Government programs in Europe and the United States are tacking the challenges growing commercial air traffic safely and efficiently, yet now it is time for defence authorities involve themselves in this common goal. This session gives the military perspective of the technologies and policies necessary to
operate military aircraft and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) side-by-side with commercial aircraft in shared air space safely, while meeting defence mission needs.

10:30- 12:30 Session 1: Sensors and displays
Aircraft pilots and ground controllers need to absorb massive amounts of information quickly, and they use the latest sensors and displays to do this. Still, designers of sensors and displays must follow a gauntlet of test and certification procedures before their systems ever make it into the cockpit and the air control center. This session outlines some of the latest sensor and display technologies and helps chart a course through the certification process.
Chair: Jerry Janicki, Senior Director, Meggitt Defense Systems, USA

COTS GPU Selection Criteria for Avionics Display Systems
Dan Joncas, Executive Vice-President, Core Avionics & Industrial LLC, USA
Co-Authors:
Robert Atkinson, VP Sales & Marketing, ALT Software, Canada

Development, Flight Test and Certification of a Track-Based Synthetic Vision System with HUD-Symbology for the Pilatus PC-12NG
Gernot Konrad, Avionics Systems Engineer, Pilatus Aircraft Ltd, Switzerland
Co-Authors:
William (Muz) Colquhoun, Chief Experimental Test Pilot, Pilatus Aircraft Ltd, Switzerland; Bernard Prô, Principal Systems Engineer; Jary Engels, Chief Test Pilot, Honeywell Aerospace Inc., USA

The Importance and Technology for Measuring Atmospheric Humidity in Airborne Applications
Zolton Bozoki, CEO, Hilase Ltd, Hungary
Co-Authors:
David Tatrai, PhD student and Dr. Gabor Szabo, Professor - University of Szeged, Hungary

Supporting the Helicopter Pilot in Degraded Visual Environments
Antoine De Reus, Snr R&D Manager, National Aerospace Laboratory, The Netherlands
Co-Authors:
Tijs Nijland, R&D Engineer, Helicopters, National Aerospace Laboratory NLR and Jorik ter Veer, Staff Officer Air Force Requirements, Transport Helicopters, Netherlands Ministry of Defence, The Netherlands

12:30- 14:00 Delegate Lunch

14:00- 15:30 Session 2: Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are among the hottest military aircraft types today, and will make their way into civil applications soon. Among the biggest challenges of fielding UAVs is providing them with the avionics necessary for them to operate side-by-side with piloted civil and military aircraft operating in shared air space. This session discusses avionics research and development to enable UAVs to see and avoid other aircraft, as well as navigate the common sky safely.
Chair: Joachim Hampp, Regional Engineering Manager CE, Wind River, Germany

Multidisciplinary Evaluation of COTS FCS for UAV Applications
Aravindh Velliangiri, Undergraduate Senior, SRM University, India
Co-Authors:
Vishnuprasad Sowrirajan, Undergraduate Senior, Satyabrata Satapathy, Undergraduate Senior and Jay Godbole - SRM University, India

Satellite Navigation Data Processing for Attitude Determination and Control of Unmanned Air Vehicles
Roberto Sabatini, Lecturer, Cranfield Unversity, UK

A Comparison of Traffic Detection Solutions for UAS Detect & Avoid
George Papagergiou, Chief Architect, Honeywell Aerospace, France

15:30- 14:00 Networking Coffee Break

14:00 - 15:30 Session 3 – Avionics Diagnostics
Modern avionics systems are crucial for operating aircraft safely and efficiently, but are next to useless if they are not operating properly. The real danger occurs when avionics malfunctions are not detected quickly and accurately. This session explores some of the most promising avionics diagnostics technologies and methods.
Chair: Pierre Magro, Head of Avionics Product Line, Airbus, France

The Evolution of Aircraft Condition Monitoring Systems
William Cecil, Director, Teledyne Controls, USA 

