Our guest Cate Bichara is the head of inclusion and diversity at Skyguide. We discussed the following topics: The guest's personal career path and current position.What psychological safety is and the four pillars to promote safety together with cross-industry examples.How to bring management on board with putting psychological safety as a priority.Cultural and generational differences and the tools to enable inclusion.What the guest expectations and goals are as an ambassador of diversity in...

Our guest Jérémie Bayle is the head of the STARSim project at DSNA. We discussed the following topics: The guest's personal career path and current position.The reasons behind StarSim and decentralized training.The project's scale, number of airports, timing, current status.Is a mix of engineering and operations the key to success?The guest's vision of ATC training in 5 and 50 years.

Our guest Anna von Groote is the director general at EUROCAE. We discussed the following topics: The guest's personal career path and current position.What a virtual center is, and the technical difference between a virtual center versus existing air traffic management (ATM) systems.Whether air traffic control could ever be done from home.What the benefits of a virtual center are, and the obstacles to realizing virtual centers.What can EUROCAE bring to the table with regard to virtual...

Our guest Andy Foxhall is the head of International Business Solutions at NATS. We discussed the following topics: The guest's personal career path.What it's like working with the Red Arrows and as an air traffic controller at Gatwick airport.How it is to move partly away from the microphone to training, supervising, and leading air traffic controllers.The decision to become a consultant and work with other air navigation service providers (ANSPs), and advice for others contemplating the...

Our guest Silja Guðmundsdóttir is the Director Of Business Development at Tern Systems, a company that designs and builds air traffic management (ATM) solutions. We discussed the following topics: What makes air traffic management in Iceland different from other countries.The ATM system Polaris' scope, history, and next steps.The different usages of Polaris outside of the local ANSP and working with other customers.How to attract young talent, and improve diversity and inclusion in the air...

Our guest Josef Anschau has flown over almost every part of the world as a commercial pilot and is now the Chief Operating Officer at PVS aero. We discussed the following topics: Guest's professional backgroundProcedure Validation Solutions aero offering and historyThe necessity for procedure validation, and whether simulator flights are the way to goSolving mistakes in procedure designsStakeholder collaboration in procedure designsHow does the guest view ATC from a pilot's perspective and...

Samuli Suokas founded Lektor Consulting which trains air traffic controllers worldwide. We discuss the following topics: The guest's journey from being an ATCO to now, and the purpose of Lektor ConsultingThe type of training offered and receiving training certificationWhat Lektor Consulting does differently to improve the training processWhat are the type of skills required by ATCOs now and in the futureWhether remote training continues after COVIDATCO training  in 5 years and 50 years from...

Our guest Alberto Quintana works in digital transformation for ATC while also coming from an operational background and he joins us to discuss the following topics: Personal introduction of the guestApplying AI to radar and flight plan dataThe future implementations of AI in the coming years and the current implementation statusThe workflow changes for ATCOs working with AIHow AI is implemented in safety critical situationsExplainable AIThe evolution of ATM in the next 5 years? And in the...

Lyne Moreau, the VP and Chief Strategy Officer of NAV CANADA, joins us to discuss the following topics: The personal career path of the guest and current role scopeThe 'new' strategic direction and its time horizonHow NAV CANADA is regulated and the importance of common understandingChallenges and opportunities of moving ahead with the strategic directionPartnership and similarities between ANSPsCommercial ventures and future philosophyImportance of visibility to improve the gender balance in...

Norbert Haslacher, the CEO of Frequentis AG, joins us in this episode to discuss the following topics: Personal introduction of the guest.The heritage and vision of Frequentis AG.The cross‐industry innovation from the diverse safety-critical industries to improve Frequentis AG products and services.The transformation that Frequentis AG underwent from a hardware-centric company to a software company.The mergers and acquisitions strategy since the IPO. The viable systems organizational model,...

In this episode, our colleague Stojanche Gjorcheski is debuting as host with our guest Mr. Hari Iyer.  Hari is a software engineer and followed his passion to work in the ATM industry as a research engineer and currently as a PhD at ASU. His company worked on projects most notable with the FAA and NASA. The following topics were discussed: Hari's personal journey from software engineer to the ATM industry and how an international can work in the United States' Aerospace sector.The projects...

In this episode, we are delighted to speak with Dr Debora Cazzani, the Marketing & Export Manager of MC Solutions. The focal points of this episode were innovations in AGL and A-SMGCS. The following topics were discussed: The mastery of MC solutions and its history.Design factors behind using optical fibers in the solutions and retrofitting existing infrastructure with optical fibers.The business scope of MC Solutions and the interoperable solution they offer.The independent measurement...

The guest of this episode is Marina Efthymiou , an Assistant Professor in Aviation Management at the Dublin City University. We discussed the following: Background and expertise, including research and papers, teaching and education activitiesAviation Management course at DCU, part of which relates to ATM, audience, key topics / subjects, prospects of future careerTechnical & managerial  leadership Most important skills for a fresh graduate student (technical, managerial or else)How are...

