Morning. Thursday, March 16, 2017

08:30 - 09:30 hrs

Session 7. INDUSTRY MEETS RESEARCH - AN INTERACTIVE DISCUSSION ON INNOVATION DRIVERS AND BARRIERS IN SMEs
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and their innovative ideas are an important factor of economic growth. Therefore it is important to improve the environment in which innovative business ideas can be created. A main factor is the promotion and facilitation of technology transfer, thus the access to scientific results. In order to enable a dynamic and creative GNSS product, service and application development, a stronger and more structured link between the most promising results of GNSS research and companies should be fostered. In this session the innovation drivers and barriers in SMEs will be discussed with an interactive panel.

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Chairman:
Dr. Fabio Dovis, Associate Professor, Department of Electronics and Telecommunications, Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy

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Moderator:

Alan Cameron, Group Publisher and Editor-in-Chief, GPS World magazine, website, newsletters at North Coast Media, Eugene, OR, USA

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This session is organized according to the so called „fishbowl method“ that involves GNSS experts from universities, research centers and industry in an interactive discussion. Everybody is welcome to join the „fishbowl“!

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09:30 - 10:00 hrs

COFFEE BREAK

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10:00 - 11:30 hrs

Session 8. GALILEO PUBLIC REGULATED SERVICE (PRS) BACKING SAFETY & SECURITY RELATED APPLICATIONS
Satellite navigation is used already today by multiple security related applications and it is expected that this use will increase in the future. Coming along with this development the requirements in terms of GNSS-robustness and -reliability are expected to increase, too. The Galileo Public Regulated Service (PRS) will offer a dedicated service for such applications to governmental authorized users, e.g. public safety & security, critical infrastructures, defence, etc. The PRS Session will provide an overview on the current status of PRS implementation at European level and within different EU Member States.

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Chairman:
Dr. Stefan Baumann, IABG, Ottobrunn, Germany

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Panel Members:
Christoph Kautz, Deputy Head of Unit, Galileo and EGNOS - Applications, Security, International Cooperation, DG Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs, European Commission, Brussels, Belgium
Charles Villie, PRS Manager, Security Department, European GNSS Agency (GSA), Prague, Czech Republic
Kai Herrmann, German Competent PRS Authority, German Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure, Berlin, Germany

Colonel (Armament Corps) Philippe Bertrand, French Competent PRS Authority, Sécretariat Général de la Défense et de la Sécurité Nationale, Paris, France
Massimo Mercati, GNSS & PRS Technical and Operational Advisor, Palazzo Chigi, Rome, Italy

11:30 - 13:00 hrs

Session 9. CGSIC
What is being done to ensure the viability of satellite PNT spectrum? What level of noise in adjacent spectrum bands is acceptable for continued operations of GNSS signals? How does the U.S. capture input from global users of GPS and what is being done to promote cooperation with other PNT systems? What policy challenges must be overcome by governments to support the GNSS community? How is the aviation community strategizing for future navigation resiliency? How is the U.S. Department of Homeland Security approaching the question of a backup for GNSS? What studies are being done to help validate any decision for a backup? How do decisions made in other countries affect U.S. PNT policy?

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Chairman:
John Wilde, Global Strategic Advisor, NAVBLUE, Walton-on-Thames, UK

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Panel Members:
Hank Skalski, GPS Civil Operations Liaison, Air Force Space Command, Peterson Air Force Base, USA
Captain Russell Holmes, Commanding Officer, U.S. Coast Guard Navigation Center, Alexandria, VA, USA
Harold Martin, Director, National Coordination Office for Space-Based Positioning, Navigation, and Timing, Washington, DC, USA
Carlos Rodriguez, Navigation Systems, U.S. Federal Aviation Administration, Washington, DC, USA
James Platt, Director, Position Navigation and Timing Office, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Washington, DC, USA
Jeffrey M. Auerbach, Senior GNSS Advisor, U.S. Department of State, Office of Space and Advanced Technology, Washington, DC, USA

 

13:00 - 14:00 hrs

LUNCH BREAK

Afternoon.

14:00 - 15:15 hrs

Session 10. BeiDou
The BeiDou system is committed to provide continuous, stable and reliable positioning, navigation and timing services for global users. The development of the BeiDou system has shifted into high gear. And the in-orbit verification of the satellites is ongoing. In this session, the status and development of the BeiDou System will be presented. The session will also provide an opportunity to discuss how the compatibility and interoperability can be improved. This will help to foster applications and provide better service for global users.

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Chairwoman/Chairman:
Dr. Xiaochun Lu, Researcher, National Time Service Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi’an, China
Prof. Xingqun Zhan, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China

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Panel Members:

Prof. Xingqun Zhan, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
Jun Shen, Deputy Director, UniStrong Science & Technology Co. Ltd., Beijing, China
Xu Min, Deputy Director, ComNav Technology Ltd., Shanghai, China
Haibo Yuan, Researcher, National Time Service Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi’an, China
Decai Zou, Researcher, National Time Service Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi’an, China

15:15 - 17:00 hrs

Session 11. INTEROPERABLE GNSS SPACE SERVICE VOLUME
With the expansion of Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) constellations and upgrades of existing constellations the signal availability will improve significantly in particular for space missions well beyond LEO. All constellation providers and regional augmentation systems are working together through the ICG (International Committee on GNSS) forum to establish an interoperable GNSS Space Service Volume (SSV) for the benefit of GNSS space users. The objective of the GNSS SSV session is to give an general overview of the activities covering mission, system and user level.

 

Chairman:

Prof. Dr. Werner Enderle, Head of the Navigation Support Office, ESA/ESOC, Darmstadt, Germany

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Panel Members:

Joel J. K. Parker, PNT Policy Lead, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, USA

Dmitry Marareskul, Head of Laboratory, JSC Academician M. F. Reshetnev Information Satellite Systems, Zheleznogorsk, Russia

Miguel Manteiga Bautista, Head of Galileo Evolution Program & Strategy Division, ESA/ESTEC, Noordwijk, Netherlands

Matteo Paonni, Project Officer, Manager of the Galileo Space Service Definition project, European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Ispra, Italy
Dr. Erik Schoenemann, Navigation Support Office, ESA/ESOC, Darmstadt, Germany
Dr. Peng Li, Technical manager, Civil-military Integration and International Business Department, CAST (China Academy of Space Technology), Beijing, China
Dr. Satoshi Kogure, Executive Director for QZSS, National Space Policy Secretariat, Cabinet Office, Tokyo, Japan

17:00 hrs

CLOSING OF MUNICH SATELLITE NAVIGATION SUMMIT 2017

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* to be confirmed