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Last updated: May 24, 2010

Pre-Conference Workshops Wednesday, May 19, 2010
	Roll-up your sleeves! These In-Depth Workshop Sessions go beyond the basics and dive deep into the nuts and bolt essentials. You will gain specific instruction and how-to guidance to dramatically improve performance and operations with regard to the respective focus of each workshop session.
8:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.	Workshop A1 Please note: This workshop is now full ADS-B: Assessing Equipage Requirements, Performance Capabilities and Cost-Benefit Analysis of Early Adoption ADS-B (Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast) allows for very accurate aircraft position data to be presented to air traffic controllers and provides dramatically enhanced aircraft situational awareness. During this in-depth, engaging and instructionally focused workshop session you will gain clear understanding of: ADS-B capabilities Equipage costs and whether or not early ADS-B adoption is right for your fleet Certification requirements and currently regulatory considerations Innovations in In-Trial Procedure Case study results of ADS-B utilization from major air carriers Results from the FAA SBS Office’s Surface Indicating & Alerting demonstration Workshop Leaders: Cyro Stone, Director of ADS-B Programs, ACSS Stephane Chartier, Manager, ADS-B Avionics, ACSS
10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.	Workshop A2 Please note: This workshop is now full Extracting the Full Benefits of RNAV, RNP and Performance Based Navigation It is not necessary to wait until every NextGen initiative is in place and implemented to extract RNP benefits from today’s airspace. However, it’s necessary for RNP designers to coordinate with numerous stakeholders over a broad spectrum of issues to extract the most benefits and to ensure that all stakeholders benefit, even in a mixed equipage environment. This workshop session will focus on the applications of RNP procedure design and successful application of Performance-Based Navigation: RNP procedure design Monitoring and improving RNP procedures over time to continually increase benefits Current operational issues regarding the authorization of RNP in various aircraft fleets Future PBN capabilities ATM coordination Navigation data validation, training programs and program monitoring Operator, regulator, air traffic control and community issues Case study analysis and review Workshop Leaders: Steve Fulton, GE Aviation Technical Fellow Hal Andersen, Chief Technical Advisor, Naverus
8:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.	Workshop B1 Please note: This workshop is now full EFB for the NextGen Operating Environment The fundamental goals of NextGen are to safely allow more aircraft to fly more closely together on more direct routes, reducing delays, and providing unprecedented benefits for the environment and the economy through more efficient operations. This will be done through a transformation of the United States National Airspace System (NAS) and airport infrastructures, and will rely on a system of space-based navigation, real-time surveillance, and digital communications. A critical component of NextGen success is the provision of relevant, real-time information to the flight crew that allows good and timely decision making to allow for optimal and continuous situational awareness. Electronic Flight Bags (EFB) play an essential role in enabling this transformation. Understand the role EFB will play in the future integrated operating environment Learn why EFB is widely regarded as a critical component in the NextGen vision Understand how EFB will help connect the flight crew to operations in real-time Learn how EFB plays a key role in NextGen transformation, especially retrofit equipage Explore boundaries and potential issues regarding NextGen functionality for the EFB Workshop Leader: Rick Ellerbrock, Aviation Strategist, Jeppesen
10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.	Workshop B2 Please note: This workshop is now full Net-centricity, NextGen & the NAS: Implications of Net-centric Operations to Communications New technologies are accelerating next generation communication capabilities and affecting how aviation organizations communicate; expediting the transition to the National Airspace System (NAS) of tomorrow. This workshop will explore: NAS Voice System (NVS) Datacom System-wide Information Management (SWIM) Review of case study results to date Workshop Leaders: Mark Graham, Chief Systems Engineer and Architect, FAA Next Generation Air Traffic Management Systems, Harris Corporation David Almeida, Advanced Programs Manager, Net-centric Operations, Harris Corporation Mike Little, JPDO/NASA Maureen Cedro, Federal Aviation Administration
Conference – Day One Wednesday, May 19, 2010
10:00 a.m.	Registration Desk Opens
12:30 p.m.	Chairperson’s Welcome Ed Hazelwood, Editor-In-Chief, Conferences, AVIATION WEEK Tom Henricks, President, AVIATION WEEK
12:45 p.m.	Opening Address Setting the Stage for NextGen: Where We’ve Come and Where We’re Going Victoria Cox, SVP for NextGen and Operations Planning, FAA
1:15 p.m.	RTCA Task Force 5 Update Making NextGen a Reality through Collaboration and Commitment: A Call for a New Way of Doing Busines Review of Task Force 5 recommendations Transparent integration of the recommendations into implementation plans Essential continued Government-Industry collaboration The critical next steps Maintaining a positive business case Monitoring progress Margaret Jenny, President, RTCA, Inc.
