Adam Kapovits has 25 years of professional experience in academic and industry research. He joined Eurescom, the leading organisation for managing collaborative R&D in telecommunications 18 years ago as programme manager, focusing first mainly on the networking layer. He has managed a large number of studies and projects on topics which are of. concern to the Eurescom member community of European telecom network operators and the European telecom industry at large.. A particular area that interests Adam is the convergence of terrestrial and satellite communication in the 5G context. He has co-ordinated a series of ESA studies, including ESA ARTES study „Service delivery over integrated satellite terrestrial networks”, ESA ARTES „INSINCT – Scenarios for integration of satellite components in future networks” and ESA ARTES „SATINET – Satcom integration with LTE-based core network emulator” and contributed to the ESA ARTES study „SPECSI – Strategic Positioning of the European and Canadian Satcom Industry”. Adam is currently leading the ESA SATis5 activity.
