November 2019 Meeting of the National Space-Based Positioning,



Hilton Oceanfront, Grand Ballroom

1550 North Atlantic Avenue, Cocoa Beach, Florida 32931

8:30 – 8:35

BOARD CONVENES
Call to Order, Logistics, & Announcements

Mr. James J. Miller, Executive Director, National Space-Based PNT Advisory Board, NASA Headquarters

8:35 – 9:30

Welcome & Kick-Off of 24th PNTAB Meeting
Priorities & Proposed Topic Focus Areas

Concise Roundtable Discussion

ADM Thad Allen, Chair; Hon. John Stenbit, Deputy Chair; Dr. Bradford Parkinson, 1st Vice-Chair; Governor Jim Geringer, 2nd Vice-Chair

9:30 – 9:45

National Coordination Office (NCO) for Space-based Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT)
PNT Policy Activity Update

Mr. Harold ‘Stormy’ Martin, Director, National Coordination Office for Space-Based PNT

9:45 – 10:00

Update on Air Force Space Command Reorganization Activities
Role of GPS Integration Office

Lt Gen David Thompson, Vice-Commander, Air Force Space Command

10:00 – 10:30

GPS Program Status & Modernization Milestones
IIIF, OCX, & Emerging Capabilities for Users

Lt Col Ken McDougall, Chief, GPS Integration Branch, GPS Integration Office, Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC)

10:45 – 11:10

U.S. Dept. of Transportation (DOT) Developments on PNT Resiliency

Dr. Andrew Hansen, DOT Liaison to the GPS Program Office

11:10 – 11:35

DHS S&T PNT Program and Conformance Framework
Science & Technology Directorate (S&T) Update

Mr. Ernest Wong, Technical Manager; Ms. Brannan Villee, Program Manager, DHS Science & Technology Directorate

11:35 – 12:00

The Flip
More Robust Timing Applications Using GPS

Dr. Arthur K. Scholz, Lead Signal Processing Engineer, MITRE

1:00 – 1:15

Introduction to the National Space Council (NSpC) Users’ Advisory Group (UAG)

ADM Jim Ellis, Chair, National Space Council UAG

1:15 – 1:40

Socio-Economic Studies of GPS
Past, Present and Future

Dr. Irving Leveson, Founder, Leveson Consulting

1:40 – 2:05

Economic Benefits of the Global Positioning System (GPS)

Dr. Michael P. Gallaher, Senior Director, Center for Applied Economics and Strategy, RTI International

2:05 – 2:30

Why Wait?
Real-time GNSS Monitoring for Infrastructure Protection, and the JPL Perspective on Galileo vs GPS

Dr. Yoaz Bar-Sever, Program Manager, Global Differential GPS (GDGPS), Jet Propulsion Lab

2:30 – 3:00

Compatibility of Terrestrial Reference Frames used in GNSS Broadcast Messages

Mr. Stephen Malys, Senior Scientist for Geodesy and Geophysics, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA)

3:15 – 3:35

Recent developments within the International Committee on GNSS (ICG) on the Use and Applications for PNT

Ms. Sharafat Gadimova, Scientific Affairs Officer, UN Office for Outer Space Affairs, Vienna

3:35 – 3:55

GNSS for the Developing World
Collaborations for Scientific Exploration and Applications with Societal Benefits

Dr. Patricia Doherty, Director of the Institute for Scientific Research at Boston College

3:55 – 4:15

Augmenting GPS with PNT from Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

Dr. Peter Iannucci, Postdoctoral Fellow, The University of Texas at Austin

4:15 – 4:35

Ensuring PNT Robustness, Resiliency, & Interoperability
Galileo Signal Authentication services & Anti-Spoof Techniques

Dr. Oscar Pozzobon, President, Qascom

4:35 – 4:55

Interoperable GNSS Space Service Volume (SSV)
Update on European Space Agency (ESA) Activities

Dr. Werner Enderle, Head of Navigation Office, Ground Systems Engineering Department, ESA

4:55 – 5:15

Advancing Space Use of GNSS to Cislunar Space & Beyond

Dr. Ben Ashman, Deputy PNT Policy Lead, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)

5:15 – 5:30

Recap of Presentation Highlights & Closing Thoughts:  Action Items & Deliberation Preparation for Nov 21

All members, led by Chairs

8:30 – 8:35

BOARD CONVENES
Call to Order

Mr. James J. Miller, Executive Director, National Space-Based
PNT Advisory Board, NASA Headquarters

8:35 – 10:35

PNT Board Roundtable Feedback & Deliberations
Preliminary Findings, Recommendations, & Work Plan

All members, led by Chairs

10:50 – 12:05

Representative & International Updates & Perspectives:

 

  • Dr. Gerhard Beutler (Switzerland): Galileo and its Outage in July 2019
    from the IGS-MGEX Perspective
  • Dr. Sergio Camacho-Lara (Mexico)
  • Ms. Ann Ciganer (GPS Innovation Alliance)
  • Mr. Matt Higgins (Australia): Positioning Australia
  • Dr. Refaat M. Rashad (Egypt)

12:05 – 12:30

Closing Thoughts, Next Steps, Schedule

All members, led by Chairs

12:30 – 1:00

LUNCHWorking as needed



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