2:00 p.m.	Fostering Joint Collaboration between Delta Air Lines and the FAA to Speed NextGen Development and Take Advantage of Available Benefits Today Delta Air Lines is working in close partnership with the FAA to speed the development and approval of NextGen capabilities that can be leveraged today. This session will outline the airlines’ commitment to the development of NextGen and highlight the air carriers’ current and forthcoming initiatives being deployed in that regard. Steve Dickson, Sr. VP, Flight Operations, Delta Air Lines
2:30 p.m.	Networking Refreshment Break
3:00 p.m.	Aviation Safety Identifying the Safety Innovations and Enhancements of the Next Generation Air Transportation System Technology innovations for enhanced situational awareness The human factor Assessing current opportunities for improved aviation safety Peggy Gilligan, Associate Administrator for Aviation Safety, FAA
3:30 p.m.	Maximizing this Opportunity for Change: Achieving Solutions for Capacity, Efficiency and Delays in the Near and Mid-Term The opportunities and benefits posed by the successful implementation of NextGen are plentiful. Yet, before those benefits can be realized, key hurdles must be overcome and greater collaboration and coordination between stakeholders must be achieved. During this session we will examine those challenges and probe possible solutions. Marion C. Blakey, President and CEO, Aerospace Industries Association (AIA)
4:00 p.m.	Close of Day One
Conference – Day Two Thursday, May 20, 2010
7:00 a.m.	Registration Desk Opens - Continental Breakfast
8:00 a.m.	Chairperson’s Welcome Ed Hazelwood, Editor-In-Chief, Conferences, AVIATION WEEK
8:05 a.m.	Address from the FAA Administrator Demonstrating the FAA’s Commitment to the Modernization of the National Airspace System (NAS) J. Randolph Babbitt, Administrator, FAA
8:30 a.m.	Keynote Presentation Targeting Mid-Term Priorities and Achieving Strategic Mid-Term Implementation Objectives Gain in-depth and first-hand insight into the FAA’s mid-term implementation plan and top NextGen priorities for 2010, directly from FAA Air Traffic Organization COO Hank Krakowski. Henry P. Krakowski, COO, Air Traffic Organization, FAA
9:45 a.m.	Networking Refreshment Break
10:00 a.m.	NextGen Implementation In-Depth: Streamlining Modernization of the NAS With a focus on technology, this panel of leading FAA officials will discuss the cross-agency practices necessary to develop and advance communications, navigation and surveillance capabilities planned for the NextGen mid-term. This session will provide in-depth insight into how concepts for modernizing the National Airspace System are developed and researched, including how: Human factors are studied Design requirements are set Programs and capabilities are approved and certified Standards are established Moderator: Mike Romanowski, Director, Integration and Implementation, NextGen Operations Planning, FAA Dorenda Baker, Director, Aircraft Certification Service, FAA Rick Day, Senior VP Operations, Air Traffic Organization, FAA James Eck, Director, Air Traffic Control Communications Services, Technical Operations Service, Air Traffic Organization, FAA John Allen, Director, Flight Standard Services, FAA
11:15 a.m.	Networking Break
11:30 a.m.	Leaning Out the FAA Approval Process of Development and Implementation of Navigation Procedures With a focus on operational procedures, this session with top FAA officials will offer the latest information on the FAA’s objectives for improving the process for implementing NextGen initiatives. The discussion will focus on the implementation of instrument procedures, including RNP and RNAV routes and procedures, and span all aspects of the implementation process including: Aircraft and operational approval Procedure design Environmental review Airspace and airport coordination Moderator: Gary Church, President, Aviation Management Associates John Hickey, Deputy Associate Administrator, Aviation Safety, FAA Lynn Ray, Director, Air Space & Aeronautical Information Management, FAA Bruce DeCleene. Manager, Avionics Systems, FAA Richard J. Ducharme, VP, En Route and Oceanic Services, Air Traffic Organization, FAA Leslie Smith, Division Manager, Flight Technologies and Procedures, FAA
12:45 p.m.	Industry Keynote Clay Jones, CEO, Rockwell Collins
1:15 p.m.	Networking Luncheon sponsored by PricewaterhouseCoopers
2:15 p.m.	Paving the Way to Performance Based Navigation Challenges in Implementing Performance-Based Navigation in the U.S. Air Transport System RNAV and RNP are key to NextGen’s success, but fundamental issues need to be addressed. Of particular concern is the practice of overlaying new RNP routes over existing routes. This session will address: Overcoming the barriers to widespread development of RNP flight procedures The role and oversight challenges associated with use of third parties in developing new procedures Actions needed to ensure the safe and effective implementation of RNAV and RNP Matthew Hampton, Deputy Asst. Inspector General Aviation, Department of Transportation.
