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INAIR 2015 - International Conference on Air Transport
„Innovation in aviation“

Organized by the Hogeschool van Amsterdam in cooperation with Air transport department of University of Zilina within the framework of Innovation Challenges Towards a Sustainable and Reliable Operation

The INAIR conference is a forum in which Industry and Academia meet to exchange ideas and set up common challenges. The interaction between researchers and industry representatives is key in order to come up with innovative solutions for the challenges of the future. INAIR 2015 will be hosted by the Aviation Academy of the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences on 12th and 13th of November.

Air Transport is nowadays mainly covered in topics like airport planning (infrastructure development); the criteria of success are defined in terms of number of runways, apron stands, terminal facilities etc. Airport capacity shortage requires optimal usage of existing infrastructure. The impact of climate change and resource shortage increases the complexity. Aviation has to optimize its overall capacity usage within even tighter constraints. Resilience of the aviation system is becoming a big issue; reliability of schedules and procedures for all stakeholders involved (including passengers and local communities in the airports neighborhood) is at stake. Disturbances due to severe weather, technical issues etc. might cause huge delays and costs. Solving these challenges require a mind shift towards changing and optimizing processes, innovation in infrastructure usage, logistics and cooperation between partners.

Innovation in aviation is often a challenge that needs to be addressed while respecting the inherent technical restrictions without compromising safety and security. The topic of the 2015 INAIR conference is to address this challenge and the subjects will try to answer the following questions among others:

How to innovate air transport in order to be able to increase capacity, sustainability and reliability while maintaining the high level of standards for safety and security?

What are best practices in the industry?

Do we need to open the borders between airports, airlines and ANSPs?

What can we learn from other transport modes?
Will technological innovation alone be sufficient to solve the challenges ahead?
What are the best routes to implement new systems and procedures, knowing that we cannot change our current way of operating overnight?

Call for contributions

Industry representatives and researchers from research institutions, universities, airlines, air traffic service providers and industry are invited to submit extended abstracts or full draft papers (limited to 6 pages) presenting results of their work. Industry Representatives are welcome to send just the abstract of the topic considered for presentation. Academic Papers will be reviewed based on the problem addressed, as well as the approach and methods applied in current problems of aviation industry. Selected papers will be included in the Proceedings of the conference. Areas of interest are, but not limited to:

Airport congestion

Capacity & efficiency improvement.

Airport capacity forecast

Business intelligence for airport

Multi-Airport Systems

Optimization of processes in aviation

ATC/AIRPORT systems

Small and regional airport development

Airlines

Air Traffic Control

Lean MRO

Development of incident investigation

The INAIR Conference is a unique platform for discussion between academia and industry and the forthcoming conference will focus on Innovation Challenges Towards a Sustainable and Reliable Operation

Important dates

Converence date:
12th - 13th of November, 2015

We would be pleased if you could meet these
deadlines:

Abstract submission:
28th September 2015

Notification of acceptance:
9th October 2015

Paper, Camera-Ready submission:

19th October 2015

INAIR 2015 complete flyer

INAIR 2015 program

Conference fees

Regular Fee:

350EUR

Students (incl. PhD students):

180EUR

Online registration

Due to organisational reasons we kindly ask you to register before 2nd of November.

Accommodation

Hotels booking
Holiday Inn Amsterdam - Arena Towers (four star) - €134,- per night
Hoogoorddreef 66a, 1101 BE Amsterdam, Netherlands

Holiday Inn Express Amsterdam - Arena Towers (three star) - €114,- per night
Hoogoorddreef 66b, 1101 BE Amsterdam, Netherlands

Other recommended hotels:

Casa400 (three star) - various rates
Eerste Ringdijkstraat 4, 1097 BC Amsterdam, Netherlands

For reservations at Casa400, please fill in this form and submit the form to reservations@casa400.nl.

