Air Commodore Garry Porter, Former Assistant Director Transformation, NATO Joint Air Power Competence Centre to Chair 9th Annual Military Satellites

LONDON, June 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ –

Air Commodore Garry Porter is to chair the 9th Annual Military
Satellites (http://www.milsatellites.com) conference being held in
London on 12th-14th July 2011.

‘Having presented in 2009 and chaired last year’s Conference, I can
genuinely recommend Military Satellites 2011. If you are in the military
space business and want to know what is happening in the UK, the USA,
Europe, and further afield from an operational, organisational and
industrial perspective, this is definitely the place to be.’

He will be joined by other keynote speakers including:

        - Brigadier General Yves Arnaud, Commander, French Joint Space
          Command
        - Brigadier General Lucio Bianchi, National Armaments Directorate,
          Italian MoD
        - Brigadier General James Heywood, Director of Requirements, US
          Air Force Space Command
        - Lieutenant Colonel Olaf Holzhauer, German Space Situational
          Awarness Centre, German MoD
        - Major Phillip Verroco, C4ISTAR Branch, NATO Joint Air Power
          Competence Centre
        - Dr Jim Lyke, Technical Adviser, US Air Force Research Laboratory

The Military Satellite speakers will join Heads of ISTAR, Heads of Space
Policy and Space Policy Advisors to discuss up to date analysis of the
latest developments in military space, with in depth and detailed focus on
the following areas:

        - Space Situational Awareness, with double briefings from the
          German MoD and German Aerospace Centre that will provide in depth
          analysis of German SSA capability and technology
        - Assured access to space, the establishment of global norms and
          the potential implications of the emergence of new space nations
          including examination of the UK aspect of Multi-National Experiment 7
        - US space policy with briefings from Air Force Space Command and
          PEO Space Systems on the Space Fence and capability requirements for the
          future of a military space
        - Programme updates from the French Space Command, Nigerian Space
          Agency, Israeli Air Force, Norwegian Defence Research Establishment and
          the Italian MoD

The full Military Satellites programme is available to download from the
event website: http://www.milsatellites.com/Event.aspx?id=489786

The 9th Annual Military Satellites (http://www.milsatellites.com)
will bring together key military and government decision makers from across
the world and provides an opportunity to interact with the UK and European
space industry and gain a greater understanding of the role of industry in
driving technological development.

Notes to Editors

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The 9th Annual Military Satellites will be held from 12th-14th July 2011
at America Square Conference Centre, London, United Kingdom – the conference
programme is available for download at

http://www.milsatellites.com/Event.aspx?id=489786

Contact details – +44(0)20-7368-9300, email: defence@iqpc.co.uk