Theme: Blocks and Builds – Air and Ground Convergence
April 8-10, 2014
Westin Washington Dulles Airport
Herndon, Virginia
Proceedings CD-ROMs were mailed to all registered attendees. Conference proceedings for others are available at the ICNS Conference area of the IEEE Xplore website.
Quick Links: Overview Agenda | Plenary Day 1 | Plenary Day 2 | Plenary Day 3 | Technical Sessions Overview | Bios | Workshop
| Day & Time | Tuesday, 8 April | Wednesday, 9 April | Thursday, 10 April |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7:00 AM | Registration & Continental Breakfast | ||
| 8:00 AM – Noon | Welcome and Conference Keynote: “NextGen and Global Partnership,” Edward Bolton, Assistant Administrator for NextGen, FAA |
Welcome & Plenary Keynote: “Bringing Together the Pieces: An Industry Perspective on Integrating UAS into the NAS,” Brandon Suarez, Aircraft Systems Group, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. | Welcome & Plenary Panel: “ICNS Implementations – Building Blocks to Greener, Open Sky,” chaired by Aloke Roy, Senior Program Manager, Honeywell Advanced Technology |
| Plenary Keynote: “Recent Developments at the Global Level and Updates on ICAO Safety & Air Navigation Initiatives,” Nancy Graham, Director, Air Navigation Bureau, ICAO | |||
| Plenary Panel: “SESAR – NextGen – State of Harmonization,” chaired by Steve Bradford, Chief Scientist for Architecture and NextGen Development, FAA; and Michael Standar, Chief Strategies and External Relations, SESAR Joint Undertaking | Plenary Panel: “Commercial UAS Airspace Integration,” chaired by Jim Williams, Program Executive, UAS Integration Office, FAA | Workshop Topic Presentations (Part 1) (10:30-12:00 p.m.) | |
| Noon | Lunch | ||
| 1:00 – 3:00 PM | Technical Sessions A-E | Technical Sessions K-O | Technical Sessions U-Y |
| 3:00 – 3:30 PM | Break | Break | Break |
| 3:30 – 5:30 PM | Technical Sessions F-J | Technical Sessions P-T | Workshop Interactive Session (Part 2) & Reception (3:30) |
| Evening Program | 6:00-7:30 PM: Exhibitor Welcome: Keynote Speaker, Michael Harrison, “NextGen Then“ | 6:00-9:00 PM: Evening Social Event | |
| Time | Topic | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 7:00 – 8:00 AM | Registration and Breakfast | |
| 8:00 – 8:10 AM | Opening Remarks | Rafael Apaza, NASA |
| 8:10 – 8:30 AM | NextGen and Global Partnership | Edward Bolton, FAA |
| 8:30 – 8:50 AM | Recent Developments at the Global Level and Updates on ICAO Safety & Air Navigation Initiatives | Nancy Graham, ICAO |
| 8:50 – 9:00 AM | Introduction and Opening Remarks | Steve Bradford, FAA; Michael Standar, SESAR Joint Undertaking |
| 9:00 – 9:20 AM | NextGen Activities | Steve Bradford, FAA |
| 9:20 – 9:40 AM | SESAR-NextGen State of Harmonisation | Michael Standar, SESAR Joint Undertaking |
| 9:40 – 10:10 AM | Break | |
| 10:00 – 10:20 AM | Mini Global Demonstrations | Thien Ngo, FAA |
| 10:20 – 10:40 AM | Future Challenges – The European Response | Pierre Andribet, EUROCONTROL |
| 10:40 – 11:00 AM | “SWIM in the Sky” – Empowering New ATM Relationships | Jonathan Standley, FAA |
| 11:00 – 11:20 AM | ATM Avionics Roadmap | Didier Delibes, Airbus |
| 11:20 – 11:40 AM | Dynamic Required Navigation Performance in Support of 4D Trajectory-Based Operations | Charles Buntin, FAA |
| 11:40 – 12:00 | ANSP Implementation Perspective | Werner Langhans, Austrocontrol |
| Time | Topic | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 7:00 – 8:00 AM | Registration and Breakfast | |
| 8:00 – 8:10 AM | Opening Remarks | Rafael Apaza, NASA |
| 8:10 – 8:30 AM | Bringing Together the Pieces: An Industry Perspective on Integrating UAS into the NAS | Brandon Suarez, General Atomics |
| 8:30 – 8:40 AM | Introductions and Remarks | Jim Williams, FAA |
| 8:40 – 10:00 AM | Civil RPAS Integration: SESAR R&D and Demonstration Activities | Mike Lissone, UAS ATM Integration Manager, EUROCONTROL |
| NASA UAS Integration in the NAS Project Overview | Davis Hackenberg, NASA | |
| Beyond the UAS in the NAS Project; What’s Next for NASA UAS Research | Ed Waggoner, Director, Integrated Systems Research Program, NASA | |
| 10:00 – 10:30 AM | Break | |
| 10:30 – 12:00 | RTCA Special Committee-228 & DAA Standards Development | Chris Swider, Aerospace Engineer, FAA UAS Integration Office |
| UAS Command and Control Development Standards | John Moore, Rockwell Collins | |
| UAS Control and Non Payload Communication (CNPC) System Development and Testing | Jim Griner, NASA | |
| Time | Topic | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 7:00 – 8:00 AM | Registration and Breakfast | |
| 8:00 – 8:10 AM | Opening Remarks | Rafael Apaza, NASA |
| 8:10 – 8:20 AM | Introduction | Aloke Roy, Honeywell |
| 8:20 – 8:35 AM | European Datalink Aspects | Nikos Fistas, EUROCONTROL |
| 8:35 – 8:50 AM | EUROCONTROL A/G DataCom Centralized Services | Philippe Renaud, EUROCONTROL |
| 8:50 – 9:05 AM | NextGen Datacomm | Jesse Wijntjes, FAA |
| 9:05 – 9:20 AM | NextGen SWIM | Jim Robb, FAA |
| 9:20 – 9:35 AM | European SWIM Aspects | Scott Wilson, EUROCONTROL |
| 9:35 – 10:00 AM | Closing and Q&A | Aloke Roy, Honeywell |
| 10:00 – 10:30 AM | Break | |
| 10:30 to Noon | Workshop Topic Presentations (Part 1) | |