Announcing Global MilSatCom 2012 - Europe’s Leading Show for Military Satellite Communications Professionals Returns to London

London, United Kingdom, June 15, 2012 --(PR.com)-- Global MilSatCom 2012 will feature an impressive international speaker line-up featuring an array of military experts from across the globe and will be the ideal place for delegates to: discuss the latest topics within the SatCom community, network with key players and interact with leading decision makers from the international SATCOM arena.

This year’s event features the introduction of new topics including: The Bundeswehr Military Satellite System (SATCOMBw); The Future of US Military SATCOM from the DISA Perspective and an overview of Italian Military Satellite Programmes. The event will also include three interactive panel sessions focusing on: Military Satellite Communications Today and in the Coming Decades; Military Solution Choices and Budget Priorities; Frequency Exploitation & Bandwidth Security.

The high level conference programme will be delivered by some of the industry’s most senior professionals including:

· Captain Giovanni Battista Durando, Navigation, Surveillance and Communication Satellite Systems Director, Italian Navy
· Captain (RNLN) Ulrich Berrevoets, Program Manager NL Military Satellite Communication, Defence Materiel Organisation, The Netherlands MoD
· Colonel Seyit Guvenc, Chief of TGS SatCom Systems Department, Turkish Air Force
· Colonel Christophe Debaert, SYRACUSE Programme Director, DGA France
· Commander Andy Rayner, Strategic Networks / Cap CCII & NCA, UK MoD
· Lieutenant Colonel Holger Lüschow, Federal Ministry of Defence, Germany
· Colonel Andrew Weate, Chief, Architecture and Analysis Division (J9), DoD Executive Agent for Space Staff, USAF
· Masayuki Iwaike, Director of Missile Defence and Space Policy, Defence Policy Division, MoD Japan
· Peter Malmberg, Satellite Specialist, Danish Defence Acquisition and Logistics Organisation
· Dr. Pham Anh Tuan, Director, Vietnam National Satellite Center (VNSC)

In addition, there will also be a full day pre-conference workshop on 26th November: What is the Future for Broadband Tactical Satellite Communications? In association with Cobham.

A lively and vibrant exhibition will run alongside the conference, showcasing all the latest technologies and advances in equipment and services from the industry’s leading suppliers. Exhibitors include: AGI, CPI, Comtech Xicom Technology and GATR Technologies. Sponsors include: Astrium, Avanti Communications, Cisco, Cobham, Comtech EF Data, Eutelsat, Gilat Satellite Networks, Hughes, iDirect, Inmarsat, Lockheed Martin, Newtec, NovelSat, Paradigm, SES, Thales Alenia Space, Thales.

For further information visit - http://www.smi-online.co.uk/2012globalmilsatcom5.asp

Or contact Teri Arri: +44 (0) 20 7827 6162 / tarri@smi-online.co.uk