
They advise the ICAO Council on the adoption of international standards and oversee the technical panels that develop those standards. The Air Navigation Commission is a panel of 19 independent experts appointed by countries from around the world. Wednesday, 9 September Plenary Moderators Donald Ward Donald Wardĭon Ward is currently serving as an air navigation commissioner at the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). Post is a co-inventor of three patents relating to helicopter flight controls, and holds FAA commercial pilot and remote pilot certificates. Post earned a bachelor’s degree in aeronautics and astronautics from M.I.T., a master’s degree in engineering and applied science from Yale University, and a master’s degree in economics from George Mason University. Post was the military space analyst in the National Security Division of the Congressional Budget Office. He has worked at Sikorsky Aircraft, the Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA), Princeton Consultants, TRW, and the CNA Corporation. Post has over 35 years of experience in aerospace, defense, and civil aviation. Joseph Post is the acting director of Systems Engineering & Integration at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). He graduated from the Ecole Nationale de l’Aviation Civile (ENAC), the French school of civil aviation, where he achieved an engineering degree in civil aviation as well as a master’s degree in air-ground collaborative systems engineering. Before joining the SJU, Marouan worked for Airbus, where he led ATM and avionics development teams. He is experienced in advanced ATM concepts, avionics and ground systems, involved in technology and architecture development across the SESAR program. He is in charge of the strategic research and is leading the digitalization of aviation together with its related technological innovations (ATM/UTM, CNS, avionics, autonomy, artificial intelligence, and connectivity).

Marouan Chida is the head of digital transformation and innovation at SESAR JU (SJU), the European ATM modernisation program. Plenary Moderators Marouan Chida Marouan Chida He is also a licensed commercial pilot and certified flight instructor. H e holds a Bachelor of Science in mechanical and aerospace engineering and a master’s degree in business administration from the University of California, Irvine. Damush came to Insitu through Boeing’s acquisition of 2d3 Sensing, where he was president and CEO. During his tenure at Insitu, he established the commercial business unit and oversaw the strategy and marketing functions of the company.

Jon was formerly the chief growth officer for Insitu, Inc., a Boeing subsidiary whose unmanned products have more than 1.3 million operational flight hours.
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He is responsible for collaboration with third parties to advance Boeing’s future mobility initiatives, including oversight of the SkyGrid joint venture that is developing a software platform for the safe integration of unmanned and autonomous vehicles into the global airspace. Jon Damush is senior director of new business ventures for Boeing NeXt, a business division building the ecosystem that will define the future of urban, regional and global mobility. Tuesday, 8 September Plenary Keynote Jon Damush Jon Damush Return to Agenda Plenary I: Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning
