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Presentation: Mechanisms for Digital-Twin & Orchestration of HTS & Multi-Orbit Constellations... Ed is a senior space specialist solutions architect at Amazon Web Services (AWS). He helps customers build resilient, performant, and scalable solutions on the cloud. Ed specializes in satellite constellation operations, mission design, and optimization
Presentation: Beyond the Earth's Core: Optical Core Networks in Space... Kevin has over 20 years experience in the space industry, having contributed to some of Canada's largest space missions. In 2012, he joined the Optical Communications Group at the German Aerospace Center near Munich. In 2015, he moved to industry to continue his work in optical communications in Business Development and Systems Engineering at Mynaric Lasercom GmbH. Kevin is currently a Research Project Leader in Airbus’s Central Research and Technology function and leads advancements in free-space optical communications research.
Presentation: It’s Not “One Orbit Fits All”... Diego is very much a satcoms veteran with a career spanning three decades - having spent time with Verestar, SES New Skies, SES World Skies, NewSat, Speedcast, OneWeb, SpaceX and SES Networks on the O3b mPower initiative as well as volunteer roles with the Space and Satellite Professionals International (SSPI) and the Washington Space Business Roundtable. This recording was made on behalf of SES but he has since moved on to Volta Space, which aims to build the lunar energy grid, enabled by optical power beamed from satellites in lunar orbit.
Ahmet's focus with Eutelsat OneWeb is in enhancing satellite connectivity solutions for various sectors in MENA and Central Asia, working with both governments and corporate entities, significantly improving their global communications capabilities in an evolving digital landscape. In a similar capacity, he has previously held positions within Yahsat and SES Satellites
Presentation: GEO Vs Non-GEO HTS - Market Opportunity and Multi-Orbit Strategies... Prachi Kawade is a Senior Analyst and a Programme Head for Satellite Capacity Programme at Analysys Mason. She focuses on satellite capacity and broadband access markets. Prior to this she led Earth observation programme and authored market research reports on earth observation, cloud computing, optical satcom and lunar markets. Prachi has undertaken various consulting assignments, conducting market opportunity analysis at regional and country level, competitive analysis and benchmarking, vendor due diligence and go-to-market strategy analysis.
Presentation: Multi-network Multi-orbit products: how to make the best use of each individual underlay network to deliver a step change in customer quality of experience?... Jerome led the introduction of multi-orbit services at Viasat starting with maritime through the Nexuswave product. His team is spearheading the efforts to deploy similar multi-network multi-orbit capabilities in other sectors including but not limited to aviation. He was the lead GlobalXpress architect and now oversees the architecture, integration and delivery of narrowband (L and S-band) programs.
Presentation: Realisation of Throughput in the Right Places and Resilient Operations... Renato Goodfellow has 44 years in the Satellite Communications world, spanning start of DTH TV delivery, airline connectivity, SNG, peace keeping operations and global multinational customer operations. He now shares transferrable knowledge across 3 hospital boards, UK Ki Aikido Federation, Charity activity and Camden Community Wealth Fund.
Presentation: Applying AI and Digital Twin Techniques to Multi-Orbit NTN Network Optimisation... Manish is a seasoned Engineering & Technology Leader, with expertise in cloud strategies, automation, machine learning, and enterprise architecture. He is currently driving the strategy and execution of AI/ML-powered AIOps solutions for telecom and enterprise operations, aligning product, R&D, and engineering teams to deliver intelligent automation, predictive insights, and operational transformation. He has a strong background in both the Telco and Satco environments having spent fifteen years with Bharti Airtel and Vodafone and more recently around seven years with Eutelsat OneWeb and Avanti.
The 5th Epoch Series emphasises the impact of NewAge comms technologies and their transformation of selected industries and use cases, including AI, Virtualisation, Mixed Reality (AR / VR), SDN, 5G / 6G, IoT, the Metaverse, Digital Twin, Multi Earth Orbit Non-Terrestrial Network solutions.
c21-virtual was derived from EMP, which since 2002 had organised roundtable style conferences across Asia, Africa, the Middle East, North America, South America, and Europe, more than 150 live events in total.