2:45 p.m.	Barriers and Challenges Affecting the Successful Implementation of RNAV/RNP Airlines and commercial operators are anxious to reap the benefits of Required Navigation Performance (RNP) and the FAA is equally committed to speeding the development of new RNP procedures, yet, the FAA and commercial operators both face formidable regulatory hurdles to achieve this objective. We will discuss these challenges and share actionable strategies for overcoming them. Moderator: John Allen, Director, Flight Standards Services, FAA Speakers Sarah Dalton, Director, Airspace & Technology, Alaska Airlines Steve Fulton, GE Aviation Technical Fellow Jeff Martin, RNP Lead and Director, Flight Operations, Southwest Airlines Bart Roberts, Managing Director, Flight Operations, American Airlines
3:45 p.m.	Networking Refreshment Break
4:00 p.m.	Enhancing RNP Flight Operations through GBAS, SBAS, LAAS & WAAS GBAS supports NextGen Airspace Architecture and provides a mechanism to fly a non-linear trajectory to a precision approach with a future path to auto-land. During this panel discussion, you will learn how: GBAS, SBAS, LAAS optimize PBN flight operations Continental Airlines is leveraging GBAS to create curved path, “multi-mode approaches” How the Port Authority of New York/New Jersey is leveraging GBAS to reduce air space congestion and minimize delays in the New York airspace Moderator: Carlos Rodriguez, Program Manager, GBAS/LAAS, FAA Navigation Services, ATO-W Speakers: Chris Baur, President, Hughes Aerospace Corporation Glenn Morse, Sr. Director Industry Affairs, Continental Airlines Patrick Reines, Strategic Campaign Director, GBAS Systems, Honeywell Aerospace David Peterson, Operational Implementation Manager, FAA
5:00 p.m.	Air Traffic Control Coordinating the Human Factor in the Framework of NextGen ATM Dale Wright, Director, Safety and Technology, National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA)
5:30 p.m.	Close of Day Two – Networking Reception sponsored by Sensis Corporation
Conference - Day Three Friday, May 21, 2010
7:00 a.m.	Networking Breakfast
8:05 a.m.	Call to Order & Remarks from the Chairman Ed Hazelwood, Editor-In-Chief, Conferences, AVIATION WEEK
8:15 a.m.	NextGen is Here Today: FAA Update Status of ADS-B Deployment Vincent Capezzuto, Air Traffic Organization, Director, Surveillance & Broadcast Services, FAA
9:00 a.m.	ADS-B Equipage Cross-Fire Standards and benefits for adoption are critical to moving ADS-B more broadly into the air transport infrastructure. In this open discussion, leaders will discuss how the airlines can work hand in hand with theFAA to dmeonstrate future systems, how to best measure and make the business case to equip, what systems are needed to best suit a specific airline while also accommodating the general aviation community, and what is needed to keep momentum. Moderator: Steven Hampton, NextGen Program Manager, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Speakers: Kris Ganase, President, L-3 Communications Aviation Products Group Joseph Burns, Managing Director Technology and Flight Test, United Airlines Melissa K. Rudinger, Senior Vice President, Government Affairs, AOPA Ron Thomas, Director, Flight Technical Operations, U.S. Airways
10:15 a.m.	Networking Break
10:45 a.m.	NextGen Infrastructure Airport Modernization Initiatives The implementation of NextGen is not limited to the redesign of the NAS. Ground infrastructure improvements and airport redesign and development initiatives will also play critical roles in the successful NextGen development. Learn how the FAA is working collaboratively with airports to ensure that NextGen’s ground infrastructure keeps pace with its air and space-based development. Catherine M. Lang, Acting Associate Administrator for Airports, FAA
11:30 a.m.	Aligning the Stakeholders Enhancing Joint Collaboration to Speed NextGen Development and Implementation The FAA is driving the implementation of the Next Generation Air Transportation System, but its successful implementation hinges largely on effective collaboration and coordination between numerous agencies, partners and stakeholders. Moderator: Hassan Shahidi, Associate Director, System Operations and Performance, MITRE Corporation Ann Tedford, Manager, NextGen Planning Group, FAA Bob Pearce, Deputy Director, Joint Planning Development Office (JPDO) Nancy Graham, Director, Air Navigation Bureau, International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) John Kefaliotis, ADS-B Program Director, ITT Corporation
12:45 p.m.	Closing Remarks from the Chair
1:00 p.m.	Conclusion of Conference