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2020 Agenda

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ICNS 2020 Virtual Agenda: “intelligent CNS” for Evolutionary and Innovative Air Transportation | View all available bios.
Time Tue., 8 September Wed., 9 September Thu.,10 September
0700 – 0800 Networking Opportunity via chat Networking Opportunity via chat
Sponsor 10-minute Commercials
0800 – 0810 MITRE Leonardo MITRE
0810 – 0820 Leonardo MITRE Leonardo
0820 – 0830 Mosaic ATM Frequentis Mosaic ATM
0830 – 0840 Frequentis Mosaic ATM Frequentis
0840 – 0850 Boeing Boeing Boeing
0850 – 0900 Pre-program Messages
Plenary Program
0900 – 0930 Conference General Chair, Opening  [15 min] Plenary II: Global Harmonization & Collaboration

Status of NextGen and SESAR, plus what the international community is doing in response to the worldwide pandemic.

Moderators

Donald Ward, Air Navigation Commissioner, ICAO

Paul Bosman, Head of Infrastructure Division, Network Manager Directorate, EUROCONTROL

  • Didier Delibes, Head of ATM Deployment, Airbus SAS
  • Dr. Chip Meserole, Director, Advanced Air Traffic Management, Boeing
  • Saulo Da Silva, Chief Global Interoperable Systems Section, ICAO
  • Mike Comber, IATA Director, Member and External Relations, ICAO Affairs
  • Dan Hicok, Director (A), Surveillance Services, Operations Manager, FAA
  • Cristian Pradera, Manager Deployment Program and Planning, SESAR Deployment Manager
Workshop: Urban Air Mobility – Opportunities and Challenges for Integrated CNS/ATM

This workshop will lay out the opportunities and challenges of UAM for service providers to consider in developing and fielding the first fully integrated communications, navigation and surveillance and air traffic management system to support UAM.

Co-chairs: Dr. Lance Sherry, George Mason University; Denise Ponchak, NASA

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0930 – 1000 Plenary I: Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning

Hear leaders and researchers from the U.S. and Europe discuss the opportunities, and challenges, of harnessing the power of artificial intelligence/machine learning for ATM. Is it all hype, or will these technologies revolutionize the way we manage air traffic?

Moderators

Joseph Post, Visiting Scholar, Dept. of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of South Florida and FAA Next Gen Office

Marouan Chida,
Head of Digital Transformation & Innovation,
SESAR Joint Undertaking

  • Kenneth M. Leonard, Director, Intelligent Transportation Systems Joint Program Office, U.S. DOT
  • Natesh Manikoth, Chief Data Officer, FAA
  • Ron Stroup, Systems Engineering and Safety Office, FAA
  • Beatrice Pesquet-Popescu, Research and Innovation Director, Air Mobility Solutions, Thales
  • Brian O’Donnell, Computer Engineer, Aviation Safety Management Systems, Volpe
  • Emilien Robert, iCNS Research, EUROCONTROL
1000 – 1030
1030 – 1100 Keynote: Jon Damush, Boeing NeXt
1100 – 1130 Sponsor 30-minute Commercials
NASA Avionics International Boeing
Technical Program
1130 – 1200 The following represent twelve outstanding papers (two for each of six tracks) selected for presentation during the virtual technical program. The papers will be presented as a pre-recorded video, BUT the author/presenter will be available during the conference for live Q&A right after the video is played.
Track 5, AI/ML: Paper 184

Autonomous Systems Design, Testing, and Deployment: Lessons Learned from the Deployment of an Autonomous Shuttle Bus, Lance Sherry, George Mason University, Center for Air Transportation Systems Research

Track 3, ATM: Paper 142

Using Synchronized Trajectory Data to Improve Airspace Demand Predictions, Alicia Fernandes, Mosaic ATM

Track 2, UAS: Paper 220

Making a UTM Ecosystem a Reality, Praveen Raju, Federal Aviation Administration

1200 – 1230 Track 5, AI/ML: Paper 151

Artificial Intelligence Applicability to Air Traffic Management Network Operations, Ziad Chaudhry, L3Harris Technologies

Track 3, ATM: Paper 119

Exploring a Time-Based Management Fleet Prioritization Service, Marcus Smith, MITRE Corporation

Track 2, UAS: Paper 118

Requirements and Technologies towards UAM: Communication, Navigation, and Surveillance, Dr. Nozhan Hosseini, University of South Carolina

1230 – 1300 Track 1, Cyber: Paper 227

Demonstrating ADS-B and CPDLC Attacks with Software-Defined Radio, Andrei Gurtov, Linkoping University

Track 4, CNS: Paper 124

Hyper-Spectral Communications and Networking for ATM: Results And Prospective Future, David Matolak, University of South Carolina

Track 6, Special Topics: Paper 157

On-Demand Mobility Cargo Demand Estimation in Northern California Region, Mihir Rimjha, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

1300 – 1330 Track 1, Cyber: Paper 173

Interpretable Machine Learning Using Switched Linear Models for Security of Cyber-Physical Systems, Anuj Puri, BAE Systems

Track 4, CNS: Paper 197

Full Apron Visibility Design, Leonhard Korowajczuk, CelPlan Technologies

Track 6, Special Topics: Paper 154

Operational Benefits of Remote Oceanic Meteorology Information Operational (ROMIO) Demonstration: A Survey-Based Analysis, Jungmin Seo, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Sponsor 15-minutes Presentations
1330 – 1345 Boeing Mosaic ATM MITRE
1345 – 1400 Frequentis Leonardo Conference General Chair, Closing Remarks
1400 – 1500 Networking Opportunity via chat Networking Opportunity via chat

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