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CGSIC 48th Meeting Agenda
Marriott Riverfront Hotel
Savannah, Georgia
15-16 September 2008 /
Monday, 15 September 2008
08:00 Registration

Session I

[01] 09:00 Welcome/ Opening – Karen VanDyke, DOT/RITA, Chair, CGSIC
[02] 09:10 Meeting Overview – CAPT Thiedeman, NAVCEN, Deputy Chair
[03] 09:20 U.S. Space-based Position, Navigation and Timing: A Policy Update – Mike Shaw, NCO
[04] 09:40 GPS Wing Update – Mr. Tom Powell, U.S. Air Force, GPS Wing
[05] 10:00 GPS Constellation Status and Performance – LT Joe Rediesel, U.S. Air Force, 2SOPS
10:15 Break
[06] 10:30 Worldwide GNSS Interoperability – Ray Clore, U.S. State Department
[07] 10:50 The Effect of GPS Jamming on Safe Navigation at Sea – Sally Basker, General Lighthouse Authorities of the United Kingdom & Ireland
[08] 11:10 U.S. Interference Detection & Mitigation Plan (IDM) – John Merrill, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
11:30 Q/A Panel (Presenters)
12:00 Break for Lunch
Session II
[09] 13:15 WAAS and LAAS Program Status – Leo Eldredge, DOT/FAA, GNSS Program Manager
[10] 13:35 GNSS Evolutionary Architecture Study – Leo Eldredge, DOT/FAA, GNSS Program Manager
[11] 13:45 Update on NDGPS Program – Tim Klein, DOT/RITA, NDGPS Program Coordinator
[12] 14:05 NASA GPS Developments – Jim Miller, NASA
[13] 14:25 USDA/DOI GPS Challenge Team Overview – Mike Rasher, Department of Agriculture
14:45 Break
[14] 15:00 National PNT Architecture – CAPT Milton Abner, NSSO, Karen Van Dyke, DOT/RITA
15:30 Q/A Panel (Presenters)
Session III
16:00 Subcommittee Reports
[15] Report from International Subcommittee – John Wilde, DW International
[16] Report from Timing Subcommittee – Dr. Wlodzimierz Lewandowski, BIPM
[17] Report from U.S. States and Localities Subcommittee – Rudy Persaud, FHWA
[18] Report from Surveying, Mapping, and Geosciences Subcommittee – Richard Snay, NGS
Session IV
[19] 17:00 The Significance of Multiple GNSS Systems to End Users – Glen Gibbons, Inside GNSS
[20] 17:15 WAAS for Mapping: It Works Where You Work – Eric Gakstatter, GPS World Magazine
17:30 End of Meeting Day
Tuesday, 16 September 2008
08:15 Registration
Concurrent Sessions: International and U.S. States and Localities
International Session – John Wilde, Chair, ISC
[21] 09:00 Introduction – Karen VanDyke, DOT RITA, CGSIC Chair
[22] 09:05 U.S. Space-Based PNT International Cooperation – Alice Wong, U.S. State Department
[23] 09:25 Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation – Maureen Walker, U.S. State Department
[24] 09:45 GLONASS Update – Sergey Revnivykh, PNT Information Navigation Center, The Russian Federation
[25] 10:15 GALILEO Update – Paul Verhoef, Head of Unit, Galileo, European Commission
[26] 10:45 GNSS Systems Interoperability – Francisco Salabert, DDAS/GNSS Policy Office , EUROCONTROL
[27] 11:05 Break
[28] 11:15 Australia Country Report – Ian Mallett, CASA
[29] 11:30 The Two Basic Bills for GNSS Utilization in Japan – Hiroshi Nishiguchi, Japan GPS Council
[30] 11:45 Regulation of RTK Services in Denmark – Anna Jensen, on behalf of the Danish Mapping Agency
[31] 12:00 Some GNSS applications in the Czech Republic – Prof. František Vejražka, Czech Technical University
[32] 12:15 Panel Discussion ‘GNSS Market Access Issues’
Panel members:
Paul Verhoef, Working Group B Co-Chair
