Overview:
The Atlantic Interoperability Initiative to Reduce Emissions (AIRE) agreement between the European Commission and the United States is a programme that aims to improve energy efficiency, and lower engine emissions and aircraft noise. By taking advantage of air traffic management best practices and new technologies, AIRE expects to accelerate the implementation of environmentally friendly procedures for all phases of flight and to validate the benefits of these improvements. AIRE is jointly managed by the Federal Aviation Administration and the SESAR Joint Undertaking. At ATC Global, the FAA and the SJU will reveal the outcome of numerous trials and flight activities during the “Annual AIRE Conference” [AIRE Workshop] on 9 March 2010. Don’t miss it!

At ATC Global 2010 the SJU together with the FAA presented the results from the AIRE (Atlantic Interoperability Initiative to Reduce Emissions) trials in 2009. On the European side more than 1,100 flight trials were conducted by 18 partners in five locations. AIRE, SESAR’s green programme component, clearly shows that by working together on improving current procedures, considerable gains in terms of fuel efficiency and consequently lower CO2 emissions can be achieved. While the main aim of the test campaign was to evaluate the applicability and effectiveness of green flight procedures, concrete fuel and CO2 savings could be measured. Analysis of the data collected show that 400 tonnes of CO2 could be saved during the flight trials which corresponds to the annual CO2 emission of 100 passenger cars. The AIRE initiative will be expanded in 2010, a corresponding call for tenders is currently published. “AIRE is the right programme at the right time. We do something for the airlines, the environment and the passengers. Now it is time that we progress from ‘flight trials’ to ‘day-to-day’ green operations”, Patrick Ky stressed during the AIRE announcement. All results from the European trials are published in the brochure "Delivering Green Results - A Summary of AIRE projects results" (PDF format).

Attendees:
SESAR JU partners, operational staff from airlines and airports and associations of airlines, institutions, ANSPs, green specialists in the industry ( includes medium – advanced technical components).

Agenda:

	Welcoming remarks Eric Patrick Ky, Executive Director, SESAR Joint Undertaking
	Greening of flights: The U.S. perspective  Hank Krakowski, Chief Operating Officer, FAA (No Presentation)
	Green aviation in Europe  Daniel Calleja, Director Air Transport Directorate, European Commission
	100 trials later, AIRE programme results unveiled  Alain Siebert, Chief Economist & Environment, SJU
	Insight into an AIRE project  Philippe Eydaleine, Air France Representative to the EU institutions (No Presentation)
	Green operations in Santa Maria Airspace  Augusto Pereira Luis, President & CEO, NAV Portugal
	FAA insight, a multiple domain approach  Kevin Chamness, Manager FAA Europe and Global Forums
	FAA results: Trials and Benefits  Thien Ngo, AIRE Programme Manager, FAA
	Outlook for 2010 & beyond  Thien Ngo, AIRE Programme Manager, FAA Alain Siebert, Chief Economics & Environment, SJU
	Joint conclusion: What happens next?  Patrick Ky, Executive Director, SJU & Hank Krakowski, Chief Operating Officer, FAA (No Presentation)

Agenda:

	Welcome address Eric Platteau, Chief Communication, SJU (No Presentation)
	Keynote speech: Moving forward with SESAR  Patrick KY, Executive Director, SJU (No Presentation)
	Single Sky II: A European commitment to innovation  Daniel Calleja, Director Air Transport Directorate, European Commission
	Air Traffic Management at the crossroads  David McMillan, Director General, EUROCONTROL
	Nine months after kick off: What have we achieved and learned so far?  Florian Guillermet, Chief Programme Officer, SJU
	Roll out of the SESAR strategy  Michael Standar, Chief Operational Concept and Validation, SJU
	SESAR: A user-driven approach  Manfred Mohr, Head of project SESAR, Lutfhansa
	SESAR, an opportunity for investment alignment  Mariluz De Mateo Garcia, Head of Strategy & Planning, AENA
	Why ATM R&D is so critical?  Patrick Schuster, Engineering Director Air Traffic Management, Airbus
	SESAR and the human operators  Marc Baumgartner, President & CEO, IFATCA
	Challenges for 2010 and Questions & Answers  Patrick Ky, Executive Director, SJU (No Presentation)

Overview:

The objective is to address the lack of understanding between the MET and ATM communities to ensure robust requirements are defined for SESAR and NextGen through engagement, information and participation. The target prize - 900 million euro savings a year in Europe alone.

