13:00 Registration
14:00 Opening Remarks
14:10 Market Presentation
The eighth Symposium on Market Forecasts will offer a unique opportunity to hear executives from leading satellite operators, broadcast services providers and satellite manufacturers share their views on prospects for satellite demand after two years of economic crisis. During three different panel sessions they will also discuss growth drivers in the medium to long term, and share their experience, facts and figures, and results from in-house research.
14:30-15:30 Prospects for broadcast services
Top executives from leading broadcast service providers will discuss current and future prospects for TV and video distribution by satellite, including the most dynamic geographical markets in the coming years. The impact of the crisis on pay-TV, the development of new services and new formats such as HD and 3D and new compression schemes will also be major themes.
Moderator: Susan Irwin, President, Euroconsult US Inc.
Nick Thompson, Managing Director, Satellite & Media, Arqiva
Norberto Alvarez Vitale, CEO, TIBA
Mohamed Youssif, CEO, Yah Live
Beth Erez, Senior Advisor for Marketing & Business Development, RRsat
15:30-16:30 Business drivers and challenges for operators
Strategy and business development directors at leading satellite operators will discuss and debate demand trends for satellite capacity and drivers for the different services, customer segments and regional markets. Trends in capacity supply and frequency availability, the balance between supply and demand and capacity pricing will also be topics of discussion.
Moderator: Stéphane Chenard, Associate Senior Consultant, Euroconsult
Christophe De Hauwer, VP Strategic Marketing, SES
George Giagtzoglou, VP Strategic & Global Marketing, Intelsat
Matteo Altobelli, Marketing Director, Eutelsat
16:30 Coffee Break
17:00-18:00 Manufacturing innovation and demand prospects
Upstream in the value chain, satellite manufacturers are working hard to deliver satellite orders on time and prepare for the future of technology. Marketing and business development executives from leading manufacturers will discuss short and medium term demand for satellite assets and present the technical innovation that will improve the efficiency of satellite infrastructure.
Moderator: Rachel Villain, Director Space & Communications, Euroconsult
Laurent Thomasson, VP Marketing & Institutional Relations, EADS Astrium
Chris Baran, VP, Commercial Business Development, LMCSS
Robert Prevaux, Vice President Marketing and Sales, Space Systems Loral
Cedric Balty, VP Marketing, Thales Alenia Space
18:00 Cocktail reception hosted by 
