ATA e-Business Forum
May
17-19, 2010
Agenda
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Monday, May 17 |
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3:00
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Registration |
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6:00
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Welcome Reception - Sponsored by Airbus |
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Tuesday, May 18 |
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7:30
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Registration |
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7:30
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Exhibit Hall |
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7:30
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Breakfast - Sponsored by GE Aircraft Engines |
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8:30 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. |
General Session 8:30
- Introduction - Brad Ballance, Senior Managing Director
e-Business, Air Transport Association 8:45 - Keynote Address -
e-Enabled Business Solutions - Going to the next step Lynne Thompson, Director - Maintenance Engineering, Boeing 9:30 - ATA e-Business Overview
- Tim Larson, Manager Digital Data
Strategy, Delta Air Lines 10:00 - Break - Sponsored by GE
Aircraft Engines 10:45 - Economic Overview - William S. Swelbar, Research Engineer, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology 11:15 - ATA e-Business
Specification Overview - Paul Conn, Air
Transport Association, Ken Jones, Air Transport Association |
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11:45
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Lunch - Sponsored by Boeing |
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Track 1 Track Moderator: Paul Conn |
Track 2 |
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1:00
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The Impact of ATA
Spec 2300 on the MMEL Process Tom Atzert, United Airlines Jason Bialek,
Boeing |
Spec 2000 Overview Jon Andresen,
Technology Solutions |
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1:45
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Dynamic Content and
the EFB Kaan Erdal, InfoTrust
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Supply Chain Panel Bernd Niewels,
Airbus |
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2:30
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Break - Sponsored by Continental DataGraphics |
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3:00
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Transforming iSpec 2200 to S1000D: Real World Opportunities and
Challenges Gary Mayer, InfoTrust Group |
RFID in Aviation - Panel Discussion Tom Burian, Lufthansa Technik |
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3:45
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Implementation of
Real-Time Electronic Delivery of Technical Publications Robert Kissinger,
GE Aviation |
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4:30
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Tech Ops
Maintenance Revisions - Improving Management and Adoption John Snow, Enigma |
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6:00
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Gala Reception - Sponsored by Boeing |
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Wednesday, May 19 |
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7:30
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Registration |
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7:30
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Breakfast - Sponsored by Lionbridge |
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7:30
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Exhibit Hall |
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Track 1 Track Moderator: Paul Conn |
Track 2 |
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8:30
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Developing your
Corporate PKI Strategy Gil Mulin, Airbus Julien Holstein, Aerospace Vision |
Introduction to eLogbook Interoperability Services |
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9:15
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What is an
Interoperable PKI Mansour Rezaei-Mazinani, SITA |
Fundamental
Guidelines to Regulatory Approval for Paperless Cockpit and Paperless
Maintenance |
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10:00
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Break - Sponsored by Boeing |
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10:30
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Product
Demonstrations Continental DataGraphics Carillon
Information Security |
Product
Demonstrations Fujitsu, Ltd Tego, Inc. |
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12:00
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Lunch - Sponsored by Boeing |
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1:15
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Secure and Reliable
Regulatory e-Form Exchange Mansour Rezaei-Mazinani, SITA |
Using Spec 2000
Reliability
- an ROI study John Yakubowsky,
Boeing |
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2:00
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Manufacturer
Abilities in ATA and S1000D Standards Use for Multiple Aircraft Programs Michel Rey, Thales
Avionics |
Electronic
Airworthiness Release Certificates Klaus Malone,
Airbus |
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2:45
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Break - Sponsored by Boeing |
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3:15
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Planning, Creation
and Management of SCORM compliant Learning Material based on S1000D Sylvia Schwab, Corena Stefano Tedeschi, Isselnord |
Automated
Identification and Data Capture Jon Andresen,
Technology Solutions |
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4:00
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The Bridge -
S1000D-SCORM Application Programming Interface Wayne Gafford, Advanced Distributed Learning Initiative Schawn Thropp, Concurrent Technologies
Corp. |
Leveraging Spec
2000 in Aircraft Asset Management |
Session Descriptions
(Alpha
Order)
Automated Identification Technologies
This session provides an overview of AIDC technologies
and how they are applied in aviation. There will be discussions about different
type of part marking technologies, the US DoD’s UID
initiative, bar-coded shipping labels, RFID tracking and asset tracking and how
to ensure traceability during an asset’s life.
Developing your Corporate PKI Strategy
ATA Spec 42 sets the standard for use of
digital certificates pertaining to aircraft (including ground-to-ground and
ground-to-plane exchanges). All the companies dealing with the aircraft are
impacted, starting with manufacturers, and and
including airlines and suppliers.
Additionally, those companies also have a
growing need for digital certificates in their industrial day-to-day
activities. This presentation will explore the key issues that companies should
consider when implementing a modern information security strategy.
Dynamic Content and the EFB
Today’s aircraft manufactures are recognizing
the cost and impact of producing targeted, high-quality documentation and the
affect it has on acceptance and delivery to the airlines. The need to deliver
safety, compliance, and aircraft configuration data has reached an all time
high and the old way of delivering paper to the flight operations departments
and the flight deck is no longer is cost effective.
