Agenda: Invitation to the Final Presentation of Studies

01 April 2008
09:00h - 18:30h
ESA/ESTEC (The Netherlands), Meeting room Newton 2

09:00 Welcome and Short Introduction to ARTES 1 Activities in 2008 ESA
Preparation of Internet to Trains Initiative - Phase 2: Analysis of the Opportunity and Development Roadmap
09:15 Introduction ESA
09:30 Objectives of the study DLR
09:45 Railway Sector Evolution & Applicable Regulations and Standards ARS
10:15 Future Applications and Services Avanti
10:45 Coffee/Tea break
11:00 Satellite and Terrestrial Technologies DLR/ARS
11:30 Market and Revenue Opportunities Analysis Avanti
  Financial and Business Modeling Avanti
12:15 Summary of Conclusions and Outlook  DLR
12:45 Questions and Answers on the first presentation  
13:00 End of first presentation  - Lunch Break
Interoperability of Satellite and Alternative Broadband Access Technologies
14:15 Introduction ESA
14:30 Objectives of the study OmniGlobe
14:45 Short overview of the state-of-art of WiMaX, PLC, Wi-Fi and DSL technologies  
15:00 Scenarios and architectures for the combined use of DVB-RCS Satcom with WiMAX, Wi-Fi, PLC and DSL  
15:30 Coffee / Tea break
15:45 Interoperability issues and advanced broadband Internet applications support  
16:30 Regulatory issues  
17:00 Commercial feasibility  
17:30 Questions and Answers on the second presentation  
18:00 Open Discussion Session