​Morning. GETTING UPDATED

 

08:30 - 09:45 hrs

Session 1. GNSS PROGRAM UPDATES - GLOBAL, REGIONAL AND AUGMENTATION SYSTEMS
Presentations are informing about news from the worldwide global, regional and augmentation satellite navigation systems in
operation and under development.
Global: GALILEO (EU), GPS (USA), GLONASS (Russia), BeiDou (China)
Regional: QZSS (Japan), IRNSS (India)
Augmentation: EGNOS (Europe), WAAS (USA), MSAS (Japan), SDCM (Russia), Gagan (India)

 

Chairmen:
Hank Skalski, Department of Transportation, DOT Liaison to Air Force Space Command, Peterson Air Force Base, USA

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

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Panel Members:
Harold Martin, Director, National Coordination Office for Space-Based Positioning, Navigation, and Timing, Washington, DC, USA
„Status and Modernization of the US Global Positioning System and WAAS”
Paul Flament, Head of Unit, Galileo and EGNOS – Programme Management, European Commission, Brussels, Belgium
„Status of Galileo“

Tatiana Mirgorodskaya, International Coordination Division, Head Research Institute of Roscosmos State Corporation, Moscow, Russia
„Status of GLONASS AND SDCM”

Dr. Xiaochun Lu, Researcher, National Time Service Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an, China
„BeiDou Navigation Satellite System Development”

Sharafat Gadimova, Program Officer, UN Office for Outer Space Affairs, Vienna, Austria
„Status of the ICG”

Jean-Marc Pieplu, EGNOS Exploitation Program Manager, European GNSS Agency (GSA), Prague, Czech Republic
„Status of EGNOS”

Dr. Satoshi Kogure, Executive Director for QZSS, National Space Policy Secretariat, Cabinet Office, Tokyo, Japan
„Status of the Japanese QZSS Regional System”

09:45 - 10:45 hrs

Session 2. MUNICH FLASHLIGHTS - NEWS FROM BAVARIA
Brief presentations from the Munich scene reporting on news and activities of the Bavarian satellite navigation
network of excellence and of the high-tech cluster of satellite navigation.

 

Chairman:
Frank Negretti, Member of Management Board, bavAIRia e.V., Gilching, Germany

Panel Members:
Simon Plum, Managing Director, spaceopal GmbH, Munich, Germany

Dr. Stefan Bedrich, Director Engineering, OHB System, Munich, Germany

Dr. Jan Wendel, System Engineer, Airbus Defence and Space, Ottobrunn, Germany
Prof. Dr. Guenter Hein, Member of Managing Board, Munich Aerospace –Fakultät für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V., Taufkirchen, Germany

Prof. Dr. Thomas Pany, Professor for Satellite Navigation, Institute of Space Technology and Space Applications, Neubiberg, Germany
Dr. Guenther Heinrichs, Director Business Development, Marketing & Sales, IFEN GmbH, Poing, Germany
Dr. Patrick Henkel, CEO and Founder, Advanced Navigation Solutions - ANavS GmbH, Munich, Germany
 

10:45 - 11:15 hrs.

COFFEE BREAK
 

11:15 - 13:15 hrs

Session 3. GNSS - IS IT TIME FOR BACKUP?
The Challenge: GNSS has been described as „…a single point of failure for critical infrastructure.” Free and available anywhere with a view of the sky, GNSS timing and location signals have been incorporated into virtually every technology. GNSS service disruptions are caused by natural events, accidents, and equipment malfunctions. Malicious acts by nation states, terrorists, organized crime, and “privacy seekers” are a widespread and increasing problem. Many nations are considering establishing terrestrial PNT systems to complement GNSS, or encouraging industry to establish such systems as a partly commercial enterprise. Members of the panel will be asked to describe desirable characteristics of such systems.

Definitions: For the purpose of this panel „Backup” will be understood to mean one or more PNT systems to complement GNSS services. Complementary systems continuously operate alongside and seamlessly with GNSS and can be integrated in the same timing and navigation receivers.

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Chairman:
Dana A. Goward, President, Reslilient Navigation & Timing Foundation, Washington, DC, USA
 

Panel Members:
Prof. Per Høeg, National Space Institute, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark

Dominic Hayes, Spectrum Management and Policy for Galileo, EGNOS and Copernicus, European Commission, Brussels, Belgium

Francis Zachariae, Secretary-General, IALA - International Association of Marine Aids to Navigation and Lighthouse Authorities, St Germain en Laye, France

Guy Buesnel, PNT Security Technologist – Robust Position, Navigation and Timing,Spirent Communications PLC, Paignton, UK

Tony Flavin, Strategic Research Reporting, Chronos Technology Ltd, Lydbrook, Gloucestershire, UK

John Fischer, Chief Technology Officer, Spectracom Orolia, Rochester, NY, USA

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

Gian-Gherardo Calini, Head of Market Development, GSA, Prague, Czech Republic

 

13:15 - 14:15 hrs

LUNCH

Afternoon.

