PROGRAM
Monday, March 18
RECEPTION: (5:30 - 6:30)
DINNER: (6:30 - 8:00)
Tuesday, March 19
Welcome:
(8:15 - 8:30)
Michael Ball, University of Maryland
NAS System Constraints and Evolving Capabilities
(8:30 - 10:30)
Capacity Limitations, Technical Constraints and Trends
George Donohue, George Mason University
Lessons from Airport Gridlock: LaGuardia Airport
Amedeo Odoni, MIT
An Economic Perspective on Collaborative Decision Making
Mike Wambsganss, Metron Aviation
Discussant:
Louise Mallett, FAA
BREAK: 10:30 - 10:45
Economic Consequences of Congestion
(10:45 - 12:45)
Economic Costs of Delay
Joseph Sinnott, MITRE
Airline Response to NAS Capacity Constraints
Pete Kostiuk, Logistics Management Institute
Introducing Financial Compensation to the Benefit of Airlines Companies for Lack of Capacity Provision: First Insights
Alain Jeunemaitre, Nuffield College, Oxford University
Discussants:
Arnie Barnett, MIT;
Geoff Gosling,
University of California, Berkeley;
David Traynham, Boeing
LUNCH: (12:45 - 1:45)
Perspectives on Airport Slot Allocation
(1:45 - 3:45)
Markets and Information
Vernon Smith, George Mason University
Property rights and Allocation Mechanisms
David Porter, George Mason University
Panel:
Larry Ausubel, University of Maryland
Ken Button, George Mason University
Nan Shellanbarger, FAA
Richard Steinberg, Cambridge University
Rich Vohra, Northwestern University
BREAK: (3:45 - 4:00)
NAS Congestion: Carrier and Airport Impact and Response
(4:00 - 5:45)
Panel:
Robert Bott, Boeing
Jim Crites, Dallas Fort Worth Airport
Amr Elsawy, MITRE
Mark Hansen, University of California, Berkeley
Bob Windle, University of Maryland
RECEPTION: (6:15 - 6:45)
DINNER: (6:45 - 8:15)
INFORMAL DISCUSSION: (8:15 - 9:30)
Wednesday, March 20
Public Auctions: Background and Perspective from Other Industries
(8:30 - 10:30)
The FCC Auctions and Related Designs: An Economist's View.
Paul Milgrom, Stanford University
Energy Auctions: a Federal View
Richard P. O’Neill, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Panel:
Peter Cramton, University of Maryland
Karla Hoffman, George Mason University
Evan Kwerel, Federal Communications Commission
Sasa Pekec, Duke University
Break (10:30 - 10:45)
Airspace System Resource Allocation: Operations Impact
(10:45 -12:30)
NAS Resource Allocation and Reallocation on Day of Operations
Michael Ball, University of Maryland
Panel:
Roger Beatty, American Airlines
Norm Fujisaki, FAA
John Hansman, MIT
Patrick Ky, Eurocontrol
Bill Leber, Northwest Airlines
LUNCH: (12:30 - 1:30)
Closing Remarks:
George Donohue, George Mason University