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Schedule of EventsATCA 57th Annual Conference and Exposition National Harbor, Maryland October 1 - 3, 2012 Thank you to this years ATCA Annual Conference Committee: Committee Chair: Pat Forrey, Forrey Associates, Ann Tedford, FAA Mel Davis, NATCA Lisa Sullivan, Harris Corporation David Lantzy, CSC Kathy Lane, Lockheed Martin Allison Patrick, SRA International Jim Ries, TASC Rachel Jackson, ASRC Federal David Schroeder, DoD Eric McKinley, Accenture Joe Smith, SAIC Jessie Hillenbrand, Metron Aviation Mary-Claire Burick, Evans Incorporated Stephanie Fraser, Covell Solutions Agenda
Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center National Harbor, Maryland September 30 – October 3, 2012 Download a Word Doc of the Agenda or the PDF Version Click here for a PDF of the Speaker Biographies from the ATCA 57th Annual
Saturday, September 29, 2012
11 a.m. – 6 p.m. Exhibitor Registration Convention Center Pre-Function Area
Sunday, September 30, 2012
9 a.m. – 1 p.m. ATCA Board of Directors Meeting Presidential Board Room
9 a.m. – 7 p.m. Exhibitor Registration Convention Center Pre-Function Area
3 – 7 p.m. General Registration Open Convention Center Pre-Function Area
Monday, October 1, 2012
7:30 a.m. – 6 p.m. Registration Open Convention Center Pre-Function Area
7:30 a.m. – 4 p.m. Moderators/Speakers/Coordinators Ready Room Open Chesapeake I Sponsored by Tetra Tech AMT
7:30 – 8:30 a.m. Welcome Coffee Maryland Ballroom Foyer Sponsored by SAAB Sensis
8:30 – 9 a.m. Opening Ceremony and Remarks Maryland Ballroom A/C Peter F. Dumont, President and CEO, Air Traffic Control Association Paul Riemens, Chairman, Civil Air Navigation Services Organization; CEO, LVNL Monte Belger, Chairman, Air Traffic Control Association; Vice President of Industry Affairs, Metron Aviation Richard Macfarlane, Chief, Integrated Infrastructure Management Section (IIM), International Civil Aviation Organization
9 – 9:30 a.m. The Honorable Michael Huerta Maryland Ballroom A/C Acting Administrator, Federal Aviation Administration
9:30 – 10:30 a.m. Grand Hall Opening/Break with Exhibitors Exhibit Hall D & E Sponsored by NATCA
A discussion on the impediments of on-time and on-budget delivery of programs and technology with a focus on requirements and accountability. What can government and industry do collectively to improve both? Also a review of successes.
Moderator: · Dave Rhodes, CSC Speakers: · Ray Bevacqua, Acquisition Management Consulting · Jim Eck, Federal Aviation Administration · Keith Lippert, Accenture · Pat McNall, Federal Aviation Administration · Jim Washington, B3 Solutions, LLC · Ed Wright, Department of Defense
12 – 2 p.m. Awards Luncheon Maryland Ballroom B/D Sponsored by Accenture
2 – 3:15 p.m. Facility Consolidation – Infrastructure Path to NextGen Maryland Ballroom A/C In an ideal budget environment, the cost of maintaining a legacy NAS could be crippling. With performance-based technologies maturing and budgets constricting, this panel will delve into the very difficult decisions of what to cut or consolidate while maintaining or increasing safety, capacity, and flexibility. The panel will address what is required to service the NextGen aviation fleet.
Moderator: · Fran Hill, Lockheed Martin Speakers: · Matt Hampton, Department of Transportation · Malcolm Rae, NATS · Dan Stefko, National Air Traffic Controllers Association · Vaughn Turner, Federal Aviation Administration · Heidi Williams, Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association
3:15 – 4:15 p.m. Break with Exhibitors Exhibit Hall D & E Sponsored by RVA Robinson Aviation, Inc.
4:15 – 5:30 p.m. UAS in Today’s Airspace and What to Expect by 2015 Maryland Ballroom A/C UAS are the topic of heated discussion within the aviation community, government and now the public. Much of the discussion is focused on integration through Next Gen and the file-and-fly access of the future. UAS are actively flying with limitations today. The Air Traffic Management System has had to adjust and make accommodations to allow UAS to safely fly today, and must adjust further to satisfy the Congressional mandate of civil UAS integration by 2015. This panel will discuss the current accommodations, how UAS are flying today, the new small UAS rule 107, the challenges and way forward to achieving the 2015 mandate, privacy and the benefits of UAS to the nation. This will be a question and answer open forum to help you get your questions answered.
