Hannover Fairs USA, Inc. announced today the conference program for its 7th annual ISCe International Conference and Exhibition. ISCe 2008, scheduled for June 10-12 in San Diego, Calif., will focus on “Access to SATCOM for the Next Decade.” The conference will feature a unique combination of three of the most important communications events for the commercial satellite, military and government markets under one roof.
This year’s Day One Program, organized by the World Teleport Association (WTA) and the Global VSAT Forum (GVF), will provide a full complement of sessions geared around “Continuity of Government: Network Solutions in Peace and Crisis.” Sessions include:
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Communications and Continuity of Government: An Overview
- Expecting the Worst: Emergency Management Communications in Uncertain Times
- Disaster Communications: Rewriting the Rules, Setting the Parameters
- Communications and Border Security: It’s More Than Just Building a Fence
- Energy Source and Infrastructure Protection
“We’re fortunate to have partnered with these two stellar associations organizing the ISCe Day One Program again this year,” said David Bross, ISCe 2008 Chairman. “The session topics are reflective of the pressing issues that the commercial satellite industry as well as the U.S. military and government are most concerned about. The caliber of speakers can only be described as top-notch. The Day One Program will set the tone for ISCe 2008.”
- Satellite Industry Association: State-of-the-Industry Report
- DoD’s Double Imperative: Global Connectivity at Higher Speeds . . . in an Age of Cyber Threats
- Coordinating the “Comms”: PACOM; STRATCOM; CENTCOM; NORTHCOM; EUCOM
- DISA Overview
- The View from Wall Street & DISA – The Analysts Speak
Day Three consists of the highly popular 2nd Annual Navy SATCOM Users Workshop organized by SPAWAR and the Satellite Industry Association (SIA). Sessions include:
- Broadband and IP Via Satellite for Navy Applications
- Satellite Applications to Support the Mobile Warfighter
Among the speakers scheduled during the three-day event include:
- Maj. Gen. James B. Armor, USAF (Ret.), Founder – The Armor Group LLC
- VADM Lyle Bien USN (Ret.), Former Deputy Commander-in-Chief – U.S. Space Command
- Gen. James E. Cartwright, USMC, Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (Invited)
- Patricia Cooper, President – Satellite Industry Association
- Rebecca M. Cowen-Hirsch, Director, SES, PEO-STS – Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), Program Exec Office SATCOM, Teleport & Services
- Dr. Marv Langston, Principal, Langston Associates; former Deputy CIO – DoD, ASD C4I
- Brig. Gen. Rick Larned, USAF (Ret.), Space Expert – Member of Congressional Panel on Space
- VADM Samuel J. Locklear, III, Commander, U.S 3rd Fleet – U.S. Navy
- Brig. Gen. Jennifer Napper, Principal Director for Operations/Deputy Commander, Joint Task Force-Global Network Operations – Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA)
- Glen Nash, Supervising Telecommunications Engineer, California Dept. of General Services – Telecommunications Division
- Dean Olmsted, President – Echostar
- Tip Osterthaler, President & Chief Executive Officer – Americom Government Services
- CAPT. John Pope, Program Manager, Communications Program Office, Program Executive Office, Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Intelligence, PMW-170 – SPAWAR
- COL Patrick Rayermann, Chief, Space & Missile Defense Division, U.S. Army
- Bill Ryan, Program Manager, Continuity Communications Architecture – Department of Homeland Security
- Lt. Gen. William L. Shelton, Commander – AFSC; Commander, Joint Functional Component Command for Space – US Strategic Command, Vandenberg AFB
- William Shernit, President & Chief Executive Officer – Intelsat General Corp.
- Kai Tang, Division Director, Navy SATCOM – PEO C4I
- RADM (S) Elizabeth Young, Director, low-Earth-orbit System Program Office – National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)
For more information or to register go to www.isce.com
