Communications Satellite Systems:  A Look Back at the First 50 Years and Thoughts on the Next 50

Steering & Organizing Committee

Frank Gargione (Chair), Satellite Systems Consultant, USA
Franco Marconicchio, Space Systems Consultant, Italy
Clotilde Canepa Fertini, FGM Events Consultant, Italy
Titti Cenami, Telespazio, Italy

Technical Committee

Frank Gargione (Co-chair), Satellite Systems Consultant, USA
Franco Marconicchio (Co-chair), Space Systems Consultant, Italy

Matteo Berioli, Zodiac Inflight Inovations (TriaGnoSys), Germany
Marco Brancati, Telespazio, Italy
Thomas Butash, Innovative Aerospace IS, USA
Hampton C. Chan, Space Systems Loral, USA
Riccardo De Gaudenzi, ESA, The Netherlands
Janine Dokas, COM DEV, Canada
Nathalie Font, Thales Alenia Space, France
Hector Fenech, Eutelsat, France
Hajime Fukuchi, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan
Peter Garland, MDA, Canada
Yoel Gat, SatixFy, Israel
Richard T. Gedney, ViaSat, USA
James Hinds, Airbus Defence and Space, United Kingdom
Naoto Kadowaki, NICT, Japan
Nafiz Karabudak, Lockheed Martin Corporation, USA
Fabio Lattanzi, SES, Luxembourg
Marco Lisi, ESA, The Netherlands
Giacinto Losquadro, Thales Alenia Space, Italy
Domenico Mignolo, ESA, The Netherlands
Arduino Patacchini, Eutelsat, France
Carlo Riva, Polytechnic of Milan, Italy
Marina Ruggieri, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy
Roger Rusch, TelAstra, USA
Enrico Saggese, On-Air Consulting & Solutions, Italy
James D. Stegeman, NASA Glenn Research Center, USA
Yoshihisa Takayama, Tokai University, Japan
Pete Vrotsos, NASA, USA
Hiromitsu Wakana, NICT, Japan
Roberto Winkler, Thales Alenia Space, Italy