Attendees:
Airlines, Service Providers & Regulators, System-and Equipment manufacturers

Agenda:

	Welcome Moderator: Ken Reid, EUROCONTROL
	Setting the Scene  Dennis Hart, EUROCONTROL
	Advanced WX Observations  Hannu Katajamaki, Vaisala & Foeke Kuik, Telvent
	The Better Forecast  Klaus Sturm, EUMETNET
	Air Traffic Control Use Case  Daniel Muller, Thales Air Systems
	Managing Flights  Stefanie Meilinger & Urban Weißhaar, Lufthansa Systems

Overview:
This multimode surveillance workshop will focus on future and existing developments of Wide Area Multilateration (WAM) and ADS-B in a variety of ways. Through a panel discussion of industry experts, Air Navigation Service Providers (ANSPs) and Civil Aviation Authorities (CAA), the use of WAM for wide area applications will be defined, along with the challenges of developing such a system and the associated benefits. Global case studies will be highlighted.

Agenda:

	Introduction Moderator: Marc Viggiano, Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Sensis Corporation
	Overview and Benefits of Multimode Surveillance  Mike Gerry, Vice President, Air Traffic Systems Products and Programs, Sensis Corporation
	WAM - The EUROCONTROL Perspective  Andrew Desmond-Kennedy, Senior Expert - surveillance, CND/CoE/CNS Surveillance Unit, EUROCONTROL
	WAM Surveillance for Colorado Airports  Travis Vallin, Aeronautics Director, Colorado Department of Transportation
	WAM in Austrian Airspace  Christian Scheiflinger, Business Unit Manager, Austro Control
	WAM Surveillance for Non-Radar Airspace (NRA) in the North Sea  Khalid El Seed, Senior ATC Systems Engineer & Project Manager, National Air Traffic Services (NATS)
	Nationwide ADS-B in the US John Kefaliotis, Vice President, NextGen Air Traffic Systems, AES Division, ITT
	Operational Applications of WAM and ADS-B in Canada Sid Koslow, Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, NAVCANADA

Target audience:
Senior and middle "management-level" of civil and military airspace users, ANSPs, staff from relevant international bodies, civil and military regulator and manufacturing industry.

Overview:
Gain a comprehensive overview and understanding of the variety and complexity of issues that must be solved to successfully establish a SES that will be able to simultaneously accommodate civil and military requirements and will create mutual benefits
Workshop Conclusion: The outcome will be provision of a high-level (generic) list of potential best options to solve these issues in a joint civil-military approach to create a SES environment of mutual benefits while respecting the global dimension.

Format:
The session will include a panel, each member of which will provide a short presentation in regard to his/her organisation’s expectations and visions. After the presentation there will be an interactive session giving the audience the opportunity to raise questions to specific panel members for replies. Expected panellists include: ICAO, NATO, EASA, European Defence Agency, French Air Force, German Air Force, Italian Air Force, Skyguide and EUROCONTROL/DCMAC.

Overview
The CFMU is engaged in a transformation to adapt its operations and services to the new Network Operations concept that will support the Single European Sky. This implies services and platforms to enable operational cooperation and interoperability with all ATM partners. The objective of this workshop is to demonstrate concretely how the CFMU is implementing operational collaboration, data standardisation and shared information services to enable Network Operations.

Key note speakers will set the scene: