Case study
Connecting the World from the Skies International Forum
8–10 November 2022 Riyadh & Online
Key Speakers Included
H.E. Mohammed Altamimi
Governor, CST
Mario Maniewicz
Director, BR, ITU
H.E. Khumbudzo Ntshavheni
Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies, South Africa
H.E. Ursula Owusu-Ekuful
Minister of Communications, Republic of Ghana
H.E. Isa Ali Pantami
Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Nigeria
Sunil Bharti Mittal
Chairman, OneWeb
Olayan Alwetaid
CEO, STC
Yousef al Olayan
VP Information Technology, Saudi Aramco
Valanathan Munsami
Senior Advisor, Saudi Space Agency (SSA)
Philip Marnick
General Director, Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA), Bahrain
Gilles Bregant
CEO and Director General, ANFR France
Rajeev Suri
CEO, Inmarsat & Chair, GSOA
Lacina Koné
Director General / CEO, Smart Africa Alliance
Sara Spangelo
Senior Director, SpaceX
Abdullah Al Kanhal
Chief Strategy Officer, STC
Greg Wyler
Founder & Chairman, E-Space
Greg Ewert
Vice President, Strategy and Business Development, Intelsat & Vice President, HAPS Alliance
Theodore Rappaport
Founder and Director, NYU Wireless
Steve Collar
CEO, SES
Amy Mehlman
Vice-President, E-Space
Charles Miller
CEO, Lynk
Prof. Giovanni Giambene
Head of Satellite Systems and Mobile Networks for Telecommunications, University of Siena, Italy
Matias Campos
CEO & Founder, Astralintu Space Technologies
Mindel De La Torre
Chief Regulatory and International Strategy Officer, Omnispace
Motoi Matsumoto
Deputy Director, Global Communication Business Division, SoftBank Corp.
Prof. Sean Shan Min Swei
Director, Space Technology and Innovation Center,, Khalifa University
Sergey Gugkaev
Chief Commerical Officer, ClearSpace
Dr. Stefano Cioni
Telecommunication Systems Engineer, ESA - European Space Agency
Guy Christiansen
Worldwide Regulatory Lead, Apple
Harshbir Sangha
Director of Growth, UK Space Agency
Prof. Hiroyuki Tsuji
Director, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT)
Peter Hadinger
CTO, Inmarsat
Samer Halawi
Chief Executive Officer, Airbus HAPS Connectivity Solutions
Prof. Sara Lucatello
Vice President, European Astronomical Society
Prof. William Lehr
Telecommunications and Internet Industry Economist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Neil Masterson
CEO, OneWeb
Job titles correct at the time of the event
Hybrid Event Summary
Held in Riyadh and online from 8-10 November 2022, the Connecting the World from the Skies International Forum was hosted by the Communications, Space & Technology Commission (CST) and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), and welcomed 1,600 in-person participants with a further 1,400 virtually.
Contributors included global industry leaders and policymakers from all corners of the Space, Satellite and Spectrum Management sectors. Attendance featured CEOs, Ministers, and Executives and Directors from some of the world’s leading and most innovative companies. Each offered their insights and hopes for the future in keynote presentations, fireside chats, panel discussions, tutorials, showcases, and more.
What we did:
- Research and programme production
- Speaker identification, invitation, coordination, and support with comprehensive briefing documents
- Travel and accommodation liaison for in person speakers
- Sponsor management
- Website and event-day virtual platform design and provision of online broadcasting studio for virtual speakers with full event branding
- Full on-site event management, including speaker management
- Full AV set up and technical support, including the running of the online stream, and coordinating technical and AV assistance
- Social media and marketing support and provision including PPC campaigns and post-event reporting
- Editing of conference recordings for post-event use
- Coordinating sponsored networking reception
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