Event title: 2nd annual MilSatCom Latin America

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Event dates: 22-23 September 2015

Location: Maceió Atlantic Suites, Maceiό, Brazil

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Contact number: James Hitchen, +44 (0) 207 827 6054

Now in its second successful year, MilSatCom Latin America 2015 is the only regional meeting place for military satellite communications specialists and all those responsible for optimising security and surveillance of national air space and key domestic assets.

This conference will feature high level military and government briefings from those directly responsible for advancing these satellite capabilities and after our 2014 event, where we had over 100 attendees, this Septembers' event is set to only continue to attract the region’s main SatCom protagonists.

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Event Highlights:

• Keynote Briefings from senior officers from Brazil and surrounding Latin American nations

• A unique focus on enhanced military capability through the development and implementation of SATCOM programs

• Briefings on: payload optimisation, cyber security deterrents, overcoming satellite interference, real time data delivery to military operations, power enhancement and capacity increases and bandwidth maximisation

• High level panel discussions featuring technical managers and project engineers from military as well as industry

• Focused discussion groups tackling key challenges facing SATCOM program managers in the region • SATCOM equipment exhibition showcasing the latest technology • Informal networking time factored in so you can gather insight from peers and colleagues also shaping and influencing regional helicopter programmes today

MILSATCOM LATIN AMERICA 2015 SPEAKERS INCLUDE:
• Colonel Helcio Vieira Junior, Commander Spatial Operations Center, Brazilian Armed Forces
• Colonel MarcioTeixeira de Campos, Chief C2 Operations Section, Brazilian Armed Forces
• Vice Admiral (Rtd) Carlos AfonsoPierantoniGamboa, 1st Vice President, ABIMDE (Defence and Security Industry Association of Brazil)
• Walter Bartels, President, Brazilian Aerospace Industries Association (AIAB)
• CristovamNascimento, Brazil Correspondent Office, Global VSAT Forum
• D D'Ambrosio, EVP, Government Services, O3b Networks
• LTC AbdeBellahnid, Directorate of Joint Capability, SATCOMS & SAR Requirements, Canadian Department of Defence
• Brigadier General Carlos de Salas Murillo, Head C4ISR & Space Programs, Spanish Ministry of Defence
• Colonel Franck Scher, Chief Joint Space Command, Ministry of Defence, France
• Hugo Montoya, Director of Innovation and Competitiveness, Mexican Space Agency and many more.