APEC Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) Implementation Team

and Public/Industry Forum

The 14^th Meeting of the APEC GNSS Implementation Team (GIT/14)

June 21-24, 2010

Marriott Renaissance Hotel

Seattle, Washington

Reducing Congestion, Promoting Energy Efficiency,

Enhancing Safety and Livability

Provisional Agenda (annotated)

Day 1:  Monday, June 21

8:00 - 9:15 Registration

9:15 - 9:30 Welcome from Linda DeBoldt - City Engineer & Director of Engineering, City of Seattle, Seattle Public Utilities

Welcome by APEC GIT Co-Chairs

9:30 - 9:35 Karen Van Dyke - Acting Director for PNT, U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration

9:35 - 9:45 Noppadol Pringvanich - Engineering Manager, Aeronautical Radio of Thailand

9:45 - 9:55 Introduction of Participants

9:55 - 10:00 Agenda 1:  Adoption of the Agenda

10:00 - 10:15 Agenda 2:  Review APEC Transportation Ministerial Statement, Terms of Reference and Draft GIT Strategy for 2010 - 2015

10:15 - 10:20 Agenda 3:  Overview from the Intermodal Expert Group Chair - Walter Kulyk, Director, Office of Mobility Innovation, U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Transit Administration

10:20 - 10:30 Agenda 4:  APEC Secretariat Report on Key APEC Developments

10:30 Morning Break

10:45 - 12:30 Agenda 5:  Panel on GNSS Constellations

10:45 - 10:50 Panel Moderator:  Raymond Clore, Senior Advisor for GNSS Issues, U.S. State Department, Office of Space and Advanced Technology

11:05 - 11:20 Japan:  Report from JAXA - Satoshi Kogure, Associate Senior Engineer, QZSS Project Team/Satellite Applications and Promotions Center

11:20 - 11:35 European Union:  Report from the European Commission on Galileo - Jean-Yves Roger, European Commission DG for Enterprise and Industry, EU Satellite Navigation Programmes - International Relations

11:50 - 12:05 United States:  Update on GPS Policy and Constellation Update -Robert Hessin, Deputy Director, National Space-Based PNT Coordination Office

12:05 - 12:30 Questions/Discussion

12:30 Lunch (Hosted by ITT)

2:00 - 3:00 Agenda 6:  Panel on State of Washington Applications

2:40 - 3:00 Plate Tectonics, Studies in Real Time - Tim Melbourne, Director, Geodesy Lab, Central Washington University

3:00 - 3:15 Agenda 7:  Report of the 13^th Meeting of the APEC GIT

3:15 - 3:30 Agenda 8:  Presentation on the New Project Submission and Management Process

3:30 Afternoon Break

3:45 - 5:30 Agenda 9:  Economy Reports on Initiatives/Activities on GNSS Implementation/Comments on Draft Strategy

3:45 - 4:15 Chile

4:15 - 4:45 People’s Republic of China

4:45 - 5:15 Indonesia

5:30 End

6:30 - 8:30 Reception - Marriott Renaissance Hotel (Hosted by the United States)

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Day 2 - Tuesday, June 22 Industry Forum

8:30 - 9:00 Keynote Address:  Joel Szabat, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Transportation for Policy, U.S. Department of Transportation

ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS

9:00 - 9:20 GPS Modernization:  GPS IIIA, On the Road to the Future - Michael Shaw, Director of Navigation Systems Global Business Development, Lockheed Martin Space Systems

9:20 - 9:40 Perspectives from Public Transit - Louis Sanders, Director of Technical Services, American Public Transit Authority

9:40 - 10:00 Prospects and Benefits for Transport Users in a Multi-GNSS World - Glen Gibbons, Editor and Managing Partner, Inside GNSS 

10:00 - 10:20 Economic and Environmental Benefits of Precise Positioning, Particularly in the Transportation Sector - Matthew Higgins, Vice President, International Federation of Surveyors

10:20 Official Photograph and Morning Break

HIGHWAY AND TRANSIT USERS

10:50 - 11:15 GNSS in Multi-Modal Transport - Jeff Hamilton, Director of Strategic Partnerships, Trimble

11:15 - 11:35 Individual Vehicle Application - Dana Fecher, Engineering Group Manager, Core Technologies, OnStar Advanced Systems Development 

11:35 - 11:55 Highway Freight Movement: Where and When is My Shipment? - Leo Penne, Program Director for Intermodal and Industry Activities, American Association of State Highway Transportation Organizations

