Thursday, June 12
2ND ANNUAL NAVY SATCOM USERS WORKSHOP @ ISCe 2008
8:30 am–5:30 pm
Organized by SPAWAR & Satellite Industry Association (SIA)
Sponsored by
7:30 am - 8:30 am, VIP and Speaker Breakfast
Sea View Room
8:30 am - 8:45 am, Morning Welcome Remarks
- Patricia Cooper, President – Satellite Industry Association
- Kai Tang, Division Director, Navy SATCOM - PEO C4I
8:45 am - 9:30 am, ISCe 2008/ICSSC 2008 Joint Conference Plenary Session
Keynote Address
- VADM Samuel J. Locklear, III, Commander, U.S. 3rd Fleet - U.S. Navy
9:30 am - 10:00 am, Coffee Break
Exhibit Hall
10:00 am - 1:00 pm, Navy SATCOM Users Workshop Morning Presentations
U.S. Navy Commercial Satellite Communications Background/Strategy – Kai Tang (30 min)
- History and trends of U.S. Navy commercial satellite communications usage
- Current Satellite Communications Architectures (FSS/MSS)
- Navy MILSATCOM and COMSATCOM Roadmap, TSAT - Centralized funding
- Requirements
Commercial SATCOM Today and Future
- Commercial Broadband Satellite Program (CBSP) – Melinda Ratz (20 min)
- Shipboard networks – Kurt Fiscko (15 min)
- Airborne Networking – Karl Gutekunst (15 min)
- Navy Expeditionary Combatant Command (NECC) – Kevin Washburn (tent.; 10 min)
- Submarine Communications – Mike Hutter (tent.; 15 min)
Challenges
- Cradle to Grave (Acquisition and Fielding of Capability) – Kurt Fiscko (40 min)
- SPAWAR Contracting Processes – Karen Rainville (15 min)
Expectations of Industry – Kai Tang (20 minutes)
- Responses to Submitted Questions
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm, Navy SATCOM Users Workshop Box Lunch/Afternoon Presentations
Sponsored by
Keynote Address
- CAPT. John Pope, Program Manager, Communications Program Office, Program Executive Office, Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Intelligence, PMW-170 - SPAWAR
Remarks
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm, Broadband and IP Via Satellite for Navy Applications
This panel session will focus on the industry's broadband and IP capability to meet the needs of the U.S. Navy, using commercial satellite communications capacity, ground segment solutions, and access during peacetime and contingencies.
Moderator
- TBD
Speakers
- Dan Losada, Senior Director, Government Systems Division - Hughes
- Dean Olmstead, President - Echostar
- Kay Sears, Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing - Intelsat General Corp.
- Larry Simon, Director of Business Development - Americom Government Services (AGS)
- Jeff Thompson, Space Initiatives Manager, Cisco Systems, Inc.
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm, Refreshment Break
Exhibit Hall
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm, Satellite Applications to Support the Mobile Warfighter
This panel session will explore mobile broadband and IP technology with higher effective throughput, more efficient compression algorithms, new ground segment technology, and applications both from MSS and FSS comsatcom solutions.
Moderator
Speakers
- Mark Dale, Vice President, Product Management - Comtech EF Data
- Larry Haughey, Group Vice President - MSV
- William Ivancic, Senior Research Engineer - NASA/Glenn Research Center
- Bo Norton, Vice President, Government Sales - Vizada
- Nelson Santini, Vice President, Marketing and Sales Operations - DataPath
- JJ Shaw, Director, Naval Programs, Government Services - Inmarsat
5:30 pm, Concluding Remakrs and Adjournment
- Patricia Cooper, President - Satellite Industry Association
