Panel 3, on Day One, looks at the contribution of satellites to hybrid-based communications solutions for the oil & gas vertical.  In Panel 5 the emphasis is on leading-edge, non-satellite-based, terrestrial communications technology developments and their current and potential impact on the ICT strategies in the business models of the – oil & gas sector – end-user, and in the communications solutions vendor offerings environment.  An analysis and understanding of current trends in terrestrial wireless is an essential foundation for oil & gas ICT managers in the planning of future-use and purchasing decisions in the broadband, IP, applications and services marketplace.  This will not be an exercise in ad hoc crystal ball-gazing, but a clear and expert overview of just how today’s communications technologies and the associated business models which are facilitating their deployment are most likely to yield end-users greater operational efficiencies.  This will include an examination of how the use of different communications platforms is helped, hindered, and determined by geographically determined supply factors, as well as an analysis of the potential for spectrum allocation conflicts between terrestrial and satellite solutions.