ICNS 2023 Agenda

Morning Social & Breakfast

Pre-program Messages

Plenary Program

8:30 – 8:40
Conference Welcome and Introductions
Aloke Roy & Tom Redling, Conference General Co-chairs

Opening Keynote: “Beyond NextGen”

8:40 – 9:15

Paul Fontaine, Acting Associate Administrator for NextGen, FAA

Keynote: “Artificial Intelligence for Aviation”

8:40 – 9:15

Justin Taylor, Vice President
Lockheed Martin Artificial Intelligence Center

Plenary V: Position, Navigation, and Timing

9:00 – 10:10

Co-chairs:

Mitch Narins, Principal Consultant, Strategic Synergies, LLC

Ludovic Aron, USA Representative, European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA)

Panelists:

Dr. Sherman Lo, Senior Research Engineer,
Stanford University GPS Laboratory
“Providing Authentication for SBAS”

Michael Weiler, Group Leader,
FAA Spectrum Engineering Services, “TBD”

Dr. Okuary Osechas, Group Leader German Aerospace Center, DLR, “Improved Use of DME Spectrum”

Plenary I: ICNS Accelerating Operational Change – Challenges & Opportunities

9:15 – 10:45

Co-chairs: 

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

Dave Knorr, Division Manager, NextGen Systems Analysis, FAA

Panelists:

Chris Collings, Director of Business Development for Air Traffic Management Technology, L3Harris, “Operational Benefits of NextGen Data Comm”

Didier Delibes, Head of ATM Deployment at Airbus, “TBD”

Dr. Martin Durbin, Operations Research Analyst, FAA, “Measured Benefits and Improvement Opportunities for CNS”

Plenary III: Future of ATM

9:15 – 10:30

Co-chairs:

Steve Bradford, Chief Scientist, NextGen, FAA

Luc Emberger, Communication and Surveillance Senior Expert, AIRBUS

Panelists:

Steve Bradford/Luc Emberger, “Future Connectivity for Aviation”

Greg Saccone, Technical Fellow, Airspace Operational Efficiency, Boeing, “Large Scale Multi-link Demonstrations”

Stephen Van Trees, Senior Engineer, Comm. & Surv. Technologies, FAA Aviation Safety – Aircraft Certification Service, “Certification Perspective on Hyper Connected Aircraft”

Paul Bosman, Head of Infrastructure Division, Network Manager Directorate, EUROCONTROL, “European Air-Ground Datacom Way Forward”

Plenary IV: The Role of Information Centricity in the Future of ATM

10:50 – 12:00

Co-chairs:

Dr. Stephane Mondoloni, Chief Engineer, NAS Vision and Research, MITRE

Dr. Parimal Kopardekar, Director, NASA Aeronautics Research Institute (NARI)

Panelists:

Jon Jenkins, Senior Director for FMS and Flight Controls products, Honeywell, “Cloud-based FMS”

Paul Nelson, Senior Cybersecurity Advisor for the Aeronautics Research Mission at NASA, “Security”

Brandon Suarez, Vice President of
UAS Integration Reliable Robotics, “Digital Flight”

Workshop: Minimum Viable ICNS Infrastructure (MVII) for Statewide Support for UAS and AAM Operations

10:30 – 11:45

Moderator:

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

View full details at the Workshop Overview

Plenary II: ATM and Third-Party Service Providers for AAM – Urban Air Mobility and Regional Air Mobility

11:00 – 12:00

Co-chairs:

Brandon Suarez, Vice President of UAS Integration, Reliable Robotics

Maria Algar-Ruiz, Drone Program Manager, EASA

Panelists:

Tamara Casey, President, AURA Networks, “Perspectives of a C2 Link Communication Service Provider”

Usmaan Javed, Technical Officer, Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS)
Air Navigation Bureau,
International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), “ICAO’s Role in Global Harmonization of AAM”

Awards Ceremonies

Presentation of Best Paper Awards

11:45 – 12:00

Social & Lunch

12:00 – 13:00
Sponsor Commercials – only Tuesday and Wednesday

Technical Program

13:00-17:30
Chaired by Prof. Dr. Ir. Erik Theunissen and Dr. Michael Schnell
View the Technical Program Overview

Evening Programs

Sponsors & Exhibitors Reception

17:30 – 18:30

Evening Network Event

Trivia Madness

17:30 – 19:30

Evening Keynote: 
“The Promise and Perils of AI and Autonomy in Aviation”

Dr. Missy Cummings, George Mason University

18:30 – 19:30