SESAR Walking Tours 2026 - Walking Tour 4 - Tuesday 26 May
TUESDAY 26 MAY 14:15-15:30
TOUR 4: Virtualisation - building a service-based ATM architecture
Air traffic management is entering a new era of virtualised, service-based systems. This walking tour explores how ATM functions can be decoupled from physical locations, enabling services to be delivered flexibly across centres and borders. Discover how innovations such as virtual centres, distributed simulations and intelligent competency tools are helping to increase resilience, improve efficiency and prepare Europe’s ATM system for a more scalable and collaborative future.
Walking tour guide: Juan Rodriguez Poveda, SESAR Joint Undertaking
| Time | Project name | Location | Speaker |
| 14:15 – 14:20 | Check-in | Europe for Aviation, H1-E10 | N/A |
| 14:20 – 14:30 | Introduction | Europe for Aviation, SESAR JU, H1-E10 | Juan Rodriguez Poveda, SESAR Joint Undertaking |
| 14:30 – 14:40 | Smarter training, smarter ways to stay current: evolving ATCO rostering practises (IFAV 3) | AT-One, DLR, H1-E20 | Sebastian Schier-Morgenthal, DLR |
| 14:40 – 14:45 | Transition to next stand | ||
| 14:45 – 14:55 | From systems to services: enabling modular, service-based ATM (VITACY) | INDRA, H1-C26 | Julián Alonso, Indra |
| 14:55 – 15:00 | Transition to next stand | ||
| 15:05 – 15:15 | Virtual centres in action: delivering service-based ATM operations (VITACY) | DSNA, H2-D30 | Victor Véron, DSNA |
| 15:15 – 15:20 | Transition to next stand | ||
| 15:20 – 15:30 | From simulation to reality: accelerating ATM innovation safely (VISORS) | AT-One, DLR, H1-E20 | Gunnar Schwoch, DLR and Rolf Zon, NLR |
| 15:30 – 15:35 | Transition to next stand | ||
| 15:35 – 15:45 | Smart sector grouping (GRU) ANSPs strategically improving ATCO productivity (IFAV 3) | INECO, H1-A16 | José Manuel Risquez, INECO |
| 15:45 | END OF TOUR | ||