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SatCom MECASA 2009 offers a limited number of prestige speaking opportunities to qualified partners.
Do you have a story to tell?
Do you have expertise in this market that you want to share?
Have you benefited from a product or service that could help others?
Presenters and panellists will be specially selected industry leaders and experts that will share their vision and practical strategies.
There are a limited number of opportunities for sponsors to participate in the conference presentations.
Opportunities include:
- Keynote presentations
- Client case study presentations
- Panel sessions
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Day One: Monday 7 December 2009Day One: Monday 7 December 2009
08.30 Registration and refreshments09.00 Chairman’s opening remarks Evolution of the satcom business model09.10 Panel session: satcom as an integral element of the global
telecommunication, broadcasting and ISP industries
- Are fibre and cable a threat to satellite?
- How satellite operators will meet local demand through converged access technologies and applications
- How telecommunication, broadcasters, ISPs can penetrate new markets through satellite
Director of Marketing, ARABSAT Mr Shawkat Ahmed, Chief Commercial Officer, Yahsat Chief Executive Officer , CNBC Arabia
09.50 Delivering customised, customer-oriented services to
provide end-users with a real broadband experience
- An alternative to the existing portfolios of broadband providers
- Creating synergies with terrestrial solutions for telcos to provide customer-based solutions
- Enabling end-users to reduce investment through a limited capex and opex
- Facilitating broadband access in areas with limited infrastructure
- Joint venture structure for mutual benefit to partners
Director of Marketing, ARABSAT
10.20 Exploring new emerging markets and opportunities through
revolutionary satellite broadband services
- Enabling businesses to grasp opportunities in emerging markets with limited communications infrastructure
- Connecting rural and urban communities and creating informed societies
- Flexible and innovative design to cater to multiple user segments
Mr Shawkat Ahmed, Chief Commercial Officer, Yahsat
10.50 Morning refreshments and networking11.20 Keynote: digital migration - the future of HDTV transmission
- How quickly is HDTV becoming the de facto standard?
- Why MECASA’s broadcasters need to invest in HDTV or risk losing market share to IPTV
- Satellite as the perfect choice for HDTV in MECASA
- Implications on regional satellite capacity
President, Rotana Digital Media
11.50 Keynote: the complex issues related to the transition to
digital television
- Coordinated moves to final channel assignments and installations of transmitter upgrades and antennas
- Re-transmission: downconverting digital HDTV signals for SD subscribers on cable, satellite and telco distribution systems
- Aspect ratio conversion
- Active Format Description (AFD) metadata
- HDTV transition progress report
President, Reliance BIG Entertainment
12.20 Keynote: HDTV challenges for regional specialised
broadcasters
- High production and equipment costs: how quickly will specialised broadcasters migrate?
- Costly displays and receivers mean viewers are not HD-ready
- Communication alternatives needed to bring down the cost of bandwidth and boost HDTV
- With HD quality not the highest priority for news viewers, cost effective solutions need to make the case to specialised broadcasters
Chief Executive Officer , CNBC Arabia
Regulation and policy in MECASA14.20 Panel session: Global international ITU radio regulations and sharing knowledge to develop and implement successful satellite regulation and policy
- Debating the issues in the lead up to the ITU World Radiocommunication Conference 2012
- An overview of existing regulations and procedures
- Outlining recently encountered problems and the implementation of existing procedures
- Licensing, spectrum allocation and management, international satellite transactions, interference concerns
- Possible supply-demand imbalance for space services
- Terrestrial competition and market access barriers
- Access to orbit/spectrum resources
- Key regulatory considerations of competition and technology neutrality
Director of the Radiocommunication Bureau (ITU-R), International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Chief, Space Services Department, International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Director, Access Partnership
15.20 Afternoon refreshments and networking15.50 Panel session: meeting growing regional demand for HDTV
- Will price and value add up to an explosion in demand for HD services?
- How operators are planning to transition from to BSS
- Will HD overwhelm regional BSS capacity?
Mr Karim Sarkis, Executive Director, Broadcasting , Abu Dhabi Media Company Head of Media Technology, TwoFour54
16.30 Chairman’s closing remarks and close of conference day one |
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