From 8-10 March 2016, SESAR participated in the World ATM Congress where this year’s SESAR Exchange Theatre – co-hosted by the SESAR Joint Undertaking (SJU) and the SESAR Deployment Manager (SDM) - provided an opportunity for the audience to hear the latest on SESAR research and innovation (R&I) and deployment activities.
The event kicked off with a joint session by the SJU and the SDM, highlighting the SESAR lifecycle – from R&I, industrialisation to deployment – which was explained with two concrete examples – Airport operations centre (APOC) and extended-arrival management (E-AMAN). Download the presentation.
A highlight of the 2016 event was the announcement by the SJU of the 19 members that will participate in SESAR 2020. This renewed SJU membership brings together over 100 separate organisations with a European and global presence from across the full scope of ATM research to the ongoing SESAR development. Read more.
The event also provided the backdrop for the annual SESAR Project Awards, which this year recognised 4 projects focussing on system-wide information sharing, enhanced airport arrivals and flight efficiency procedures, and the compatibility between SESAR Solutions. Read more.
Separate to the SESAR Exchange Theatre, the SJU organised an educational workshop on Spectrum, which provided an overview of key SESAR solutions that optimise the use of spectrum and explained the SESAR vision and strategy to create a sustainable environment for spectrum efficient aeronautical systems. Read more.
The SESAR Exchange Theatre also provided the backdrop for the first ever European Single European Sky Awards. Read more.
A session on the European ATM Master Plan closed the loop on a year-long campaign in which all ATM stakeholders expressed their satisfaction on the resulted updated plan. Read more
Other highlights of the event included technical sessions on ground-to-ground interoperability, SESAR research on virtualisation and exploratory research and SESAR and the military.
Stay tuned for more information about SESAR at the World ATM Congress 2017.
Further information
Click here to download presentations from the event
Click here to find out more about SESAR Deployment activities at the WAC 2016
Click on the picture below to access the photo album of the WAC 2016
