50th Meeting of the Civil GPS Service Interface Committee

Monday, 20 September 2010

08:15 Registration

Morning Concurrent Sessions:

· International Information Session ·
John Wilde, Chair, IISC

09:00 Welcome/Opening
Karen VanDyke, Department of Transportation RITA, Chair, CGSIC

9:05 Introductions
John Wilde, Chair of the International Information Subcommittee of the CGSIC

  ICAO PBN and APV activities
Mr. Ian Mallett, CASA Australia
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  Update on GNSS Activities in Japan
Mr. Hiroshi Nishiguchi, Japan GPS Council
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  GNSS in Russia
Mr. Sergey Revnivykh, Russian Federation
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  Break

  Location as a key enabler for a Digital Society
Prof. Terry Moore, GRACE
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  GNSS In-Band Interference Rejection
Mr. Javad Ashjaee, Javad
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  International Navigation & Positioning Developments from a Testing Viewpoint
Mr John Pottle, Spirent
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12:30 Session End

· U.S. States and Local Government Session ·
Rudy Persaud, Federal Highway Administration, Chair USS&LGSC

9:00 Welcome Remarks
CAPT Frank Parker, Commanding Officer NAVCEN, Deputy Chair CGSIC

9:05 Introductions
Rudy Persaud, USDOT/Federal Highway Administration, Chair, U. S. States and Local Government Subcommittee of the Civil GPS Service Interface Committee

9:15 Nationwide Differential GPS Projects Status
Lt Christian Hernaez, U.S Coast Guard Navigation Center
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9:40 GPS Activities within Maryland
Joseph White, Maryland State Highway Administration
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10:05 Real-time GNSS Surveying in Oregon
Ken Bays, OR DOT and Mark Armstrong, OR Geodetic Advisor
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10:30 - 10:45 Break

10:45 High Accuracy Nationwide Differential GPS
James Arnold, USDOT/Federal Highway Administration
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11:10 What's going to happen when high precision GPS is cheap?
Eric Gakstatter, GPS World
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11:35 Integrating NDGPS and SBAS - An Optimal real-time GPS Mapping Solution
Jean-Yves Lauture, Geneq inc. Montreal, Quebec Canada
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12:00 Wrap-up and Nomination for Co-Chair and Secretary

12:30 Session End

Afternoon Concurrent Sessions:

· Timing Session ·
Dr. Wlodzimierz Lewandowski, BIPM, Chair; Co-Chair: Victor Zhang, NIST

14:00 Introduction
Wlodzimierz Lewandowski, BIPM
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14:20 Report from NIST
Victor Zhang, NIST
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14:50 Report from USNO
Demetrios Matsakis, USNO
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15:20 Break

15:40 ITU works on new definition of UTC
Ron Beard, NRL - to be confirmed
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15:55 Report on UN International Committee on GNSS
Wlodzimierz Lewandowski, BIPM

16:10 Update on Time and Navigation Exhibition at the Smithsonian
Carlene E. Stephens, National Museum of American History - to be confirmed
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16:25 Discussion

17:30 Session End

· Surveying, Mapping, and Geosciences Session ·
Giovanni Sella, NOAA-National Geodetic Survey, Chair

14:00 Introduction
Giovanni Sella, NOAA-National Geodetic Survey, Chair
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17:30 Session End

Tuesday, 21 September 2010

08:00 Registration

CGSIC Plenary Session

09:00 Welcome/Opening
Karen VanDyke, Department of Transportation RITA, Chair, CGSIC

09:05 Meeting Overview
CAPT Frank Parker, Commanding Officer NAVCEN, Deputy Chair

09:10 Key Note Address - CGSIC Past, Present, and Future
James T. Doherty, CAPT (ret) USCG, Senior Analyst, Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA) Science & Technology Division

09:30 U.S. National Space-Based PNT Update
Col. Robert M. Hessin, Deputy Director,U.S. National Coordination Office for Space Based PNT
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09:50 GPS Program Update
LtCol Stephen Steiner, Chief Engineer, GPS wing
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10:10 GPS Constellation Status and Performance
LtCol Michael T. Manor, U.S. Air Force, 2SOPS
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10:30 Break

10:45 GPS International Activities
David A. Turner, Deputy Director, Office of Space and Advanced Technology, U.S. Department of State
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11:10 U.S. Interference Detection & Mitigation Plan (IDM)
Rick Hamilton, CGSIC Executive Secretariat, USCG Navigation Center
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11:35 Q/A Panel

12:00 - 13:30 Lunch

13:30 WAAS and LAAS Program Status
Leo Eldredge, GNSS Program Manager, Federal Aviation Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation
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13:50 NDGPS Program Update
Timothy Klein, U.S. Department of Transportation, RITA
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14:10 National PNT Architecture Update
Karen VanDyke, Department of Transportation RITA
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14:30 GNSS Evolutionary Architecture Study Update
Leo Eldredge, GNSS Program Manager, FAA
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14:50 GPS User Perspective "Addiction; the First Annual Meeting of Accuracy Anonymous."
Alan Cameron, GPS World Magazine

15:10 User Feedback Forum

  NANU issues
Hank Skalski, DOT Liaison to U.S. Air Force Space Command
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  Receiver Logic Issues
Captain Frank Parker, Commanding Officer, USCG NAVCEN
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15:30 SVN-49 and SVN-62
Karl Kovach, GPS Wing
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16:10 Q/A Panel (Presenters)

16:30 Break

16:45 Subcommittee Reports

  Report from International Information Subcommittee
John Wilde, DW International

  Report from Timing Subcommittee
Dr. Wlodzimierz Lewandowski, BIPM
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  Report from U.S. States and Local Government Subcommittee
Rudy Persaud, FHWA
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  Report from Surveying, Mapping, and Geosciences Subcommittee
Giovanni Sella, NGS
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17:30 Adjourn