...are elevating the industry's profile through workshops, speaking positions and sponsorship opportuities at events. Such events include SMi's 2nd instalment of MilSatCom Asia, to be held the 9th and 10th of May in Singapore. With satellite communications increasing in the region, this event will draw senior SATCOM professionals from across the region and internationally from countries such as India, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Pakistan, Vietnam, Malaysia and Singapore. GVF Members will be able to network with Asian Military Officers looking to develop their SATCOM capabilities to counter any threats faced in the maritime environment and representatives from Asia- Pacific countries that have started to invest in developing reliable SatCom programmes, with Vietnam and Pakistan increasing their presence in Space with SatCom capabilities. The speaker line-up includes...
- Major General (Dr) Siva Kumar, Chief Executive Officer, National Spatial Data Infrastructure, Department of Science and Technology, India
- Commodore Roger Boyce, Director General of ICT Policy and Planning, Department of Defence, Australia
- Masayuki Iwaike, Director of Missile Defence and Space Policy and Planning, Policy Division, Bureau of Defence Policy, Ministry of Defence, Japan
- Major John Genouw, COMOPSLAND/G6/ReqMat, Joint Operational Support Division, Ministry of Defence, Belgium
- Lieutenant Colonel James Dryburgh, JS01 CIS (J6), New Zealand Defence Force
- Dr. Muhammad Riaz Suddle, Director for PakSat-1R Programme, SUPARCO (Pakistan Space Agency)
- Jonathan Hung, President, Singapore Space and Technology Association (SSTA)
- Gordon McMillan, Director GX Government Services EMEA and Asia-Pacific, Inmarsat
To view the full speaker line-up and programme, please visit this direct link. There is also a half-day post conference interactive workshop entitled "What is the future for Satellite Communications-On-The-Move (SOTM)?" which be conducted on May 11th at the Swissôtel Merchant Court Hotel in Singapore, led by Cobham.