ICNS 2026 Agenda

Morning Social and Breakfast

Registration Check-in: Pre-function Area
Breakfast: Rivanna D

Pre-program Messages

Plenary Program

Co-chairs: Cristian Pradera and Dr. Gabriele Enea

Opening Keynote

8:40 – 9:00

Mr. David S. Burkholder, Acting Executive Director, Office of International Affairs, Federal Aviation Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation

Day 2 Keynote

8:40 – 9:00

Dr. Jim Hileman, Chief Engineer and Vice President of Sustainability and Future Mobility, The Boeing Company

Day 3 Keynote

8:40 – 9:00

Mr. Loftur Jónasson, Chief, CNS and Spectrum (CNSS), Air Navigation Bureau, International Civil Aviation Organization

Plenary I:
Current Datalink/DataComm Metrics and Future Communication Technologies

9:00 – 10:15

Moderator

Dr. Chip Meserole, Manager, Airspace Operational Efficiency Team, Boeing

Panelists

Mr. Luc Emberger, Communication & Connectivity Senior Expert, Airbus

Mr. Greg Saccone, Technical Fellow, Airspace Operational Efficiency, Boeing

Mr. Andrea Berti, Program Manager – Research Projects, Frequentis AG

Mr. Jerry Hancock, Director of Aviation Safety Solutions and Cybersecurity, Viasat

Ms. Corinne Lefebvre, Senior Datalink Expert, SITA For Aircraft

Plenary III:
Pilots’ and Controllers’ Perspectives on Surveillance Resilience

9:00 – 10:15

Moderator

Mr. Greg Orrell, Lead Systems Engineer, MITRE

Panelists

Capt. Paul Harrison, Technical Pilot – Surveillance/Datacom, Alaska & Hawaiian Airlines

Ms. Nicki Harricharan, Operations Program Manager, CANSO

Capt. Edward Conant, Flight Test Operations Captain, United Airlines

Mr. Josh Haviland, National Airspace Representative, NATCA

Dan Hicok, Assistant Vice President of Air Traffic Management Solutions, NAV Canada

Plenary V:
CNS Standardization Efforts

9:00 – 10:15

Moderator

Mr. Loftur Jónasson, Chief, CNS and Spectrum (CNSS), Air Navigation Bureau, International Civil Aviation Organization

Panelists

Mr. Mahesh Balakrishna, Senior Program Director, RTCA

Mr. Mark Watson, Program Manager, EUROCAE

Dr. Wesley A. Olson, Group Leader, Transportation Safety and Resilience, MIT Lincoln Laboratory

Paul Prisaznuk, ARINC (Retired)

Mr. Kim Kolb, Aerospace Engineer, The Boeing Company

Plenary II:
GNSS Spoofing and Jamming —
Potential Mitigations

10:35 – 11:55

Moderator

Mr. James A. Sherman, Senior Director, Aeronautics, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics

Panelists

Ms. Lisa Bee, Director of Air Traffic Services, Viasat

Dr. Michael Garcia, Chief Innovation Scientist, Aireon LLC

Mr. Chris Baur, CEO, Hughes Aerospace Corporation

Mr. Tim Murphy, Senior Technical Fellow, The Boeing Company

Plenary IV:
Trajectory-Based Operations (TBO)

10:35 – 11:50

Moderator

Mr. Gabriele Enea, Assistant Group Leader, Air Traffic Control and Weather Systems Group, MIT Lincoln Laboratory

Panelists

Mr. Tobias Finck, Business Manager and FCA Project Lead (SESAR3), German Aerospace Center (DLR)

Dr. Stéphane Mondoloni, Director, Transportation Evolution and Engineering Division, MITRE

Ms. Sherry Yang, Senior Manager, Airspace Operational Efficiency, The Boeing Company

Mr. Will Estrada, Senior Director and ATM Product Manager, Leidos

Mr. Philippe Masson, ATM Program Manager, Airbus

Workshop:
Space Is Open for Business: Commercial Launch Growth and the Impact on CNS and the Air Traffic System

10:35 – 11:35

Chair

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

Panelists

Steve Marley, Senior Project Lead, The Aerospace Corporation

Zheng Tao, President, AirSpace Innovation

Dr. Chaowei Yang, Professor, Geography and Geoinformation Science, George Mason University

Sponsorship Appreciation

11:55 – 12:00

ICNS Championship Award

11:50 – 12:00

Best Paper Awards

11:35 – 12:00

Awards Ceremony,
Dr. Gabriele Enea, MIT Lincoln Laboratory

Networking and Lunch

12:00 – 13:00
Rivanna D

Technical Program

Technical Program Overview

Technical Program Detail

13:00 – 17:00
Co-chairs: Ms. Heer Patel and Mr. Paul Prisaznuk

Networking and Coffee Break
(Tuesday and Wednesday)
15:10 – 15:30
Pre-function Area

Evening Program

Sponsors and Exhibitors Reception 

Rivanna D

17:30 – 18:00

Evening Keynote

18:00 – 18:30

Greg Bowles, Chief Policy Officer, Joby Aviation

Evening Networking Event 

17:30 – 20:00
Rivanna D