APSCC Announces Speakers to APSCC 2008

4 August 2008

The satellite industry in the Asia-Pacific region is “on the move” with the increasing demand for High Definition Television (HDTV) broadcast and turnaround services, the opening of Direct-to-Home (DTH) markets in China and India, and with a number of broadband services via satellite significantly increasing in Asian countries and Australia. Experts from the international satellite industry will bring an insight to the details of these trends in the Asian satellite market at the largest event in Asia for the satellite industry, the APSCC 2008 Satellite Conference and Exhibition, scheduled for September 22-25 in Jeju Island.

Themed “Satellites on the Move”, APSCC 2008 will highlight key issues impacting the development of  the satellite industry in the Asia-Pacific region, including new satellite application technologies, services strategies and regulatory issues currently faced by the satellite community, through CEO Roundtables, panel discussions and sessions over the three-day conference.

At the Roundtable discussions, top level speakers including CEOs will share their perspectives on key issues that impact their business and offer initiatives to the development of the satellite market in Asia. Confirmed speakers to participate in the Roundtable discussions include:

Satellite Operators CEO Roundtable

Yutaka Nagai, President & CEO, Space Communications Corporation

Tom Choi, Chairman & CEO, Asia Broadcast Satellite

Dr. Nongluck Phinainitisart, President, Thaicom

Paul Brown-Kenyon, COO, MEASAT

Philip Father, President & CEO, ProtoStar

Satellite Manufacturers Roundtable

Stephen O'Neill, President, Boeing Satellite Systems International, Inc.

Anthony Colucci, Vice President, Marketing & Sales, Space Systems/Loral

Olivier Badard, Senior Vice President, Marketing & Sales, Thales Alenia Space
Philippe Saint Aubert, Vice President, Business Development, Astrium Satellites

Chris Richmond, Senior Vice President, Global Communications, Orbital Sciences Corporation

Launch Services CEO Roundtable

Jean-Yves Le Gall, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Arianespace

Kjell Karlsen, President and General Manager, Sea Launch

Frank McKenna, President, International Launch Services

Shoichiro Asada, Director, H2A Office, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries

Satellite Financing Roundtable

Paul Brown-Kenyon, COO, MEASAT

Yoichi Iizuka, Director of the Board, Managing Executive Officer, JSAT,

Willy Chow, CFO, Asia Broadcast Satellite

Young Joon Kim, Partner, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley and McCloy LLP

Nick Flitterman, Director, Telecoms, Project & Export Finance, HSBC Bank PLC

DTH Services Roundtable

Hideaki Kido, Senior Managing Executive Officer, JSAT

Dr. Eui K. Koh, President, Protostar Asia

Paul Brown-Kenyon, COO, MEASAT

David Justin, CEO, GlobeCast Asia

Tom Choi, Chairman & CEO, Asia Broadcast Satellite

Following the successful APSCC 2007 event in Bangkok, which gathered over 350 professionals and leaders from the satellite industry, this year’s event is expected to draw a bigger audience from the industry with the line-up of the most prominent speakers drawn from the global satellite communications sector.