Volkshotel Amsterdam (three star) - €89,- per night
Wibautstraat 150, 1091 GR Amsterdam, Netherlands

To book this hotel any date of the period of 09/11-13/11, please fill in the code: HVAgrp02

Fletcher Hotel Amsterdam (four star) - €110,- per night
Schepenbergweg 50, 1105 AT Amsterdam, Netherlands

To book this hotel any date of the period of 12/11-13/11, please send an e-mail to Fletcher hotel Amsterdam and provide the following information: - Special rate for the Hogeschool van Amsterdam and INAIR, - Firstname and Surname, - Single or double use of room.

Keynote speakers

Mr. Bartoš is the Chief Executive Officer of the LPS SR, š.p., the air navigation service provider of the Slovak Republic. Until assuming this position in 2011 he had held several positions in the LPS SR, š.p. since 2002 – air traffic controller, Head of the Unit APP/TWR Štefánik, Director of the Division of Aerodome and Approach Service. He was elected CANSO EC3 Vice-Chairman in December 2013 and in July 2014 became its Chairman. Mr. Bartoš graduated in Operations and Economic of Air Transport from the University of Žilina. He is married with two children.

Miroslav Bartoš, MSc

(CEO, Air Navigation Services, Slovakia)
DIRECTOR OF AIRPORT OPTIMALIZATION AT COPENHAGEN AIRPORTS, DENMARK Thomas Hoff Andersson (M. Sc. in Business Administration) has more than 15 years of experience in the transport industry working for a major airline, the world’s largest shipping company and for the past six years Copenhagen Airports. As director of Airport Optimization, Thomas is responsible for the operational planning, capacity assessments, operational strategy and project portfolio management. Since founding the department four years ago, Thomas and team have achieved great results at Copenhagen airports - increasing capacity utilization for key operational areas by more than 25 % and improving passenger throughput with existing manning level by over 40 %

Thomas Hoff Andersson, MSc

(Copenhagen Airport, Denmark)
HEAD OF LONG-TERM RESEARCH AT EUROCONTROL EXPERIMENTAL CENTRE, FRANCE Following 10 years in UK industry Dr Meckiff joined the Eurocontrol Experimental Centre in 1991. Since then he has held a number of positions in project and programme management. In particular he has been involved at senior level in a number of pan-European ATM initiatives, and is currently leading SESAR’s programme of long-term and innovative research that has so far funded more than 75 universities and research establishments. Dr Meckiff graduated with a BSc in Electrical Engineering and a PhD in Computer-Aided Design.

Colin Meckiff, PhD

(Eurocontrol, France)
LECTURER AVIATION ACADEMY AT AMSTERDAM UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES, THE NETHERLANDS Gert Meijer is lecturer at the Aviation Academy of the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, teaching on aviation economics and business topics. His professional aviation background is at the supplier side. He started his career in the sales department of the Dutch airframe manufacturer Fokker, where he was engaged with airlines in Europe, Asia and Africa. After that, he worked for Honeywell Aerospace for over ten years. Gert Meijer holds a Master degree in Political Science obtained at the University of Amsterdam.

Gert Meijer, MSc

(Aviation Academy, The Netherlands)
PROFESSOR / HEAD OF AVIATION TECHNOLOGY AT PURDUE UNIVERSITY , USA Expert in airline management and operations Expert in development of industry-focused education and training models Author of the aviation industry’s leading text book, Air Transportation: A Management Perspective and Wheels Up: Airline Business Plan Development Extensive aviation industry experience in senior level leadership positions Founding team member of an international airline start-up Extensive higher education experience as Head, Dean, Professor, and Advisor Previous employment affiliations: Airline Visions, Mango Aviation Partners, Radixx International, Dowling College, MAXjet Airways, Canada 3000 Airlines, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Ph.D., Cardiff University, Wales, UK M.Phil, Cardiff University, Wales, UK

John Wensveen, PhD

(Purdue University, USA)
Henk has been employed at NLR for over twenty years and has been active in the field of airport decision support systems for a greater part of this period. Henk is project manager for several European projects, ranging from innovative studies, aiming at 2050 and beyond, to implementation of systems for decision support in air traffic control towers. He is active in several international fora for the improvement of airport procedures and systems. Henk Hesselink holds a Master degree in the field of artificial intelligence from the University of Groningen.

