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Connecting the World's ATM Leaders...
The ATC Global 2012 Conference took place on 6 - 7 March, and was attended by DGCAs, CEOs of ANSPs and influencers of the ATM industry.
Presentations are now available. Please click on the icons below to view.
Please note: Presentations will not be available for any of the panel discussions.
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The full ATC Global 2012 conference report on the output of the proceedings, edited by Philip Butterworth-Hayes, is now available for your reference.
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| DAY ONE - Tuesday, 6 March 2012 |
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Chaired by Andrew Charlton, Managing Director, Aviation Advocacy |
Keynote address
 Siim Kallas, Vice President,
European Commission |
Matthew Baldwin, Director, Aviation - International Transport Policy, European Commission |
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Session One: The global ATM system in 2020 - what will the world really need?
This session will set the scene for the discussions to follow. The speakers will set out their personal view of how the ATM system will need to look in 2020 to meet traffic, environmental and financial challenges. In particular they will look at the key technologies that will be in operation; future safety, efficiency, cost effectiveness and environmental performance metrics; future financial models for ANSPs, the role of technology suppliers, the role of regulators and governments and the automation of operations in 2020 as well as potential industrial relations and aircraft equipage.
Speakers:
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David McMillan, Director General,
EUROCONTROL |
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Graham Lake, Director General,
CANSO |
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Daniel Azema, Head of the Cabinet of the Secretary General,
ICAO |
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Patrick Goudou, Executive Director,
EASA |
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Rick Ducharme, Deputy Chief Operating Officer,
FAA |
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Session Two: Are we on track to deliver the required ATM performance?
The industry experts in this session will examine the status of current ATM programmes to meet the aviation industry’s requirements of 2020 and in particular SESAR, NextGen and CARATS. They will identify the obstacles that they face and the different players’ views. They will assess the different implementation strategies and discuss their feasibility by looking at each industry sector’s role and their respective cost-benefit analyses.
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Examining current programmes and their priorities |
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Are we currently on the right track or do we need to rethink these priorities? |
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How much more R&D investment do we need before we can start implementing? |
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Are current programmes economically and operationally sustainable? |
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What needs to be done to meet the global vision? |
Speakers:
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Takeshi Imagome, Director, Air Traffic International Affairs Office,
JCAB |
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Jacques Dopagne, Director Network Management,
EUROCONTROL |
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Patrick Ky, Executive Director,
SESAR JU |
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Daniel Weder, CM FABEC ASB, CEO,
Skyguide |
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Dr. Karlin Toner, Director and Senior Staff Advisor to the Secretary of Transportation for NextGen,
JPDO |
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Gao Yi, Deputy Director General, Air Traffic Management Bureau,
Civil Aviation Administration of China |
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Chaired by Bo Redeborn, Principal Director, EUROCONTROL |
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Session Three: Is sovereignty a major obstacle to a truly global ATM system?
Industry leaders from across the globe will assess how to avoid sovereignty issues hindering the implementation of ATM programmes and stopping the implementation of a global ATM system.
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Identifying examples where sovereignty has hindered ATM developments |
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Examining cases where sovereignty issues have been overcome to the benefit of ATM |
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What are the legal and diplomatic issues associated with building pan-national programmes and how can these be overcome? |
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What are the labour challenges that arise from pan-national programmes and how can these be overcome? |
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How can all parties involved overcome the issue of sovereignty? |
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Professor Dr. Pablo Mendes De Leon, Director International Institute of Air and Space Law, Leiden University |
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Maurizio Castelletti, Head of Unit Single Sky and Modernisation of Air Traffic Control, Directorate General for Mobility and Transport, European Commission |
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Amadou Ousmane Guitteye, Director General,
ASECNA |
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Roderick Van Dam, Head Legal Service,
EUROCONTROL Legal Service |
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Riccardo Rubini, ATM Committee President,
ETF |
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Patrick Gandil, Director General,
Direction Generale de l'Aviation Civile |
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Session Four: Can regulators keep up with the technical change?
A panel made up of regulators from across the globe will discuss whether or not their organizations can keep up with the fast pace of change associated with the development of ATM programmes.
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Assessing the current role that regulators play in individual ATM programmes |
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Who should regulate global, space-based ATM systems? |
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What is the impact of airlines developing their own ATM procedures and processes? |
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Are regulators properly financed and trained to deal with next generation technologies? |
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How do regulators need to change to ensure that they can keep up with the pace of change? |
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Is this change achievable and if so, how will it be implemented? |
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Mark Swan, Director Airspace Policy,
CAA |
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Gabriel Hendrik Bestbier, General Manager Air Safety Infrastructure,
Civil Aviation Authority South Africa |
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Peter Cromarty, Executive Manager, Airspace and Aerodrome Regulation,
CASA |
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Jules Kneepkens, Rule Making Director,
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| DAY TWO - Wednesday, 7 March 2012 |
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Chaired by Dr. Mike Shorthose, Chairman, Helios |
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Session Five: How should we change the culture of ATM?
