2009 DoD Commercial SATCOM Users’ Workshop
Event Schedule
Tuesday, December 8 – December 10, 2009
Hyatt Regency Crystal City, Arlington, VA
FINAL AGENDA - Post Event
Conference attire is Business Casual or UOD and for Welcome and Exhibitor Showcase Receptions.
Tuesday | Wednesday |Thursday
Tuesday, December 8 |
8:00 am – 8:30 am |
Registration – Government Only
Hyatt Regency – Regency Landing (Ballroom Floor – B Level) |
8:30 am – 11:00 am |
Government Only Sessions
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11:15 am – 12:30 pm |
Lunch (not provided by DoD SATCOM organizers) |
12:30 pm – 1:00 pm |
General Registration
Hyatt Regency – Regency Landing (Ballroom Floor – B Level) |
1:00 pm – 1:30 pm |
Welcome |
1:30 pm – 2:00 pm |
OSD/NII Update
Larry Krebs, OASD (NII)
Spectrum and Communications Policy Directorate
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2:00 pm – 2:15 pm |
Break |
2:15 pm – 3:00 pm |
Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) Update - Future
Commercial SATCOM Acquisition (FCSA)
COL Allen Green, Program Manager, SATCOM, DISA
Charles Edwards, Deputy Program Manager, SATCOM DSTS - G,
DISA
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| 3:00 pm – 3:30 pm |
SMC Advanced Concepts Group Briefing
Col Charles H. Cynamon, AFSPC MCTG/DC |
3:30 pm – 5:00 pm |
Mission Assurance Panel
Protection, Industry Data Warehouse,EMI/EFI
Moderator - Lt Col Jeffrey P. Kaczmarczyk, Commercial Policy and Strategy Branch Policy and Strategy Division (NSSO/XP)
Panelists:
David Gay, Purposeful Interference Response Team Co-Chair
Gil Dysico, USSTRATCOM/J34
Sam Davis, Commercial Operations SATCOM Manager (OSM)
Support, USSTRATCOM/JTF-GNO-J332, Global SATCOM Support
center (GSSC)
Stewart Sanders, Charman of the Board of Directors of the Space Data Association - Senior Vice President, Customer Service Delivery, SES Engineering
Mark C. Johansen, Director, Government Marketing - Boeing
Satellite Systems, Inc. NSTAC Satellite Task Force |
5:30 pm – 7:30 pm |
Welcome Reception - Hosted by Intelsat General & Paradigm
Hyatt Regency – (Ballroom Floor – C/D Foyer)
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Wednesday, December 9 |
7:30 am – 8:00 am |
General Registration
Hyatt Regency – Regency Landing (Ballroom Floor – B Level)
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8:00 – 8:10 am |
Welcome |
8:10 am – 9:30 am |
COCOM Panel – Geographic
DoD’s Geographical Needs & Industry’s Business Case
Moderator – Maj Shane Neubauer, USSTRATCOM/J661
Panelists from:
AFRICOM - LCDR Brian Canuel
NORTHCOM - CDR Adam Lyons
PACOM - Lily Kamikihara
SOUTHCOM
- Brenda Morris
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9:30 am – 9:45 am |
Break |
9:45 am – 11:00 am |
What's Next for SATCOM Capacity
New Satellite Network Approaches Post T-SAT
Moderator - COL Patrick Rayermann, Director, Comm - FIO
Panelists:
Kay Sears, President, Intelsat General
Bill Reiner, Assistant Director, Navigation and SATCOM, Space &
Intelligence Systems, Boeing
Keith Norton, CEO, Paradigm Secure Communications
William Schmidt, Vice President, Government Services, XTAR, LLC
Dr. Thomas Adang, Senior System Engineer, Operationally Responsive Space (ORS)
LCDR Dean Brakins, Chief Staff Officer, Directorate of Space Development, Canadian Forces
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11:00 am – 12:00 pm |
COCOM Panel – Functional
DoD’s Functional Needs & Industry’s Business Case
Moderator: Patricia A. Cooper, President, Satellite Industry Association (SIA)
Panelits from:
SOCOM - Jason Perkins
TRANSCOM - Jimmy Ables
JFCOM
- Robert McGee |
12:00 pm – 1:30 pm |
LUNCHEON – KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Major General Paul F. Capasso Director, Infrastructure Delivery, Office of Warfighting Integration and Chief Information Officer, Office of the Secretary of the Air Force
Hosted by: Northrop Grumman Corporation |
1:30 pm – 2:45 pm |
Mission Mobility
Lighter, Faster, More Nimble
Moderator - Peggy Slye, Division Director, FUTRON
Panelists:
Abbas Yazdani, President, Artel, Inc
Karl Fuchs, Director of Engineering, iDirect Government Technologies
Michael Abad-Santos, SGSI Director for DoD Servicess, Stratos Government Services Inc.
