The briefing takes place Monday, 05 May 2008 from 14:00 to 17:00 at Angelicum Largo Angelicum, 1 - 00184 Rome, Italy with the following agenda:
- 14:00 - 14:10 - Welcome and Agenda
- 14:10 - 14:30 - Status of SESAR
- 14:30 - 14:45 - Overview of Iris Programme
- 14:45 - 15:45 - Status of Iris Phase One Activities
- 15:45 - 16:15 - An overview of Iris Phase 2 activities
- 16:15 - 17:00 - Question and answer session
The Iris Programme aims to develop satellite communications for exchanges between aircraft pilots and flight control centres for the future Air Traffic Management communication infrastructure, which is being defined by the SESAR Programme. SESAR Operational Concept is proposing the implementation of two new Air/Ground communications datalinks: one terrestrial and one satellite based; Iris is ESA's dedicated programme to support the analysis and R&D concerning this satellite communications capability.
Interested parties are invited to register by emailing Jacqueline.van.berkel@esa.int before April 28.
For more information, see the contact links located in the right column of this page.