Moderator: · Gretchen West, Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International Speakers: · Dr. John Appleby, Department of Homeland Security · Chuck Johnson, National Aeronautics and Space Administration · Colonel Juan Narvid, Department of Defense · Chris Stephenson, National Air Traffic Controllers Association · Jim Williams, Federal Aviation Administration
5:30 – 7 p.m. Welcome Reception with Exhibitors to Honor Our International Guests Exhibit Hall D & E
7 p.m. Exhibit Hall Closes
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
7:30 a.m. – 5 p.m. Registration Open Convention Center Pre-Function Area
7:30 – 8:30 a.m. Welcome Coffee Maryland Ballroom Foyer Sponsored by Raytheon
7:30 a.m. – 4 p.m. Moderators/Speakers/Coordinators Ready Room Open Chesapeake I Sponsored by Tetra Tech AMT
8:30 – 9:30 a.m. Frank Brenner, Incoming Director General, EUROCONTROL Maryland Ballroom A/C
9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Exhibit Hall Open Exhibit Hall D & E
9:30 – 10:30 a.m. Break with Exhibitors Exhibit Hall D & E Sponsored by JMA Solutions
How will the nation’s debt impact our country’s ability to fund the government? How will the Budget Control Act and the threat of sequestration potentially affect the FAA? How will funding decisions be made by OMB and Congressional stakeholders? And lastly, the NAS is an economic enabler – what’s at stake for our economy and those who use the NAS if funding compromised?
Moderator: · Peter Challan, Harris Corporation Speakers: · Gerald Dillingham, U.S. Government Accountability Office · Paul Doerrer, The Doerrer Group & former Subcommittee Staff Director U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations · Dan Elwell, Aerospace Industries Association · Donna McLean, Donna McLean Associates · Richard Swayze, Senate Commerce Committee Subcommittee on Aviation
11:45 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. The Annual State of the ATO Address Luncheon and Annual ATCA Maryland Ballroom B/D Membership Meeting David Grizzle, Chief Operating Officer, Federal Aviation Administration – Air Traffic Organization Sponsored by SRA International, Inc.
A discussion concerning the impact to NextGen and modernization of the NAS if future funding is cut. Can we demonstrate technology or procedural initiatives that will gain funding support from Congress and the Administration, either from early benefits gained such as cost savings and efficiencies achieved? Are there ways to outsource certain services – commercial vs. government – that provide a significant cost savings, and to what extent? What are NextGen priorities in a further reduced budget environment? Does everyone understand and agree with the priorities? How do the priorities impact the entire aviation community – GA, business, and commercial – through equipage, airspace use, etc.?
Moderator: · Amr ElSawy, Noblis Speakers: · Colonel Fred “Jazz” Armstrong, Department of Defense · Mel Davis, National Air Traffic Controllers Association · Paul McGraw, Airlines for America · Chris Metts, Federal Aviation Administration · Pam Whitley, Federal Aviation Administration
2:45 – 3:45 p.m. Ice Cream Break with Exhibitors Exhibit Hall D & E Sponsored by Midwest ATC
3:45 – 5 p.m. How is the Government Ensuring the Security of the NAS? Maryland Ballroom A/C The panel will discuss issues concerning how vulnerable the NAS may currently be from disruptions (i.e., GPS jamming, ERAM, network). Where are the holes in the system and what is being done to ensure the system is closed? The level of civil and military involvement in Cyber issues and data share will also be discussed.
Moderator: · Steve Carver, Aviation Management Associates Speakers: · Chris Benich, Honeywell · George Emilio, General Dynamics · Steve Hoffman, Joint Planning and Development Office · Dave Hamrick, MITRE · Keith Rhodes, QinetiQ-NA
5 p.m. Exhibit Hall Closes, Open Evening
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
7:30 a.m. – 2 p.m. Registration Open Convention Center Pre-Function Area
7:30 a.m. – 4 p.m. Moderators/Speakers/Coordinators Ready Room Open Chesapeake I TetraTech AMT
7:30 – 8:30 a.m. Welcome Coffee Maryland Ballroom Foyer Sponsored by Raytheon
9 a.m. – Noon Exhibit Hall Open Exhibit Hall D & E
Maryland Ballroom A/C A discussion from the local level describing the actual issues involved in implementing new technology and procedures, from staffing to training, and cultural issues to generational differences – the reality behind the transformation from simulation to actual implementation. How does policy affect the local operation and what is required to change the culture and address human factors that policy affects?
