In the making…

Event Schedule

08:00

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08:30

Coffee Break

Arrival & Coffee

08:45

-

09:00

Keynote

Welcome Words by Lead sponsor

Opening by the Morning Host

Brief by chosen Charity: the Allied Forces Foundation (AFF)

Nik Smith,

Regional Director UK and Europe -

Lockheed Martin Space

Stuart Taylor,

President & CEO -

Allied Forces Foundation

09:00

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09:20

Keynote

Official Opening by Cdre Tony Williams

Cdre Tony Williams,

Head of Space Capability -

UK Space Command

09:20

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09:40

Keynote

Driving Innovative Partnerships with Allies, Interagencies and Industry

Angela Lindemuth,

Chief of the Capabilities Development Division -

International Affairs Office, Space Systems Command (SSC), United States Space Force (USSF), Los Angeles AFB

09:45

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10:00

Keynote

Space as a Warfighting Domain: Achieving the speed of relevance

Ricky Freeman,

President, KGS, LLC and Vice President -

Amazon’s Kuiper Government Solutions

10:00

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10:15

Keynote

Keynote by SES Space & Defense

Dave Broadbent,

President and CEO -

SES Space & Defense

10:15

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11:00

Panel

Geopolitical Situation & Space Domain

Dniel Hilgert,

Senior Space Coordinator -

NATO

Prof. Trevor Taylor ,

Director of the Defence, Industries and Society Programme -

RUSI

Dr. habil. Antje Nötzold ,

Research Associate & Lecturer -

Technische Universität Chemnitz

Dr. Ivan Janes,

Chief Systems & Products Officer -

Telespazio

Moderator:

James Helle,

Stellar Solutions

11:00

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11:30

Coffee Break

Coffee Break

11:30

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12:15

Panel

A new strategic reality in space? What Golden Dome could mean for the sector

Michelle Howard,

Strategic Policy Adviser -

D Group

Gabriel Elefteriu,

Senior Fellow (Space Power) -

Council on Geostrategy

Justin Keller,

CEO -

DGS Space

Moderator:

Nik Smith,

Regional Director UK and Europe -

Lockheed Martin Space

12:15

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12:30

Keynote

Keynote by Viasat

Todd McDonell,

President International Government -

Viasat

12:45

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14:00

Lunch Break

13:55

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14:00

Keynote

Welcome back words by Host

Andy Rayner,

14:00

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14:15

Keynote

Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) Space Domain program to meet Emerging Threats

BGen Justin Thibert ,

Director General Military Communications and Space Systems -

Canadian Armed Forces

14:15

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15:00

Panel

Hybrid Navigation systems & PNT advantage

Nobby Clarke,

Deputy Head of Space, C4ISR Branch -

UK Strategic Command

Michael O’Connor,

Executive Vice President of the PNT Group -

Iridium Communications Inc.

John-Paul Szczepanik,

CTO -

ALL.SPACE

Moderator:

Andy Lincoln,

Vice-President, Chief Engineer -

Viasat

15:00

-

15:15

Keynote

Tactical SATCOM in the New World Order

Ian Canning,

President and Chief Executive Officer -

Eutelsat Network Solutions

15:15

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15:30

Keynote

Keynote by St Engineering iDirect

Don Claussen,

CEO -

ST Engineering iDirect

15:30

-

16:00

Coffee Break

16:00

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16:15

Keynote

WGS and Beyond: Intellian's Agile Multi-Orbit, Multi-Mission Solutions Shaping Next-Generation Space Defense

Dr. Blad Stavropoulos,

Sr. Director Sales and Solutions Engineering -

Intellian

16:15

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16:30

Keynote

Keynote by Cobham

16:30

-

16:50

Keynote

Keynote by NSPA

Dr. Stergios Isaakidis,

Programme Manager, Alliance Ground Surveillance & Uncrewed Aerial Systems -

NSPA

16:50

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17:30

Panel

Delivering Future Hybrid Satcom Networks

William Formosa,

Head of Future Solutions -

Babcock

Thomas Thorne,

Regional Vice President Sales and Business Development, Europe and South Africa -

