Tech Seminar Guidelines
SATShow Week 2027
Tech Seminar
Tech Seminar
Proposal Guidelines
The Tech Seminar program features highly technical, peer-evaluated presentations on satellite and space technologies. All proposals are reviewed by the Tech Seminar Advisory Committee and SATShow Week conference staff.
Total Time
25 min
Per presentation slot
Presentation
15 min
Formal presentation time
Q&A
10 min
Audience Q&A following presentation
Submission Requirements
What Your Proposal Must Include
- Full name of the speaker(s) — a 25-minute presentation may include 1 or 2 speakers
- Title of the presentation
- Abstract describing the content and key takeaways
- List of support materials required (slides, physical handouts, etc.)
If your presentation is based on a research paper, please state this in your application. Research papers are not required to participate — however, we encourage those with papers to share them with our attendees.
Suggested Topics
Areas of Interest for 2027
Optical Space-Based Communications
Next-gen optical ground stations & transportable sites
Adaptive optics & beam-control for free-space optical links
Coherent optical waveforms & high-order modulation
Radiation-tolerant photonic materials & laser components
Global site-selection & hybrid RF/optical mesh networking
Inter-orbital shell communications
Digital IF Interoperability
Digitized IF transport for software-defined infrastructures
Wideband software-defined modems & high-speed RF-to-digital converters
Digital pre-distortion (DPD) for high-power amplifiers
Antenna diversity & gateway resilience
AI
Sovereign, Secure, AI-Augmented Space Communication Networks
AI applications in space and ground-based systems
5G NTN
5G NTN modems & ASICs
Regenerative vs transparent 5G NTN payload architectures
Comparative performance: NTN vs LEO HTS vs legacy MSS
Seamless roaming & timing/sync interoperability
Virtualization
Cloud-based virtualization of waveform processing
Edge/on-orbit virtualization for reconfigurable payloads
Orchestration
Platforms
Modular spacecraft buses & high-speed data backplanes
Satellite subsystems (propulsion, power, sensors)
Agile Multi-Orbit Interoperability & 3GPP Integration
Reconfigurable power/thermal & autonomous payload management
On-board compute solutions
Digital Payloads with Software-Defined Reconfiguration
Applications
User geolocation via SATCOM multilateration
Resilient space-based PNT services
Advanced imagery & sensing capabilities
Higher frequency band applications (Q/V, E, etc.)
Resilient Multivendor SATCOM for Contested Environments
Other Topics
Launch & propulsion technologies
Cybersecurity solutions
Space Situational Awareness