12 renowned scientists to boost SESAR transformation of European Sky

The SESAR Joint Undertaking, a unique public-private partnership in air traffic management (ATM) research and development founded by the European Commission and Eurocontrol, is going to revolutionise air traffic management in Europe. Unless these efforts deliver their results on time, the European Air Traffic Management system will be unable to face the projected growth of air traffic. By 2020, SESAR aims to create the capability to handle a threefold increase in air traffic in Europe, while improving safety by a factor of ten and reducing by 10% the environmental impact per flight. This modernised air traffic management system in Europe should also cut ATM-related expenses by half New SESAR Scientific Committee The Committee will deal with all scientific aspects of the work programme and will focus on:

the scientific analysis of SESAR from different angles: economics, human factors, statistics, mathematics, computer science, physics, technology;

the liaison between SESAR and the academic and scientific communities across Europe including education of the future SESAR interested engineers & scientists and

the scientific value of the SESAR results.

12 European scientific personalities: an astronaut, professors, researchers Are part of the SESAR Scientific Committee:

Prof. Philippe Baptiste, Director of the Computer Science Lab LIX of Ecole Polytechnique - France

Prof. Ricky Curran - Chair of Aerospace Management and Operations - Delft University of Technology

Mr. Frank De Winne - Astronaut & Chairman of the Forum Space and Education - European Space Agency

Prof. Dr. Peter Hecker - Professor and Managing Director of the Institute of Flight Guidance - Universität

Carolo-Wilhelmina zu Braunschweig

Prof. Erik Hollnagel - Professor & Industrial Safety Chair - MINES Paris Tech CRC

Prof. Alain Jeunemaitre - Director of Research - Ecole Polytechnique France & University of Oxford

Prof. Christopher Johnson - Professor of Computing Science - University of Glasgow

Prof. Georges Kallos - Head of the Division of Environmental Physics - Meteorology - University of Athens

Prof. Pierfrancesco Lombardo - Professor Dept. INFOCOM - University of Rome La Sapienza

Prof. Francisco Javier Mancebo Cortès - Professor & Subdirector of Economic Matters / Industrial Engineering-Aeronautics - Polytechnic University of Madrid

Prof. Lena Martensson - Professor in work science (human factors) - Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm

Prof. Vojin Tosic - Professor & Head of Transport Department - University of Belgrade

"Having these personalities on-board will enable SESAR to build on sound scientific foundations. Thanks to the contribution of the Scientific Committee, SESAR JU will establish strong links with academic institutions conducting applied research of relevance to us. We strive for an innovative approach at SESAR and the input of the Scientific Committee will stimulate the technologists and engineers to think out of the box and deliver breakthroughs in ATM research. commented Patrick Ky, Executive Director of the SESAR Joint Undertaking. The SESAR new components and operational procedures will be gradually implemented as from 2012 till 2020.