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2021 Agenda

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  • ICNS 2021 Plenary Panel I: Global Harmonization – New Opportunities and Unforeseen Issues
  • ICNS 2021 Plenary Panel II: The Future Trajectory for ATC
  • ICNS 2021 Workshop
  • ICNS 2021 Technical Program
    • ICNS 2021 Best Paper Selection Process
  • ICNS 2021 Bios

View the final agenda below. The agenda is also available as a printable PDF.

ICNS 2021 Agenda (PDF)

Last update 16 April 12:00EDT


Time (EDT)Tuesday, 20 AprilWednesday, 21 AprilThursday, 22 April
0700-0800 Networking Opportunity via Chat Networking Opportunity via Chat
Sponsor 10-minute commercials
0800-0810 Noblis Stellar Solutions Thales
0810-0820 LS Technologies MITRE Mosaic ATM
0820-0830 INMARSAT L3Harris Leonardo
0830-0840 WiMax ASRI Honeywell
0840-0850 Boeing Airbus Frequentis
0850-0900 Pre-Program Messages

Plenary Program

Day 1

Global Harmonization
New Opportunities and
Unforeseen Issues

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Day 2

The Future Trajectory for ATC

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Day 3

Evolving ICNS Technologies
for Drones, AAM, and Beyond

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0900-0910 Conference Welcome and Announcements
Dr. Gregory Woo
U.S. DOT/Volpe Center
Conference Welcome and Announcements
Dr. Gregory Woo
U.S. DOT/Volpe Center
Conference Welcome and Announcements
Dr. Gregory Woo
U.S. DOT/Volpe Center
0910-0930 Keynote: The Netjets Story
Pascal Lhoest
Executive Director, Netjets
(0910 – 1000)

Keynote: Solving for Uncertainty
A Global Strategy for Agile Development


Stephen P. Creamer
Director, Air Navigation Bureau International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
(0910 – 0920)

Evolving ICNS Technologies for Drones, AAM, and Beyond

Co-Chair Opening remarks

Dr. Lance Sherry
Center for Air Transportation Research, George Mason University

Denise Ponchak, NASA Glenn Research Center (Retired)
0930-0940 Global Harmonization-New Opportunities and Unforeseen Issues

Co-Chair Opening remarks
Paul Bosman
Head of Infrastructure Division, Network Manager Directorate, EUROCONTROL

Donald Ward
U.S. Commissioner, ICAO
(0920 – 1100)

WORKSHOP:
Evolving ICNS Technologies for Drones, AAM, and Beyond

Panelists and Topics:

Requirements for UTM

Andy Thurling
Chief Technology Officer, NUAIR

UTM/LAANC
Amit Ganjoo
Founder & CEO, ANRA Technologies

CNS Technologies for UTM
Virginia Stouffer Aerospace Professional, Transformational Technologies

The Future of UAM Avionics
Hector Garcia Senior Director of Engineering, Honeywell

The Future of sUAS Avionics
Christian Ramsey President, uAvionix
0940-0955 Preparing the Future
Didier Delibes
Head of ATM deployment, Airbus
0955-1010 Maximizing Performance and Preparing for the Future in Data Link by Leveraging Existing Equipage
Greg Saccone
Associate Technical Fellow, Airspace Operational Efficiency, Boeing Research & Technology
(1000 – 1015)

The Future Trajectory for ATC
Co-Chair Opening remarks

Michael Standar
Senior Aviation Advisor
Steve Bradford
NextGen Chief Scientist, FAA
1010-1025 Aviation Spectrum: Challenges and Future Considerations
Andrew Roy
Director of Engineering Sevices, Aviatioin Spectrum Resources (ASRI)
(1015 – 1030)

Singapore Future ATC Vision

Wei Sean Ho
Deputy Director
(ATM Integration and Capability Experimentation)
Air Traffic Management Plans & Development Division CAAS
1025-1040 RF Interference Issues and Complimentary PNT Solutions
Ken Alexander
Chief Scientific and Technical Advisor for Satellite Navigation Systems, FAA
1040-1055 1030/1090 MHz Over-Interrogation
Eric Potier
Head of RF & Surveillance Avionics Section, EUROCONTROL
(1030 – 1045)

A European Vision for ATM in the Future

Marouan Chida
Head of Digital Transformation & Innovation, SESAR JU
1055-1110 Geolocating GPS interference
Nuno Vilaça
International Sales Director, HawkEye 360
(1045 – 1100)

ICAO and Industry Actions on Integrated CNSS – How to kick-start evolution in an over-regulated world

Loftur Jonasson
Chief/CNSS ICAO
(1100 – 1115)

Blue Skies Initiative

Gene Hayman
Director of Government Services
Collins Aerospace
(1100 – 1150)

Q&A
+
Open Discussion
1110-1130 Q&A (1115 – 1130)

NAS Vision 2035

Steve Bradford
NextGen Chief Scientist, FAA
1130-1150 AWARDS CEREMONY
MC: Chiemi Heil
U.S. DOT – Volpe Center

Student Paper Awards
Dr. Lance Sherry
George Mason Univeristy
Q&A
1150-1200 Sponsor Commercials
NASA Avionics International
Afuzion
Boeing
RTCA

Technical Program


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1200-1230 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 4, CNS: Paper 110
Feasibility of the Frequency Planning for LDACS Air-to-Air Communications in the L-band
Miguel A. Bellido-Manganell
German Aerospace Center (DLR)
Track 3, ATM: Paper 119
Evaluation of the Four-Dimensional Trajectory Live Flight Demonstration (4DT LFD) Project
John Biel-Goebel
Concepts Beyond
Track 2, UAS: Paper 112
MALE RPAS Integration into European Airspace: Part 1
Emmanuel Sunil
Royal Netherlands Aerospace Centre (NLR)
1230-1300 Track 4, CNS: Paper 104
Performance-optimizing Secure GBAS over LDACS
Thomas Gräupl
German Aerospace Center (DLR)
Track 3, ATM: Paper 156
Use of Conflict Space Depiction for Detect and Avoid: History, Rationale and State-of-the-Art
Erik Theunissen
Netherlands Defence Academy
Track 2, UAS: Paper 174
Decentralized Air Traffic Management for Advanced Air Mobility
Italo Romani de Oliveira
Boeing Research & Technology
1300-1330 Track 1, Cyber: Paper 146
Anomaly Detection In ATM-Grade Software Defined Networks
Philipp Lellek
Frequentis AG
Track 6, Special Topics: Paper 125
Urban Air Mobility Demand Estimation For Airport Access: A Los Angeles International Airport Case Study
Mihir Rimjha
Virginia Tech
Track 5, AI/ML: Paper 169
Geospatial Object Detection using Machine Learning-Aviation Case Study
Durga Prasad Dhulipudi
IIIT-H, Honeywell
1330-1400 Track 1, Cyber: Paper 140
Characteristics of IPS Control Plane Data And Security Consideration
Madhu Niraula
Collins Aerospace
Track 6, Special Topics: Paper 126
Urban Air Mobility: Factors Affecting Vertiport Capacity
Mihir Rimjha
Virginia Tech
Track 5, AI/ML: Paper 102
Helicopter Track Identification with Autoencoder
Liya Wang
The MITRE Corporation
1400-1410 General Chair’s Closing Remarks General Chair’s Closing Remarks General Chair’s Closing Remarks
Sponsor Presentations End of Live Conference Programming
1410-1430 Boeing Airbus
Frequentis WiMax
1430-1530 Networking Opportunity via Chat Networking Opportunity via Chat

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