USEF Symposium
COTS UTILIZATION IN SPACE
2nd USEF SPACE INDUSTRY SYMPOSIUM

PROGRAM

Date and time: Monday, March 1, 1999      13:00`20:00
Place: KEIDANREN KAIKAN, Tokyo Japan
Organizer: Institute for Unmanned Space Experiment Free Flyer ( USEF )
Supporting Parties: Ministry of International Trade and Industry
The Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS)
Communications Research Laboratory (CRL)
National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA)
Earth Remote Sensing Data Analysis Center (ERSDAC)
Japan Resources Observation System Organization (JAROS)
The Society of Japanese Aerospace Companies, INC.(SJAC)


OPENING

13:00-13:15
Welcome Address : Mr. Hirotaka Kawamoto
President of USEF
Congratulatory Address : Mr. Ryozo Hayashi
Ministry of International Trade and Industry
Congratulatory Address : Prof. Fumiyoshi Makino
The Institute of Space and Astronautical Science

PART 1 PRESENTATIONS 13:15`15:30

13:15`13:30 (1) What is SERVIS?
        Ministry of International Trade and Industry
                      Mr. Ryo Imoto
13:30`14:00 (2) The use of COTS parts and technology in Europe
        ESA/ESTEC   Directorate
                      Mr. Daniel Guyomard
14:00`14:30 (3) The use of COTS parts and technology in the US
    The consequenc of disregarding MIL Spec
        TRW-CI    Vice-president
                      Mr. Douglas E. McCormac
14:30`15:00 (4) Use of COTS components and technology in Iridium
        Motorola SCG Iriduium Parts Manager Mr. Wayne Daily
15:00`15:40 (5) To apply the Japanese strengh of maniufacturing to the space industry
        Tokai University Prof. Hajime Karatsu
15:40`16:00Coffee-break

PART 2 PANEL DISCUSSION 16:00`18:15

*Coordinator : Mr. Kazuma Yamane          Non-fiction Novelist
*Panelists : Prof. Hajime Karatsu          Tokai University
Mr. Syuichi samejima          President of NTT Satellite Communications
Mr. Daniel Guyomard          ESA/ESTEC    Directorate
Mr. Douglas E. McCormac          TRW-CI    Vice-president
Mr. Wayne Daily          Motorola SCG Iriduium Parts Manager

RECEPTION 18:30`20:00

Diamond Room of KEIDANREN KAIKAN
Chairman of USEF
Mr. Takashi Kitaoka
Director of Ministry of International Trade and Industry
Mr. Katsusada Hirose

(c)Institute for Unmanned Space Experiment Free Flyer(USEF)