The following is the speaker programme for the 8th Australian Space Development Conference. We ask you to revisit this site on a regular basis as this programme may change.

Pre Conference ISU Event
Delegates to the 8th Australian Space Development Conference are welcome to attend the International Space University Summer Session Theme Days. The themes this year are:
Space and National Security,
NEO Threats, and
Space Weather
These sessions are held during the day on Tuesday 27 July.

The Space Industry Distinguished Panel will also be held in the evening on 27 July.

Descriptions of the Theme Days can be found in the SSP 04 Program Handbook (available at
http://www.isunet.edu/academic_programs/ssp_2004.htm) on page 47.

Registration for these ISU events are at no cost. The ISU venue is approximately 8 minutes walking time from the ASDC venue.

8th ASDC Speaker Program
Day 1 – Wednesday 28 July 2004

Conference Opening  
9.00am – 9.10am - ASDC Conference Chair’s Opening Remarks
Mr Kirby Ikin, Managing Director, Asia Pacific Aerospace Consultants Pty Ltd (APAC), Chairman of the Australian Space Industry Chamber of Commerce Inc, and Chairman of the Australian Space Development Conference Series.

9.10am – 9.30am – Key Note Address
Mr Jean-Pol Poncelet, Director for External Relations, ESA (Europe) (Invited)

Day 1 ASDC Plenary Programme
Proceedings Chairperson: Mr Kirby Ikin

9.30am – 10.45am - Session – Government Impact on Commercial Space
The Hon Warren Entsch, Parliamentary Secretary to the Federal Minister for Industry Tourism and Resources. (Australia) [Confirmed]
Mr Mark Loney, Manager, Space Systems, Australian Communications Authority (Australia) [Confirmed]
Dr Michael Green, Director, Space License and Safety Office (Australia) [Confirmed]

10.45am - 11.15am Morning Coffee Break

11.15am- 12.45pm Session: Opportunities for Australian International Co-operation?
Dr David Raitt, ESA (Europe) [Confirmed]
Mr Neal Newman, NASA Representative for Australia & S.E Asia (USA) [Confirmed]
Dr Rob Hart, Dep’t of Medical Imaging Science, Curtin University of Technology, Western Australia (Australia) [Confirmed]  

12.45pm – 2.15pm Lunch

1.30pm - Lunch Presentation: The ASICC Space Roadmap
Mr Brett Biddington, Space Initiatives Manager - Cisco Systems (Australia) [Confirmed]

2.15pm - 3.30pm Session: Australia in Space
Dr Andrew Parfitt, CEO – Co-operative Research Centre for Satellite Systems (Australia) [Confirmed]
Mr Brett Biddington, Space Initiatives Manager - Cisco Systems (Australia) [Confirmed]
Mr Roger Franzen, Managing Director, Auspace Ltd (Australia) [Confirmed]

3.30pm – 4.00pm Afternoon Coffee Break

4.00pm – 5.30pm Session: Manufacturers Perspective of the Future Satellite Market
Mr Eddie Kato, Vice President, Business Development – Orbital Sciences Corp (USA) [Confirmed]
Mr Paolo Dentice di Accadia, Marketing and Sales Regional Manager, Asia-Pacific, Alenia Spazio (Italy) [Confirmed]
Mr Tony Colucci, Vice President, Marketing and Sales, Space Systems / Loral (USA) [Confirmed]

5.45pm - 7.15pm - Conference Cocktail Function

Day 2 – Thursday 29 July 2004
Proceedings Chairperson Dr Bruce Middleton, Former Principal of Asia Pacific Aerospace Consultants (APAC).

