SESAR Deployment on Stage Day 1
A6 Alliance: “Strategic Vision & European ATM Transformation”
26th May
10:00 - 10:50
Viasat Theatre
Moderator: Philipp Piber, Managing Director Austrocontrol, Chair A6 Alliance, COOPANS
Speakers:
Arndt Schoenemann, Chief Executive Officer, DFS
Enrique Maurer, Chief Executive Officer, ENAIRE
Frederic Guignier, Chief Executive Officer, DSNA
Kathryn Leahy, Chief Operations Officer, NATS
Mariagrazia La Piscopia, Executive Director, SESAR Deployment Manager
Why should ATM modernisation be understood as a strategic investment for Europe’s prosperity, resilience and sovereignty, rather than as an operational cost of the aviation sector? What is at stake for Europe’s global competitiveness and technological leadership if ATM modernisation stalls, and how can Europe move faster from R&D to large-scale industrial deployment? What concrete political, regulatory, and investment decisions are required now at EU level to ensure ATM modernisation delivers tangible results by 2030 and beyond?
Digitalisation as key element in SESAR ATM modernisation
26th May
11:00 - 11:25
Boeing Theatre
Speaker: Franck Montoya, Coordinator of Implementation Programmes, SESAR Deployment Manager
Digitalisation is rapidly reshaping Europe’s air traffic management landscape, and SESAR deployment is driving this evolution with concrete, operationally relevant improvements. At the heart of this transformation lies ATM Functionality 5 – System Wide Information Management (SWIM), a cornerstone capability enabling seamless, standardised and real-time information exchange across the network.
In this session, the SESAR Deployment Manager will explore how digitalisation—powered by SWIM’s data-centric approach—is unlocking new levels of interoperability, situational awareness and collaborative decision-making. By enabling actors to access and share trusted information in a harmonised way, SWIM accelerates the shift toward smarter operations, more predictable trajectories and a more resilient and sustainable network.
Designed to trigger interest and open the door for deeper exchanges at Airspace World 2026, this session highlights why digitalization is a key enabler of Europe’s ATM modernisation journey.
From FF-ICE to ADS-C EPP: Making Trajectory-Based Operations Real in European Airspace
26th May
14:30 - 15:20
DANUBE FAB Stand
Moderator: Heiko Teper, SESAR Deployment Manager
Speakers:
Adrian Florea, Operations Director Department, ROMATSA
Veselin Stoyanov, Director European Programmes Projects and Strategy, BULATSA
Anna von Groote, Director General, EUROCAE
Robert Appel, Senior Director ATM Development, Lufthansa
Increasing traffic density and efficiency targets require a path towards more automated and digitalised ATM services (TBO), based on detailed aircraft derived trajectories and data. With the introduction of enablers through the DLS regulation and CP1 regulation (FF-ICE and full initial trajectory information sharing), the next logical step is to move towards full TBO deployment. Timely TBO adoption will ensure traffic growth can be sustained, enabling additional capacity, sector throughput and environmental and economic sustainability.
The DANUBE FAB stand at Airspace World 2026 provides a relevant platform to showcase tangible progress from the FAB. ROMATSA has become the first ANSPs in Europe to implement full FF-ICE service (Flight and Flow Information for a Collaborative Environment), a foundational enabler of TBO. Building on this achievement, ROMATSA is now engaged in an EU co-funded project by CINEA under SESAR Deployment Manager coordination targeting the implementation of AF6 under CP1, specifically ADS-C EPP (Extended Projected Profile) — a key enabler for 4D trajectory sharing between aircraft and ground systems. This panel takes place at a pivotal moment: operational experience is accumulating, research is maturing, and the policy architecture for the next deployment wave is taking shape.
SESAR Walking Tour 5: Smarter airspace – civil-military integration and digital coordination
26th May
14:30 - 15:55
Check-in at the stand Europe for Aviation, H1-E10
The airspace around Europe is becoming increasingly dynamic, requiring closer coordination between civil and military operations and more agile airspace management. This walking tour explores how SESAR innovations are enabling flexible airspace use, secure information exchange and improved interoperability across the aviation ecosystem.
From dynamic airspace reconfiguration and mission trajectory management to secure data sharing and digital aeronautical information, participants will discover how new digital tools help controllers, flow managers and military planners coordinate more effectively and support safer, more flexible airspace operations.
Walking tour guide: Thierry Closset, European Defence Agency, EDA
Discover here the project within SESAR Deployment: Acceleration of Aeronautical Digital Information Availability (ACADIA)