The 27th Ka and Broadband Communications Conference (Ka) and the 39th International Communications
Satellite Systems Conference (ICSSC) and its Colloquium, the two most influential technical conferences on satellite systems, will be jointly held in
STRESA, ITALY, from October 18 through October 21, 2022.
The Joint Conference selected theme is:
Telecommunications, Navigation and Remote Sensing Satellite Systems for Earth Observation and Space Exploration.
The 39th ICSSC Colloquium on Megaconstellations will be held on the 18th of October 2022.
The Conference will feature:
At the 27th Ka and 39th ICSSC Joint Conference Gala Dinner, Riccardo de Gaudenzi, ESA’s Head of the Electrical Department in the Directorate of Technology, Engineering & Quality, will receive the 2022 AIAA ACA “For his technical contributions and management leadership in the development of innovative technologies and systems for telecommunications, navigation and Earth observation applications".
The Conference Organizing Committee warmly congratulates him
With the expectation that Covid restrictions will continue to progressively disappear over the next few months, the Joint Conference Organizing Committee confirms that the Conference will be held in its traditional in-person format. All authors are requested to orally present their papers unless government restrictions affect travel to Stresa (Italy) in October 2022.
All accepted papers not orally presented due to travel restrictions, will be published in the Ka or ICSSC Conference Proceedings and made available on the Conference Virtual Platform at the end of the Conference. To this end, authors are kindly requested to prepare a video presentation of their paper and submit it, following the instructions given on the website.
The Conference Organizing Committee has selected the Grand Hotel Bristol, STRESA (Italy), as venue of the Joint Conference 2022.
The Grand Hotel Bristol, located in Stresa on shoreline of Lake Maggiore, is only 20 miles from Milan Malpensa Airport. The Grand Hotel Bristol benefits from a privileged position on the lakeside of Stresa, also known as the pearl of lake Maggiore for its extraordinary harmony with the magnificent landscape, the sumptuous villas of the area and a unique view of the Lake Maggiore Isola Bella and the gulf Borromeo.
The Organizing Committee hopes you all will attend and enjoy the upcoming Joint Conference in Stresa (Italy).
Due to Covid-19 and its variants unpredictable evolution, the 2022 Joint Conference Organizing Committee is now considering holding the joint conference and Colloquium in-person and virtually and the venue has not been booked yet. Candidate locations are Milan or Como Lake. Updating will be posted as soon as available.
Five years ago - just two weeks before the opening of the 22nd Ka and 34th ICSSC Joint Conference - Frank Gargione tragically passed away. Tom Butash delivered a commemoration of Frank's life, his untimely passing and his living heritage: the Joint ICSSC and Ka Conferences.
From the left in the picture: Badri Younes, Tom Butash, Neil Helm at Frank's Commemoration.