The guest of this episode is Andre Schenider,  the CEO of Geneva Airport. We discussed the following topics: Personal introduction and presentation of GVA, including latest news, traffic figuresRole as Board Member of ACI EUROPE and the purpose of this organisationAreas for close collaboration with ANSP and common work on a longer termWho has the last word for large projects (i.e. new runway or ramp) - is it the ANSP or the airport?Payment model of ANSP vs. airports and conflicting...

The guest for this episode is Simona Frankova, the Managing Partner at NG Aviation, a small company from Slovakia, offering digital solutions for aeronautical stakeholders. We discussed these topics: Need for more digitalisation in the AIM and ATM world and better, digital NOTAMsWeight of legacy and the reasons for it (i.e. worldwide compatibility, equipment, ...)Approach and solutions offered by NG aviationTackling ATM with a start-up mindset, difference in cultures and tempoBeing a female...

In this episode we had a guest from Denmark. Jesper Skou is the Co-Founder of Skypuzzler and we discussed the following topics: C-level experience with ANS organisations in different parts of the world new role at Skypuzzler and more about this new company vision on Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) place of Skypuzzler in the ATM / UTM landscapeATM and UTM in 5 and 50 years

In this episode we had as a guest the Vice President & Business Development Manager Bill Lang  from Adacel. We discussed the following topics: Adacel is 35 years old - overview of company's history, best successes and biggest milestonesAuroras’ technological advantageAdacel's ATC system and simulator compared to TRACON, ARTCC and TWR technologiesAdacel's global expansion Recent contracts with Seychelles Aviation Authority and France's DSNACustom software development for air traffic...

In This Episode we had as a guest from Norway, we talked with the Principal Engineer Kjell Arne Kamben from Edda Systems. We discussed the following topics: Company history of EDDA ATC Simulators Edda Systems products and services Most successful simulatorRemote Training Concept Airspace Planner, VCS Simulator, and Test Data Generator: can they be integratedR&D work on simulators improvementsCooperation with Avinor on Remote Tower SimulatorsEdda Systems customers (training centers, ANSPs,...

In this episode we had as a guest Ruud Ummels, the managing Director at To70, a Dutch aviation consulting company. We discussed the following topics: Brief introduction of To70Scope of work: strategy and executionSustainability share in the work of To70Main clients of To70 A-CDM for railway transport and lessons learnedACI and CANSO membershipTo70 and ATM in general in 5 & 50 years from now

In this episode we invited a guest from Brazil, namely from the technological company ATECH. We spoke with the Business Director, Marcos Resende about the following topics: ATECH's long history and acquisition by Embraer GroupBrazil's ATM structure, including country size and challenges thereafterATECH's work in regards the latest technological developments like remote/digital towers and virtual centersATECH's work in the area of AIATECH's experience in other South American countries, in...

What can Air Navigation Services Providers do to make aviation more sustainable? How does sustainability integrate with the historical mission of maintaining a safe and efficient flow of traffic? In this episode, we explore various initiatives and ways of working through which ANSPs can contribute to this important and required change: Network management to avoid having aircraft waiting while in the airA-CDM to reduce waiting time on the ground with engines runningFlexible Use of Airspace, to...

The guest for this episode is Andrew Taylor,  Chief Solutions Officer at NATS. Andrew has a long-lasting career in ATM and has shared with us some very interesting view. We discussed the following: The job of a Chief Solutions Officer explainedWhere NATS stands with digital and remote towersImage recognition and interpretation as an application of AI in digital towersCan AI be used to detect deviation from clearances (stop bar overrun) without the need for a ground radarMore use cases for...

In this episode, Philip Butterworth-Hayes, the publisher of Unmanned Airspace shares his view on the future of UTM. We discussed the following: Position of Unmannedairspace.info and how you watch the industryThe roles of ANSPs and the industry (USSPs, CISPs, …) in UTMThe biggest UTM illusions that did not came true in the last years, and what are the next ones that will go down (or not)Role of local organizations (cities, counties,…) and the ownership of very low altitude urban...

Janusz Janiszewski, CEO of the Polish ANSP PANSA shares his view on the future of ATM and UTM but also his experience leading during the COVID crisis. How PANSA leads innovation and digitalisation projects: iTEC, agreement announced with Indra and the status of the aviation innovation hub in PoznanThe status of the development of UTM / U-Space in PolandThe #businessPANSA initiative and how PANSA offers products, services and expertise to the ATM market, including the development of own tools,...

The guest of this episode is Neil Bowles, the  Executive Vice President at Searidge Technologies. We discuss the following topics:  Use cases for remote / digital towers at large airports. Searidge projects in Hong-Kong  What Searidge brings to smaller airports in a real remote use case How do projects in the US or in the Asia Pacific region differ from European implementations Vision for ATM in 5 years & 50 years from now