & on the High Seas
• Maritime Satcoms Terminal Equipment: Supply-Side Challenges & Developments
• Maritime Antenna Technology: Design Parameters & Case Studies
• The Maritime Communications Spectrum Environment: Interference Challenges & Challenging Interference
• GVF Installer Training Programme for the Stabilized Antenna Market
• The Mobile Communications Foundation to “Non-Conflict Emergency” Deployments & the Dynamics of Integrating Communications Networking for Geographically Remote Applications
• Meeting Crucial Communications Challenges: (1) The Multinational Counter-Piracy Coalition; (2) On-Board Networking for Cost-Effective Crew Communications
• Satellite Handover for Maritime Communications Solutions The Multi-Technology & Multi-Service Challenge for Satellite Communications at Sea
• Mission Criticality, Safety, Distress, and Environmental Impact: Maritime Communications Systems & the Satellite Broadband Environment in European & Arctic Latitudes
• Weather Data Streams: Real-time Access & Dissemination of Local, Regional & Global Information
• Naval High-Seas Networking and Merchant Communications Solutions: A Systems Resilience Profile
• Communications Applications in Home & Foreign Waters Naval Force Deployments

As in previous years the conference organizers at GVF and EMP have announced that registration for the Broadband Maritime Europe conference is complimentary and free-of-charge for representatives of the maritime industry, including Shipping Companies, Ship Management Companies, Ship Owners & Operators Container Lines, Cruise Lines, Ferry Operators, Rig Owners & Operators, and Port Authorities. Further information on this and all other aspects of GVF-EMP conferences may be obtained from Martin Jarrold at [email protected] and Paul Stahl at [email protected].

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