Dan Losada, Senior Director Defense Systems, Hughes Network Systems, LLC
Ric Vandermeulen, VP and General Manager, Government SATCOM Systems, ViaSat
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2:45 pm – 3:00 pm |
BREAK |
3:00 pm – 4:30 pm |
Bandwidth Optimization – Making the Most of What You’ve Got
Management, Efficiencies, Economies of Scale, Sharing
Moderator - Chris Gedo, Chief Engineer, SATCOM PMO, DISA
Panelists:
Mark Dale Ph.D., Vice President, Product, Management,
ComtechEFData
David Cavossa, Vice President, Operations, CapRock Government
Solutions
Tony Rayner, COO, Eutelsat America
Sonny Marshall, President and CEO, Marshall Communications
Dave Fields, Vice President, Strategic Architecture Solutions, DRS, Inc.
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4:30 pm – 4:45 pm |
Wrap-up |
5:00 pm – 8:00 pm |
Exhibitor Showcase Reception – Hosted by Hughes Network Systems
Hyatt Regency – Washington Room (Ballroom Floor – B Level)
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Thursday, December 10 |
7:30 am – 8:00 am |
REGISTRATION
Hyatt Regency – Regency Landing |
8:00 am – 9:15 am |
KEYNOTE SPEAKER – RADM Janice M. Hamby – Vice Director of C4 Systems (J6) – Joints Chief of Staff
Hosted by: Space Systems/Loral |
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9:15 am – 10:30 am |
Services Panel
DoD's Organizational Needs & Industry's Business Case
Moderator - Lt Col Brian Denman, Executive Officer SAF/XC
Panelists from:
Army - Byron Browning
Navy - Melinda Ratz
Air Force - Rob Perdew
Marine Corps - Christopher Tsirlis
Coast Guard - LT Sonia Kendall
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10:30 am – 10:45 am |
BREAK |
10:45 am – 12:00 pm |
SATCOM Tools
Fielding, Integration, and Supporting the Warfighter
Moderator - Sam Davis, Commercial Operations SATCOM Manager (OSM) Support, USSTRATCOM/JTF-GNO/J332, Global SATCOM Support Center (GSSC)
Panelists:
JSMPS/JIST - David Adler
ISOMS/JCTD - Tracy Allison
EMERALDS - Capt Lewis Tayler, DISA GIG - OP
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12:00 pm – 1:30 pm |
LUNCHEON – Featured Speaker
Bruce Bennett, Director, Program Executive Office for Satellite Communications, Teleport and Services, Defence Information System Agency (DISA)
Hosted by: DRS Technical Services, Inc.
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1:30 pm – 2:45 pm |
Hosted Payloads
Past Models and Unique Payloads
Moderator - Lt Col Michael Moyles, AF/A8P
Panelists:
Charles S. Baker, Deputy Administrator NOAA, Chief Operating
Office for NOAA's National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information (NESDIS)
Eric Butte, Sr. Manager, Technology Investment and Business Development for Global Communications Systems of Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company
Joseph D. Rouge SES, Director, National Space Security Office (NSSO)
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2:45 pm – 3:00 pm |
BREAK |
3:00 pm – 4:30 pm |
Executive Perspectives
Leadership Views on the DoD's Satcom Policies, from Inside and Out
Moderator - VADM Lyle Bien, Navy (Ret.)
Panelists:
Brig Gen Robert T. "Tip" Osterthaler, USAF (Ret.), President and CEO, Americom Government Services
Brig Gen Bernie Skoch USAF (Ret.) for Iridium, LLC
Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, President, Inmarsat Government Services Incorporated
MGEN Dennis C. Moran, US Army (Ret.), Vice President, Government Business Development, RF Communications Division, Harris Corporation
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4:30 pm – 5:00 pm |
Workshop Wrap-Up |
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US Strategic Command co-sponsorship does not constitute federal endorsement of SIA or any other sponsors of this workshop.
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