Events

by Bruce R. Elbert, President, Application Technology Strategy

Honolulu, Hawaii, January 24, 2025--For someone who has attended the Pacific Telecommunications Conference (PTC) since the 1980s, the event this year proved vital to its future. Held in Honolulu from January 18 – 22, 2025, the conference blew out all records for participation. They now feature themselves as promoting not just telecom, but the broader domain of digital infrastructure. Telecom is at the center to connect islands and continents, but they have introduced aspects of computing and data, lately represented through the cloud and Artificial Intelligence (AI). Major ingredients are fiber optic cables, satellites, and huge data centers with associated support.

Washington, D.C. January 15, 2025 - Registration is open for the 2025 NAB Show set to bring the global media and entertainment industry together April 5-9, 2025 (Exhibits April 6-9) at the Las Vegas Convention Center.  The highly anticipated event will feature key industry trends including sports, artificial intelligence (AI), the creator economy, streaming and cloud virtualization. New this year, the Sports Summit: The Future of Sports Rights and Fan Experience is a three-day program exploring the tech and trends transforming the fan experience and driving new revenue streams.

by Elisabeth Tweedie

Silicon Valley, Caliif., November 3, 2024--Silicon Valley Space Week organized by Satnews Events and held in Silicon Valley, California  at the end of October, covered a variety of topics, as would be expected, but for me the discussions around Direct-to-Device (D2D) were the ones that stood out the most.

Rockville, MD – October 11, 2024 – The SATELLITE 2025 Conference and Exhibition has announced its conference program, showcasing innovative insights, inspiring speakers, and a variety of sessions that tackle the current and future climate of the satellite industry. The four-day conference program will take place Monday, March 10 through Thursday, March 13, featuring general sessions, keynotes, show floor events, and discussions surrounding business and investment, connectivity, cyber and space security, launch services, engineering, military and defense, ground systems and much more.

by Elisabeth Tweedie

Paris, France, September 30, 2024--Nathan de Ruiter, Partner and Managing Director Novaspace, opened this year’s World Space Business Week (WSBW), held as usual in Paris, with an interesting analogy.  He compared Starlink to Apple, and the rest of the industry to Android.  Not only is it an interesting analogy, it is one that cropped up many times, during WSBW and also during Strategies in Satellite Ground Systems (SSGS), sometimes explicitly and other times indirectly.

Paris, France, September 18, 2024 – Novaspace, a merger between Euroconsult and SpaceTec Partners, recognized top technical and business innovations in satellite Communications during the Excellence in Satellite Communications Awards at World Space Business Week.

Amsterdam, the Netherlands, September 17, 2024 – IBC2024 announces that 45,085 visitors from 170 countries converged on the RAI Amsterdam on 13-16 September, bringing together the global media, entertainment and technology community to connect, showcase and discover innovations, tackle pressing industry challenges, and explore new opportunities. In addition to drawing 2,000+ more visitors than last year, the show attracted over 1,350 exhibitors – up 100 from 2023 – while the amount of exhibition space reached 46,000 square meters, exceeding the previous year’s total of 44,500 square meters. Across a bustling show floor and packed theatres, IBC2024 addressed critical trends and issues driving change across the media landscape, such as combatting false information and fake news, while offering new show features, such as the AI Tech Zone, and IBC Talent Programme.

Amsterdam, the Netherlands,  September 15, 2024 – IBC2024 today announced the winners of its prestigious IBC Innovation Awards, honouring the ground-breaking work of organisations transforming the media, entertainment and technology landscape. The Innovation Awards, which recognise collaborative efforts to develop solutions that address real-world industry challenges, were presented today at an early evening ceremony in the RAI Amsterdam.

Rockville, MD – August 8, 2024 – The SATELLITE Conference & Exhibition announced the launch of GovMilSpace 2025, an exciting new addition to our event lineup. This new forum will complement our distinguished SATELLITE show, which continues to be the premier global satellite and space industry event.

Singapore, August 1, 2024 – The Asia Video Industry Association (AVIA) and the Korean Creative Content Agency (KOCCA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to collaborate on AVIA’s upcoming Korea in View conference.