Hong Kong – The eighth annual CASBAA Satellite Industry Forum 2008 to be held June 16, 2008 at the Four Seasons Hotel in Singapore will be themed ‘Ahead of the Curve’ to explore the potential for satellite services offered by the increasing demand for communications products in Asia. David Ball, chairman of the CASBAA Satellite Industry Committee and regional vice president, Asia Pacific, for Intelsat said, “The increased demand for spectrum devoted to HDTV, interactive and broadband TV content is boosting the Asian satellite market. We also see unfulfilled demand from undeveloped video services such as mobile TV and Asian VSAT networks.” To be keynoted by David McGlade and Dan Goldberg, CEOs of satellite operators Intelsat and Telesat, the one-day conference event brings together global and regional satellite operators, content providers, satellite manufacturers and government officials to share information on the development of the Asia Pacific satellite industry. Panelists will examine issues including new satellite applications, customer demand, as well as government and military satcom applications. Speakers will include Laureen Ong, COO, STAR Group; Huang Baozhong, VP, China Direct Broadcast Satellite; Jean-Yves Le Gall, CEO, Arianespace; Rob Bednarek, CEO, SES New Skies; Peter Jackson, CEO, AsiaSat; Dave Bettinger, CTO, iDirect Technologies; Tony Colucci, VP Marketing & Sales, Space Systems Loral; Philip Father, CEO, Protostar; Shardul Shroff, managing partner, Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A. Shroff & Co.; Wisnu Wardana, head of IT group, BNI; Tim Floerchinger, director of strategic development, Government Satcom; Tom Choi, CEO, Asia Broadcast Satellite; Andrew Jordan, VP & GM, SAT-GE; and Dr Ali R. Ebadi, VP, engineering & operations, MEASAT.