Application Technology Strategy, Inc., (ATSI), is the satellite consulting firm founded by Bruce Elbert, leading satellite expert and consultant, technologist, educator and author of standard industry books. We emphasize the how of developing satellite systems.

Conferences

Reviewed on this page are industry events that provide current information on technologies, strategies and plans of major organizations, as well as a forum for discussion and debate. Many offer the opportunity to view developments in hardware, software, and services that can be valuable in a given application strategy.

Future Engagements

  • Satellite 2012 - March 12-15, 2012 - Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Washington, D.C

Bruce Elbert will be partisipating in the following panels:

  1.  Tuesday, March 13, 2012 3:00 PM - 4:15 PM - Ka-Band's Impact on Ground-Based Service
  2.  Wednesday, March 14, 2012 4:45 PM - 5:45 PM - Back to the Future? New Competition in the Handheld MSS Market.

 

SATELLITE 2012

March 13, 2012
 

Ka-Band’s Impact on Ground-Based Services
3:00-4:15 pm, Room 207B

Moderated by Bruce Elbert, President, Application Technology Strategy.

Ka-band is now moving from concept to hardware in orbit, with $5 billion in spacecraft being launched through 2014, putting unprecedented amounts of new bandwidth into the sky. While business plans are narrowly focused on broadband for consumers and the small office/home office (SOHO) market, it would be naïve to think that this much expansion in total capacity will fail to have impacts, both expected and unpredictable, in the markets for satellite services. Applications under discussion range from video contribution and interactive DTH to hybrid Ku/Ka-band systems for enterprise and government. But the closed nature of Ka-band networks presents a new and challenging model to teleport operators and service providers, who may be competing with a Ka-band alternative in the future. What is the range of likely outcomes for service providers from the growth of Ka-band capacity? What roles may they be able to play in Ka-band networks, and where will there be new opportunities to add value for customers?

Confirmed Speakers:

Serge van Herck, CEO, Newtec

Mike Cook, Senior Vice President, Hughes Communications

Doron Elinav, Vice President of Marketing and Business Development, Gilat

Tom Moore, Senior Vice President and President, Wildblue Communications (a Viasat company),

Dave Bettinger, CTO, iDirect

Stephen Yablonski, Senior Vice President, Chief Technical Officer and Research and Development, Expert Teams, Globecomm

 

 

 

PDFs And Slides From Past Conferences

GVF MENASAT Summit @ Satellite MENA 2010, March 3,  Applications in Focus - Keynote Presentation: "What do Regional Broadcasters, Enterprises & Consumers Want/Need from Satellite Bandwidth & Network Providers?" (Defining how providers of satellite bandwidth & services can build their networks to meet the region's evolving needs.) Click this link for a PDF of slides and notes from Mr. Elbert's Keynote.

ISCe 2008, June 11th, The View From Wall Street & DISA – The Analysts Speak: (Click this link for a PDF of slides from all the speakers from this panel.)  "Wall Street continues to remain bullish on the satellite communications sector, despite the current volatility in global markets. What is the financial health of those key satellite communications companies that do business with the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), the Pentagon and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security? Will marketplace turbulence affect the government’s view of satellite companies and how contracts are competed for future services? This panel of Wall Street analysts and government officials addressed this question and others affecting the financial health of companies that do business with the military and government."

Moderator

 

  • Christopher Baugh, President – NSR

 

Speakers

 

  • Karl Abendschein, Counsel - Berliner, Corcoran & Rowe, LLP
  • Rebecca M. Cowen-Hirsch, Director, SES, PEO-STS -DISA, Program Exec Office SATCOM, Teleport & Services
  • Hoyt Davidson, CEO and Partner - Near Earth, LLC
  • Bruce Elbert, President - Application Technology Strategy, Inc.
  • Chris Quilty, Senior Vice President - Raymond James & Assoc.