11:55 - 12:15 Space Based Augmentation Systems for Terrestrial Applications - Eric Gakstatter, Contributing Editor for Surveying, Construction, and GIS, GPS World Magazine

AVIATION USERS

12:15 - 12:35 Improving Aeronautical Operations through NexGen, A User’s Perspective - Rocky Stone, Chief Technical Pilot, United Airlines

12:35 - 12:55 Optimized Profile Descent, GNSS Innovation for Aviation - Oscar Vela, Technical Pilot, Alaska Airlines

1:00 Lunch (Hosted by Lockheed Martin)

2:30 - 2:55 GNSS, Guiding Us to NextGen - Steve Vail, Senior Advisor for Global Air Traffic Operations, FedEx

2:55 - 3:15 GNSS and Commercial Air Transport Airplanes, Current Status and Future Interoperability Issues - Tim Murphy, Technical Fellow, Boeing Commercial Airplane Group

3:15 - 3:35 The ARNFS Recommendations, Considerations with the Current Status of Ground Based Augmentation Systems (GBAS) - Vince Massimini, Senior Principal Engineer, Mitre Corporation 

3:35 Afternoon Break

4:00 - 4:20 Current WAAS Status - Jeffrey Christophers, Senior Program Manager, Raytheon 

4:20 - 4:40 GNSS - Navigation with Integrity, Transitioning your Airspace - Mike Hoodspith, Vice President of Operations, Ubitech Systems, Inc.

MARITIME, RAIL AND OTHER ISSUES

4:40 - 5:00 TBD - Milind Pimprikar, Founder and Chairman, CANEUS International

5:30 End

6:30 - 8:30 Reception - Space Needle (Hosted by Trimble)

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Day 3:  Wednesday, June 23

8:30 - 4:10 Agenda 9 (continued):  Economy Reports on Initiatives/Activities on GNSS Implementation/Comments on Draft Strategy

8:30 - 9:00 Japan

9:30 - 10:00 Republic of Korea

10:00 - 10:30 Malaysia

10:30 Morning Break

10:30 - 11:00 Mexico

11:00 - 11:30 Peru

11:30 - 12:00 Russia    

12:00 Lunch (Hosted by Raytheon)

1:30 - 2:00 Chinese Taipei

2:00 - 2:30 Thailand

2:30 - 4:10 United States

2:30 - 2:50 FAA Next Generation Air Transportation - Alice Wong, Program Director for PNT International Outreach, Federal Aviation Administration

2:50 Afternoon Break

3:10 - 3:30 GPS RAIM Prediction System - Andrew Hansen, Volpe National Transportation Systems Center

3:30 - 3:50 Multi-Modal Update Nationwide Differential GPS - Tim Klein, Senior Policy Advisor, Research and Innovative Technology Administration

3:50 - 4:10 Reaching Out to Users, Civil GPS Interface Committee, State

and Localities Subcommittee - Rudy Persaud, Transportation Research Specialist, Federal Highway Administration, Department of Transportation 

Agenda 10:  View of International Organizations

4:10 - 4:40 Reports from International/Regional Organizations - Sharafat Gadimova, United Nations Office of Outer Space Affairs

4:40 - 5:30 Revisit Agenda 2:  Draft Strategy

5:30 End

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Day 4:  Thursday, June 24

8:30 Agenda 11:  Discuss Potential New Proposals

Agenda 12:  Next Meeting

Agenda 13:  Adoption of Report

Concluding Remarks by Co-Chairs

11:30 Distribution of Boxed Lunches

12:00 Depart Hotel on Two Buses

(Information on Tours - All visiting delegations must bring their passport in order to obtain badges for the Boeing VIP tour. 
U.S. delegates must bring their driver’s license for identification.  No video cameras, cell phones or electronic equipment 
can be brought into the Boeing facility.  However, this equipment can be taken to the field demonstration of GPS machine 
guidance and intelligent transportation equipment. Delegates will be able to leave such electronic equipment onboard 
the locked buses during their tour of Boeing.  Delegates are encouraged to wear comfortable walking shoes – no high 
heels or open toe shoes.  In the case of inclement weather, please bring an umbrella.)

TOUR NUMBER ONE

 1:15 Tour of Boeing Everett Facility followed by a field demonstration of GPS machine guidance construction and 
intelligent transportation equipment and integrated surveying and monitoring systems.

TOUR NUMBER TWO

 1:15 Tour a field demonstration of GPS machine guidance construction and intelligent transportation equipment, and 
integrated surveying and monitoring systems followed by a tour of the Boeing Everett Facility.

5:30 Depart for Hotel

6:15 Arrive at Hotel