Official U.S. government information about the
Global Positioning System (GPS) and related topics
National Space-Based Positioning, Navigation, and Timing
Advisory Board
Tenth Meeting
August 14-15, 2012
Sheraton Pentagon City
Blue/Yellow Metro Line to Pentagon City Metro Station
900 South Orme Street
Arlington, VA 22204
View Meeting Minutes (619 KB)
Agenda
| Tuesday, August 14, 2012 | ||
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| 9:00 - 9:05 | BOARD CONVENES Call to Order |
Mr. James J. Miller, PNT Advisory Board Executive Director, NASA Headquarters |
| 9:05 - 9:30 | Introductions, Announcements, & Agenda Assessing the National Economic Benefits of GPS |
Dr. James Schlesinger, Chair Dr. Bradford Parkinson, Vice-Chair |
| 9:30 - 9:45 | PNT Executive Committee Developments Emerging Policy Issues & Tasking Guidance View PDF (344 KB) |
Mr. Tony Russo, Director, National Coordination Office for Space-Based PNT |
| 9:45 - 10:05 | GPS Constellation Update & Modernization Plans National Infrastructure Investments & Funding Challenges |
Major General Martin Whelan, Director of Requirements, Air Force Space Command |
| 10:05 - 10:15 | Enhancing GPS III Performance & Value with Satellite Reflectors Air Force/NASA Senior Advisory Group Update View PDF (1 MB) |
Dr. John Labrecque, Earth Surface & Interior Focus Area, Science Mission Directorate, NASA |
| 10:15 - 10:30 | PNT Board Focus & Scope of GPS Economic Assessment Tasking (1) Quantify Scope of Government & Industry Investments (2) Prioritize User Base Critical Sectors & Applications (3) Review Past Economic Analyses & Identify Gaps (4) Derive Values from Productivity Gains (5) Determine Ops & Cost Impacts of GPS Service Disruption |
Governor Jim Geringer, PNT Board, Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) "Stage-setter" for gov & industry presentations & data to be analyzed & structured into economic assessment by PNT Board members on August 15 |
| 10:30 - 10:45 | BREAK | |
| 10:45 - 11:05 | Department of Transportation Federal Investments in GPS Assessing Economic Benefits & Productivity Gains View PDF (722 KB) |
Ms. Karen Van Dyke, Director for PNT, DOT Research & Innovative Technology Administration |
| 11:05 - 11:25 | Federal Aviation Administration Federal Investments in GPS Assessing NextGen Economic Benefits & Productivity Gains View PDF (105 KB) |
Ms. Molly Smith, Senior Economist, Aviation Policy and Plans, FAA |
| 11:25 - 11:45 | National Geospatial Intelligence Agency's Relationship with GPS Benefits & Productivity Derived from Fed Infrastructure View PDF (5 MB) |
Mr. Steve Malys, Chief Scientist, National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA) |
| 11:45 - 12:05 | U.S. Geological Survey Fed Investments in GPS Benefits & Productivity Derived from Fed Infrastructure View PDF (5 MB) |
Dr. David Applegate, Associate Director, Natural Hazards, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) |
| 12:00 - 1:00 | LUNCH | |
| 1:00 - 1:20 | United States Naval Observatory Fed Investments in GPS Benefits & Productivity Derived from Fed Infrastructure View PDF (1 MB) |
Mr. Edward Powers, Division Chief, United States Naval Observatory (USNO) |
| 1:20 - 1:40 | Case Study on GPS Network Timing Integrity & Financial Markets: Impacts on Infrastructure When GPS Service is Disrupted View PDF (503 KB) |
Mr. Malcolm Airst, Senior Principal Engineer, MITRE Corporation |
| 1:40 - 2:00 | Case Study on Potential Impacts to Weather Forecasting and Environmental Monitoring if GPS Radio Occultation is Denied View PDF 1 (1 MB) View PDF 2 (580 KB) |
Mr. Stephan Esterhuizen, Instrument Research Engineer, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA Dr. James Yoe, National Weather Service (NWS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
| 2:00 - 2:20 | Case Study on Potential Impacts of High-Powered Transmissions to Common Radio Receivers in Any Adjacent Radio Band | Dr. Thomas Powell, Systems Director, The Aerospace Corporation |
| 2:20 - 2:40 | GPS Economic Benefits to Agriculture: Case Study Derived from High-Precision Operations View PDF (1 MB) |
Mr. Benjamin Smith, Account Manager, John Deere |
| 2:40 - 3:00 | GPS Policy Evolution: Minimizing Disruption While Ensuring Spectrum Access & Stability for Economic Value & Growth View PDF (1 MB) |
Dr. Scott Pace, Director, Space Policy Institute, The George Washington University |
| 3:00 - 3:15 | BREAK | |
| 3:15 - 4:00 | Economic Values Derived from National GPS Applications Past Study & Analysis on Emerging GPS Service Benefits View PDF (8 MB) |
Dr. Irv Leveson, Founder, Leveson Consulting |
| 4:00 - 4:45 | Economic Values Derived from National GPS Applications Recent Study & Analysis on Current GPS Service Benefits View PDF (384 KB) |
Dr. Nam D. Pham, Managing Partner, NDP Consulting Group |
| 4:45 - 5:00 | Afternoon "Wrap-Up" Discussion Preliminary Feedback & Discussion for Establishing Economic Assessment Work Plan on August 15 |
All PNT Advisory Board Members |
| 5:00 | ADJOURNMENT | |
| Wednesday, August 15, 2012 | ||
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| 9:00 - 9:05 | BOARD CONVENES Call to Order |
Mr. James J. Miller, PNT Advisory Board Executive Director, NASA |
| 9:05 - 9:15 | Announcements & Agenda Some Thoughts and Guidance from August 14 Discussions |
Dr. James Schlesinger, Chair Dr. Bradford Parkinson, Vice-Chair |
| 9:15 - 10:00 | International Member Regional Updates & Perspectives
(at member's discretion)
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| 10:00 - 10:15 | BREAK | |
| 10:15 - 12:00 | PNT Advisory Board Member "Round Table" Discussion Establishing Expectations, Working Structure, Scope, Timeline, Assignments, and Deliverables for National GPS Economic Assessment -- What top level questions need to be answered? (1) Quantify Scope of Gov & Industry Investments (2) Prioritize User Base Critical Sectors & Applications (3) Review Past Economic Analyses & Identify Gaps (4) Derive Values from Productivity Gains (5) Determine Ops & Cost Impacts of GPS Service Disruptions |
All PNT Advisory Board Members |
| 12:00 - 1:00 | WORKING LUNCH | |
| 1:00 | ADJOURNMENT | |
Dates and times shown above are as originally scheduled and do not reflect actual presentation times.
