Space based Communications, Applications and Technologies in the 5G Era:
Moving forward to the Third Decade of the 21st Century

Steering Committee

Richard T. Gedney (Co-chair), Advanced Communications Technology (ACT) Co, USA
Franco Marconicchio (Co-chair), Space Systems Consultant, Italy

Thomas Butash, Innovative Aerospace IS, USA
Peter Garland, MDA, Canada
Marco Lisi, ESA, The Netherlands
Arduino Patacchini, ARPASAT, France
Clotilde Canepa Fertini, Events Consultant, Italy

Technical Committee

Richard T. Gedney (Co-chair), Advanced Communications Technology (ACT) Co, USA
Franco Marconicchio (Co-chair), Space Systems Consultant, Italy

Matteo Berioli, Zodiac Inflight Inovations, Germany
Marco Brancati, Telespazio, Italy
Tom Butash, Innovative Aerospace IS, USA
Hampton C. Chan, Space Systems Loral, USA
Barry Evans, University of Surrey, United Kingdom
Nathalie Font, Thales Alenia Space, France
Hector Fenech, Eutelsat, France
Peter Garland, MDA, Canada
Yoel Gat, SatixFy, Israel
James Hinds, Airbus Defence and Space, United Kingdom
Chris Hoeber, CFH Engineering, USA
Naoto Kadowaki, NICT, Japan
Nafiz Karabudak, Lockheed Martin Corporation, USA
Fabio Lattanzi, SES, Luxembourg
Marco Lisi, ESA, The Netherlands
Giacinto Losquadro, CRAT/TAS-I, Italy
Domenico Mignolo, ESA, The Netherlands
Arduino Patacchini, ARPASAT, France
Carlo Riva, Polytechnic of Milan, Italy
Marina Ruggieri, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy
Enrico Saggese, On-Air Consulting & Solutions, Italy
James D. Stegeman, NASA Glenn Research Center, USA
Tony Stajcer, Honeywell, Canada
Yoshihisa Takayama, Tokai University, Japan
Pete Vrotsos, NASA, USA
Roberto Winkler, Thales Alenia Space, Italy

Organizing Committee

Franco Marconicchio (Co-chair), Space Systems Consultant, Italy
Clotilde Canepa Fertini (Co-chair), Events Consultant, Italy
Titti Cenami, Telespazio, Italy