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 links below to view them.

Please note: Presentations will not be available for any of the panel discussions.

The full ATC Global 2012 conference report on the output of the proceedings, edited by Philip Butterworth-Hayes, is now available for your reference. Download it here.

DAY ONE - Tuesday, 6 March 2012

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

Session One: The global ATM system in 2020 - what will the world really need?
This session set the scene for the discussions to follow. The speakers 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 looked at the key technologies that are 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.

No presentations were used during this session.

• 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
• Rick Ducharme, Deputy Chief Operating Officer, FAA

 
Session Two: Are we on track to deliver the required ATM performance?
The industry experts in this session examined the status of current ATM programmes to meet the aviation industry’s requirements of 2020 and in particular SESAR, NextGen and CARATS. They identified the obstacles that they face and the different players’ views. They assessed the different implementation strategies and discussed their feasibility by looking at each industry sector’s role and their respective cost-benefit analyses.

No presentations were used during this session.

• 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

Session Three: Is sovereignty a major obstacle to a truly global ATM system?
Chaired by Bo Redeborn, Principal Director, EUROCONTROL

Industry leaders from across the globe assessed how to avoid sovereignty issues hindering the implementation of ATM programmes and stopping the implementation of a global ATM system.

No presentations were used during this session.

• 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
• Roderick Van Dam, Head Legal Service, EUROCONTROL Legal Service
• Riccardo Rubini, ATM Committee President, ETF
• Patrick Gandil, Director General, Direction Generale de l'Aviation Civile

 
Session Four: Can regulators keep up with the technical change?
A panel made up of regulators from across the globe discussed whether or not their organizations can keep up with the fast pace of change associated with the development of ATM programmes.

• Mark Swan, Director Airspace Policy, CAA
• Gabriel Hendrik Bestbier, General Manager Air Safety Infrastructure, Civil Aviation Authority South Africa
• Peter Cromarty, Executive Manager, Airspace and Aerodrome Regulation, CASA
• Jules Kneepkens, Rule Making Director, EASA
   

DAY TWO - Wednesday, 7 March 2012
 
Chaired by Dr. Mike Shorthose, Chairman, Helios

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 shared their views on the most effective ways of making this much-needed change happen.

• 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 discussed the costs associated with implementing different ATM programmes and reaching the vision by 2020. They assessed the availability of funding and whether the costs match up to the benefits.

No presentations were used during this session.

• Jan Klas, Director General, ANS Czech Republic
• Neil Planzer, Vice President, Air Traffic Management, Boeing
• Richard Deakin, CEO, NATS
• Hemant Mistry, Director Industry Charges, Fuel and Taxation, IATA
• Leago Takalani, Senior Manager of Research and Development, ATNS
• Brian Legan, Vice President, Booz Allen Hamilton

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. 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 discussed.

No presentations were used during this session.

• 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

 
Session Eight: New safety and efficiency improvement programmes from dynamic ATM markets
Chaired by Philip Butterworth-Hayes, ATC Global Editorial Director

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 gave an overview of some of the more important programmes underway.

• Lieutenant-Brigadier Ramon Borges Cardoso, Director General, Department of Airspace Control, DECEA Brazil
• 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 discussed whether SESAR, Next Gen and other global equipment programmes will meet all safety, efficiency, cost-effectiveness and environmental targets.

No presentations were used during this session.

• Amadou Ousmane Guitteye, Director General, ASECNA
• Michael Standar, Chief Strategies & International Relations, SESAR JU
• Andrew Charlton, Managing Director, Aviation Advocacy
• Dr Karlin Toner,  Director and Senior Staff Advisor to the Secretary of Transportation for NextGen, JPDO
• David Gleave, Chief Investigator, Aviation Safety Investigations