29th Annual ILA Convention and Technical Symposium - Daily Schedule


Saturday, November 11
09:00 - 17:00  4th Meeting of the GAUSS Initiative (Council room)

Jan-Hendrik Oltmann, Chairman
Linn Roth, Vice Chairman
Michael Hoppe, Secretary 

Sunday, November 12
15:00 – 18:00   Conference Registration (Pre-function area)
16:00 – 18:00   ILA Board of Directors Meeting (Council room)
18:30 – 21:00  Icebreaker Reception – informal (Federal North)
Cash Bar and Hors d’oeuvres Buffet 
Monday, November 13
07:00 – 08:30 

07:15 – 08:15 

Registration (Pre-function area)
Speakers Breakfast (daily session chairs & presenters) (Judicial room)
Federal North
Technical Session I: Radionavigation Policy & Plans
Session Chair: Terje Jørgensen
08:30  Opening Address – Dr. G. Linn Roth, ILA President, and President, Locus, Inc. 
08:40  Keynote Address – Professor David Last, University of Wales, and Vice President, Royal Institute of Navigation
09:15  "Loran-C & Galileo, A European Navigation Solution," Offermans, van Willigen, Helwig & Vincent (Reelektronika, Alcatel Space Industries)
09:40  "NELS Status & Developments: Eurofix Brought on Air," Jørgensen (NELS)
10:05  Session Break
10:30  "European Union Radionavigation Update" (invited)
10:55  "1999 Federal Radionavigation Plan and Development of the 2001 Edition," Shaw (US DOT)
11:20  "Evolution of Radionavigation Concepts in Recent FRPs," Pinker, Mastic & Smith (ANSER)
Federal South Luncheon – ILA President’s Award to WisconsinSenator Herb Kohl
Speaker – RADM Kenneth Venuto, Director of Operations Policy, USCG
Federal North
Technical Session II: Radionavigation Policy & Plans, con’t.

Session Chair: Langhorne Bond

13:30  US Congressional Panel Discussion: "Loran – A View From The Hill"
Moderator: Larry P. Barnett (AB Management Assoc.)
Panel Members: TBA
14:30  "Brief Remarks from the National Boating Federation," David Goodman, Publicity Director and Editor, NBF Lookout 
14:40  Session Break
15:05  "Vulnerability Assessment of the Transportation Infrastructure Relying on GPS," Carroll, Kraemer, Van Dyke & Rodgers (US DOT-Volpe Center)
15:30  "Status of Loran-C Activities at the FAA," Mitchell Narins (FAA) (OR Carl McCullough?)
15:55  "Loran – Past, Present and Future," Beukers (Beukers Technologies)
16:20  "The Loran-C Resource in China and Its Potential Use," Wu, Bian & Li (Shaanxi Astronomical Observatory)
16:45 "French View" – Manchard (invited)
Tuesday, November 14
07:00 – 08:00 

07:30 – 08:30 

Speakers Breakfast (daily session chairs & presenters) (Judicial room)
Registration (Pre-function area)
08:00 – 08:30  ILA Members Meeting (Federal North) 
Federal North
Technical Session III – Loran Technology, Performance & Receivers
Session Chair: Dr. Robert Lilley
08:30  "Operational Status of Equipment Modernizations," Rice & Fowler (USCG)
08:55  "Loran Recapitalization Project (LRP)," Arsenault (USCG)
09:20  "Performance Evaluation of IFFT Technique for Skywave Detection in Loran-C Receivers," Mohammed & Last (Univ of Karlskrona/Ronneby, Univ of Wales)
09:45  "Propagation of Loran-C Signals in Irregular Terrain – Part I: Modelling," Last, Williams & Dykstra (Univ of Wales, USCGA)
10:10  Session Break
10:35  "Propagation of Loran-C Signals in Irregular Terrain – Part II: Measurements," Dykstra, Last & Williams (USCGA, Univ of Wales)
11:00  "Covariance Analysis for On-the-Fly ASF Calibration During Multichain Navigation," Cruz (Illgen Simulation Technologies)
11:25  "Accuracy and Integrity Potential of Multichain Navigation," Cruz & Stoeckly (Illgen Stimulation Technologies)
Federal North Luncheon (Federal North)
Speaker: Langhorne Bond, former FAA Administrator
Federal North
Technical Session IV – Loran Technology, Performance & Receivers, con’t.

Session Chair: Professor David Last

13:30  "Loran-C Windfinding in Meteorology," (Jaatinen & Kajossaari, Vaisala). Presented by K. Goss (Vaisala)
13:55  "Loran Applications in Telecommunications," Walsh (Motorola)
14:20  "In-flight Comparison of Loran-C Signal-to-Noise Ratios from E-field and H-field Antennas in the Presence of P-Static," Edwards (Ohio University)
14:45  "Use of a Single Analog-to-Digital Converter for Dual-Loop Loran H-field Antenna," Hannon, Ren, Schick & Weikert (Locus)
15:10  Session Break
15:35  "A New Technology for Loran-C Receivers," Charron, Monin & Rigal (Diginext)
16:00  "Application of Current Technology to Loran-C Receiver/Processor," DeLorme (Lormega Systems)
16:25  "GAUSS Initiative Status Review," Oltmann & Roth (German Federal Waterways & Shipping Admin, Locus, Inc.)
16:40  "Update on the Activities of the RTCM SC-104, Working Group on Loran-Comm," Roland (PVT Associates)
Wednesday, November 15
07:00 – 08:00 

07:30 – 08:30 

Speakers Breakfast (daily session chairs & presenters) (Judicial Room)
Registration (Pre-function area)
Federal North
Technical Session V: Integrated Systems – Technology, Performance & Products
Session Chair: William F. Roland
08:30  "Data Transmission Using Loran," Lo & Enge (Stanford Univ)
08:55  "High Speed Loran-C Data Channel Communications," Boyer (USCG)
09:20  "Interoperability Aspects of WAAS/EGNOS and Eurofix," van Willigen, Offermans, Breeuwer & Helwig (Reelektronika, Delft Univ of Technology)
09:45  "Loran/Eurofix/EGNOS Integration: Test and Validation Programme - Concept and First Results," 
Augath, Lechner & Baumann (Dresden Univ of Technology, Telematica)
10:10  Session Break
10:35  "Russian Perspectives of Differential Subsystems for Satellite Navigation Using Eurofix 'Chayka' and Loran-C Experience," Durnev, Denisov & Argunov (Internavigation Research & Technical Center)
11:00  "Eurofix Performance 2000," Beukers (Beukers Technologies)
11:25  "Eurofix Moves Forward: European Developments Over the Past Year," Helwig, Offermans & van Willigen (Delft Univ of Tech, Reelektronika)
Federal South Luncheon
Federal North
Technical Session VI: Integrated Systems – Technology, Performance & Products, con’t.
Session Chair, Professor Durk van Willigen
13:00  "Waypoint Conversions," Brogdon
13:25  "The Maximum of Solar Cycle 23," Kunches (NOAA)
13:50  "Relating Time to the Earth’s Variable Rotation," Chadsey & McCarthy (USNO)
14:15  Closing: Conclusion & Resolution
15:30 – 17:30  ILA Board of Directors Meeting (Council room)