April 24-26, 2012
Westin Washington Dulles Airport Hotel
Herndon, Virginia
- Conference proceedings are available at the ICNS Conference area of the IEEE Xplore website.
Event Highlights
- Times: Continental breakfast at 7:00 a.m., Plenaries at 8:00 a.m, Lunch at Noon.
- Before Tuesday morning’s plenary session on April 24, 2012, Christopher S. Metts, Vice President of the FAA Program Management Organization (PMO), delivered the keynote address on “Leading NextGen.”
- Tuesday evening at 5:30 pm featured an ICNS Exhibitors Reception and Keynote Address, the latter featuring Mike Harrison, Aviation Management Associates, speaking on “Air Travel: From Luxury to Lemmings.”
- Wednesday evening’s food and entertainment started at 7:00 pm (or as soon as the room was set up after the day’s sessions).
Plenary Program
Plenary Program Detail
Tuesday, April 24, Day 1
| Time | Topic | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 8:45 – 9:00 a.m. | Introductory Remarks and Summary of NAC Recommendations | Ann Tedford, Manager, FAA NextGen Outreach and Reporting |
| 9:00 – 9:15 a.m. | ADS-B In ARC Recommendations | Arthur L. Sullivan, Manager, FAA Program Management Organization, Surveillance Services |
| 9:15 – 9:30 a.m. | Performance Based Navigation | Joe McCarthy, Manager, FAA PBN Policy and Support Group |
| 9:30 – 9:45 a.m. | Data Communications | Sandy Anderson, Acting Manager, FAA Air/Ground Data Communications |
| 9:45 – 10:00 a.m. | NextGen Test Beds | Nick Lento, Acting Manager, FAA Surface/Terminal Prototyping |
| 10:00 – 10:30 a.m. | Break | |
| 10:30 – 10:45 a.m. | NAC Equipage Recommendations | Raquel Girvin, Manager, FAA Policy Systems Division |
| 10:45 – 11:00 a.m. | Regulatory Guidance on NextGen Equipage | Bruce DeCleene, Manager, FAA Avionics Systems |
| 11:00 – 11:15 a.m. | Status of NextGen Avionics | Jens Hennig, General Aviation Manufacturers Association, Vice President, Operations |
| 11:15 – 11:30 A.M. | Status of NextGen Avionics | Dan Elwell, Aerospace Industries Association, Vice President, Civil Aviation |
| 11:30 – Noon | Q&A/Discussion | |
Wednesday, April 25, Day 2
| Time | Topic | Speakers |
|---|---|---|
| 8:00 – 8:10 a.m. | Opening Remarks – NextGen Updates | Steve Bradford, FAA |
| 8:10 – 8:20 a.m. | Opening Remarks – European Perspective | Bo Redeborn, EUROCONTROL |
| 8:20 – 8:35 a.m. | Global Harmonisation – Aviation System Block Upgrades | Nancy Graham, ICAO |
| 8:35 – 8:50 a.m. | SESAR Master Plan and Coordination with US | Michael Standar, SJU |
| 8:50 – 9:05 a.m. | PBN: Why RNP is better | Franca Pavlicevic, EUROCONTROL |
| 9:05 – 9:20 a.m. | Innovative Developments in PBN | Doug Marek, FAA |
| 9:20 – 9:50 a.m. | Break | |
| 9:50 – 10:05 a.m. | Data Communications | Nikos Fistas, EUROCONTROL |
| 10:05 – 10:20 a.m. | Inter-regional SWIM | David Almeida, Harris Corporation |
| 10:20 – 10:35 a.m. | Weather Harmonisation | William Moser, MIT Lincoln Labs |
| 10:35 – 10:50 a.m. | SESAR impact on the aircraft | Stephane Marche, Honeywell |
| 10:50 – 11:05 a.m. | Future TCAS | Mykel Kochenderfer, MIT Lincoln Labs |
| 11:05 – 11:20 a.m. | Full 4D trajectory management – Ground Industry point of view | Jean Francois Grout, Thales |
| 11:20 – Noon | Q&A/Discussion |
Thursday, April 26, Day 3
| Time | Topic | Speakers |
|---|---|---|
| 8:00 – 9:30 A.M. | Cyber Threat Panel |
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| 9:30 – 10:15 A.M. | Break | |
| 10:15 – Noon | An Operational View on Automation Evolution and Dependencies Panel |
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