9.00am – 10.30am - Session: The Growth in Satellite Content Delivery 
Mr Teerasak Sawekpun, Ass't Vice President, Shin Satellite Public Company Ltd (Thailand) [Confirmed]
Mr David Ball, Vice President, Space Systems Development, Panamsat Asia Pty Ltd (Australia) Confirmed]
Dr Mark Harwood, Manager, Planning and Strategy, Satellite, Singtel Optus (Australia) [Confirmed]

10.30am – 11.00am Morning Coffee Break

11.00am – 12.30pm - Session: The future of launch services in the Asian Region!
Mr Koji Sato, General Manager, Galaxy Express Corporation (Japan) [Confirmed]
Mr Richard Bowles, Regional Director for Asean countries, Arianespace (Singapore) [Confirmed]
Mr Isao Yamazaki, H-IIA Executive Chief Engineer, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (Japan) [Confirmed]

12.30pm – 2.00pm Lunch

1.15pm Lunch Presentation: A view of the Future of the Space Industry
Simon ‘Pete’ Worden, Congressional Fellow, Senator Sam Brownback  (USA) [Confirmed]

2.00pm – 3.00pm - Session: Case Study on the Optus D1 program
Dr Mark Harwood, Manager, Planning and Strategy, Satellite, Singtel Optus (Australia) [Confirmed]
Mr Graeme Shaw, Director, Business Development, Orbital Sciences Corp, (USA) [Confirmed]
Mr Richard Bowles, Regional Director for Asean countries, Arianespace (Singapore) [Confirmed]

3.00pm - 3.30pm Afternoon Coffee Break

3.30pm - 5.00pm - Session: Asian Space Programmes Review
Prof Steve Seumahu and Prof Tan Soon Hie CREST, Nanyang Technological University (Singapore) [Confirmed]
Dr Suvit  Vibulsresth, Director, Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency (Thailand) [Confirmed]
Mr Mengxue Li, NRSCC (China) and Mr Stephen Ward Senior Consultant, Symbios Communications (Australia) [Confirmed]

6.00pm - 7.00pm- Pre Dinner Drinks with the International Space University Summer Session Student Poster Exhibit

7.00pm - 11.00pm - Conference Gala Dinner
Mr Rick Sanford, Director Space, Cisco Systems (USA) [Confirmed]
Mr John Egan, Vice President, Development, International Space University (USA) [Confirmed]

Day 3 – Friday 30 July 2004
Proceedings Chairperson: Mr William (Bill) Barrett, Deputy Chairman, Australian Space Industry Chamber of Commerce Inc.

9.00am – 10.30am - Session: Space Business
Mr Troy Hodsoll, Vice President, Marsh MMC (Australia/Europe) [Confirmed]
Mr Jeremy Levitt, Senior Consultant, Capital Technic Group (Australia) [Confirmed]
Mr Michael Davis, Partner, Adelta Legal (Australia) [Confirmed]

10.30am – 11.00am Morning Coffee Break

11.00am – 12.30pm - Session: New Directions in Commercial Space
Mr Dennis Wingo, Chief Technology Officer, Orbital Recovery Corp (USA) [Confirmed]
Mr Joerg Kreisel, JOERG KREISEL International Consultant (Germany) [Confirmed]
Mr Chuck Sammons, Space Adventures (USA) [confirmed]

12.30pm – 2.00pm Lunch

1.15pm Lunch Presentation: The Hyshot Scramjet project
Prof. Allen Paull, Professorial Research Fellow, Division of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Queensland, (Australia) [Confirmed]

2.00pm – 3.30pm - Session: Future Applications- Remote Sensing and Imagery
Mr Shubber Ali, Astrovision Australia, (Australia / USA) [Confirmed]
Mr Vern Singhroy, Senior Research Scientist, Canada Centre for Remote Sensing (Canada) [Confirmed]
Mr John Douglas, Managing Director, Apogee Pty Ltd (Australia) [Confirmed]

3.30pm – 4.00pm Afternoon Coffee Break

4.00pm – 5.00pm Session: Foundations for the Future
Mr Andrew Barton et al, Australian Space Research Institute (ASRI) (Australia) [Confirmed]
Mr Richard Clarke et al, UNSW Laboratory for Student Space Development (Australia) [invited]

5.00pm Conference Close
Mr Kirby Ikin – Chairman, Australian Space Development Conference Series.