The ATC Global 2012 Conference, taking place on 6 - 7 March, will be attended by DGCAs, CEOs of ANSPs and influencers of the ATM industry to discuss:

 

Registration and refreshments

Chairman's welcome

Andrew Charlton, Managing Director, Aviation Advocacy

Keynote address
Siim Kallas, Vice President, European Commission
Matthew Baldwin, Director, Aviation - International , European Commission

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.

 

David McMillan, Director General, EUROCONTROL
Graham Lake, Director General, CANSO
Daniel Azema, Head of the Cabinet of the Secretary General, ICAO
Patrick Goudou,  Executive Director, EASA

 

Morning refreshments and exhibition visit

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.

Speakers:
Takeshi Imagome, Director, Air Traffic International Affairs Office, JCAB
Jacques Dopagne, Director Network Management, EUROCONTROL
Patrick Ky, Executive Director, SESAR JU

Daniel Weder, CM FABEC ASB, CEO, Skyguide

Dr. Karlin Toner, Director and Senior Staff Advisor to the Secretary of Transportation for NextGen, JPDO
Gao Yi, Deputy Director General, Air Traffic Management Bureau, Civil Aviation Administration of China

 

Lunch and exhibition visit

Chairman's welcome
Bo Redeborn, Principal Director ATM, EUROCONTROL

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.

	Identifying examples where sovereignty has hindered ATM developments
	Examining cases where sovereignty issues have been overcome to the benefit of ATM
	What are the legal and diplomatic issues associated with building pan-national programmes and how can these be overcome?
	What are the labour challenges that arise from pan-national programmes and how can these be overcome?
	How can all parties involved overcome the issue of sovereignty?

Speakers:
Professor Dr. Pablo Mendes De Leon, Director International Institute of Air and Space Law, Leiden University
Maurizio Castelletti, Head of Unit Single Sky and Modernisation of Air Traffic Control, Directorate General for Mobility and Transport, European Commission
Amadou Ousmane Guitteye, Director General, ASECNA

 

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.

	Assessing the current role that regulators play in individual ATM programmes
	Who should regulate global, space-based ATM systems?
	What is the impact of airlines developing their own ATM procedures and processes?
	Are regulators properly financed and trained to deal with next generation technologies?
	How do regulators need to change to ensure that they can keep up with the pace of change?
	Is this change achievable and if so, how will it be implemented?

Speakers:
Mark Swan, Director Airspace Policy, CAA
Zhakele Thwala, Director, Civil Aviation, Civil Aviation Authority South Africa
Peter Cromarty, Executive Manager, Airspace and Aerodrome Regulation, CASA 
Jules Kneepkens, Rule Making Director, EASA

 

Chairman's closing remarks

Chairman's opening remarks

Dr. Mike Shorthose, Chairman, Helios

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.

	Understanding why change is needed and how it will affect the different players in the industry
	What social changes are needed and how will workforce practices change?
	What wider legal responsibilities will be created for international services?
	What political changes are needed?
	What are the opportunities and impediments to making these changes happen?
	How can you make change happen?

Speakers:
Major General Istvan Talla, Deputy Assistant Secretary General, NATO

Eric Stefanello, CEO, Airbus ProSky

Steven Pennington, Executive Director, US DoD Policy Board on Federal Aviation
Carey Fagan, Executive Director, FAA International Affairs
Josef Schmitz, Head of Travel, Transport & Logistics, Deutsche Telekom AG
Marc Baumgartner, Former President and CEO, IFATCA & present SESAR/EASA Coordinator, IFATCA

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.

	Identifying the costs for different projects currently underway across the globe
	Who will have to incur the different costs?
	Is the funding available?
	Will those that are incurring the costs see the benefits and if so, within what timeframe?

 

Jan Klas, Director General, ANS Czech Republic
Neil Planzer, Vice President, Air Traffic Management, Boeing
Richard Deakin, CEO, NATS

Dumisani Sangweni, Executive, Office of the CEO, ATNS

Morning refreshments and exhibition visit

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.

 

	How did the ATM system cope?
	How were operations re-started?
	Did the right people have the right information?
	How were safety and commercial concerns addressed?

Speakers: 
Joe Sultana, Chief Operating Officer, Directorate Network Management, EUROCONTROL

Olivier Jankovec, Director General, ACI Europe

Mark Libby, Air Traffic Manager, Air Traffic Control System Command Center, FAA,
Thomas Hendricks, Senior Vice President, Safety, Security and Operations, Airline For America
Jason Tuell, Chief, Meteorological Services Division, Office of Climate, Water and Weather Services, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

 

Chairman's welcome
Philip Butterworth-Hayes, Editorial Director, ATC Global

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.

Speakers:
Lieutenant-Brigadier Ramon Borges Cardoso, Director General, Department of Airspace Control, DECEA Brazil 
E.K. Bharat Bhushan,  Director General of Civil Aviation, DGC India

Afternoon refreshments and exhibition visit

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.

Speakers:
Andrew Charlton, Managing Director, Aviation Advocacy
Michael Standar, Chief Strategies & International Relations, SESAR JU
Senior Representative, FAA*
David Gleave, Chief Investigator, Aviation Safety Investigations

 

Chairman's closing remarks