GNSS - a Users' Perspective in 2010

David Broughton

Director of the Royal Institute
of Navigation
UNITED KINGDOM

Abstract:

GPS is very widespread and is about to see improvement with wide-area augmentation in various parts of the world. With GPS III on the horizon and Galileo running late, the two systems will largely be competing for the same business - but with Galileo charging for most of its services. With little perception of added value in Galileo, it is likely to be facing a huge task in breaking into the location market. The quest would be easier if Galileo were to become an infrastructure project of a caring community rather than a commercial undertaking.

About the Keynote Speaker:

David Broughton spent over 30 years as a Royal Air Force navigator, first in transport aircraft and then as an instructor and trials officer at Research and Development establishments, where he twice commanded R&D squadrons. He specialised in long-range navigation aids and this took him to the North Pole 25 times. In later staff appointments he became involved with data integrity and interoperability, becoming a member of the UK
Safety-critical Software Committee and the UK representative in NATO for data interoperability. He had become a member of the Council of the Royal Institute of Navigation and Chairman of its Technical Committee, and on leaving the RAF he became its Director - a post that he still holds. He is a mathematics graduate and active private pilot and lectures to CAA seminars and flying clubs on the 'Use and Abuse of GPS'.

New Engines for Complex Multimedia
and GPS Applications

Farhad Mafie

President and CEO of
Savant Company Inc.
USA

Abstract:

Today's complex multimedia and communication applications require highly specialized high-performance processors that are configured specifically to meet the required performance. These highly configured multi-processors-based solutions must also meet the power consumption requirements in a very small die size in order to meet the commercial challenges of a finished product. Configuring each individual processor for the best performance in handling algorithms for audio, video, multiplexing, encryption, security, etc., as well as interfacing these individually configured-processors via the appropriate system-on-chip interconnect/bus, requires new and complex modeling challenges for the system architects. Historical advances of microprocessor, introduction of configurable processors, utilization of configurable processors for multimedia and GPS applications based on the required performance model, tools that would allow the needed system modeling and optimizations, etc., will be addressed in this speech.

About the Keynote Speaker:

Farhad Mafie, President and CEO of Savant Company Inc., has over 20 years of experience in electronic and computer businesses and more than 10 years of university-level teaching experience. Farhad is the former Vice President of Business Development and Technical Sales Engineering at Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc. He has also worked at Lucent Technologies, Toshiba Information Systems, Unisys, and MSI Data
in strategic marketing and project design engineering capacities. He has developed complex system solutions with applications in the wireless, Telematics, and digital consumer markets. Farhad has a Master of Science and a Bachelor of Science degree in Electronic Engineering and Computer Design from California State University, Fullerton. His combined business and academic experience has given Farhad a unique ability to effectively communicate complex new technologies to business professionals at all levels, as well as the ability to foresee emerging leading-edge technologies. An avid bicyclist, Farhad is also an author and a translator.

Galileo, a New Dimension in Satellite Navigation

Paul Flament

European Commission
Galileo Unit
BELGIUM

Abstract:

Galileo is the European contribution to the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS). The development and validation phase of this major European programme is jointly financed by the European Commission and the European Space Agency (ESA).

The design of Galileo is driven by user needs and market expectations. After a short overview of the main market trends, Mr Flament will present the Galileo services provided to the different navigation application domains and explain the architecture of the space and ground infrastructures able to provide the appropriate signals to the users.

The state of development of the infrastructure will be shown, as well as the international cooperation with important countries worldwide and the progress made in identifying the future commercial operator.

About the Keynote Speaker:

Paul Flament is a Belgian Civil Engineer, specialised in Telecommunications. He has been working 11 years in the European Space Agency, initially for space missions control centres, then for the design and development of telecommunication satellites.

Following a Masters in European Studies, he joined the European Commission in 1998 and the Galileo unit in the course of the year 2000. Applications programmes, economic studies and Public Private Partnership schemes are at the hart of his responsibilities in the frame of the European satellite navigation programme Galileo.