ICNS 2016 | April 19-21, 2016 | Westin Washington Dulles Airport Hotel ICNS Home | Agenda | Register Online | Hotel | Chairs March 30, 2016 This issue: Conference UpdatesKeynote Update: Kristen Burnham, Vice President, Program Management Organization (PMO), FAAThe newly appointed Burnham will be replacing James Eck as our conference keynote. Kristen Burnham is the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) vice president of the Program Management Organization (PMO) within the Air Traffic Organization. The PMO is responsible for all NextGen program activity; all National Airspace System (NAS) communications, navigation, weather, surveillance and automation modernization programs; and all service life extensions to legacy NAS sensors, communications and navigation aids. Given the tight coupling between successful automation program delivery, and current system operation, the PMO also leads and manages all second-level automation engineering efforts. Lastly, the PMO works with FAA operations and aviation users to ensure globally interoperable solutions for NextGen. Since joining the FAA in 1993, Ms. Burnham has served as a regulatory economist, an investment analyst, a manager in the FAA’s budget office, the director of Portfolio Management at the Joint Planning and Development Office, the director of Investment Planning and Analysis, and deputy vice president of the PMO. She started her career at the U.S. Government Accountability Office, evaluating federally funded transportation programs. Technical ProgramTechnical Overview | Technical Detail Online Registration AvailableAdvance Registration Ends April 1Rates will go up after this date. |