​Morning

9:00 - 10:30 hrs

Session 1. GNSS PROGRAM UPDATES – GLOBAL, REGIONAL AND AUGMENTATION SYSTEMS

Speakers from the respective organizations and countries present news from the worldwide global, regional and 
augmentation satellite navigation systems in operation and under development.

Global: GALILEO (EU), GPS (USA), BeiDou (China) 
Regional: QZSS (Japan), KPS (Korea), IRNSS/NAVIC (India) 

Augmentation: EGNOS (EU), WAAS (USA), MSAS (Japan)

Chair:

Mike Swiek, Mike International, LLC, Washington, DC, USA

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Panelists:

- Xavier Maufroid, Head of Sector Galileo Implementation, Head of GNSS Joint Office, DG DEFIS, EC, Brussels, Belgium

& F. Javier de Blas, Commercial and High Accuracy Service Manager, EUSPA, Prague, Czech Republic 

- Harold Martin, National Coordination Office for Space-Based Positioning, Navigation, and Timing, Washington DC,       USA

- Lu Jun, Deputy Director, China Satellite Navigation Project Center, Beijing, China

- Satoshi Kogure, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Japan

- Sharafat Gadimova, UN Office for Outer Space Affairs, Vienna, Austria 

- Silvia Porfili, EGNOS Project Officer, EUSPA, Prague, Czech Republic 

- Taegyu Kim, Ministry of Science and ICT, Sejong, Republic of Korea 

- P.S. Sura, UR Rao Satellite Center, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), Bangalore, India

​​10:30 - 10:50 hrs  REFRESHMENT BREAK

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10:50 - 12:10 hrs

Session 2. FUTURE TRANSPORTATION ON LAND AND AT SEA

Trends such as increasing traffic volumes, autonomy and automation, cyber threats, decarbonization, and urbanization pose a real challenge for future transportation systems on land and water. The needs of pedestrians, road and rail users, and maritime and inland waterway users require new approaches to positioning and navigation to meet increased demands for accuracy, integrity, resilience, availability, and flexibility. Technologies such as sensor fusion, 5G integration, artificial intelligence and machine learning, GNSS augmentation, and authentication can help to meet these requirements. The session will explore the topic from different angles from both a user and system perspective.

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Chair:

Karen Van Dyke, Director, Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) and Spectrum Management, DOT, Washington DC, USA

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Panelists:

- Karen Van Dyke, DOT, Washington DC, USA

- Valentin Barreau, Train Localisation Project Manager, SNCF, Toulouse, France

- Stig Erik Christiansen, Product Manager, Kongsberg Seatex AS, Trondheim, Norway

- Martin Haueis, Head of Map Processing and Vehicle Localization, Mercedes-Benz, Stuttgart, Germany

- Jeremy Bennington, VP of Position, Navigation, & Time (PNT) Assurance, Spirent Communications, Crawley, UK

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12:15 - 13:15 hrs

Session 3. GNSS AND SPACE SUSTAINABILITY

This year´s Legal Session, organized and moderated by BHO Legal, will focus on GNSS and space sustainability. Space sustainability and specific aspects such as space debris mitigation are high on the space policy agenda worldwide. However, GNSS in MEO has so far not been in the focus. The session will present the overall issue of space sustainability, the different action streams in this regard, the space debris situation in MEO, current mitigation policies by GNSS operators and further aspects.

 

Chairs:

Ingo Baumann, Attorney-at-law|Partner, BHO Legal, Cologne, Germany

Oliver Heinrich, Attorney-at-law|Partner, BHO Legal, Cologne, Germany

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Panelists:

- Matija Renčelj, Research Manager, European Space Policy Institute, Vienna, Austria

- Holger Krag, Head of Space Debris Office, ESA, Darmstadt, Germany

- Christoph Kautz, Head of Unit, Secure Connectivity, Space Surveillance & Applications, DG DEFIS, EC, Brussels,        Belgium

- Valerio Carandente, Galileo Service Delivery Manager, Spaceopal GmbH, Munich, Germany

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13:15 - 14:30 hrs   NETWORKING LUNCHEON

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13:40 - 14:30 hrs

APPLICATIONS FOR THE EVOLUTION OF HIGH ACCURACY NAVIGATION SERVICES

Roundtable Discussion hosted by Spaceopal

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This year, Spaceopal, Europe's leading provider of global navigation services, is hosting the Summit's Roundtable to discuss applications and innovative solutions for the next generation of high accuracy navigation services with key stakeholders from the European navigation, telecommunications and automotive sectors.

