By Chris Forrester Mark Dankberg, Chairman of the Board, CEO, Co-founder, Viasat Inc., and was welcomed as a “real treat” by organiser Silvano Payne of SatNews. Dankberg, addressing delegates at […]
Silicon Valley Space Week
Optical Data Transfer needs standards, and volume production
By Chris Forrester Chris Quilty, Co-CEO Quilty Space, explained for delegates to the Silicon Valley Space Week held at Mountain View, Calif., that optical connectivity was increasingly important and generating […]
M&A can be hurtful
By Chris Forrester Silicon Valley Space Week brought together acknowledged experts in the M&A field and very much focused on space-related activity. Alexis Sáinz, Partner, Hogan Lovells, moderated the session […]
PNT is developing, and alternate systems are needed
By Chris Forrester Dr Bryan Benedict, Snr Director of Innovation & Satellite Programs, SES, delivered a superb presentation that was completely focussed on PNT (Position, Navigation and Timing), and asked […]
TRENDS: Covid and AI are both worries
By Chris Forrester Noel Rimalovski, MD, GH Partners, opened Day 2 of the Silicon Valley Space Week’s Satellite Innovation strand, and discussed Emerging Trends in Satellite Manufacturing, in a fascinating […]
Capturing Ground System Market Share
By Chris Forrester Nathan de Ruiter, Partner & MD, Novaspace, chaired the SVSW session Capturing Ground System Market Share at the Mountain View Satellite Innovation conference stream. Ron Faith, President/CEO […]
Vertical Integration is vital – maybe
By Chris Forrester Brooke Stokes, partner McKinsey & Co, chaired the SVSW session which examined Vertical Integration in the space industry. She explained that anti-trust compliance and scrutiny could often […]
Raising Cash for Space Industry Remains Challenging
By Chris Forrester Silicon Valley Space Week was praised by Millbank’s partner Dara Panahy who said the conference sessions were now the benchmark and that going global was the next […]
Standardization will deliver greater benefits
By Chris Forrester A very high-level panel at SVSW and its Satellite Innovation strand brought the CEO of MDA (Mike Greenley), the head of OneWeb Technologies (Kevin Steen) and Frances […]
D2D still facing challenges
By Chris Forrester Direct-to-Device (D2D) is the hottest of hot topics and a panel discussion at Silicon Valley Space Week’s Satellite Innovation event brought the challenges and opportunities into sharp […]