ATM to Be Focus of Paris Meeting, Overnight News

FAA, SESAR, AIA, IATA and ITT will be hunkering down next week at a conference, timed to coincide with the Paris Air Show, to discuss solutions to the more serious challenges of air traffic management as the skies become more congested.

The forum, scheduled for Monday, June 15 at the ITT PAS Pavilion, Hall 3, Stand D52, is being convened by ITT is critical as air traffic management organization try to capitalize on the worldwide traffic slump to prepare for the future.

“By 2015, the current U.S. ATC system will be unable to handle the rising number of aircraft and passengers, which are expected to increase 50% over the next decade,” said the company in announcing the meeting. “Meanwhile, in Europe, flights are expected to increase between 70 and 120% above 2007 levels by the year 2030.”

Panel topics will also include harmonization and interoperability, as well as the safety, efficiency and environmental benefits of next generation ATC systems.

ITT Chairman and CEO Steve Loranger will host the event. Panelists participating in the roundtable include:
• Dorothy Reimold, Acting Administrator for International Aviation, Federal Aviation Administration – Reimold will bring the FAA’s experience with NextGen to the discussion.
• Peter Griffiths, Vice President for Europe, International Air Transport Association – Griffiths, informed by his former role as Director General of the U.K.’s Civil Aviation Authority, brings a European perceptive to the conversation.
• Marion Blakey, former FAA Administrator from 2002-2007 and current President and CEO, Aerospace Industry Association – Blakey led the development of NextGen during her time at the FAA. She is a leading proponent of air traffic control modernization.
• John Kefaliotis, Vice President of Next Generation Transportation Systems, ITT – Kefaliotis has overall responsibility for ITT’s execution of the Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) program. ADS-B is the cornerstone of NextGen.
• A representative from Single European Sky ATM Research Programme (SESAR)

To RSVP, please contact:
David Albritton, +1-703-790-6320 (office) or +1-703-298-5011 (mobile), david.albritton@itt.com
Steve Brecken, +1-540-561-0395 (office) or +1-540-525-5660 (mobile), steve.brecken@itt.com
John Dench, +1-973-284-4543 (office) or +1-973-563-5886 (mobile), john.dench@itt.com
Tim White, +1-260-451-7145 (office) or +1-260-494-0408 (mobile), tim.white@itt.com
or Matt Grimison, +1-703-752-7845 (office) or +1-407-474-8028 (mobile), matt.grimison@shscom.com

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