SatCom Africa Conference Day Two - 23 May 2012

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Registration and welcome coffee

08.50

OPENING REMARKS FROM THE CHAIR

Paul Edwards, Chairman, Starcomms Holdings, Nigeria
Co-chair SES

CAPACITY AND INNOVATION

09.00

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

Mr Gary Alfonso

Gary Alfonso joined CNBC Africa in 2007 and was part of the team that launched the continents only business news television channel across Sub-Saharan Africa. He is responsible for the executive management, strategic, strategic business...

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› Mr Gary Alfonso, MD: African Business News, 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...

› 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

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...

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

DTH INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGIES

12.00

INTEGRATING SATELLITE INTO YOUR DTH BUSINESS MODELS FOR EFFICIENCY

Mr Kenneth Ashigbey

Kenneth Ashigbey, is the COO of Multi TV, Ghana’s 1st private, Multi-Channel FrTAr DTH TV Service. Member of the GhIE , & holds a PMP from PMI, with MBA Finance from Leicester University and BSc Hons in Electrical &Electronics Engineering from...

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› Mr Kenneth Ashigbey, Chief Operating Officer, MultiTv, Ghana

12.15

FINANCIAL CHALLENGES OF PAY TV IN SA

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

13.50

PANEL DISCUSSION: INNOVATIVE SERVICES AND TECHNOLOGIES FOR DTH DEPLOYMENT

Mr Darryl Ambrose Nmah at SatCom Africa 2012

Mr Yvon Henri

Yvon Henri is Chief of the Space Services Department (SSD) at the Radiocommunication Bureau of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), in Geneva (Switzerland). Before joining ITU in 1995, he has held various management positions at France...

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MEDIA CONTENT DELIVERY

14.35

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

Mr Gary Alfonso

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Mr Kenneth Ashigbey

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Sharon Ruso, Director of Presales Support, Amos-Spacecom, Israel
Nihar Shah, Director: Market Development, SES, Luxembourg

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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