Events

Mexico City, December 4, 2013 – World leaders from government, industry and research institutions gathering this week in Mexico City for ITU’s World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Symposium (WTIS) have sent a strong message calling for the international community to explicitly prioritize information and communication technologies (ICTs) as essential to every nation’s future social development and economic growth.

by Martin Jarrold

London, UK, December 2, 2013--The subjects of the oil & gas vertical market and that of High Throughput Satellites are rarely outside the scope of anyone connected with the development and delivery of satellite-based communications solutions these days. Indeed, as you read this column – during, I believe, the first week of December – one of the latest of the GVF-EMP Conference Partnership events covering the first of these subjects has already been successfully concluded, and another, covering the later subject, will be very nearly, or even actually, underway.

Singapore, November 1, 2013--CommunicAsia2014, Asia's largest and most comprehensive business networking event for the global ICT industry returns to Marina Bay Sands Singapore from 17 to 20 June 2014. Featuring a myriad of the latest products, technologies and solutions, this trade show is hailed by industry as the most relevant platform for networking, product sourcing and knowledge gathering opportunities.

Geneva, Switzerland, October 28, 2013 – The International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the specialized agency of the United Nations for information and communication technology (ICT), announced today that the State of Qatar has been selected as host country for ITU Telecom World 2014, following a competitive selection process among bidding ITU Member States.

Douglas, Isle of Man, October 1, 2013 – The Satellite Interference Reduction Group (IRG) will be tackling a number of important issues at its annual conference, which this year takes place in Rio de Janeiro from 16^th - 18^th October and is being sponsored by Intelsat, Kratos, Newtec, and SatMex.

By Virgil Labrador, Editor-in-Chief

San Diego, Calif., August 9, 2013--WEST 2014 continues to take shape and is on track to be an outstanding success. Since WEST is the largest Sea Services event on the West Coast- with a focus on the Pacific region, a priority region for the DoD, significant participation from the Navy, and other services in the San Diego area is expected.

Sao Paolo, Brazil,  July 23, 2013--The Brazilian Society of Television Engineering (SET) and the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) announced today that NAB President and CEO Gordon Smith will deliver the keynote address at the opening ceremony of SET 2013, on August 20, in São Paulo, Brazil.

SET 2013, SET's annual conference, is held concurrently with Broadcast&Cable, an extensive equipment and technology show, August 19-22. This annual event is the largest and most significant convention for broadcast and digital media professionals in South America attracting more than 10,000 attendees.

Hauppauge, New York, July 18, 2013- This year's edition of Globecomm's Tech Forum 2013 will focus on "Profiting on Disruptive Change" and will look into new revenue opportunities, enhanced efficiencies, and reduced OPEX in mobile, media and entertainment, and the technologies that drive disruptive technologies.  The Tech Forum will be held from August 4-6, 2013 at  Globecomm Headquarters in Hauppauge, New York, USA.

SSPI to Award Scholarship to Deserving Student During the Event

Long Beach, Calif., May 15, 2013-- SpaceTech Expo (www.spacetechexpo.com ) the West Coast’s premier space industry event, has increased the free seminars and sessions available to its attendees by expanding its free-to-attend Satellite & Space Summit and Open Tech Forum.  “Against the backdrop of tough travel budgets for industry and government, we want to offer unrivalled value to the spacecraft and launch industry,” says Guy Harris, Event Director for Space Tech Expo 2013. “That is why on top of our premium Space Tech Conference for C-level business people, we have expanded the free-to-attend Satellite & Space Summit, and free Open Tech Forum.”