Speakers from Airbus, Eurocontrol, and Swiss International Airlines discuss ATM avionics realities at Avionics & Defence Electronics Europe 2011

Posted by John McHale
MUNICH, Germany, 4 Feb. 2011. Speakers from Airbus, Eurocontrol, and Swiss International Airlines comprise a session on air traffic management (ATM) avionics realities on the first day of the Avionics & Defence Electronics Europe 2011 conference and exhibition to be held March 16 – 17, 2010 at the M.O.C. Centre in Munich.
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The session will begin with a talk on "Air Traffic Situation Awareness," which will be presented by Christos Rekkas, head of the Cascade Program Section for EuroControl and Martin Brodbeck & Jorg Neubert -- both of Swiss International Airlines. Next up is Fabienne Sauron- Combie of Airbus and Serge Bagieu of Eurocontrol. speaking on the Link 2000 program. Closing out the session will be a talk on "Revenue Flight Trials as Enabler for a Smooth Transition to New ATM Concepts" by Tom Maier, senior manager for Airbus. Chairing the session is John Law, head of surveillance and code coordination for EuroControl.
Other session topics for Avionics Europe include; SES and Future Avionics Systems; a panel discussion on Making the Business Case for Integrating New Avionics; Avionics Market and Traffic Forecasts, Helicopter Avionics Modernization; and EFBs (electronic flight bags) and Avionics Systems Certification Challenges.
For more information on the event, visit www.avionics-event.com. For exhibiting opportunities contact Jo-Ann Pellegrini in North America by phone at 650-946-3169 and by email at [email protected]; and internationally James McAuley at +34 651 675 516 and by email at [email protected].