Moderator: · Neil Planzer, The Boeing Company Speakers: · Tom Brantley, Professional Aviation Specialists · Walt Cochran, Federal Aviation Administration · Harry Part, SRA International · Elizabeth Lynn Ray, Federal Aviation Administration · Paul Rinaldi, National Air Traffic Controllers Association · Jeff Williams, Tetra Tech AMT
9:45 – 10:45 a.m. Coffee Break with Exhibitors Exhibit Hall D & E Sponsored by Raytheon
Maryland Ballroom A/C The FAA’s Collaborative Decision Making process can help with integrating design tools that are developed for individual users and at the same time protect the proprietary information. This process will increase safety, capacity, and give the customers of the National Airspace System needed flexibility.
Moderator: · Jim Ries, TASC Inc. Speakers: · Bill Cranor, JetBlue · John Kefaliotis, ITT Exelis · Jack Kies, Metron Aviation · Ellen King, Federal Aviation Administration · Ron Foley, National Air Traffic Controllers Association
12 p.m. Exhibit Hall Closes Exhibit Hall D & E
12 – 1:45 p.m. Networking Luncheon (Exhibitors Invited) Maryland Ballroom B/D
2 – 3:15 p.m. Redefine Change with New Technology and New Procedures Maryland Ballroom A/C A discussion on the future NAS impacts controllers, pilots, technicians, and contractors: Will the technology define the role of human participation in decision making or vice-versa? What are the workforce challenges to implementing the proposed technology described in NextGen and SESAR? How will human factors shape the new technology and conops, and how do people make the technology work?
Moderator: · Steve Fulton, GE Aviation Speakers: · David Batchelor, SESAR JU · Steve Bradford, Federal Aviation Administration · Steve Pennington, Department of Defense · Rip Torn, Airline Pilots Association · Dale Wright, National Air Traffic Controllers Association · Andrew Zogg, Raytheon
3:15 – 3:30 p.m. Closing Remarks Maryland Ballroom A/C Peter F. Dumont, President and CEO, Air Traffic Control Association Monte Belger, Chairman, Air Traffic Control Association; Vice President of Industry Affairs, Metron Aviation
6 – 7 p.m. 2012 Glen A. Gilbert Memorial Award Reception Maryland Ballroom A/C Sponsored by The Boeing Company 7 – 9 p.m. 2012 Glen A. Gilbert Memorial Award Banquet Maryland Ballroom A/C to Honor Peter Challan, VP of Industry Relations, Harris Corporation Sponsored by The Boeing Company
ATCA Annual Presentation Theater
Monday, October 1, 2012
9:45 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Michael Underwood, Honeywell
11:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Frank Matus, Thales ATM
Data Communications Trial Automation Platform (DTAP)
Currently,
ground communications from controllers to airplanes and vehicles occur
verbally, over frequencies that can become saturated with clearance
instructions. The FAA’s Data Comm Trial Automation Platform (DTAP) activity is
intended to validate the FAA’s new Tower Departure Clearance (DCL) message
service that provides controllers with the capability for initial and multiple
clearance revisions to aircraft without needing to revert to voice
communications. This presentation will provide the details of the DTAP system,
the objectives of the trials activities and the schedule for deployment of the
system in the NAS.
11:45 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Bryan Coapstick, HP Enterprise Services
Leveraging Analytics, Mobility, and Context for Enhanced Situational Awareness within the NAS
As we migrate to a network of things and more items become nodes on a greater network, situational awareness will be dependent upon the ability to assimilate the staggering amount of information and translating that into actionable intelligence. This will provide the key to taking Air Traffic Control into the next century and beyond to provide greater levels of safety and efficiency to the NAS.
1:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Captain Jaime Engdahl
Navy Unmanned Combat Aircraft System - Demonstration (NUCAS-D)
The mission of the Navy Unmanned Combat Air System (NUCAS) program is to develop and demonstrate a carrier (CV) suitable, LO relevant, unmanned air system in support of persistent, penetrating surveillance, and penetrating strike capability in high threat areas. The program will evolve technologies required to conduct Launch, Recovery, and Carrier Controlled Airspace (CCA) operations and Autonomous Aerial Refueling (AAR) of an LO platform. The program is scheduled to achieve UCAS CV demonstration objectives in FY13 and to achieve probe, drogue and boom, receptacle AAR demonstration in FY14.
