TRB Webinar: Next Generation Air Transportation System: A Research Update

TRB conducted a webinar on March 17, 2015, from 2:00pm to 3:30pm ET that featured an update on the research conducted by TRB’s Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) on the Next Generation Air Transportation System (“NextGen”)—a term used to describe a number of federal programs designed to modernize the National Airspace System (NAS).

Webinar presenters provided a general overview of ACRP's NextGen research initiative and its goals to develop; (1) a resource guide for airport practitioners; (2) a primer for airport decision makers; and (3) a public information toolkit that can be used by airport operators to communicate high-level, universal facts about NextGen and airports to local pilots, community members, local leaders, and the flying public.

This webinar was organized by the Airport Cooperative Research Program in collaboration with the TRB Standing Committee on Airfield and Airspace Capacity and Delay (AV060).

This webinar provided 1.5 Continuing Education Units for Accredited Airport Executives. This webinar has been approved by the American Institute of Certified Planners for 1.5 Certification Maintenance Credits.

TRB Webinar: Next Generation Air Transportation System: A Research Update from The National Academies.

Webinar Presenters

• Randy Murphy, Grafton Technologies
• Stephen D. Van Beek, ICF International

Moderator: Chris Oswald, Airports Council International, North America


Webinar Outline

• PART 1: Overview of committee activities and ways to get involved
• PART 2: Research updates on the following ACRP NextGen projects currently underway:
  • ACRP Project 01-27: NextGen—A Primer
  • ACRP Project 01-28: NextGen—Guidance for Engaging Airport Stakeholders
  • ACRP Project 03-33: NextGen—Airport Planning and Development
  • ACRP Project 03-34: NextGen—Understanding the Airport’s Role in Performance-Based Navigation (PBN)
  • ACRP Project 09-12: NextGen—Leveraging NextGen Spatial Data to Benefit Airports
• PART 3: Question and answer session

The first 60 minutes of the webinar will be for presentations and the final 30 minutes will be reserved for audience questions.


Learning Objectives
At the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:

• Explain the ACRP NextGen initiative and its research projects; and
• Discuss the outcomes from the ACRP NextGen initiative workshop held in February 2015.

Registration Information
This webinar is sponsored by the Airport Cooperative Research Program. There is no fee to attend this webinar.


Continuing Education Units for Accredited Airport Executives
The American Association of Airport Executives (AAAE) is making 1.5 Continuing Education Units (CEUs) available for A.A.E. If you are an A.A.E. and would like to apply for CEUs for this webinar, visit www.aaae.org/ceu. For questions about A.A.E. continuing education units, please contact accreditation@aaae.org.


American Institute of Certified Planners Certification Maintenance Credits
This webinar has been approved by the American Institute of Certified Planners for 1.5 Certification Maintenance Credits. Please make sure that you register for this session and log-in using the link that TRB provides to your email account. We use this as your record that you attended this session. TRB only maintains the records of attendees who use their email address to log into the webinar, and cannot verify attendance of individuals who view the webinar without personally logging into the session.

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Registration questions? Contact Reggie Gillum at RGillum@nas.edu.