[SatNews] Two keynoters of influence — Elon Musk and James Lovell — will present at this event...

ORBCOMM Inc. (Nasdaq: ORBC), a global satellite data communications company focused on two-way Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communications, has announced that Elon Musk, well-known high-tech visionary, entrepreneur and philanthropist, will serve as a keynote speaker at ORBCOMM’s 2011 Global Solutions Conference at the Park Hyatt Aviara in Carlsbad, CA, from October 12-14. Mr. Musk will join Captain James Lovell, NASA legend and commander of Apollo 13, who will also be a keynote speaker at the conference.

Mr. Musk is the CEO and Product Architect of Tesla Motors and the CEO/CTO of Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX). At SpaceX, Mr. Musk is the chief designer, overseeing development of rockets and spacecraft for missions to Earth orbit and ultimately to other planets. In 2008, SpaceX’s Falcon 1 rocket became the first privately developed liquid-fueled rocket to reach orbit. Later that same year, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft won a $1.6 billion NASA contract to provide a commercial replacement for the cargo transport function of the Space Shuttle, which retired earlier this year. In 2010, SpaceX became the first commercial company to successfully recover a spacecraft from Earth orbit with its Dragon spacecraft. In addition, Mr. Musk is the non-executive chairman and principal shareholder of SolarCity, which he helped create. SolarCity is now the leading provider of solar power systems in the United States.

Prior to SpaceX, Mr. Musk co-founded PayPal, the world’s leading Internet payment system, and served as the company’s Chairman and CEO. Before PayPal, Mr. Musk co-founded Zip2, a provider of Internet software to the media industry. In 2009, the National Space Society awarded Mr. Musk its Von Braun Trophy, given for leadership of the most significant achievement in space. In 2010, Mr. Musk was the youngest recipient of the Auto Executive of the Year Innovator Award for his work at Tesla Motors. He was also named to the Time 100 list of most influential people in the world in 2010.
,br /> ORBCOMM’s Global Solutions Conference is an annual event that celebrates the company’s growth and leadership in the M2M market, educates its customers and partners about new developments in the ORBCOMM world and encourages collaboration and synergy within the ORBCOMM community. ORBCOMM expects over 200 customers, partners, manufacturers, application developers, and executives from more than 15 countries to attend this year’s conference, which features the theme, Driving the M2M Revolution.