Ø Program Overview Ø Background Ø CV Operations Ø Integration Ø Flight Test Ø Completing the Demo 2:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Fadi Ghourani, Searidge Technologies
Why is Searidge the only company in the world that has deployed certified Intelligent Video Systems in Air Traffic Control towers around the globe? · Searidge has patented, award winning, industry proven video technology, specially designed for ATC/Airport challenges · Proven track record with operational video systems deployed on multiple continents with leading airports and Air Navigation Service Providers · Active ongoing video projects with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and US airports · Leading edge video applications for tower blind spots, low-cost ground surveillance, airfield security, and virtual ramp control / virtual towers
2:45 p.m. – 3:15 p.m Major Joel Eppley Major Joel Eppley from the Air Land Sea Application (ALSA) Center will discuss ALSA's multi-service mission and the upcoming rewrite of the multi-service tactics, techniques, and procedures (MTTP) for Joint Air Traffic Control (JATC).
3:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m Tim Myers, Metron Aviation
Improving NAS Efficiency thru Proactive Mitigation of impacts from an off-nominal Day in the NAS
Brief Description: The NAS works well on a nominal day, without events such as convective weather, or other ad-hoc conditions that constrain airspace. Metron Aviation will walk thru a typical off-nominal NAS scenario and outline several approaches that can be taken to reduce the operational and environmental impacts of such events, while factoring in techniques that promote both NAS and User Benefits.
Tuesday October 2nd 2012
9 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Jason Nelsen, ITT Exelis
ATC Integration During Contingency Operations
Natural disasters and military operations often create a need for rapid restoration of Air Traffic Management (ATM) services. Whether inside the US National Airspace System or a military air control system, terminal ATM restoration systems should be capable of providing safe and efficient traffic control as well as securely integrating with other control agencies. Conducting this integration using manual procedural control methods is no longer acceptable in today's information age. Mobile systems with robust and secure communications are needed to exchange control instructions and contribute to the greater airspace control system. Exelis mobile ATM systems leverage 70 years of radar development experience and combine it with state of the art secure data communications to provide civil and military service providers the ability to rapidly respond and securely integrate anywhere, anytime.
10:00 a.m. –
10:45 a.m.
Bill Crawley, Nav Canada Gaining Efficiencies from Investment in ATM Technology This presentation will focus on lessons learned on the efficiencies that can be gained through investment in ATM technology. There have been several advancements in safety and efficiency throughout ATC through the development and deployment of ATM technology. In recent years there have been significant gains in the IFR world in the Area Control Centers and Terminal Control Units. The technology that is available today will allow us to apply the same types of gains in our Control towers and Flight Service Stations. Establishing an automated platform in existing facilities will also be the stepping stone to remote applications in the future.
11:00 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. Giora Hadar, FAA According to the Federal Aviation Administration's own studies, the last of the so-called post strike controllers (those hired after President Reagan fired the striking controllers in 1981) will retire by 2014. Since 2006, the agency has hired approximately 7,000 replacements and expects to hire 11,500 additional controllers by 2020. The only pool available for recruitment are the Millennials, who have different attitudes towards life, work, and training. Between October 2011 and January 2012, I surveyed faculty and students at the FAA Academy and three FAA-approved aeronautical schools. In addition, I surveyed controllers in all terminal operational facilities throughout the U.S. through the end of June 2012. The presentation will describe the survey and present the results of the data analysis.
12:00 p.m. – 12:30 p.m. Sam Gonzalez, General Dynamics
VoIP for Air to Ground Communications in Air Traffic Management – It’s Here!
Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) plays a key role in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) initiative to modernize the National Airspace System (NAS) by providing the technology to network the ground segments of the air-to-ground voice communications infrastructure. This presentation will highlight the evolution of new VoIP international standards in Air Traffic Management. It will also address the formalization and acceptance of the new global VoIP standards and how the Segment 2 Radios of the NEXCOM program adopt and deploy this technology in the NAS.
