ICAO Performance-Based Navigation (PBN) Symposium

The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) invites its Member States, industrial partners, research and development organizations, sponsors and exhibitors to the Performance-based Navigation (PBN) Symposium to be held in Montréal from 16 to 19 October 2012.

This unique event will bring together key partners from the aviation industry including, international organizations, aircraft manufacturers, air navigation service providers, airlines, regulators, ATC system manufacturers, avionics designers, air traffic controllers, pilots, the military, aeronautical information companies and instrument procedure designers to share the latest developments relating to performance-based navigation applications.

The Symposium will provide an opportunity to discuss recent developments, strategies and guidance material; hear about the status of global and regional implementation; review actual examples of procedures in use; identify the challenges that need to be addressed in order to speed up the implementation process; develop an action plan for presentation to the 12th Air Navigation Conference (16 to 30 November 2012).

The Symposium Programme includes sessions on the following topics:

• Overview of PBN
• Views from Air Traffic Control and system providers
• ICAO documentation to support implementation
• Aircraft qualification and operations approval process
• PBN and the Global Air Navigation Plan
• Environmental impact
• Business Case Identified benefits of PBN
• Airspace and procedure design
• Regulatory requirements
• Training Aeronautical Information
• Recent implementation initiatives
• Management and charting
• Implementation challenges
• Action plan development
• Views from aircraft operators & manufacturers

Source: Press Release