Henk Hesselink

(NLR, The Netherlands)
Olivier Poulard joined SITA in 2005, holding a number of senior positions within its Products and Services Business Division. In his current role as Vice President of Business Management he has been working on developing collaborative solutions for the air transport industry, with a focus on improving the effectiveness, efficiency and agility of Airline Operations. In his prior roles with SITA, Olivier has introduced innovative concepts and solutions along with new engineering techniques for next generation baggage management, fares management and passenger service systems. Olivier holds a patent for Baggage Management Systems and is also the recipient of three IT awards. Holds a Masters degree in AE and is a Fellow of the British Computer Society (FBCS). He is based in Geneva, Switzerland having previously worked for SITA.

Olivier Poulard

(SITA, Switzerland)
Prof. Antonín Kazda. is a Head of ATD at the UTC with long term managing experience from both his positions in academia and industry experience. Tony is an expert in airport design and operation; aviation and ATCO training, airline operation. He is also chartered civil engineer and independent consultant in the field of airports, air transport and for other aviation aspects. He was involved in more than 350 projects, studies and expertises in various aspects of airport design and operations in the Central Europe. He is also a member of the Board of Directors at Žilina Airport. He holds a CPL and Instructor Rating and has the operational experience also from ‘the other side’. During his military service, he served as a military air traffic controller. Tony is also the Director of the National Aviation Security Training Centre in Slovakia conducting security training programmes for all civil aviation industry stakeholders in line with the EC Regulation (EC) No 300/2008. He has an in-depth understanding of the aviation operational procedures

Antonín Kazda

(Air Transport Department, University of Žilina, Slovakia)
John Stoop

(The Netherlants)
Daniel Guimarans is a researcher at the Optimisation Research Group of NICTA, Australia. He holds a PhD and a MSc in Operational Research from the Autonomous University of Barcelona, both obtained with the highest honours. His research is focused on the hybridisation of optimisation methods, and its combination with simulation techniques. Data analysis and predictive analytics also play a major role in his current research. Most of his work is aimed at solving transportation, aviation, manufacturing and logistics problems. His recent research projects have a strong industry engagement component, both consulting for government agencies and private companies.

Daniel Guimarans, PhD

(NICTA, Australia)

PROGRAM COMMITTEE: Geert Boosten, MSc (Aviation Academy, The Netherlands) Daniel Delahaye, PhD (ENAC, France) Roland Deroo, MSc, MEng (DGAC, France) Daniel Guimarans, PhD (NICTA, Australia) Edgar Jimenez, PhD (Universidad de Ibague, Colombia) Antonin Kazda, PhD (University of Žilina, Slovakia) Miguel Mujica Mota, PhD (Aviation Academy, The Netherlands) Wenjing Zhao, PhD (Aviation Academy, The Netherlands) Catya Zuniga, PhD (Air Transport Center, Mexico)

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Contact details

Addresses

icon 1 Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences

Leeuwenburg Weesperzijde 190
1097 DZ Amsterdam
Netherlands

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Air Transport Department
Univerzitná 8215/1
010 26 ŽILINA, Slovakia

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Organization board:

Viktória Balla-Kamper, Geert Boosten, Juliana Blašková, Martin Hromádka

Aviation Academy (AUAS)

The Aviation Academy performs research in real-life cases and problems in the aviation sector, focusing on safety, MRO process improvement, composites and aviation capacity. Our goal is to improve and innovate professional practice. We perform all of our research projects in close cooperation with industry, governmental agencies and scientific institutions or universities. This ensures a solid connection with state-of- the-art scientific knowledge, as well as a focus on the most urgent and current problems and challenges on the work floor.

The University of Zilina

Air Transport Department is an educational and research workplace of the University. Educational, research and consultation activities of the Department are oriented at air transport operation, management of air traffic services, satellite systems, a/c maintenance, economics, airport design and operations, air transport security and safety. The Department provides Bachelor, Master, PhD. Courses and offers ab initio pilot training to ATPL frozen level combined with academic education. The department is an ACI recognized educational institution and member of the EASN.

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