SatCom Africa Conference Day Two - 23 May 2012

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08.30

Registration and morning refreshments

08.50

OPENING REMARKS FROM THE CHAIR

Mr Ibrahim G. S

Mr. Ibrahima Guimba-Saidou leads the Africa Commercial Region under the newly formed OneSES organization. Ibrahima joined SES in January 2012. Prior to joining SES, Ibrahima was Senior Key Director and Managing Sales Director with Intelsat. He was...

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Mr Paul Edwards

Paul is Chairman of Starcomms Nigeria Holdings, a Nigerian telecoms operator and a director of NASDAQ-listed Net-1 UEPS, a smart card-based financial services provider which operates in Africa, Iraq and the CIS. He is also Executive Chairman of...

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From Chair & Co-Chair

CAPACITY AND INNOVATION

09.00

KEYNOTE ADDRESS: HOW WILL SATELLITES FURTHER SHAPE AFRICA’S BROADCAST MARKETS?

› Mr Jean Landsberg, Head of Technical, CNBC Africa, South Africa

09.30

SATELLITES ROLE IN BROADCAST CAPACITY, DELIVERABILITY AND ACCESS

Mr Christoph Limmer

Christoph started his career at SES in 2003 when he joined the Market Research department. Since then he has been assigned to various Marketing and Business development projects within the SES group that have allowed him to gather knowledge and...

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› Mr Christoph Limmer, Director: Market Development, SES, Luxembourg

10.00

WHAT IS THE IMPORTANCE OF SATELLITE TO THE BROADCAST BUSINESS MODEL?

Mr Chris Oberholzer at SatCom Africa 2012

› Mr Chris Oberholzer, Managing Director: Strategy and Business Development, Multichoice, South Africa

10.30

Morning refreshments and exhibition viewing

Measat: Jarod Lopez, Senior Director: Sales and Marketing, Measat

11.30

FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES FOR TELCOS IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA

Mr Jean-Francois Fremaux

Jean-François FREMAUX is graduated from.- Ecole Centrale of engineering (France) worked more than 20 years in the defense field, to develop command and control systems: Naval Tactical Data System, Air defense system, Electronic warfare and C3I...

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› Mr Jean-Francois Fremaux, Director of business and products development, Eutelsat, France

DTH INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGIES

12.00

FINANCIAL CHALLENGES OF PAY TV IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA

Mr Laurent Petit

Laurent joined SES in 2005 and is currently in charge of supporting revenue and profitability growth in Africa and Asia as Vice President, Finance, Asia & Africa. Prior to that Laurent was responsible for Business Development activities in...

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› Mr Laurent Petit, Vice President: Finance Africa, SES, Luxembourg

12.30

Networking luncheon and exhibition viewing

13.45

PANEL DISCUSSION: INNOVATIVE SERVICES AND TECHNOLOGIES FOR DTH DEPLOYMENT

Mr Stephane Goebel at SatCom Africa 2012

› Mr Stephane Goebel, VP Sales Global, SES Platform Services, South Africa

MEDIA CONTENT DELIVERY

14.35

PANEL DISCUSSION: HOW TO USE SATELLITES EFFICIENTLY TO DELIVER HIGH- DEMAND AND HIGH-BANDWIDTH CONTENT

Mr Hesham Khalipha at SatCom Africa 2012

Mr. Sharon Ruso

Sharon Ruso joined spacecom in 2011 as Presales Director for the African market, bringing his 20 years of experience in telecommunications, operations, satcom projects and solutions, design and execution for the new AMOS-5 satellite sales team. ...

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Mr Phillip Luff

Phillip Luff is Country Manager for Emerging Business at Discovery Networks in Central & Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa (CEEMEA), a division of the number-one nonfiction media company Discovery Communications. As Country Manager for...

› Mr Jean Landsberg, Head of Technical, CNBC Africa, South Africa
› Mr Aslan Tricha, VP Sales Engineering, SES, South Africa
› Mr Hesham Khalipha, Director of Marketing, Arabsat, Saudi Arabia
› Mr. Sharon Ruso, Director: Presales Support, Amos Spacecom, Israel
› Mr Phillip Luff, Country Manager: Emerging Business, Discovery Networks, United Kingdom

15.20

Afternoon refreshments and exhibition viewing

16.00

NAVIGATING EVOLVING CONTENT REQUIREMENTS

Mr Frans Lindeque

Frans Lindeque is a professional technologist in light current engineering as well as a member of the South Africa Institute of Electrical Engineers. He has been involved with broadcasting signal distribution since 1975 and in particular with...

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