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A truly global representation

Air Traffic Management (ATM) professionals and stakeholders from 107 countries descended upon Amsterdam for the 23rd ATC Global event. Across the three days, ATC Global 2013 proved to be the place for participants to conduct business and address the universal issues affecting the ATM community. 

Global reach

ATC Global was delighted to welcome attendees from:

China, Afghanistan, Cuba, Myanmar, Libya, Argentina, Philippines, Aruba, Bolivia, Kenya, Botswana, Indonesia, Honduras, Mexico, Hong Kong, Lebanon, Seychelles, Peru, Oman, Vietnam, Rwanda, Uruguay, Algeria, Belarus, Belgium, Iran, Romania, Russia, Morocco, Nepal, Singapore, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Austria, Colombia, Japan, Portugal, South Africa, South Korea, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Albania, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, France, Germany, Hungary, Macedonia, Malaysia, India, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Thailand, UK, USA, Zimbabwe, Armenia, Greece, Jersey, Latvia, Nigeria, Serbia, Suriname, Trindad & Tobago, Ukraine, Bahrain, Estonia, Finland, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, New Zealand, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Guernsey, Cambodia, Brunei, Georgia, Iceland, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Kyrgyzstan, Luxembourg, Mongolia, Malta, Kuwait, Yemen, Pakistan, Azerbijan, Seychelles, Uganda, Turkeminstan, Taiwan, Qatar

The truly global representation, with participants present from each continent in attendance, allowed for frank discussions around developing new safer, fuel-efficient and cost-effective aircraft operations to take place whilst innovative solutions on tackling global issues were shared. 

The supplier community was also out in force with more than 150 exhibitors from 28 countries represented including Thales, NITA, WIDE,  Northrop Grumman, Intelcan, Azimut, Leosphere, Vaisala, Moog Fernau, Barco, Guntermann & Drunck, Era A.S, Comsoft, Korea Airports Corp., Tern Systems, Rohde & Schwarz, Nanjing LES Information Technology, Nanjing NRIET, VNIIRA and many others. 

One of the largest delegations to attend ATC Global this year was from China, with over 70 senior ATM professionals from the CAAC ATMB, the Hong Kong CAD and all regional Chinese ATM Bureaus present.

Mr. Zhao Fan, Director at the Technical Center CAAC ATMB, commented after his second ATC Global visit, “It has been extremely important for us to attend ATC Global to engage with other ATM professionals from across the world, meet with technology suppliers and participate in key discussions on the future of the industry and the part China will play over the next few years.”

Chinese delegation
 
In addition, for the 3rd year ATC Global ran its Hosted Buyer Programme that proactively sources international buyers who are actively procuring ATM technologies and solutions. Participants this year hailed from  ANSPs and Civil Aviation Authorities from more than 17 countries including Myanmar, Colombia, COCESNA, Afghanistan, Lebanon, Vietnam, Peru, Argentina, Uruguay, Algeria, Morocco, Zimbabwe, Nepal, Cuba, Bolivia, Egypt, Rwanda alongside a host of European countries. 
 
“I really appreciate the opportunity I was given to participate in the ATC Global 2013, this was a unique chance for us to get closer to the manufacturers and obtain information that is vital for the development of our countries. The organization of the whole event was impeccable and I would like to congratulate the team on a job well done,” Oscar Gutierrez Urresti from SABSA, who this year took part in the ATC Global Hosted Buyer Programme, commented.

Hosted Buyers