Events

July 20, 2012--Globecomm Systems will be holding its annual Techforum event at the  company’s sprawling facility in Long Island, New York from August 6-7, 2012. This year’s event will include keynotes from David Kline, CTO, Viacom Media Networks and Bradley Blanken, Vice President, Rural Cellular Association as well as unique networking opportunities.

Key announcements slated for rollout of ICT and broadband

Panama City, Panama, July 16, 2012--The Connect Americas Summit is set to open its doors on July 18  to push broadband connectivity in the region, enlisting the support of Heads of State and Government and Ministers along with Chief Executives and top-level management from the ICT industry, heads of United Nations and international development bodies, financial institutions as well as academics, media and industry analysts.

Hong Kong, July 10, 2012--CASBAA’s annual flagship event will take place from October 29 to November 1, 2012 at the Grand Hyatt Hong Kong.  This year’s theme, “18 Reasons Why,”illustrates how the CASBAA Convention is consistently the industry’s must attend event in the region.With 18 markets, 18 conference sessions, 18 data snapshots and 18 holes of golf, the CASBAA Convention 2012 will feature a powerful line-up including Opening Keynote Ben Silverman (Electus), among others.

by Martin Jarrold

London, UK, July 9, 2012--In my contribution to the previous edition of Satellite Executive Briefing I wrote of the maritime communications environment being fairly characterized as “highly dynamic”.  Indeed, this very dynamism was well demonstrated at the “Maritime Insights Europe 2012: Expanding Communications with Fixed & MobileNetworking Solutions to Further Horizons” conference, which took place in London on 27^th and 28^th June, and about which I also wrote in that earlier column.

Singapore, June 22, 2012--CommunicAsia2012, EnterpriseIT2012 and BroadcastAsia2012, Asia’s focal industry venue for ICT, digital broadcasting and entertainment technology industry professionals concluded today, with more than 56 countries and regions in attendance over the last four days. Close to 2,000 exhibitors presented the latest technologies in next generation fiber broadband, M2M technology, cloud security, DVB-T2, Over-the-Top Technology (OTT) and more.

Singapore, June 7, 2012--This month will see more than 100 satellite-based communications companies – an increase of seven per cent compared to 2011 – assemble at CommunicAsia2012and BroadcastAsia2012, Asia’s largest global ICT, Digital Multimedia and Entertainment event.