80 Speakers Confirmed and Counting…

We now have more than 80 speakers confirmed for the SATELLITE and GovMilSpace Conference programs! The conference program schedule is now live and you can see more than 60 conference sessions planned for SATShow Week!

Some recent highlights include: The addition of our annual CTO and CFO Forums! 

We’ll start with the CTO Forum, which kicks off our Exhibit Hall conference program. This is the program that is accessible for everyone with an Exhibit Hall pass. The topic of this year’s CFO Forum is “Harnessing the Full Potential of Satellite Spectrum in an Era of Rapid Change” and it will take place on Tuesday, March 24^th at 11:00am – right after the grand opening of the Exhibit Hall! This session, hosted by Stuart Daughtridge of Kratos and the DIFI Consortium, will feature industry-leading CTOs sharing how satellite companies are unlocking the full potential of satellite bandwidth resources to meet the evolving needs of their customers. Learn how modern spectrum sharing and reuse techniques enable powerful applications in the age of multi-orbit satellite services and integration with terrestrial networks. Attendees will also learn how advancements in signal processing and virtualization are driving 5G over satellite, Direct-to-Device, and even powerful imagery and data services. Participants include Joseph Bravman of Lynk Global, Rachelle Radpour of Boeing, and Greg Pelton of Iridium, and more speakers to be announced soon!

Next, we’ll talk about our amazing CFO Forum, which is one of our new VIP Sessions this year! VIP Sessions are open only to Premium Pass holders and will be under strict Chatham House rules… and for good reason. This session offers the highest quality industry intel you won’t get anywhere else. The topic of this year’s CFO Forum is “Factors that Shape Pricing Forecasts” and it will take place on Wednesday, March 25^th at 3:45pm. The discussion will focus on the factors that CFOs believe to be the biggest influences on future pricing forecasts for services, manufacturing, hardware, and launch costs. How are CFOs planning for price fluctuations in the market? How is the changing dynamic of global trade impacting costs along the supply chain? How do all of these elements factor in to pricing satellite solutions and services to customers? Find out how the CFOs of the most successful companies in our industry are adapting business models to stay competitive and sustain long-term growth. Participants include Lisa Pataki, the new CFO of SES, and Bret Johnsen, CFO of SpaceX.