National Airspace System Infrastructure Management Conference

The National Academies, Keck Center

500 Fifth Street, Washington, DC

September 9, 2005

Agenda

7:30 – 8:30 Registration/Continental breakfast

8:30 – 8:40      Welcome – Jasenka Rakas, UC Berkeley and Jack Nager, FAA

8:40 – 9:00 Opening Remarks – Gene Juba, FAA

MORNING SESSION

9:00 – 10:35    NAS Infrastructure Management

Overview of NAS infrastructure inventory, (equipment, services, facilities, people), current management problems and needs, and projects underway.

                        Moderator: Jasenka Rakas, UC Berkeley                    

                        Speakers:

· Mike Gough, FAA ATO Enroute Services

· Tom Skiles, FAA ATO Terminal Services

· Juaida Norrell, FAA ATO Technical Operations

· Bill Tretter, FAA ATO Technical Operations

10:35 – 10:45 Break

10:45 – 12:00 NAS Infrastructure Security

Issues in aviation safety and security; airport security; NAS facility inspections.

                        Moderator: William Tippin, Jacobs Facilities, Inc.         

                        Speakers:

· Christopher Connell, FAA Office of Internal Security

· Steven Carver, FAA ATO Technical Operations

· Cenk Tunasar, TransSolutions

12:00 – 1:00 LUNCH 

                        Lunch Speaker: Arnold Barnett, MIT “Is it Safe?”

AFTERNOON SESSION

1:00 – 2:50 Management of Non-Aviation Infrastructure: The State-of-the-Art

Methodologies, optimization techniques, and critical issues in non-aviation                                  infrastructure sectors.

Moderator:  Mark Hansen, UC Berkeley

Speakers:

· Samer Madanat (general), University of California, Berkeley

· Rabi Mishalani (facility deterioration), Ohio State University

· Paul Schonfeld (waterways), University of Maryland

· Kamal Golabi (bridges, pipes), Optima, Inc.

2:50 – 3:00 Break

3:00 – 4:45      Economic Realities of NAS Infrastructure Cost

NAS infrastructure costs for current and next-generation NAS facilities.            

Moderator: Samer Madanat, UC Berkeley

Speakers:

· Rich Golaszewski, GRA, Inc.

“Making the Business Case for NAS Modernization: a Step beyond Benefit-Cost Analysis”

· Frank Frisbie, Apptis

“The Transition to NGATS Promises FAA savings IF…”

                        NAS, Transition to New Concepts and Management of the Future

Communications and automation transformation challenges for the future air transportation system and FAA’s plans to both modernize and right-size the NAS surveillance and navigation infrastructures. 

                        Speakers:

· Reza Eftekari, MITRE, CAASD

“Communications and Automation Transformation Challenges for the Future Air Transportation System”

· David Hamrick, MITRE, CAASD

“Modernizing the NAS Surveillance and Navigation Infrastructures”

4:45 – 5:00      Closing Remarks

· Gerald Thompson, Jerry Thompson and Associates

· Jasenka Rakas, UC Berkeley and Jack Nager, FAA

5:00 – 6:00      Reception