Events

Singapore, May 9, 2019 — With transformation at the top of their agenda, business leaders are meeting at ConnecTechAsia, held in Singapore from 18 – 20 June 2019, to showcase and discover the latest technologies that promise to ready businesses for the future.

by Blaine Curcio and Tianyi Lan

Changsha, China, May 2, 2019 — April 24 is China Space Day in China, a day more or less on par with Earth Day (i.e. a sort of non-holiday formal day of observation), and one which is met with a corresponding conference and exhibition, held in unconventional cities, including Harbin (2018) and Xi’an (2017).

by Martin Jarrold, Vice President, International Program Development, GVF

London, UK, May 2, 2019--The satellite industry calendar for May and June 2019 will see two key events from the GVF-EMP Conference Partnership portfolio taken firstly to Aberdeen in Scotland and then to London.

Singapore, April 17, 2019 — ConnecTechAsia2019, Asia’s Mega Infocomm Media and Technology Event, will be returning this year from 18 to 20 June in Singapore with a focus on emerging technologies enabling the rapid digital transformation of Asia’s businesses and cities. The ConnecTechAsia Summit will be headlined by prolific industry leader, Harriet Green, CEO and chairman, IBM Asia Pacific, where she will explore how the shift from digital experimentation to scale adoption of new technologies will fundamentally alter the value chains of entire industries and change the way we work and live.

Geneva, Switzerland, April 16, 2019 — The Ministerial Round Table at 10th World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Forum, held from  April 8-12, 2019, emphasized the importance of the WSIS Action Lines – on which many national digital agendas were built – as a key United Nations framework for progress on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Round T​​able participants also highlighted the need for sharing of ​​scarce resources, as well as stre​ngthening collaboration to build confidence and security in the use of technology for good and digital skills so more people can benefit.

London, UK, April 10, 2019 — The GVF-EMP Partnership has announced preliminary details of speakers for the next event in the partnership’s portfolio of market vertical focused satellite communications programmes – Oilfield Connectivity 2019: The Next Generation Digital Oilfield.

Las Vegas, Nev.,  April 2, 2019 — NAB Show, the world’s largest annual conference and expo for professionals who create, manage, and distribute entertainment across all platforms, will host the renowned Creative Masters Series, as well as a Main Stage session and special programs for content creators. Providing exclusive insight into latest technologies and techniques that are reinventing the storytelling process, the 2019 NAB Show will be held April 6 – 11 in Las Vegas.

Dubai, UAE, April 1,  2019 — The Satellite Hub Summit @ CABSAT 2019 – GVF’s prominent MENA platform for addressing and analysing evolutionary and revolutionary transitions in satellite technologies, services, applications, and markets – which was a central feature at the Dubai International Convention & Exhibition Centre/Dubai World Trade Centre over 12th to 14th March once again provided an essential and incisive value-added experience for hundreds of exhibition attendees.

Washington, D.C., March 27, 2019 — Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai and Commissioners Michael O’Rielly, Brendan Carr and Geoffrey Starks will participate in two separate sessions at NAB Show, held April 6-11 in Las Vegas.

by Martin Jarrold

Dubai, UAE, March 18, 2019--The Satellite Hub Summit @ CABSAT 2019, GVF’s prominent MENA platform for addressing and analyzing evolutionary and revolutionary transitions in satellite technologies, services, applications, and markets, was a central feature at the Dubai International Convention & Exhibition Centre/Dubai World Trade Centre over 12th to 14th March. The Hub program started-off with the first of two important keynote addresses.