This presentation will discuss how XML, ATA
Spec 2300, and EFBs provide solutions for these key challenges faced by many.
During the course of the presentation we will cover:
Electronic Airworthiness Release Certificates
FAA, EASA, Transport Canada have regulations
now in place that allow the use of Electronic Airworthiness Release
Certificates as described in Spec 2000 Chapter 16. But what does this mean for
companies in terms of implementation? What business process improvements are
possible? How much will it cost? Come hear an overview of the regulations and
specifications and then hear Airbus and Continental Airlines discuss their
implementation plans. Learn how implementing these electronic forms can reduce
lead times, reduce inventory held in quarantine, and facilitate record keeping.
Fundamental Guidelines to Regulatory Approval for Paperless Cockpit and
Paperless Maintenance
Maintenance departments at airlines and MRO
shops regularly receive new information from OEMs and component manufacturers,
in the form of TRs, quarterly revisions and other supplements. Frequent changes
to maintenance recommendations are the norm and airlines/MROs may receive
revisions in SGML/XML, PDF or other formats.
This presentation will detail the
opportunities and challenges for automating the revision management process.
First-hand case studies will be used to highlight the pervasive nature of
maintenance information and actual implementation strategies/results. Specific
emphasis will be placed on identifying changes, resolving conflicts and
propagating changes throughout the maintenance environment.
Implementation of Real-Time Electronic Delivery of Technical Publications
This session provides a case-study of GE’s
experience in delivering Instructions for Continued Airworthiness as web based
Incremental Changes to the DVD. As the data becomes more rapidly available to
the fleet, there is a drive for increased functionality and precision timing of
related data. Topics include:
Introduction to eLogbook Interoperability
Services
As airlines continue to deploy Electronic
Flight Bags (EFBs), the demand for real-time collection and distribution of
airplane originated data to airline back-office systems will increase.
Currently, Spec2000 defines a standard data model for representing logbook
records. As use of the standard has increased, the Electronic Logbook Project
Team (ELPT) has expanded the specification to include the ATA’s first standard
set of transactions that may be implemented among electronic logbook
applications and other airline systems, such as Maintenance Resource Planning
applications. In this presentation, the two year ELPT effort to define and
standardize a set of interoperability services that support real-time
transmission of elogbook data in an operational
environment will be discussed
Leveraging Spec 2000 in Aircraft asset management
In this case study, SITA will explore how
third party data can be routed to the target asset management application from
multiple data locations using Spec 2000 Legacy and XML variants, providing a
simple but effective means of improving decision-making. Messaging integration
is a relatively low cost development that helps expand the use to which current
data flows can be put. The presentation intends to raise the issues of data
ownership and consent, arguing that greater information transparency is beneficial
to the Air Transport Industry.
Manufacturer Abilities in ATA and S1000D Standards Use for Multiple
Aircraft Programs
THALES Avionics is a major supplier
manufacturer involved in multiple aircraft programs, in both civil and military
domains. Consequently, it has to insure various sorts of Technical Publication
productions based on ATA and S1000D standards and its concrete adaptations and
declinations for different airplanes or helicopters programs and associated
integrators.
The
purpose of this presentation is to detail that concrete use case of both ATA
and S1000D standards application for maintenance documentations production on
multiple aircraft programs, examining the challenges encountered and the Tools
and Methods solutions employed to meet these challenges.
Planning, Creation and Management of SCORM compliant Learning Material
based on S1000D
SCORM (Shareable Content Object Reference
Model) is a widely required specification in the training world. It provides a
stable basis through content aggregation guidelines and defined run-time
communication protocol to ensure that training material can be executed in a
learning management system (LMS).
The latest version of S1000D Issue 4.0
intends to reduce production costs and improve information quality and
consistency through bringing the world of technical publications and learning
closer together supporting the aspects of an integrated logistics support
approach.
Furthermore the use of multimedia elements
like video and 3D simulation objects will benefit both disciplines.
This presentation will present the new
capabilities and functionality introduced with the latest Issue of the S1000D
standard, outline how a collaborative environment can be approached and how
content and multimedia creation (from graphic, video, 3D simulation object) can
be organized and combined in order to provide SCORM compliant outputs as well
as being used for technical publications.
RFID in Aviation
RFID on Parts has been discussed and promoted
for several years. Come see what the latest status is regarding implementation
of the various available technologies, and what different companies are doing
to use RFID to improve their business processes. Lufthansa Technik
will be providing an update on several RFID projects that they have implemented
and discussing the cost savings and efficiency increases. Boeing will be
providing a status of their RFID implementation plans for the 787 and other
programs. Continental Airlines, SITA and Boeing will be providing an
airline-focused use case demonstration of using RFID to facilitate lifecycle
asset tracking. Finally the group of presenters will convene with a panel
discussion to answer questions from the audience and the moderator.