14:15 - 15:30 hrs

Session 4. GALILEO SEARCH AND RESCUE SERVICE
The Galileo Search and Rescue service (SAR) is Europe‘s contribution to an international emergency beacon locating system called „Cospas-Sarsat“. It helps to locate these beacons and rescue people in distress, for example at sea or in the mountains. First the European Commission will introduce to the Galileo SAR service, its initial service capacity and the full service with additional features still to unfold. The Galileo SAR operator will give a view from the ground and on the service performances. Afterwards, we will hear from the COSPAR SARSAT on the transition to the operational MEOSAR System and about future plans for the system which will benefit people across the globe. The perspective on how the Galileo SAR service reinforces and complements the international capacity will be discussed together with examples of how MEOSAR and GALILEO SAR help emergency operations. The views of beacon manufacturers and associated standardisation bodies will be brought forward to complete our understanding of Galileo SAR service impact on the entire SAR value chain.

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Chairman:
Xavier Maufroid, SAR/Galileo Service Manager, European Commission, Brussels, Belgium

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Panel Members:
Steven Lett, Head of Cospas-Sarsat Secretariat, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Jeremie Benoist, SAR/Galileo Data Service Provider Project Manager, CNES, Toulouse, France
Tore Wangsfjord, Chief of Operations, Norway Joint Rescue Coordination Centre, Nordland, Norway
Eric Pautal, Chief Sales and Marketing Officer, ELTA, Toulouse, France

15:30 - 17:00 hrs

Session 5. GALILEO 2ND GENERATION
As of 15 December 2016, Galileo is offering its Initial Services to public authorities, businesses and citizens. The present Galileo constellation consists of 18 satellites, with the full constellation of 30 satellites expected to be in orbit by 2020. The augmentation system EGNOS is also evolving, and is expected to broadcast multifrequency satellite signals in a few years time. Just like GPS, Galileo must look beyond 2020 and consider a 2nd Generation System which will involve new satellite signals and corresponding ground systems. This will lead to higher accuracies, more reliable integrity, and higher resistance to interference. Panel members will debate these issues, from the different points of view of government, industry and application developers.

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Chairman:
Prof. Dr. Vidal Ashkenazi, Chief Executive, Nottingham Scientific Ltd, Nottingham, UK

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Panel Members:
Miguel Manteiga Bautista, Head of GNSS/Galileo Evolutions Programme and Strategy Division, European Space Agency, Noordwijk, The Netherlands
Cock Overbeek, Vice-President Space, CGI
Dr. Nigel Davies, Head of Secured Navigation, Senior Principal Engineer, Qinetiq Group plc, Farnborough, UK
Eric Guyader, Project Officer, EU Satellite Navigation Evolution Programme, European Commission, Brussels, Belgium
Dr. Kristian Pauly, Project Manager, Galileo 2nd Generation, OHB System AG, Bremen, Germany
Miguel Romay Merino, Executive Director of GNSS, GMV, Madrid, Spain

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17:00 - 17:30 hrs

COFFEE BREAK

17:30 - 19:00 hrs

Session 6. NATIONAL LEGAL AND REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS ON GNSS
This year´s Legal Session will focus on national legal and regulatory frameworks for satellite navigation systems. Leading academic experts will present overviews on the current governance and framework in China, India and Japan and will discuss critical issues and needs for potential future evolution.

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Chairmen:
Dr. Ingo Baumann, Partner, BHO Legal, Cologne, Germany
Dr. Oliver Heinrich, Partner, BHO Legal, Cologne, Germany

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Panel Members:
Dr. Kumar Abhijeet, Assistant Professor, National Law School of India University, Bangalore, India
Prof. Dr. Souichirou Kozuka, Professor of Law, Gakushuin University, Toshima, Tokyo
Dr. Leopold Mantl, Deputy Head of Unit, EU Satellite Navigation Programmes, European Commission, Brussels, Belgium
Dr. Fabio Tronchetti, Advisor at the HaoliMo Law Firm, based in Beijing, China; Adjunct Professor of Comparative National Space Law at the School of Law of the University of Mississippi, USA

20:00 hrs

Evening. EVENING RECEPTION: Summit Space Night 2017

sponsored by Airbus Defence and Space

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* to be confirmed