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Monday, 1st June - Colloquium (Main Auditorium)

  09:00 Registration & Refreshments
10:00 Introduction to Integrated Systems
10:30 Broadcast/Broadband Mobile Systems L/S band
11:00 Refreshments
11:15 Broadcast/Broadband Mobile Systems L/S band
11:45 Discussion
12:30 Lunch
13:30 Regulatory/Business issues
15:00 Discussion
15:30 Refreshments
15:45 Fixed access/Disaster and Emergency/GMES
16:45 Discussion
17:00 Close

Tuesday, 2nd June

  08:30 Registration & Refreshments
  09:10 Chairman's Welcome (Main Auditorium)
  09:20 Panel Session 1: The Role of Satellite in the Next Decade: Industrialists' View
  10:35 An Introduction from your IET Community Development Manager
  10:45 Refreshments
Session 1 11:05 Wardlaw Room Carnegie Room Main Auditorium Bruce Room
  Communications Protocols Satellite Systems Architecture Military Satellite Communications Ground Systems
  13:05 Lunch
Session 2 13:50 Main Auditorium Carnegie Room Bruce Room Wardlaw Room
  DVB and DVB-RCS Networks Modulation, Coding and Synchronisation Satellite System Performance Payload Technology
  15:50 Refreshments
Session 3 16:10 Main Auditorium Wardlaw Room Bruce Room Carnegie Room
  Network and Resource Management Antenna Technology Satellite Orbits and Constellations Advanced Communications Techniques
  18:10 ICSSC Welcome Drinks Reception sponsored by EADS Astrium

Wednesday 3rd June

  09:00 Panel Session 2: The Role of Satellite in the Next Decade: Service Providers' View (Main Auditorium)
  10:25 Refreshments
Session 4 10:45 Main Auditorium Wardlaw Room Carnegie Room
  Propagation and Fade Mitigation Satellite System Performance 2 DVB and DVB-RCS Networks 2
  12:45 Lunch
Session 5 13:45 Bruce Room Main Auditorium Carnegie Room  
  Broadband Systems Navigation and Positioning Systems Satellite Systems Architectures
  15:45 Refreshments
Session 6 16:05 Carnegie Room Wardlaw Room Bruce Room Main Auditorium
  (VTI) Various Topics of Interest Satellite Economics and Market Issues Broadcasting Satellite Systems Aeronautical Communications
  19:30 Conference Dinner, Mansfield Traquair, Edinburgh
  ICSSC Award – Best Paper Prize
AIAA Award - Aerospace Communications Award

Thursday 4th June

Session 7 09:30 Bruce Room Wardlaw Room Carnegie Room  
  Communications Protocol Mobile Satellite Systems Broadcasting Satellite Systems  
  11:00 Refreshments
Session 8 11:20 Bruce Room Wardlaw Room Carnegie Room  
  Communications for Space Explorations Mobile Satellite Systems 2 Modulation Coding and Synchronisation
  12:20 Lunch
  13:20 Panel Session 3: Visions of the Future: Satellite R&D to 2020 (Main Auditorium)
  Part 1: The SatNEX JER and its Achievements
  SatNEX Visions of the Future
  Part 2: Satcoms 2020 R&D Challenges: Part I: Broadband Fixed Communications
  Satcoms 2020 R&D Challenges: Part II: Mobile Communications
  14:45 Closing Ceremony (Main Auditorium)