Secure and Reliable Regulatory e-Form Exchange
Now that ATA Spec
2000 Chapter 16 is well established, and FAA and EASA are authorizing the use
of electronic Authorized Release Certificates, industry is finalizing plans to
introduce e-Forms on a significant scale. However, market research indicates
that many industry people outside the Purchasing / Logistics domain remain
unsure about what constitutes an “e-Form”, a “digital signature” and “reliable
exchange”. Many respondents incorrectly believe that a scanned image of a
signed, paper form is an e-Form or they are simply unaware of the changing
regulatory position.
The presentation provides a recap on the definition of an e-Form
and provides an overview of W3C XML signature, W3C XML encryption and IATA Type
X standards and shows how the combination of these standards can be used to
enable the secure and reliable exchange of regulatory e-Forms to meet the air
transport requirements for security and reliable exchange.
Spec 2000 Overview
Spec
2000 has long been known as a specification to facilitate exchange of
procurement information. However, over the years it has expanded significantly
and now includes chapter as diverse as Regulatory Data/Airworthiness Release
Certificates, Electronic Logbook, Reliability Data Exchange, Industry Performance
Metrics, along with the traditional information regarding Initial Provisioning,
Procurement Planning and Order Administration, Warranty and Repair Processing
and Delivery Configuration. Come see an overview of what has always been there
and what has been added recently, and understand what these diverse areas have
in common.
Supply Chain Panel
The Aviation Aftermarket Supply Chain
continues to change. With changes in airline outsourcing policies, consignment,
managed maintenance, fixed price contracts such as Power by the Hour, etc.;
companies continue to have to adapt their Supply Chain philosophies and
processes. Panelists will be discussing their views on the state of the
industry and where we can improve. It’s all about getting the right information
to the trading partners. The focus of this discussion will be on
e-Collaboration and what standardization might help these concepts.
Tech Ops Maintenance
Revisions—Improving Management and Adoption
This presentation details the opportunities and
challenges for automating the revision management process. First-hand case
studies are used to highlight the pervasive nature of maintenance information
and actual implementation strategies/results. Specific emphasis is placed on
identifying changes, resolving conflicts and propagating changes throughout the
maintenance environment.
The Bridge - S1000D-SCORM Application Programming Interface
The presentation provides a full
discussion and demonstration of the new S1000D-SCORM application programming interface
(API). The API is formally known as “The Bridge”. The Bridge provides a data
exchange mechanism between common source databases and learning content
development tools in support of real-time technical training content updates,
reuse and configuration. A live demonstration of the API will be given through
U.S., Norwegian and Italian implementations. The Bridge Project is in its
second year and is funded by the Office the Secretary of Defense’s Reduction in
Total Ownership Costs Program.
The Impact of ATA Spec 2300 on the MMEL Process
This
presentation provides background on ATA Spec 2300 and its progress, with
particular emphasis on the upcoming Revision 2010.1 which will include
standards and XML Schema for Dispatch Data, including the Master Minimum
Equipment List (MMEL). Topics will
include MEL ‘101’ information, MMEL/MEL publication history and authoring
challenges, MMEL/MEL publication and authoring improvements, and benefits of
adopting the new MMEL specification in Spec 2300.
Transforming iSpec 2200 to S1000D: Real World Opportunities and Challenges
S1000D provides a
wealth of benefits for authoring and delivering civil aviation content. These
benefits range from customer-definable applicability to content re-use.
Fortunately, there is no need to wait for a new aircraft type to start reaping
the benefits of authoring and delivering S1000D data. It is possible today to
transform existing iSpec 2200 data to S1000D, on a
one-time and recurring basis. This transformation capability is especially important
for those airlines that will soon be operating a mix of iSpec
2200-based and S1000D-based aircraft.
This presentation
will describe the benefits and challenges related to transforming data from iSpec 2200 to S1000D, as well as propose a community-based
effort to define and maintain detailed, actionable mappings between the
specifications.
Using Spec 2000 Reliability - an ROI study
Learn how good reliability data can help improve
schedule performance and reduce maintenance costs. Understand how using Spec
2000 Chapter 11 & 13 can facilitate industry-wide data exchange to achieve
these reliability improvements. This
presentation will describe the work of the ATA e-Business Program Reliability
Interest Group and the common metrics that have been developed for measuring
part and airplane reliability.
Additionally, a way to help calculate the ROI on the value of implementation
will be reviewed.
What is an Interoperable PKI
Individuals,
applications and machines all need digital identities (digital IDs). Digital
IDs are critical for accessing, sharing and securing digital information.
Without digital IDs, organizations cannot safely manage online relationships
and transactions, nor can they grant or gain access to information on laptops,
desktops, networks and servers. Most significantly, digital identities must be
deployed and managed in a way that allows security services to be delivered
consistently in line with auditable policies. Digital IDs must also be low cost
to administer; easy-to-use; and, essentially within the Air Transport Industry,
interoperable without compromising cyber security.
This presentation
will present the results of recent work conducted by the ATA Digital Security Working
Group (DSWG) in the area of interoperability. Through the sharing of community
experiences and lessons learned, the author will present ATA DSWG
recommendations specific to two areas said to be of high priorities to
airlines: