ICNS 2024 Agenda

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Time (EDT)	Tues., 23 April	Weds., 24 April	Thurs., 25 April
7:00 – 8:30	Networking & Breakfast Registration Check-in: Pre-function Area Breakfast: Rivanna D Pre-program Messages
8:30 – 9:15	Morning Program Rivanna ABC Conference Welcome and Introductions Paul Prisaznuk, Conference General Chair 8:30 – 8:40
8:30 – 9:15	Opening Keynote 8:40 – 9:15 “Future Connectivity for Aviation” Dr. Todd Citron, Chief Technology Officer, The Boeing Company	Keynote 8:40 – 9:15 “Securing the Foundations for AAM Development” Pascal Luciani, Deputy Director ANB, ICAO	Award Ceremony 8:40 – 9:15 Presentation of the Best Paper Awards Presentation of the ICNS Champion Award
9:15 – 12:00	Plenary I: Challenges and Opportunities of Harmonized & Interoperable Integrated CNS 9:15 – 10:30 Co-chairs Véronique Travers Sutter, Head of iCNS Unit, EUROCONTROL Malcolm Andrews, Acting Director, Air Traffic Control Facilities & Engineering Services, AJW-2, FAA Panelists Pascal Luciani, Deputy Director, ANB, ICAO Chip Meserole, Director, Airspace and Operational Efficiency, Boeing Philippe Masson, Program Manager, ATM Sustainability, Airbus Ludovic Aron, U.S. Representative, European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA)	Plenary III: Info-Centric AAM/ATM 9:15 – 10:30 Co-chairs Robin Garrity, Senior External Affairs Officer, SESAR 3 Joint Undertaking Diana Liang, Enterprise Portfolio Manager, FAA Panelists Monica Alcabin, Technical Fellow, Global Regulatory Strategy Product & Services Safety, Boeing Jim Murphy, System Architect, AAM Mission Integration Office (AMIO), NASA Amit Ganjoo, CEO, ANRA Technologies Jürgen Teutsch, Senior R&D Engineer, Netherlands Aerospace Centre (NLR) Thomas Lutz, Principal System Architect, New Business Development Team, Frequentis	Plenary V: Spectrum Solutions for Tomorrow’s Technology 9:15- 10:10 Co-chairs Sandra Wright, Manager, Spectrum Planning & International, FAA Loftur Jónasson, Chief CNS & Spectrum, ICAO Panelists Andrew Roy, Director of Engineering Services, ASRI Chris Tourigny, Electronics Engineer, Spectrum Planning and International, FAA Alexander Kuehn, Head of International and National Spectrum Management, BNetzA
	Networking & Coffee Break 10:30 – 10:50 Pre-function Area	Networking & Coffee Break 10:30 – 10:50 Pre-function Area	Networking & Coffee Break 10:10 – 10:30 Pre-function Area
	Plenary II: Improving Today’s Data Link Performance with Tomorrow’s Technology 10:50- 12:00 Co-chairs Kathy Torrence, Data Comm Program Manager, FAA Cristian Pradera, ATM Modernization Planning Coordinator, SESAR Deployment Manager (SDM) Panelists Thomas Koerber, Senior Datalink Expert, SDM/Lufthansa Kevin Grimm, Data Comm Chief System Engineer, FAA Bernhard Haindl, Principal Scientist, Frequentis AG Steve Bradford, Chief Architect, FAA	Plenary IV: Global Trajectory-Based Operations 10:50 – 12:00 Co-chairs Sherry Yang, Senior Manager, Airspace Operational Efficiency, Boeing Research & Technology Dr. Amornrat Jirattigalachote (Amo), Strategic Planning Manager, Aeronautical Radio of Thailand Ltd. (AEROTHAI) Panelists Dr. Amornrat Jirattigalachote (Amo), Strategic Planning Manager (Engineering), Aeronautical Radio of Thailand Ltd. (AEROTHAI) Nabil Sandhu, Deputy Division Manager, FAA David Batchelor, Chief, External Affairs and Communications, SESAR Joint Undertaking (SJU) Sherry Yang, Senior Manager of Airspace Operational Efficiency, Boeing Research & Technology	Workshop: AI in CNS: Beyond the Hype 10:30 – 12:00 Co-chairs Dr. Lance Sherry, Center for Air Transportation Systems Research at GMU Adrian Solomon, Thales Panelists Dr. Missy Cummings, Professor, George Mason University Antonio Correas, Co-founder and Principal Consultant, Skymantics Amit Ganjoo, CEO, ANRA Technologies Dr. Fredrick Wieland, Chief Research Scientist, Mosaic ATM View full details at the Workshop Overview
12:00-13:10	Networking & Lunch 12:00 – 13:10 Rivanna D Sponsor Commercials – Tuesday and Wednesday
13:10-17:00	Technical Program 13:10-17:00 Co-chairs: Dr. Dongsong Zeng & Dr. Rainer Kölle Technical Program Overview \| Technical Program Detail Networking & Coffee Break Tuesday and Wednesday 15:10-15:30 Pre-function Area
17:30-19:30	Evening Programs
	Sponsors & Exhibitors Reception 17:30 – 18:30 Rivanna D Evening Keynote to Follow Evening Keynote “NASA Vision for Future Aviation Operations and Safety Transformation” Akbar Sultan, Director, Airspace Operations and Safety Program (AOSP), NASA	Evening Networking Event Happy hour and buffet starts at 17:30 17:30- 21:00 Rivanna D