Aim: 'Managing the Competing Demands within the National
Airspace System'
The FAA has announced an event
focused on providers, suppliers, regulators and users of the NAS.
Scheduled for September 29 – October 2, 2008, at the Mirage
(3400 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas, NV 89109), the FAA states that
the "2008 Competition for the Sky Conference, 'Managing the
Competing Demands within the National Airspace System (NAS)' is an
integrated educational, networking and social event focusing on
competing operational demands in the NAS. Delegates attending the
conference will gain insight and guidance from system regulators
and users regarding NAS operations and requirements."
The FAA adds that, 'Protecting the safety and improving the
efficiency of the NAS are absolute priorities for users, operators,
and regulators, " and invites interested parties to 'Join us in Las
Vegas from September 29th to October 2nd, 2008 as we identify
objectives and strategies to satisfy competing demands for airspace
while maintaining and enhancing the safety and efficiency of the
NAS.'
For the first time, this conference will bring together federal,
state and local authorities, alongside military, commercial and
private NAS users. The event will provide a clear understanding on
relevant issues concerning shared utilization of the NAS in order
to provide policymakers with a common understanding of related
issues. Some of the topics include, but are not limited to, Marking
and Lighting, Wind Turbines, Crane Operations, Airport
Encroachment/Zoning, and Radar Interference. Protecting the
airspace is a common factor and the conference is designed to voice
future strategies to ensure the NAS is protected now and in the
future.
The conference will cover the following areas:
Transparency: How the
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is utilizing electronic means
to share aeronautical data and encourage a common operating system
for users both on the ground and in the air.
Collaboration: How FAA is working with
the competing demands on the diminishing natural resource that is
the NAS, to ensure that: (1) the NAS is not diminished in capacity
and efficiency; (2) efforts are continued to build partnerships
with Stakeholders in order to ensure that all interests are
recognized, understood and considered in an aeronautical study; (3)
all Stakeholders come together at the same table to develop
favorable determinations that allow for proposed construction and
will not diminish the NAS; (4) partnerships with Industry Groups
are ongoing to address growing trends and creating new processes to
preserve and protect the NAS, today and in the future.
Preservation: The NAS is not infinite;
however the NAS is neither well defined nor transparent. Learn how
FAA is preserving the NAS, while still defining the components that
compete with the interests on the ground.
Protection: This is FAA's number one
priority, to protect the National Airspace System.
The conference brings NAS stakeholders together to identify
individual objectives and strategies to satisfy competing user
demands while maintaining and enhancing safety and efficiency of
the NAS:
- How different groups use or compete with NAS elements.
- How that usage contributes to aviation congestion.
- How obstruction encroachment in the airport airspace diminishes
capacity and efficiency.
- How local airspace zoning and third party products help
preserve and protect the NAS.
- How vendors contribute in protecting the nation's airports and
airspace.
Who Should Attend
More than 450 delegates are expected, including:
-
Aviation, Corporate and Government
Consultants and Advisors
- Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association
- Airlines
- Airport Managers / Directors
- CEOs, COOs, CFOs and other members of the corporate world
- Government Advocacy Groups
- Government Officials, Policy Influencers and Decision
Makers
- National Association of State Aviation Officials
- Wind Resource & Project Energy Assessment Officials
FMI: http://www.faa.gov/news/conferences_events/competition_sky_2008/