To reach the goals set by ATM programmes and the vision of the future, change is needed throughout the industry both with civil and military stakeholders. In this session, a selection of industry as well as non-industry experts will share their views on the most effective ways of making this much-needed change happen.
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Understanding why change is needed and how it will affect the different players in the industry |
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What social changes are needed and how will workforce practices change? |
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What wider legal responsibilities will be created for international services? |
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What political changes are needed? |
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What are the opportunities and impediments to making these changes happen? |
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How can you make change happen? |
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Major General Istvan Talla, Deputy Assistant Secretary General,
NATO |
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Eric Stefanello, CEO,
Airbus ProSky |
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Steven Pennington, Executive Director,
US DoD Policy Board on Federal Aviation |
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Carey Fagan, Executive Director,
FAA International Affairs |
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Josef Schmitz, Head of Travel, Transport & Logistics, Deutsche Telekom AG |
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Marc Baumgartner, Former President and CEO, IFATCA & present SESAR/EASA Coordinator,
IFATCA | |
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Session Six: Re-thinking ATM funding
The speaker panel will discuss the costs associated with implementing different ATM programmes and reaching the vision by 2020. They will assess the availability of funding and whether the costs match up to the benefits.
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Identifying the costs for different projects currently underway across the globe |
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Who will have to incur the different costs? |
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Is the funding available? |
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Will those that are incurring the costs see the benefits and if so, within what timeframe? |
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Jan Klas, Director General,
ANS Czech Republic |
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Neil Planzer, Vice President, Air Traffic Management,
Boeing |
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Richard Deakin, CEO,
NATS |
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Hemant Mistry, Director Industry Charges, Fuel and Taxation,
IATA |
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Leago Takalani, Senior Manager of Research and Development,
ATNS |
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Brian Legan, Vice President,
Booz Allen Hamilton | |
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Session Seven: Dealing with disruption: The ATM lessons of hurricane Irene and other European winter events
In August 2011 the eastern seaboard of the USA and the Caribbean was lashed by Hurricane Irene, which shut airports and closed down the aviation system in one of the busiest sectors in North America. In this session a panel made up of those involved in dealing with Hurricane Irene and those in Europe who have managed major disruption caused by unexpected weather events.
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How did the ATM system cope? |
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How were operations re-started? |
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Did the right people have the right information? |
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How were safety and commercial concerns addressed? |
Speakers:
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Joe Sultana, Chief Operating Officer, Directorate Network Management,
EUROCONTROL |
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Olivier Jankovec, Director General,
ACI Europe |
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Mark Libby, Air Traffic Manager, Air Traffic Control System Command Center,
FAA, |
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Thomas Hendricks, Senior Vice President, Safety, Security and Operations,
Airline For America |
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Jason Tuell, Chief, Meteorological Services Division, Office of Climate, Water and Weather Services, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
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| Chaired by Philip Butterworth-Hayes, ATC Global Editorial Director |
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Session Eight: New safety and efficiency improvement programmes from dynamic ATM markets
Some of the most innovative ATM systems and procedures are being introduced in parts of the world which face steep rises in traffic growth. New fuel-saving, safety-improving programmes are being trialled in areas of the world where there is a need to introduce new technology to greenfield sites, not merely to update legacy systems. This session will give an overview of some of the more important programmes underway.
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Lieutenant-Brigadier Ramon Borges Cardoso, Director General, Department of Airspace Control, DECEA Brazil |
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E.K. Bharat Bhushan, Director General of Civil Aviation,
DGC India | |
Session Nine: The great public debate: Today’s ATM next-generation equipment programmes will meet all their performance and financial targets
To conclude the conference, a public debate will discuss whether SESAR, Next Gen and other global equipment programmes will meet all safety, efficiency, cost-effectiveness and environmental targets.
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Amadou Ousmane Guitteye, Director General,
ASECNA |
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Michael Standar, Chief Strategies & International Relations,
SESAR JU |
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Andrew Charlton, Managing Director,
Aviation Advocacy |
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Dr Karlin Toner, Director and Senior Staff Advisor to the Secretary of Transportation for NextGen, JPDO |
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David Gleave, Chief Investigator,
Aviation Safety Investigations |
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