Andrea Cosmi

I joined Leonardo in 2010 and until 2016 was involved in SESAR programme as project manager within several projects related to airport management. From 2016 to 2017 I was appointed as System Engineer for Turkey Project (Design phase). From 2018 to 2019 I was appointed System Engineer for Malaysia New KL ATCC, (Design & Validation phases, Training for controller relevant to AMAN/DMAN applications). From 2018 to 2019 I was appointe ad System Requirement Analysis (SRA) Manager for ENAV 4 Flight From 2019 to 2022 I was appointed Project Engineering Manager for Qatar Automation Upgrade, technical management of the project, planning and monitoring of tasks activities.
Currently I am leading Engineering Management of Far East ATM Contracts.

Antonio Strano

Since 2008 in ATM R&D and in several SESAR projects designing & specifying SWIM profiles technical specifications, services & solutions. SESAR1 P14.01.04 covering different roles for design & specifying SWIM Blue, Yellow & Purple profiles. 2016 contributed as European technical head to SWIM Global demo for demonstrating global interoperability between SWIM enabled ATM from different regions (Europe & USA). Since 2016, part of air-ground SWIM for enabling Aircraft to be integrated in SWIM (SESAR W1 PJ.17-01, SESAR W2 PJ.14-100 & SESAR3 MIAR solution 1). Currently SWIM expert in several SESAR3 projects related to TBO including MIAR, MITRANO & NETWORK TBO & SESAR3 projects related to U-space & U-space/ATM including EUREKA & ENSURE.

Mark Watson

Mark Watson joined the EUROCAE Secretariat in May 2023.

After 8 years in the telecommunications industry, Mark joined the aeronautical domain in 1996 (EUROCONTROL) to validate the draft ICAO Doc 9705 ATN upper layers, ADS, CM and CPDLC applications. He then gained significant experience in the validation of new operational concepts and controller tools using the EUROCONTROL ATM real-time simulation platform.

Since 2010, Mark has worked closely with the SESAR 3 Joint Undertaking (SESAR 3 JU) in the ramp-up and execution of SESAR 1 (via ‘Industrial Support’ managed by Airbus) and SESAR2020 (via ‘SESAR Development Support Services’ managed by ArianeGroup).

Fernando Trolia Slamic

Fernando Trolia Slamic is the Director of Strategy and Business Development of Vaisala’s weather and environment business. His areas of focus are new markets in urban mobility, environmental monitoring and climate change adaptation with a particular focus on future air mobility an aviation.

Weather and environmental monitoring are at the very core of Vaisala’s strategy. For almost 90 years, Vaisala has been helping weather-critical businesses be more safe, efficient and resilient in a rapidly changing climate.

Luc Haeberlé

Luc Haeberlé has occupied various positions in the aerospace , telecommunication, test & measurement and safety industries.
In 2013 Luc joined the German LS telcom group in charge of developing the new subsidiary Colibrex. Colibrex is offering drone-based solutions for various types of radio frequency measurement. As Managing Director of this entity, Luc has entered a technological partnership with FCS Flight Calibration Services to develop the NavAidDrone, a specialized drone for NavAids inspection. With the NavAidDrone Luc is now involved in multiple projects with ANSPs all over the world.
Luc Haeberlé holds a Double French-German degree in business administration for technical goods.

Vojtech Pek

Vojtěch Pék is ERA Product Manager, responsible for civil Multilateration and ADS-B market. Mr. Pék is an active co-author of several ATM standards.
Mr. Pék joined ERA in 2004 as a Software Developer and Analyst. After his graduation, he worked as a Configuration Engineer.
He had continued to work in the Product Test department, where he became a team leader. His experience broadened in the project manager role. Mr. Pék finished the L-band active MSPSR research and MSS-NEO project. He now cooperates with his colleagues on improvement of other ERA products like ERIS DART, MIPS, SQUID and others.
In 2022 he introduced the fifth generation of MLAT product MSS-5.

Steven Moore

Don Berchoff

Don is the CEO of TruWeather Solutions with 40 years in weather, aviation, and logistics. He is a AAM weather pioneer and thought leader engaged in policy, ASTM standards, and the economics of Drone/eVTOL weather. Don has a unique blend of experiences. He was an Aircrew Meteorologist, designed and led regional and global aviation weather centers and led all ground operations at Manas Air Base, Kyrgyzstan. As the NOAA S&T Director he led the transition of $500M+ in technology and software applications into operations. Don is the Chair of the ASTM F38 Weather Specification for Weather Supplemental Data Service Provider (SDSP) Performance Work Group. The standard was approved by ASTM on 9 Nov 23 after 3 years of global consensus building.

Osman Saafan

Osman Saafan is Director Safety and Security and Director Civil Military Affairs at DFS Deutsche Flugsicherung. Before joining DFS in 1996, he fulfilled many operational roles and functions in the German Air Force, where he also gained operational experience as a tower and en-route controller at the EUROCONTROL Maastricht UAC before working in the German Ministry of Defence. Having gained more than 35 years of experience in civil and military aviation, Osman Saafan has held many leading roles in the air traffic management industry. At DFS, he was Head of Operations Management at the Area Control Centre and Tower Munich, Head of DFS Capacity Management, and Director of the Area Control Centre in Langen.

Christine Schierhorn

Christine Schierhorn is Director Operational Performance and Development at DFS Deutsche Flugsicherung, the German air navigation service provider. From 2015 to 2020, she was Head of Bremen Area Control Centre, and before this Head of Tower Hamburg. In addition to her work at DFS, Christine Schierhorn was, from 2017 to 2020, Chairwoman of the Joint Task Force Flexible Use of Airspace and Civil Military Affairs in FABEC. Being the mother of three children, Christine Schierhorn started her career as an Air Traffic Controller at DFS and later completed an MBA in Aviation Management.