8:30 Chairperson’s Welcome & Opening Remarks

8:45 Keynote: Next Generation Warfighting Communications Capabilities

• Modernizing and sustaining the Air Force's Satellite Control Network Systems (AFSCN)
• Assuring responsive, effective, satellite support to warfighting forces
• Providing highly reliable command and control to support satellite launch and satellite operations in surveillance, navigation, and communications

Colonel Charles Helwig, USAF
Commander, Satellite Control and Network Systems Group, Space and Missile Systems Center
Air Force Space Command

9:30 New Initiatives Focus: MILSATCOM Operational Requirements

• Status of the Joint Space Communications Layer (JSCL) ICD/CONOPS – AoA
• Current MILSATCOM program status
• MILSATCOM: what comes next?

Colonel Michael Lakos, USAF
Chief, MILSATCOM Requirements, MILSATCOM Command Lead, Directorate of Requirements
Headquarters Air Force Space Command

10:35 New Initiatives Focus: Transformational Communications Architecture: A New Vision

• Some insights on how to bring architectures to reality
• The need for a flexible, agile architecture
• Key aspects of preparing and presenting a post-TSAT architectural vision

Colonel Patrick Rayermann, USA
Director, Communications – Functional Integration Office, National Reconnaissance Office
OSD

11:20 New Initiatives Focus: Geo-Global Policy And Programmatics

• Current MILSATCOM capabilities and key trends in warfighting needs
• Expanding the role of commercial SATCOM
• Integrated, end-to-end solutions

Colonel Charles Cynamon, USAF
Advanced Concepts Group, Military Satellite Communications Systems Wing
Air Force Space Command

12:45 New Initiatives Focus: Overview Of Commercial RFI’s And Program Upgrades

• Enhanced MILSATCOM technical opportunities - a post TSAT perspective
• Commercial satellite/payload acquisition - aligning the business case

Joseph Vanderpoorten
Technical Director, Military Satellite Communications systems Wing, Space and Missile Systems Center
Air Force Space Command

1:05 SPACECOM Panel: Panel Discussion: MILSATCOM And The Way Forward

Take part in a panel discussion pertaining about the future of military satellite networks. In this interactive panel, you will be able to ask questions on current capabilities, technology advancements, and SATCOM initiatives moving forward. Panel Members include:

2:45 Closing Keynote: Defense Satellite Communications System

• Integrating Space Operations
• Leveraging Joint Capabilities To Enhance C4ISR
• Navy Plans And Requirements For Space Security And Defense

Rear Admiral Elizabeth Young, USN
Director, Systems Engineering
National Reconnaissance Office