Plenary session. Digital technology development trends and satellite industry transformation

• Strength test. Scenarios of telecom industry development during and after the pandemic. Isolation lessons (infrastructure safety margin, whether investment program criteria will change).
• Prospects for the allocation of frequencies for the development of 5G networks (tbc).
• Global satellite projects of today. The "Sphere" project and the place of satellite communication and broadcasting systems in it.
• Role and place of satellite communications in the digital economy of the Russian Federation.
• ISS JSC plans for development of satellite platforms and creation of prospective spacecrafts.
• New trends and new orbits of RSCC.

• Oleg Ivanov, Deputy Minister of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation (tbc)
• Andrey Zheglov, Deputy Director of the State Policy in the Field of Communications Department
• Yuri Urlichich, First Deputy Director General for the Development of the Orbital Group and Priority Projects, Roscosmos (tbc)
• Oleg Dukhovnitskiy, Head of the Federal communications Agency
• Yuri Vilkov, Deputy Director General – Deputy General Designer for Development and Innovations, ISS-Reshetnev Company
• Yuri Prokhorov, Acting Director General, RSCC
• Denis Kuskov, CEO, the Telecom Daily information and analytical agency

Session 2. Digital wars. Battle for bandwidth: satellite operators vs. 5G operators. Who wins and why? Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the power balance in the telecom industry

• Role of satellite communications in 5G ecosystem.
• Future of 5G networks from the standpoint of an international satellite operator.
• Issues of standardization of 5G satellite component in international organizations.
• Role of satellites in 5G networks development. Standardization in 3GPP Release-17.
• 5G: Battle for C-band in different areas of the world. News from the fields.
• Impact of COVID-19 on satellite communications industry: challenges and opportunities.
• Pandemic: a moment of truth or a window of opportunities for satellite communication operators? Points of growth? Subscriber metamorphosis scenarios, ARPU forecast, portrait of a client who survived the pandemic.

• Evgeny Buydinov, Deputy Director General, RSCC
• Nikolay Orlov, Regional Vice-President Eutelsat S.A
• Victor Strelets, Scientific consultant, Chairman ITU-R Study Group 4
• Sasha Sirotkin, 3GPP RAN3 Vice Chairman, Intel
• Mark Guthrie, Chief Commercial Officer, Azercosmos
• Andrey Kirillovich, Director of Integration and Turnkey Projects, RSCC
• Sergey Pekhterev, shareholder, Ka-Internet JSC

Session 3. Global reload of broadcast and media industry (with participation of TMT Conference).

• Will the ‘TV sharks’ survive in the new media content consumption environment?
• How will the media consumption change after the lockdown?
• Will video services hold up to the subscription base growth?
• What role will be played by Netflix and NMG in the online cinema turf war?
• What will it cost operators to increase traffic on networks during the pandemic?
• Will the pandemic cause a deficit of new video content?
• How do broadcasters integrate User Generated Content in their projects?
• A whirlwind on the Russian media and telecom market: will ecosystems take the lead?
• Subscription model within ecosystems: success formula or marketing trick?
• What role do infrastructure operators have in building ecosystems?
• What consumer services and what content should a media ecosystem include?

• Alexander Shirokikh, General Director, National Association of Broadcasters
• Yulia Shakhmanova, CEO, Satellite TV (STV)
• Kirill Makhnovskiy, CEO, Orion Group
• Anton Volodkin, head of Wink service, Rostelecom
• Andrey Gromkovsky, Vice President for Russia and CIS, UFC (Ultimate Fighting Challenge)
• Anna Ivanova, Director of new distribution channels development, Rambler Group

Session 4. Trends of mass service satellite networks’ development.

• ELO: Eutelsat low-orbit communications system.
• Kinéis: low-orbit location and data exchange system.
• IoT Marathon multi-satellite data system: service competitiveness conditions.
• “Gonets satellite communications system” development prospects.
• Development of Gilat Satellite Networks business on market for Non-GEO Satellite Orbits (NGSO).
• Telecom business requirements for non-geostationary satellite systems.
• Customer equipment for NGSO satellite communication systems.
• Plans of satellite operators and manufacturers to develop business in low-orbit satellite communications system.
• The Connected future.
• Corporate VSAT market. Extremum points in 2020.

• Nikolay Orlov, Regional Vice-President Eutelsat S.A.
• Alexandre Salman, general director, ES-PAS (representative of Kinéis in Russia)
• Valentin Anpilogov, Deputy General Director, JSC “VSAT-TEL"
• Maksim Diordiev, Head of Satellite Systems Application Division
• JSC "Satellite system "Gonets"
• Konstantin Lanin, Head of Representative Office, Regional Director Russia & CIS Business, Hughes Network Systems, LLC
• Sergey Stepanenko, Technical director, AltegroSky Group of Companies
• Danila Medvedev, Director of Technical Business Development, Gilat Satellite Networks (Eurasia) LLC
• Andrey Romulov, Technical director, Iskra Group of Companies
• Didier Le Boulc’h, Vice President, Strategy and Telecommunications Solutions at Thales Alenia Space
• Vincent Guermonprez, Business Development Director, Telecommunication Satellites, Airbus Defence and Space
• Inessa Glazkova, Executive Director, Nebo Global Communication Communications

“SatComRus Award 2020” ceremony. Summary of the marketing campaign "For the 75th Anniversary of the Victory" organized by RSCC jointly with Ka-band partners.