Ed Morris, Working Group B Co-Chair
Mike Swiek, GPS Industry Council
John Pottle, Spirent
Javad Ashjaee, Javad
TBD (possibly u-Blox)
Presentations: Galileo Market Access Issues – U.S. Department of Commerce
GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO and Market Access – Javad Ashjaee, Javad
TBD – Greg Turetzky, SiRF
TBD
13:00 Closing Remarks - CGSIC Deputy Chair (International) / ISC Acting Chair - John Wilde
13:05 Session Ends
Concurrent session:
U.S. States and Localities Session – Rudy Persaud, Federal Highway Administration, Chair
[33] 08:30 Introduction – Capt Edwin Thiedeman, NAVCEN, Deputy Chair
[34] 08:35 Welcome – Rudy Persaud, USDOT/FHWA, Chair USSLS
[35] 08:40 Inland Nationwide Differential GPS (NDGPS) Program Status – Timothy Klein, U.S. DOT/RITA
[36] 09:05 NDGPS Project Status" – LCDR Jacob. J. Ramos, NAVCEN
[37] 09:30 How NPS uses GPS to assist in GIS applications and Vegetation Inventories – Karl Brown, DOI/NPS
[38] 09:55 Elements of the Nation Spatial Reference System – Dave Doyle, NOAA/NGS
10:20 Break
[39] 10:35 Detail on techniques, results and lessons learned using GPS/NDGPS – Mike Rasher, USDA
[40] 11:00 Gravity survey campaign and update on Oregon real-time GPS network – Kenneth Bays, Oregon DOT
[41] 11:25 Contributions on GPS data to severe weather forecasting, Seth Gutman, NOAA/ESRL
[42] 11:50 Update on Minnesota GPS program – Richard Morey, Minnesota, DOT
12:15 Closing Remarks, Deputy Chair, DeLane Meier, North Dakota, DOT
12:30 Session End
Afternoon
Concurrent Sessions: Timing And CORS User Forum
Timing Session – Dr. Wlodzimierz Lewandowski, BIPM, Chair, Co-Chair: Victor Zhang, NIST
[43] 14:00 Introduction – Włodzimierz Lewandowski, BIPM
[44] 14:20 Report from NIST – Victor Zhang, NIST
[45] 14:40 USNO Time Service – Demetrios Matsakis,USNO
[46] 15:00 Timing operations – Wendy Kelley, USNO
[47] 15:10 Progress on time transfer calibration – Ed Powers, USNO
15:20 Break
[48] 15:40 Update on the ITU-R WP7A work on the Future of UTC – Tom Bartholomew (invited talk) – TBD
[49] 16:00 Time and Navigation Exhibition at the Smithsonian: An Update – Carlene E. Stephens, National Museum of American History- to be confirmed
16:20 Discussion
17:20 Session End
Concurrent Session
Surveying, Mapping, and Geosciences Session- Chair, Richard Snay, National Geodetic Survey
[50] 13:30 Welcome – Dr. Richard Snay, NOAA’s National Geodetic Survey
[51] 13:35 CORS/OPUS: Overview and Status – Giovanni Sella, NOAA’s National Geodetic Survey
[52] 13:50 NGS Support for Real-Time GNSS Positioning – William Henning, NOAA NGS
[53] 14:05 PANEL SESSION: Real-Time GNSS Networks – Panel Members:
Art Andrew, Orange County, California
Ken Bays, Oregon Department of Transportation
Lewis Lapine, South Carolina Geodetic Survey
Gavin Schrock, Washington State Reference Network
Jim Waters, Tennessee Department of Transportation
[54] 14:45 Question & Answer Session with Panel of the Speakers
15:30 Break
[55] 15:45 Interactive Sessions within Small Discussion Groups
Group A: Real-Time Positioning from the Network Operator’s Perspective - Facilitators: TBD
Group B: Real-Time Positioning from the User’s Perspective - Facilitators: TBD
Group C: OPUS and other CORS Utilities - Facilitators: TBD
Group D: Ionospheric & Tropospheric Modeling - Facilitators: TBD
17:00 Session End

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