Safety and Maintenance Improvement through Automated Flight Data Analysis
Fabrice Ferrand, R&T Programme Manager, Sagem, France
Co-Author:
Laurent Martin, Director, Sagem, France

Aircraft Health and Trend Monitoring on the Gulfstream G650 Aircraft
Robert Odell, Program Manager, Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation, USA

Thursday 22 March

08:30- 10:00 Session 4: Avionics Safety & Integrity
Wireless RF data links are commonplace on today's aircraft -- particularly on the most advanced UAVs. As such, the threats of intercepted signals and software hacking are rising daily. This session explores some of the most potent threats to avionics security and integrity, and points the way to the most promising solutions.
Chair: Joachim Hampp, Regional Engineering Manager CE, Wind River, Germany

Role of Safety and Product Integrity
Shabbir Merchant, Lead Safety & Product Integrity, Boeing Company, USA

Airborne Stuxnet? IT Security Threats for Modern Computerized Aircrafts
Marko Wolf, Senior Security Engineer Escrypt Gmbh, Germany
Co- Author:
Jan Pelzl, Managing Director, Escrypt GmbH – Embedded Security, Germany

From a DO-178B Certified Separation Kernel to Common Criteria Security Certification
Holger Blasum, Project Engineer, SYSGO AG, Germany
Co-Authors: Knut Degen, COO, SYSGO AG, Germany; Bruno Langenstein, Senior Engineer, German Research Centre for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI); Germany; Kevin Müller, PhD student, EADS Innovation Works, Germany, Andreas Nonnengart, Senior Researcher, German Research Centre for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI), Germany; Michael Paulitsch, Scientific Director, EADS Innovation Works, Germany; Reinhard Schwarz, Senior Engineer, Fraunhofer IESE, Germany; Werner Stephan, Principal Researcher, German Research Centre for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI), Germany; Sergey Tverdyshev, Scientific Director, SYSGO AG, Germany

10:00-10:30 Networking Coffee Break

10:30-12:30 Session 5: Spacecraft Avionics
Modern aviation depends on satellite navigation and communications more than ever before, so designing the most capable spacecraft that are light-weight and power-efficient has never been more crucial. This session outlines some of the latest spacecraft designs and offers case studies for keeping spacecraft operating accurately for long periods.
Chair: Gerhard Henselmann, Managing Director, Elettronica, Germany

New Generation Backplane Bus for Spacecraft Avionics C&DH
Glenn Rakow, Snr Electrical Engineer, NASA GSFC, USA

Software Engineering Reviews and Audits
Boyd Summers, Quality, Boeing, USA

Model- Based Automatic Code Generation Moves to Space
Jakob Gartner, Deputy CTO, Esterel Technologies, USA

Ensuring Software Robustness During Development and Maintenance
Stefan David, Senior Application Engineer, The MathWorks GmbH, Germany
Co-Author:
Jay Abraham, Product Marketing Manager, The MathWorks GmbH, USA

12:30-14:00 Delegate Lunch

14:00-16:00 Session 6: Innovation in Development Certification
Efficient, capable software is essential for modern avionics, which depend on innovative software design and development tools to ensure computer code works predictably and reliably. This session offers some of the latest avionics software design and development methodologies and offers case studies of notable program successes.
Chair: Marc Gatti, Technical Director, Thales, France

Integrating System and Software Engineering for Certifiable Avionics Applications
Thierry LeSergent, Esterel Technologies

Platform Simulation and Model-Based SW Development: Managing the Challenges of Civil  and Military Avionics Development
Jakob Gärtner, VP Business Development & Presales, Esterel Technologies, France and  Joachim Hampp, Regional Engineering Manager CE, Wind River, Germany

Innovation & Software Portability
Speaker to be confirmed

Leveraging Reusable Software Components for Avionics
Vance Hilderman, CTO, Atego High Rely, USA