National Space-Based PNT Advisory Board
Agenda

Fourth Meeting
October 16-17, 2008
Group photo of the Board members
Gallery II -- Second Floor
Hilton Arlington
950 North Stafford Street
Arlington, Virginia 22203
(Ballston-MU Metro -- Orange Line)

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Thursday, October 16
9:00 - 9:05 BOARD CONVENES
Call to Order & Welcome		 Ms. Diane Rausch, NASA
PNT Board Executive Director
9:05 - 9:15 Introductions, Announcements, & Agenda
What we want to accomplish -- Preparing for Report to PNT EXCOM on November 5		 Dr. James Schlesinger, Chair
Dr. Bradford Parkinson, Vice-Chair
9:15 - 9:45 U.S. Update on GPS, PNT Policy, & PNT EXCOM
PNT EXCOM Expectations, Transition Planning		 Mr. Michael Shaw, Director - National Coordination Office for Space-Based PNT
9:45 - 10:15 U.S. International Initiatives
Update on Intl. Committee on GNSS, Galileo, GLONASS, & Compass		 Mr. David Turner, Deputy Director
Space and Advanced Technology
U.S. State Department
10:15 - 10:30 International Member Regional Updates (at member's discretion)
  • Gerhard Beutler (CH), International Association of Geodesy
  • Arve Dimmen (NO), Norwegian Coastal Administration
  • Hiroshi Nishiguchi (JP), Japan GPS Council
  • Richard Smith (UK), International Association of Institutes of Navigation
10:30 - 10:45 BREAK
10:45 - 11:10 GPS in the National Airspace System
WAAS, LAAS, and ADS-B		 Mr. Leo Eldridge, SatNav Program Manager, Federal Aviation Administration
11:10 - 11:30 GPS Space Service Volume
Increasing Utility of GPS for Space Users		 Dr. Michael Moreau, Flight Dynamics Analysis Branch, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
11:30 - 11:50 GPS and Homeland Security [CANCELED]
Interference Detection & Mitigation - Implementation Strategy - Central Data Repository And Interference Analysis		 Mr. John Merrill,Manager
DHS Geospatial Management Office
11:50 - 12:00 Morning Session Discussion & Announcements All
12:00 - 1:00 LUNCH
1:00 - 1:30 Pseudolites
Augmenting GPS in Regions of Reduced Geometric Availability		 Dr. Bradford Parkinson, Vice-Chair
Stanford University
1:30 - 1:50 Distress Alerting Satellite System
Advantages of a MEOSAR System		 Mr. Chris O'Connors, NOAA
SARSAT Program Manager
1:50 - 2:30 Civil Input to GPS III
IFOR Update - SLR & DASS Examples		 Mr. Hank Skalski, Civil Liaison, AF Space Command
Col. David Buckman, AF Space Command
2:30 - 2:45 BREAK
2:45 - 3:30 "Big 5" and Civilian Service
Panel Findings		 Dr. Bradford Parkinson, Vice-Chair
Stanford University
3:30 - 4:00 Future GPS & Free Services
PNT Policy "Lessons Learned" 		Dr. Scott Pace, Director
Space Policy Institute, GWU
4:00 - 4:45 Getting to 30+ satellites
Panel Discussion -- Next Steps 		All
4:45 - 5:00 Afternoon "Wrap-Up" Discussion & Announcements
5:00 ADJOURNMENT

Friday, October 17
9:00 - 9:05 BOARD CONVENES
Call to Order -- Good Morning		 Ms. Diane Rausch, NASA
PNT Board Executive Director
9:05 - 10:15 Board Recommendations 2007-08
Messages for the Transition Team
  • Review PNT Board Report Summary & prepare for PNT EXCOM Briefing
  • Address critical Panel issues and positions that should be included in the Administration transition plan
 Dr. James Schlesinger, Chair
Dr. Bradford Parkinson, Vice-Chair
10:15 - 10:30 BREAK
10:30 - 11:30 Transitioning & Strengthening the PNT Advisory Board
  • Discuss changes that could be made to the PNT Board Panel structure and processes to be more effective
  • Panel Work Assignments - Prep. for 2009-10
 Panel Leads/All
11:30 - 1:00 WORKING LUNCH
PNT Advisory Board "Wrap-Up" Discussions
1:00 ADJOURNMENT

ACRONYMS

ADS-B:Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast
AF:Air Force
CH:Switzerland
DASS:Distress Alerting Satellite System
DHS:Department of Homeland Security
EXCOM:National Executive Committee for Space-Based PNT
GLONASS:GLObal'naya NAvigatsionnaya Sputnikovaya Sistema
GNSS:Global Navigation Satellite System
GPS:Global Positioning System
GWU:The George Washington University
IFOR:Interagency Forum for Operational Requirements
JP:Japan
LAAS:Local Area Augmentation System
MEOSAR:Medium Earth Orbit Search and Rescue Satellites
NASA:National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NO:Norway
NOAA:National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
PNT:Positioning, Navigation, & Timing
SARSAT:Satellite Aided Search and Rescue
SatNav:Satellite Navigation
SLR:Satellite Laser Retro-Reflectors
UK:United Kingdom
U.S.:United States
WAAS:Wide Area Augmentation System

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