8:30 am

Stephen A. Blum
President
Tellus Venture Associates

9:15 am

Burt Liebowitz
President & COO
NetSat Express, Inc.

The size and complexity of the Internet has created a need for methods to speed Internet traffic around inherent bottlenecks in the ‘net’s architecture. Satellites have played an important role in some of the developed solutions. However, will satellite remain as significant as optic fiber capacities continue to increase and new fiber technologies are developed and migrated to the metro networks and eventually to the last mile? Where does satellite fit in these emerging landscapes? What are satellite’s advantages over terrestrial technologies?

Roger Rusch
President
TelAstra, Inc.

Christopher Baugh
Senior Analyst
Northern Sky Research, LLC

J. Armand Musey
Managing Director
Banc of America Securities

Jose del Rosario
Strategic Analyst & Program Leader,
Satellite Communications
Frost & Sullivan

Leslie Taylor
President
Leslie Taylor Associates

Forecasts for satellite-Internet revenues vary from consultant to consultant but all agree that satellites have a significant role to play in the future development and growth of the Internet. Which applications will benefit most from satellite technologies? What competitive factors will affect satellite-delivered access for the residential markets?

The ubiquitous nature of satellite transmission makes the use of satellites ideal for extending the Internet to rural and otherwise hard-to-reach areas. But how will cellular and other terrestrial wireless services affect the size and makeup of these markets? Where are the best opportunities?

Dan Broadbent
Vice President, Marketing
Helius, Inc.

Frank Huebner
Executive Vice President & Chief Scientist
ViaCast Networks, Inc.

Bill Schmidt
Director, Atlantic Ocean Region
PanAmSat Corporation