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ITU GSR 2024

Transformative connectivity: Satellite Workshop

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Time and place: Tuesday, 23 April, 2024 from 9:30 to 17:30, Geneva (Room K, ITU)

This joint Q1/1, Q3/1 and Q5/1 workshop informed administrations of the unprecedented innovation in the satellite industry in terms of coverage, capacity and integration with terrestrial technologies. The workshop focussed on how developing countries, particularly unserved or underserved and rural and remote areas, can benefit from these developments. The goal is to support administrations in building their national digital strategies to advance each countries connectivity goals by identifying challenges, potential collaborations to achieve meaningful connectivity with the objective to provide connectivity to all, provide regulatory and business best practices.​​

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[09:30 – 10:45] Session 1: State of Play of Satellite Industry

  • The industry in numbers & social economic benefits
  • Fundamentals and trends in satellite technological developments
  • Outcome of WRC-23 and work towards WRC-27: the impact on the provision of increased global satellite connectivity
  • Promoting incentives for investment to meet satellite connectivity’s growing demand​
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    • Moderator: Ms. Caecilia Nyamutswa, Zimbabwe, Co-Rapporteur for ITU-D Question 5/1 [​​Biography​]
    Speakers:
  • ​Ms. Isabelle Mauro, Director General, Global Satellite Operator's Association (GSOA) [Biography] [Presentation​]
  • Ms. Mehtap Dufour, Senior Radiocommunication Engineer, BR, ITU [Biography] [Presentation]​ 
  • Mr. Juan Peirano, Director, Technical Policy, ISOC, Vice-Rapporteur ITU-D Q1/1 [Biography​] [Presentation]
  • Ms. Jennifer Gilsenan, Deputy Chief, Space Bureau, Federal Communications Commission (FCC) [Biography​]
  • Mr. Patrick Apary, National Communication Authority, South Sudan [Biography​]
  • Mr. Rafael Pinto Prata, ANATEL [Biography​]​

[11:00 – 12:30] Session 2: The impact of satellites in delivering broadband connectivity in developing countries, including in rural and remote communities

  • Addressing affordability in the deployment of satellite networks and services and sustainable business models
  • Deploying broadband in isolated communities, challenging geographies and underdeveloped infrastructure
  • Domestic policies and regulations that promote meaningful satellite connectivity and suitable spectrum availability in developing countries
  • Satellite as an accelerator for providing education, health, agriculture, financial, government, and e-applications services.
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    • Co-moderators: Ms. Natalia Vicente, VP Public Affairs, GSOA [Biography​​] and ​Mr. Ahmed Gad, NTRA, Egypt, Rapporteur for ITU-D Question 1/1 [Biography]
    Speakers:
  • ​Mr. Jorge Rodríguez López, Head of Product and Verticals Business Development, Hispasat [Biography]
  • Ms. Laura Roberti, Director Spectrum & Market Access, Telesat [Biography] [Presentation​]
  • Ms. Helen Kyeyune, International Regulatory Affairs for Amazon Kuiper [Biography] [Presentation​]
  • Mr. Özdemir Gümüşay, Chief Technology Officer, Plan S [Biography]
  • Mr. Andrei Kirillovic, Director of Strategy, Marketing and Business Development, Intersputnik [Biography]
  • Mr. Paolo Pusterla, Managing Director, EMEA, ABS Global Ltd [Biography] [Presentation​]
  • Mr. Walid Mathlouthi, Head of Future Network Services Division, BDT, ITU [Biography]​

[14:30 – 15:45] Session 3: Satellites to support disaster mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery

  • Satellite applications for disaster prediction, detection, monitoring, early warning, response, relief and recovery – EW4A (Early Warning for All)
  • Ensuring a favorable regulatory environment to enable rapid deployment and implementation of satellite technologies in support of disaster mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery
  • Public/private partnerships for disaster preparedness and recovery
  • Building an enabling environment for resilient networks including satellite, for emergency communication systems
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    Moderator: Mr. Gokhan Tok, Access Partnership Ltd, vice-rapporteur for ITU-D Question 3/1 [Biography]
    Speakers:
  • ​​Ms. Donna Bethea-Murphy Policy Spectrum, Senior Vice President Global Regulatory and Technology Policy, Viasat [Biography​] [Presentation]
  • Mr. Tare Brisibe, Senior Legal & Regulatory Counsel, APAC, SES [Biography​] [Presentation]
  • Mr. Veli Yanıkgönül, Director Spectrum Management, Turksat [Biography] [Presentation​]
  • Ms. Astrid Bonté, Director of International and Institutional Affairs, Eutelsat Group [Biography​]
  • Ms. Maritza Delgado, Program Officer, EET Division, BDT, ITU [Biography] [Presentation​]

[16:00-17:30] Session 4: Non-Terrestrial Network & Terrestrial Network integration

  • NTNs and TN complementarity to deliver connectivity everywhere
  • Role of NTN for machine-to-machine communications
  • Deployment and uses cases of 5G NTNs
  • Developments and objective of implementing advanced 5G & the future 6G technology
  • Key role of 5G NTNs evolution in the development of 6G ecosystem
  • Stakeholders’ collaboration & incentives to deploy at global scale
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    Co-moderators: Ms. Isabelle Mauro, Director General, GSOA and Mr. Chris Hemmerlein, Amazon, Vice-Rapporteur for Q1/1 and Q5/1
    Speakers:
  • Mr. Salim Yaghmoour, Director, Innovation & Service Architecture, Intelsat [Biography]
  • Mr. Telemaco Melia , Vice-President & General Manager, Echostar [Biography​]
  • Ms. Evanny Obregon, Product Manager RAN, Ericsson/3GPP [Biography​]​
  • Mr. Tiago Rodrigues, CEO, Wireless Broadband Alliance [Biography​]
  • ​Mr. Shahbaz Ali, Head of Products, Sateliot [Biography​]
  • Ms. Carol Sosa Leguizamón, Spectrum Policy Director, GSMA [Biography​]

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