Kymeta

Andrew Fell,

Lead engineer and operations support -

TTP

Gil Elizov,

Vice President, Products and Marketing Defense -

Gilat Satellite Networks

Trevor Beard ,

Vice President of R&D -

Telespazio

Moderator:

Paul Wells,

Chief Satcom Engineer -

UK MoD/Defence Digital

18:30

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23:00

After Party

Reception @The CROSS

08:00

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08:30

Coffee Break

Arrival & Coffee

08:40

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08:45

Keynote

Opening Words by Host

William Formosa,

Head of Future Solutions -

Babcock

08:45

-

09:00

Keynote

Official Keynote

Barry Austin,

Satcom Head, Defence Digital -

UK MoD

09:00

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09:20

Keynote

Space data & the Media field

09:20

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09:35

Keynote

Keynote by Airbus

09:35

-

09:50

Keynote

Keynote by Comtech

Daniel Gizinski,

President of Satellite & Space Communications Segment -

Comtech

09:50

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10:05

Keynote

Enabling Resilient and Allied SATCOM for Future Defence Missions

Patrick Biewer,

CEO -

GovSat

10:05

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10:35

Keynote

Brief by ExoAnalytics

Clinton Clark ,

Chief Growth Officer and Vice President of First Impressions -

ExoAnalytic Solutions

10:35

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10:50

Keynote

Software Sovereignty: Delivering the Ground Segment for National Satcom Ambitions

Marius Gilmore,

Director Space Data Applications -

CGI

10:50

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11:05

Keynote

Enhancing Land Force Resilience with Advanced Satellite Communication

Sam,

Snir -

Orbit

11:05

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11:30

Coffee Break

Coffee Break

11:30

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12:15

Panel

Seeing is Believing - In a world of AI and data manipulation, can we believe what our eyes are telling us?

Laurene Colin,

Senior Space Operations Analyst -

HEO

Geoffroy Beaudot,

Head of Space -

Luxembourg Department of Defence

Laryssa Patten,

Head, Space Technology Adoption and Resilience -

NATO NCIA

Geoff Busswell,

Vice President of Business Growth -

Telespazio UK

Moderator:

Peter Round,

VP, Business Development, Defence & Security -

EarthDaily Analytics

12:15

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13:00

Panel

SATUCCINO Session

13:00

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13:55

Lunch Break

Lunch Break

13:55

-

14:00

Keynote

Opening by Host

Una Stanniland,

Director of UK Operations -

Stellar Solutions Aerospace

14:00

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14:45

Panel

Interference Mitigation & general transec

Josef Nemec,

Technology Director -

GovSat

Dave Davis,

Senior Technical Director Global Government -

ST Engineering iDirect

Mark Lambert,

President -

Kratos Communication Ltd

Sergio Encabo,

Head of Office - BENELUX -

Integrasys

Moderator:

Shahida Barick FRAeS,

Defence & Space Expert -

Indep Consultant

14:45

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15:15

Panel

Integrating Optical Communications into Next-Generation SATCOM Networks

Nicole Robinson,

President -

Gilat DataPath

Jean-Francois Morizur,

CEO -

Cailabs

Moderator:

Ben Pigsley,

Head of BD -

U.S. Electrodynamics Incorporated (USEI)

15:15

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16:00

Panel

The role of automation and AI in advanced enterprise management applications

Charles Cynamon,

President -

Telesat Government Solutions

Dr. Rajeev Gopal ,

Vice President, Advanced Programs -

Hughes

Louise Rees,

UK Business Director -

Starion UK

Franck Long,

Associate Director -

Cambridge Consultants

Moderator:

David Dean,

Chief Engineer -

DSTL

16:00

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16:15

Keynote

The Convergence of Space and Cyber

Joseph Rooke,

Director, Risk Insights -

Recorded Future

16:15

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16:30

Keynote

Closing Remarks