A World Satellite Business Week event
Sept. 13-14, 2018 / The Westin - Paris

Program

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08:00
Registration & welcome coffee hosted by
09:00
Opening remarks
Lorraine Whitfield, Chief Events & Marketing Officer, Euroconsult
09:15
Introduction: State of play and prospects for the EO sector
Pacôme Révillon, CEO, Euroconsult
09:30
Leading operators: Adapting structures and solutions for sustained growth
Moderator:
Pacôme Révillon, CEO, Euroconsult
Jeff Tarr, CEO, DigitalGlobe
François Lombard, SVP, Head of Intelligence Business, Airbus
Massimo Claudio Comparini, CEO, e-GEOS
David Belton, General Manager, MDA Geospatial Services
Noam Segal, CEO, ImageSat International
10:45
Morning coffee break hosted by
11:30
Remote sensing organizations: Enriching solutions for local benefits
Moderator:
Steve Bochinger, COO, Euroconsult
Christophe Dekeyne, General Director, IGN France International
Foster Mensah, Executive Director, CERSGIS, Ghana
Abd-Alla Gad, EU-SUDSOE Project Coordinator, Environmental Studies & Land Use, National Authority for Remote and Space Science (NARSS), Egypt
12:30
Official lunch hosted by
14:30
Geospatial solutions: New needs, new solutions
Moderator:
Sanjay Kumar, CEO, Geospatial Media & Communications
Ted Lamboo, SVP, Reality Modeling, Bentley Systems
Ahmed Belaidi, Head of Geospatal Solutions France, Harris Geospatial
Lily Xu, CEO, Beijing Space View Technology
Christian Weise, Market Manager, Trimble
15:30
Afternoon coffee break hosted by
16:00
Manufacturers: Building tomorrow's capabilities
Moderator:
Rachel Villain, Principal Advisor, Euroconsult
Mathilde Royer Germain, Senior VP, Earth Observ., Navigation & Science, Airbus
Debra Facktor Lepore, VP & General Manager, Strategic Operations, Ball Aerospace
Donato Amoroso, Deputy CEO & SEVP Observation, Exploration Navigation Domain, Thales Alenia Space Italy
Matteo Genna, Chief Technology Officer, SSL
17:00
Networking drinks
08:00
Opening coffee hosted by
08:30
Constellations: Managing disruption, financing and monetization
Moderator:
Matt O'Connell, President, MOC Partners
Wade Larson, President & CEO, Urthecast
Andy Wild, Chief Revenue Officer, Planet
Jason Andrews, Founder & CEO, BlackSky Global
Payam Banazadeh, CEO, Capella Space
Bobby Machinski, Founder & CEO, HERA Systems
Emiliano Kargieman, CEO, Satellogic
10:00
Morning coffee break hosted by
10:30
Boosting national development through EO solutions
Moderator:
Steve Bochinger, COO, Euroconsult
Ho-Pen Chang, Program Director of FORMOSAT-5, National Space Organization of Taiwan (NSPO)
Fuad Aslanov, Associate Director of Sales and Business Operations Department, Azercosmos, Azerbaijan
Paida Mhangara, Acting Managing Director, South Africa National Space Agency (SANSA)
Yatie Diomande, Director CIGN, BNETD, Ivory Coast
11:30
Land & agriculture mapping - the next stage
Moderator:
Simon Seminari, Consultant, Euroconsult
Romain Faroux, CEO, Airinov
Bronwyn Agrios, Head of Products, Astro Digital
Steven Krekels, Unit Manager Remote Sensing, VITO
Joël Lorgeoux, Head of Agronomy Department, SCAEL
12:30
Official lunch hosted by
 
Earth observation awards ceremony
14:00
Adapting or reinventing EO based services
Christopher Richins, CEO, RBC Signals
Rolf Skatteboe, CEO, Kongsberg Satellite Services
Luis Mariano Gonzalez, Business Unit Director Earth Observation, GMV
Adrian Zevenbergen, General Manager, European Space Imaging
15:00
Afternoon coffee break
15:45
Global defense & security initiatives
Moderator:
Dennis Jones, Senior Affiliate Consultant, Euroconsult
Pascal Legai, Director, European Union Satellite Centre
Scot Currie, Director, Mission Integration Office, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA)
General Jean-Pascal Breton, Commander, Joint Space Command, French MoD
16:15
Digitization, analytics and AI revolutionalizing EO-based solutions
Moderator:
Pacôme Révillon, CEO, Euroconsult
A.J. De Rosa, Executive Vice President Head of Global Sales, Orbital Insight
Philip Briscoe, COO, Rezatec
Derek Edinger, VP of Strategic Partnerships, Co-founder, Ursa Space
17:00
Closing remarks
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