[SatNews] On Monday, June 17, 2013 between, 12:00 and 4:00 p.m., Secure World Foundation will be hosting two panel discussions on radio frequency interference and space sustainability. The success of radio frequency (RF) communications and space sustainability are intimately connected. RF is essential to satellite functioning as well as communication between satellites and their controlling entities. The Secure World Foundation has gathered a group of experts who will discuss the direct relationship between RF communications and space sustainability, as well as the threat that radio frequency interference poses to space sustainability. SWF Technical Advisor Brian Weeden will also be presenting a new fact sheet entitled “Radio Frequency Spectrum, Interference, and Satellites Fact Sheet.”

• Panel One (12:45 - 2:15 p.m.): Licensing and Registration Issues Related to RFI
  Mr. Richard DalBello, Intelsat General
  Mr. Karl Kensinger, U.S. Federal Communications Commission
  Mr. Scott Kotler, U.S. National Telecommunications & Information Administration
• Panel Two (2:30 - 4:00 PM): Unintentional and Intentional Interference
  Mr. Ram Jakhu, McGill University
  Dr. John Sheldon, Marshall Institute
  Mr. Steve Smith, SES
  Ms. Jennifer Warren, Lockheed Martin

The moderator will be Ms. Victoria Samson, Washington Office Director, Secure World Foundation. Lunch will be served. Please RSVP no later than Friday, June 14, 2013, by selecting this direct link. The event will be held at the Choate Room, First Floor, Carnegie Building for International Peace, 1779 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20036