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ches from Latin America and
Europe participated, thereby
incorporating the objectives
of their respective markets.

The roundtables focused on
the following topics: “Latin
America: New Horizons
for the SATCOM Industry”;
“The SATCOM Defence
Ecosystem: Supply and De-
mand” and “The SATCOM
Defense Industry: Adap-
tation and Challenges”,
as well as “International
On May 18, Miguel Ángel Panduro attended a and Global Scenarios: New
conference in Washington on the occasion of Challenges for the Space
the Spain-USA Defense Industry Day, a day-long Defence Sector”.
event with companies exhibiting, where he in-
troduced the strategic vision of the company, Several representatives of
focussed on sustainably providing governmental the Spanish Armed Forces,
satellite services to Spain as well as her strategic representatives from EMA-
allies and friends. CON and DGAM, NATO, the
TEDAE association and Spa-
After the intense month of May, in June Hisdesat nish Universities acted as
captured interest with a speech at the First Spa- moderators.
ce Engineering Congress, organized in Madrid
by the Association of Spanish Aeronautical En- As part of the Santander
gineers. With the title “ Hisdesat’s Space Projects event, Hisdesat was also
“ Miguel Angel Garcia Primo, COI, reviewed the a contributor to the “2nd
business model of the company emphasizing the Cantabrian Telecommuni-
different business lines. cations Evening” held at
the Grand Casino Sardinero
After the summer break, in September Hisdesat Santander with the aim of
organised the 8th “Satellites as a Key Element bringing together members
for Defence and Government Applications” se- of the association, profes-
minar in Santander, featuring discussions around sionals, companies in the
communications for the security and defence in- sector and institutional re-
dustries, with the active participation of DGAM. The presentatives, in order to
forum was aimed at providing solutions and explo- help strengthen ties and
ring new ways to promote communications, focu- potential collaborations. Si-
sing on the needs of the Spanish Armed Forces milarly, and with the aim of
both nationally and internationally. Defence atta-
achieving maximum partici-
pation, this event coincides
with the “29th Telecommu-
nications and Digital Eco-
nomy Encounter” at the Me-
néndez Pelayo International
University (UIMP).

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