WEDNESDAY 21ST MARCH - 09:00-10:00
Opening Keynote
- Mário Araújo, V-P Engineering, TAP Portugal
- Lieutenant-Colonel (RNLAF) J.A.M. Laarhoven, NLD ATM military representative to NATO and EU
- Mr. Eric Stefanello, EADS representative and Prosky CEO (an Airbus company)
- John Keller, Conference Chairman, Editor in Chief, Military & Aerospace Electronics, PennWell

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Government programs such as SESAR in Europe and NextGen in the United States seek to accommodate anticipated steady growth in commercial airline traffic in the decades ahead, while optimizing aircraft routing for efficient fuel use and low engine emissions. Meanwhile, air traffic management faces sharing commercial air space with military aircraft and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). This session illuminates the latest civil avionics technologies and design approaches to grow air traffic in the most safe and efficient ways possible.

10:30-12:30 Session 1: Communications
Managing global air traffic to make the most of safety, fuel efficiency, and emissions control depends on fast, reliable voice and data communications, not only between aircraft and ground control, but also among aircraft flying in shared air space and among ground-control authorities in adjacent control centers. This session lays out the most critical issues and emerging technology solutions.
Chair: Jakob Gärtner- VP Business Development & Presales, Esterel Technologies, France

Airbus- ATN Baseline 2
Jérome Condis, Airbus EYAC, France

Soft portioning for Commercial & Safety Services
David Bowen, Head of ATM systems, SESAR, Belgium

LTE (Nokia Siemens Network)
Speaker to be confirmed

Towards high flexible Cabin Server Architecture based on IP Communication
Stefan Burger, PhD Student, EADS, Germany
Co-Authors:
Emmanuel Heidinger, PhD Student, Stefan Schneele, Project Manager- EADS Works, Germany; Oliver Hummel, Junior Professor for Software Engineering, University of Mannheim, Germany 

12:30- 14:00 Delegate Lunch

14:00- 15:30 Session 2: Navigation
Efficient navigational technologies are key to managing aircraft traffic in crowded air space, and for getting passengers to their destinations on time. This session explores current and future satellite navigation and related technologies enabling commercial and military aircraft to fly straight lines to their destinations to save time and fuel, while maintaining safe separation through environmentally challenging conditions.
Chair: Lars Lindberg, President, AVTECH, Sweden

GPS and LPV in 2020
Rex Hygate, Business Development Manager, Esterline CMC Electronics, Canada

PNB Implementation
Speaker to be confirmed, Quovadis (and airbus Company)

Quvardis-PBM Mandates
Speaker to be confirmed 

15:30- 14:00 Networking Coffee Break

14:00 - 15:30 Session 3: Surveillance
Controlled air space throughout the world is crowded today, and will become ever more so in the future, as increasing numbers of civil and military aircraft, as well as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) will share the same sky. Maintaining safe separation with the ability to sense and avoid other aircraft, as well as dangerous weather and other hazardous conditions, depends on surveillance technologies on the ground and in the air. This session explores the latest avionics surveillance technologies
Chair: John Law, Head Surveillance and Code Coordination, EuroControl, Belgium

Implementation of ADS-B In
Thierry Thin-Hin, Airbus STLO

Use of ADS-B in Ground Surveillance
Speaker to be confirmed

Advanced Weather Radar Functions
Philippe Lievin, Rockwell Collins

Thursday 22 March

08:30- 10:00 Session 4: Innovation Towards Flexible, Adaptable Avionics
Flight conditions can change rapidly, depending on missions and a changing environment, and avionics designers are working to craft new systems that can adapt to changing conditions. Research and testing are essential, and this session outlines some of the latest innovations in creating flexible, adaptable avionics
Chair:  Marc Gatti, Technical Director, Thales, France

Optical air data system flight testing
Marcel Verbeek, R&D Engineer, National Aerospace Laboratory, The Netherlands
Co-Author:
Henk Jentink, Senior Scientist, National Aerospace Laboratory NLR, The Netherlands

A Reconfigurable Avionics Input Interface
Antonie Canu, Study Engineer, Thales Avionics, France
Co-Authors:
David Fanra, Study Engineer, Patrice Toillon, Study Engineer and Marc Gatti, Technical Director- Thales Avionics, France

Improving Determinism of Multi-Core Processor to Match Avionics Requirements
Hicham Agrou, Study Engineer, Thales Avionics, France
Co-Authors:
David Fanra, Study Engineer, Patrice Toillon, Study Engineer and Marc Gatti, Technical Director- Thales Avionics, France

10:00-10:30 Networking Coffee Break

10:30-12:30 Session 5: Retrofits
Avionics technology retrofits are more important than ever before, as new mandates for SESAR and NextGen loom on the horizon, and as aircraft operators try to keep existing platforms in the air for as long as possible. This session explores some of the latest innovations in avionics retrofits and presents case studies on some of the most successful efforts.
Chair: Okko Bleeker, Director R&D Europe, Rockwell Collins, The Netherlands

Fokker 100 Next Generation Avionics
Frank Kaiser, Avionics Engineering Manager, ADSE, The Netherlands
Co-Author:
Rudi den Hertog, Aircraft Chief Engineer, Rekkof / NG Aircraft, The Netherlands

Merge 30+31+32- Alter Technology, Spain

Upgrade Decisions for Ageing Aircraft
John Grant, Airbus SCMM

The On-Going Evolution of EFB Technologies and Mounting Challenges of Certification Approvals
Knut Aabo, Navaero Ab, Sweden

12:30- 14:00  Delegate Lunch

14:00-16:00 Session 6: Electronic flight bags (EFBs)
Electronic flight bags (EFB) are taking the aviation industry by storm, as tablet computer technology helps pilots, avionics maintenance experts, and others dispense with heavy, bulky bags full of charts and other documents as increasing numbers of essential cockpit documents move onto computer tablets in the cockpit. This session explores some of the latest EFB applications and charts where this technology is headed.
Chair: David Bowen, Head of ATM systems, SESAR, Belgium

Realtime Weather on Ipad
Shashidhara Veerabhadraiah, Technical Lead, Honeywell Technology Solutions, India
Co-Author:
Swetha Balasa, Technical Lead, Honeywell Technology Solutions, India

EFBs: Critical Mission Information at the Crew’s Fingertip
André Cléroux, Product Manager, CMC Electronics Inc., Canada

Lufthansa's E-enabling Strategy
Andreas Ritter, Head of Project Ground—Air-Datalink Communication, Lufthansa, Germany

EADS
Speaker to be confirmed

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