1:00 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. Jim Derr and Mike Glasgow, Lockheed Martin
The Future of Flight Services
This presentation provides an overview of new, safety-oriented capabilities Lockheed Martin is deploying in the Flight Services automation system. The first capability is an Adverse Condition Alerting Service (ACAS) that proactively alerts pilots via email, text messages, or satellite communications to new adverse conditions that affect a flight and arise after a flight plan is briefed and/or filed. The ACAS will be available to pilots attending the AOPA Summit. Registration for the ACAS is accomplished using a new Lockheed Martin flight planning website that is being deployed at the same time. The website provides a variety of pilot benefits including access to the same briefing and graphics information provided to specialists, full flight plan availability to specialists upon filing, flight plan closure reminders, and others. The second new, safety-oriented capability is Surveillance-Enhanced Search and Rescue (SAR). This capability exploits low-cost Iridium position reporting devices to enable earlier detection of SAR situations and to reduce the search areas. Surveillance-Enhanced SAR is being deployed in the spring of 2013. A brief overview of additional capabilities in the Lockheed Martin Flight Services technology roadmap will also be provided.
2:15 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. Mark Graham, Harris Corporation
Highly Survivable Networks for NextGen using Parallel Redundancy Protocol (PRP)
NextGen programs and objectives depend on a robust and flexible network centric architecture. Modern networks using routing and switching capabilities provide the robustness and flexibility needed by NextGen. Flexible routing and switching network architectures are affordable as they are built over a shared infrastructure. This shared infrastructure has to be architected with equipment redundancy and physical circuit diversity to meet mission critical availability requirements. However, equipment redundancy and physical circuit diversity alone are not enough to overcome vulnerabilities associated with shared routing architectures. A mission critical network for NextGen must also possess the capability to survive unusual six sigma events. Although these events are rare, their sinister nature makes them difficult to prevent, detect, and repair. Unlike point-to-point circuits which affect only sites and services at each end of a circuit, a shared routing network infrastructure problem can be widespread, affecting multiple sites and services. Network survivability goes beyond traditional availability modeling to address the challenge of overcoming unpredictable six sigma events. Parallel redundancy protocol (PRP) was designed for mission critical environments where high availability and survivability are required. Initially designed for local area networks (LAN), PRP has been enhanced for WAN environments and is part of the FAA Telecommunications Infrastructure (FTI) dual core architecture planned for supporting the need for a highly survivable network NextGen. 3:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m Ted Carniol, ITT Exelis
Symphony® MobileVue™ Surface and Terminal Situational Awareness for Smartphones and Tablets
Symphony® MobileVue™ is a revolutionary situation awareness display system that leverages key functionality from Symphony® OpsVue™ to display real-time aircraft and vehicle surveillance data on a portable device. MobileVue enhances safety and efficiency in movement and non-movement areas by providing operators with a depiction of their location in relation to aircraft and other vehicles operating around and on the airport surface. It runs on multiple platforms, which allows it to integrate easily with existing mobile displays. Full NextGen terminal-area surveillance provides valuable information with respect to aircraft operations for airfield maintenance or inspection activities. Wednesday October 3rd 2012
9 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. Jeff Frye, GE Aviation’s PBN Services
An ATC Early-engagement and Information-sharing Strategy for Improving NextGen RNP AR Deployment Results
RNP AR instrument approach procedures have the potential to reduce terminal-area aircraft track miles, fuel consumption, CO2 emissions and path variation. In an effort to accelerate the delivery of benefits through the deployment of RNP AR IFPs, GE Aviation and the FAA are working together to engage and inform air traffic controllers about RNP AR design principles and limitations prior to initiating the design process. In this way, an informed air traffic control workforce can participate in the design process, insuring that the finished procedures are not only efficient, but workable in the ATC environment for which they were designed.
10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. David Almeida, Harris Corporation Jim Robb, Federal Aviation Administration Maureen Cedro, Federal Aviation Administration
Swim Segment 2: Enterprise Messaging Plans & Successes
An effective
information sharing architecture and implementation has been a primary vision
for the SWIM program. This vision supports the NG goal to facilitate and
promote data sharing to improve the generation and leveraging of new and
existing systems in the NAS. The Swim program is moving forward with a segment
2 architecture by establishing the Swim NAS Enterprise Messaging Service (NEMS)
powered by the Harris DEX platform. NEMS allows agility and flexibility to the
application users in a network-centric infrastructure across the NAS
enterprise. Please join us for a discussion which will provide a brief SWIM enterprise messaging overview for users, give a status on the swim successes at FAA to date, and highlight what users can expect from swim going forward. 11:00
a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Julie Flores-Krigsfeld, FAA
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