Presenting for the firm will be Susan Irwin, President Euroconsult USA and SATCON Conference Chair, Steve Bochinger, President Euroconsult North America, and Nathan de Ruiter, Senior Consultant. Susan Irwin will chair the conference and moderate the keynote panel, The Future of Satellite Communications: New Developments, New Technologies and New Markets panel on Thursday November 15, 2012, at 9:00 a.m. This panel will bring together industry leaders who will discuss future developments in broadband satellites, HTS, mobile applications and new markets. The following industry leaders are scheduled to present alongside Susan Irwin: Steve Collar, CEO, O3b Networks Ltd., Daniel Goldberg, President and CEO, Telesat, Pradman P. Kaul, CEO, Hughes Communications Inc., Leo Mondale, Managing Director, Inmarsat Global Xpress and Mark Rasmussen, RVP, North America, Intelsat. Susan Irwin has been the conference chair and has overseen the growth of SATCON since its inaugural conference in 2002.

Steve Bochinger will moderate Emerging Markets: Can Satellites Bridge the Digital Divide, a session addressing the pressing issues related to SATCOM in emerging markets on November 15, 2012 at 2:00 p.m. (Room 5). Steve Collar, CEO, O3b Networks Ltd., Nigel Gibson, VP, International Sales, Telesat, Ruben Levcovitz, International Commercial Director, Hispamar Satellites and Paul Scardino, VP Corporate Sales & Marketing, Globecomm Systems Inc. will be participating in the panel.

Nathan de Ruiter will speak on the panel: A New Political and Economic Environment for Hosted Payloads? on November 15, 2012, at 10:30 a.m. (Room 4). Moderated by Don Brown, VP, Hosted Payloads, Intelsat General Corporation, this session will discuss the outlook for hosted payloads and innovative space acquisition, against the backdrop of the elections, the budget environment, and recent efforts by the USAF Space and Missile Systems Center to include hosted payloads in future acquisition strategies.