The Conference Tutorial Team

Mike Asbury

Mike Asbury works for Helios IS as an independent consultant and his involvement in CNS/ATM includes participation in the ICAO FANS Committee. He is the UK Panel member for the ICAO ADS Panel and is the ATNP/WG3 rapporteur. Mike has developed and presents our in-depth module for the CNS/ATM Operational Requirements, and also presents the summary version of this course included in the ATN Seminar, and the "ICAO FANS CNS/ATM Module".

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Tony Whyman

Tony Whyman is a director of Helios Information Services Ltd (Helios-IS). Under contract to Eurocontrol, he is a principal author of the ICAO ATN SARPs - the draft specification for the next generation of Air Traffic Control Data Networks, and has been an accredited representative to the International Civil Aviation Organisation for both the UK CAA and the Eurocontrol Agency. As a recognised Expert in the ATN, he has also assisted Eurocontrol in various Project Management, tender evaluation, Prototype Development and SARPs validation activities. He has been responsible for developing a scaleable architecture for supporting mobile routing worldwide, with policy based routing, advanced congestion management and prioritised traffic flows.

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Nick Witt

Nicholas Witt spent the early years of his career at the Royal Aerospace Establishment, in the Civil Avionics Research section. He was involved in a wide range of research projects conducted on behalf of the Department of Trade & Industry and the Civil Aviation Authority, particularly on the analysis, development and flight trials of advanced avionic systems designed to support future concepts of civil Air Traffic Management.

Subsequently, at the EUROCONTROL Agency in Brussels, he played a leading role in the formulation of the Agency’s programmes to develop mobile air-ground data communications and the Aeronautical Telecommunication Network (ATN). He was specifically responsible for management of the Agency’s in-house and extramural work programme on the Mode S Secondary Surveillance Radar system and its associated ATN compatible subnetwork. In this capacity he led the specification and procurement from universities and industry of feasibility studies, simulation models and development of prototype Mode S equipment.

Most recently, as a consultant, he has been responsible for the co-ordination of EUROCONTROL’s ATN flight trials activities (ATIF-FITAMS) and has also played a significant role in the development and validation of ICAO SARPs for the VDL Mode 4 system.

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