 

Chairs:

Emiliano Agosta - Technical Director, Spaceopal GmbH

Sebastian Fedeli - Sales & Procurement Director, Spaceopal GmbH

 

For registered guests ONLY - Register NOW here

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Afternoon

14:30 - 16:00 hrs

Session 4. FUTURE AIR TRANSPORTATION – VISION, CHALLENGES AND TECHNOLOGIES APPROACHING AUTONOMY AND AUTOMATION

Aeronautics is facing major challenges like decarbonization, reduction of noise or increase of freightand passenger traffic, while keeping a high level of safety and (cyber) security. Substantial transitions are ongoing from controller guided aviation to autonomy and automation or from uniform to mixed airspaces with new entrants including air taxis and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV). Very low airspaces will allow for urban air mobility of freight and passengers. Reliable, safe and secure navigation is paramount for future concepts. The session will address the challenges as well as technologies and systems to enhance safety, robustness, and efficiency of airborne operations, both for classic aircrafts but also for air taxis and small UAVs in lower air spaces.

 

Chair:

Michael Meurer, Head of Navigation Department, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute of Communications and Navigation & Full Professor, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany

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Panelists:

- Michael Meurer, Head of Navigation Department, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute of Communications and    Navigation, & Full Professor, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany

- Gregory Thompson, WAAS Program Manager, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Washington DC, USA  

- Todd Walter, Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Stanford University, Palo Alto CA, USA

- Andreas Thellmann, Head of Air Mobility Initiative, Airbus Urban Mobility, Munich, Germany

- Sven Wlach, Lead Systems Engineer, Phoenix-Wings, Ismaning, Germany

- Stefan Milz, CEO/CTO, Spleenlab, Saalburg-Ebersdorf, Germany

 

 

16:00 - 16:30 hrs  REFRESHMENT BREAK

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16:30 - 17:55 hrs

​Session 5. SECURE NAVIGATION

 

Safety & Security related applications have very stringent requirement for the robustness, integrity and cyber-security of the GNSS-signals used. To fulfill these user requirements dedicated Galileo services are under implementation. For private and commercial applications the Galileo Open Service Navigation Message Authentication (OS-NMA) and later on the Commercial Authentication Service (CAS) will be introduced and for governmental authorized users the Galileo Public Regulated Service (PRS) is foreseen. This session will provide an up-to-date overview on the current implementation status of these services, receiver developments and planned next steps with a focus on test-and validation-campaigns for various safety & security related applications.

 

Chairs: 

Stefan Baumann, Programme Manager, IABG, Ottobrunn, Germany

F. Javier de Blas, Commercial and High Accuracy Service Manager, EUSPA, Prague, Czech Republic

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Panelists:

- F. Javier de Blas, EUSPA, Prague, Czech Republic

- Ernst Phillip Mrohs, Research & Development, NavCert GmbH, Munich, Germany

- Oscar Pozzobon, Co-Founder, President, CEO, Qascom, Bassano d. Grappa, Italy

- Fabien Frossard, Service Engineering Manager A.I, EUSPA, Prague, Czech Republic 
- Frank Wilms, Principal at FDC, Vincennes, France

- Ronald Nippold, DLR Institute of Transportation Systems, Braunschweig, Germany

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18:00 - 19:15 hrs

Session 6. MULTI-SENSOR INTEGRATION

Virtually all mobile platforms use multi-sensor navigation systems to increase robustness, accuracy and availability. A good understanding of novel and traditional sensors characteristics and methods to integrate these sensor measurements are essential to provide solutions for upcoming space-, air- and land-borne applications. This understanding is also necessary to shape future GNSS services (from MEO or LEO) to ensure a maximum of synergy for the users benefit. 

 

There is a growing number of female researchers interested in this important area of PNT and broader areas of science, engineering, and technology.  This panel will feature leading international women experts in the field of PNT to highlight current integration trends, discuss challenges for future developments, and present visions of next generation integrated systems.

 

Chair:

Jade Morton, Director, Colorado Center for Astrodynamics Research (CCAR), University of Colorado, Boulder, 

CO, USA

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Panelists:

Dorota Grejner-Brzezinska, Professor, Lowber B. Strange Endowed Chair in Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA

Rong Yang, Ass. Professor, School of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China

Yueyang Zou, Institute of Quantum Optics, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany

Anja Grosch, Institute of Communications and Navigation, DLR, Wessling, Germany

Daniela Sánchez Morales, ISTA, University of the Bundeswehr Munich, Neubiberg, Germany

Sophie Damy, Project Officer, Joint Research Center, EC, Ispra, Italy

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Evening

19:30 hrs

EVENING RECEPTION: Munich Space Night 2023

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