Looking Back, Looking Forward:
Words from Our Chapters
As 2016 draws to a close, we asked several of our SSPI Chapters to share thoughts on the past year and what lies ahead.
2006-2016: Celebrating 10 Years of Progress By Mauro Wajnberg, SSPI Brazil. This year the Brazilian Chapter completed 10 years of uninterrupted activities and we took this opportunity to celebrate that milestone in our last event held on Nov 24th. We presented a special session showing all we have done over these years, and some interesting statistics: since 2006 we made 27 events with a total of 268 sessions given by 140 different speakers for an estimated audience of 2,450+ people! Many gifts, including a Smart TV, were raffled among the audience to celebrate the achievement. Specifically on the latest regional trends, the two events held in 2016 were an opportunity to present and debate the hottest satellite themes in the region: HTS satellites, mobility applications, IoT, UHD, space debris, regulatory challenges. The quick changes undergoing in our industry and the profound changes still to occur very soon shall demand increased need for the professional update, one of the key SSPI missions. SSPI Brazil’s directors are: Mauro Wajnberg (Telesat), Guilherme Saraiva (Telecine), Edio Gomes (Hispamar), Edson Meira (Telesat), Guilherme Cavalcanti (independent), Patricia Schmitt (SES) and Alexandre Goncalves (iDirect).
The Orbiter Looking Back, Looking Forward
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