Space based Communications, Applications and Technologies in the 5G Era:
Moving forward to the Third Decade of the 21st Century
Niagara Falls, Canada, October 15 - 18, 2018
The 24th Ka and Broadband Communications Conference and the
36th International Communications Satellite Systems Conference (ICSSC), the two most influential technical conferences on satellite systems, will be held jointly in
Niagara Falls, Canada, on October 15th through 18th, 2018.
The first day, October 15, will be devoted exclusively to the ICSSC Colloquium.
The theme of the 2017 Joint Conference was transformation and a major panel in that conference identified the challenges the satellite communications industry
faces when transforming itself into a world of ubiquitous 5G networks. The 2018 Joint Conference will address those challenges, looking forward to the employment of
new technologies, architectures and system solutions over the next 5 years and well into the third decade of this century.
The Conference will look at a broad spectrum of space communications topics, including the evolution of GEO from traditional area coverage to Ultra High Throughput
Satellites (UHTS), the growing number of mega constellations expected to enter service in the next decade, navigation applications such as vehicle autonomy, wideband data backhaul
from scientific and remote sensing payloads in LEO, and the extension of the 5G network to near earth, lunar and deep space environments in support of human exploration.
Beyond addressing new applications and integration with the future terrestrial networks, the conference technical
program and panel discussions will also cover challenges the industry faces in terms of contention for spectrum,
interference and orbital debris management.
Given the theme of this year’s conference it is appropriate that we are holding it in Niagara Falls, Canada less than an hour away from Alexander Graham Bell’s family home in Brantford, Ontario.
The Joint Conference will provide a forum for discussing the above challenges together with the latest results in propagation research at Ka and Q/V bands.
36th ICSSC Colloquium
The 2018 Colloquium entitled Satellite for 5G will be held prior to the Joint Conference on Monday, October 15, 2018
Highlights of the Joint Conference:
Iain Christie
Executive Vice President, Aerospace Industries Association of Canada
Dr. Iain Christie, PhD
Executive Vice President, Aerospace Industries Association of Canada
Iain Christie has been Executive Vice President of the Aerospace Industries Association of Canada (AIAC) since June 2013. He came to AIAC with a long history of achievement in the space industry, having spent 22 years with Neptec Design Group, a small spaceflight engineering company. Iain joined Neptec in its first year of operation, in 1991, as a student. He left the company as President and CEO in 2013.
During his time at Neptec, he filled various roles including a tour as Neptec’s operations specialist at NASA’s Johnson Space Center training astronauts, and supporting Space Shuttle missions from the Mission Control Center. He eventually created and led a Neptec space operations team that supported more than 30 Space Shuttle missions. He moved on to lead Neptec’s Research and Development and Business Development efforts before his appointment as President in 2007 and Chief Executive Officer in 2010. During this time, Iain contributed to the design, development, launch into space, and operation of 5 different robotic sensor systems.
Iain was a member of AIAC’s Board of Directors from 2010 to 2013 and served as the Vice Chair of the industry-led Space Working Group during the Aerospace Review. He joined the AIAC management team as Executive Vice President in June 2013. In this role, he is responsible for managing all of AIAC’s policy efforts as well as overseeing the day to day operations of the association. He also has direct responsibility for the Association’s space, small business, and public procurement files.
In 2016, Iain completed a two-year term as President of the Canadian Aeronautics and Space Institute. He currently serves as past president.
Iain holds a PhD in Physics from University of Ottawa, a M.Sc. in Physics from Dalhousie University and B.Sc. Honours from University of King’s College.
He served as a member of the Canadian Forces Primary Reserve for 12 years, retiring as a Major from the 30th field regiment of the Royal Canadian Artillery in 1993.
- Commercial Space Applications: Can Private Enterprise Accommodate a New Deep Space Network
Moderator: Badri Younes, Deputy Associate Administrator, Space Communications and Navigation (SCaN), NASA HQ, USA - Optical Technology and Systems
Moderator: Pete Vrotsos, Director, Satellite Programs, ZIN Technologies Inc., USA - Emerging New Markets in Aviation, Mobility and Autonomy
Moderator: Marco Lisi, Special Advisor to ESA, The Netherlands and Chief Technical Advisor to the European GNSS Agency - Disruptive Change
Moderator: Chris Hoeber, CFH Engineering, USA (Consultant for the Communications Satellite Industry)
Allen Katz
Linear Space Technology/Linear Photonics LLC and the College of New Jersey, USA
5G Covering Our Planet
Chair: Naoto Kadowaki, Vice President, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), JapanAn open forum of researchers performing propagation campaigns with the Aldo Paraboni payload and other satellite payloads at Q/V bands and beyond.
ABSTRACT DUE
May 24, 2018
June 8, 2018
NOTIFICATION OF ACCEPTANCE
July 3, 2018
FINAL PAPER DUE
September 7, 2018
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Information & Inquiries should be directed to:
the Ka Conference Technical Program Co-Chairs at rtgedney59@gmail.com and at franco.marconicchio@gmail.com
the ICSSC Conference Technical Program Co-Chairs at ifiok.otung@southwales.ac.uk and at tho.le-ngoc@mcgill.ca
the Joint Conference Organization at organizingcommittee@kaconf.org
