Programme-2019 | SATCOMRUS

SatComRus 2019 – Satellite Communications for a Digital Economy

(October 3-4, 2019, St Petersburg, A.S.Popov Central Museum of Communications)

09.30 – 10.00

Registration of participants. Welcome coffee.

10.00 – 11.40

Plenary Session: Tasks and prospects of the Russian telecom and space industry in the process of economy digitalization

Topics for discussion:

Satellite communications: the present and future
Digitalization trends. Transformation of telecom
Satellite communications in new segments of a digital economy
Prospective directions for building domestic payloads for the Russian orbital communications and broadcasting constellation for civil purposes in the context of a digital economy development
Development of digital TV broadcasting vs 5G infrastructure. Is a compromise possible? While the analogue is on the way out, what's going to happen next with the frequencies?
New technologies for space communications

Moderators: Yuri Prokhorov, Director General, Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC) and Ksenia Drozdova, Deputy Director General, RSCC

The participants:

Oleg Ivanov, Deputy Minister of Digital Development, Telecommunications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation
Igor Chursin, Deputy Head of the Federal Communications Agency
Yuri Prokhorov, Director General, RSCC
Nikolay Testoedov, Director General, ISS Reshetnev Company
Valery Butenko, Director General, NIIR
Victor Pinchuk, First Deputy Director General, Network Management, Operations and Development, the Russian Television and Radio Broadcasting Network (RTRS)
Nicolas Tenaud, Sales Director Russia and CIS, Thales Alenia Space
Vincent Guermonprez, Telecom Sales Director Russia & North America, Airbus Defense and Space
Alexander Shevchenko, Deputy Head of Space and Aviation Risk Insurance Department, Ingosstrakh
Igor Korolev, journalist, CNews (columnist for the Vedomosti newspaper)

11.40 – 12.00

Coffee break

12.00 – 13. 30

Session 1. Satellite communications in the modern world. Digital economy trends: the place of satellite operators in the 5G Ecosystem

Topics for discussion:

Integration of 5G and satellite communications: global experience
The battle for the radio spectrum between satellite network operators and the 5G community. Getting ready for WRC 2019
Issues of implementing 5G networks in Russia in the C-band
Satellite communications systems in the 5G ecosystem
Satellite Internet of Things: problems and solutions
Strategies of satellite operators in the new 5G realities: challenge or opportunities
Communication networks in the era of digital economy
Satellite Internet of Things: Lacuna Satellite Test Results

Moderator: Leonid Konik, Chief Editor of PG “ComNews” publications

The participants:

Mark Holmes, Chief Editor, “Via Satellite” magazine
Victor Strelets, Scientific consultant, NIIR
Vadim Poskakukhin, Consultant, LTE Mobile Operators Union
Evgeny Buydinov, Deputy Director General, RSCC
Frank Zeppenfeldt, Head of future programs, European Space Agency
Nikolay Orlov, Regional Vice-President Eutelsat S.A.
Andrei Kucheryavy, professor, head of the department "Communication Networks and Data Transmission", The Bonch-Bruevich State Telecommunications University, St. Petersburg
Sergey Ratiev, Director General, RTKomm.RU
Rob Spurett, CEO, Lacuna (UK)

13.45 – 14.30

Lunch (Atrium Hall 1)

14.30 – 15.30

Session 2. Television in the era of the fourth industrial revolution. How the television industry is adapting to a new technological reality (joint round table of RSCC and Telesputnik)

Topics for discussion:

Content delivery: breaking down traditions or building up a basis? Strategies for the further development of operators, taking into account various options for content delivery. Financial expectations.
Is television an equal among many other equals or the fundamental household service? Large operators are introducing convergent platforms designed for consumption, including the consumption of User Generated Content (UGC) from a wide range of sources. These platforms are not only and not so much tied to a TV service, but represent the basis for building a smart home and the Internet of Things ecosystem. Will UGC become a full-fledged replacement for traditional TV, and will it happen thanks to the operators?
Blockchain - an ideal technology for mutual settlements or another soap bubble? How applicable is Blockchain technology to the carrier business? Does it make sense to build on its basis micropayment services and settlements with subscribers and contractors?

Moderators: Sergey Plotnikov, Director of the Department of Infocommunication technologies and multimedia services of RSCC Business Development, and Alexander Kaligin, editor-in-chief, Telesputnik Publishers

The participants:

Nikolay Orlov, Deputy Director General, National Satellite Company (Tricolor)
Maksim Samsonov, First Deputy CEO, GS Labs
Grigory Kuzin, Director of the project “Media Logistics”, “JSC CVKS MSC-IX ”
Julia Shakhmanova, Director General, STV
Sergey Besedin, Founder and mind behind of the Blockchain Association
Alexey Ivanov, Director General, Satellite TV MTS (TBC)

15.30 – 15.50

Coffee break

16.20 – 17.35

Session 3. From GEO to new orbits for multi-satellite communication systems.

Topics for discussion:

Prospective Russian GEO satellite broadband systems
Marathon Project, a satellite communications system for IoT
Teeny space Odyssei 2020: SKY-F MEO initial trial
Future of satellite networks
VSAT and 5G networks; what satellite equipment manufacturers are working on
Status of promising LEO projects
Possibilities of using the Gonets for the IoT
Development of mobile satellite services in the context of competition with other satellite operators

Moderator: Evgeny Buydinov, Deputy Director General, RSCC

The participants:

Andrey Shestakov, Director General, Telecom Project-5 LLC
Valentin Anpilogov, Deputy Director General, ZAO ViaSat-Tel
Victor Doniants, Director General, D.C. Orbital LLC
Konstantin Lanin, Head of Representative Office, Regional Director Russia & CIS Business, Hughes Network Systems, LLC
Mikhail Pykhov, Technical Director, Gilat Satellite Networks (Eurasia) LLC
Sergey Pekhterev, shareholder, Ka-Internet JSC
Andrey Romulov, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Iskra Group of Companies
Sergey Lesnoy, Commercial Director, NPO SvyazProekt LLC
Pavel Cherenkov, Director General, JSC “Gonets Satellite System“
Representative of Morsvyazsputnik (TBC)
Inessa Glazkova, Executive Director, Nebo Global Communication Communications