9-10 September, 2014(2 days)
The 2014 International AFIS Seminar was held on 9-10 September, hosted for the fifth time by Entry Point North. The seminar is a unique annual event for the AFIS community and this year we had the honour of welcoming more than 50 AFIS operators, national CAA officers and managers from 13 different countries: Bulgaria, Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, France, Indonesia, Iceland, Latvia, Norway, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland and UK. It has proved to be an excellent opportunity to actively share the latest news, developments and best practices while generating professional discussions and new ideas.
This year’s seminar looked into AFIS throughout the world – we have now collected data from 70 countries. The participants’ presentations showed how diverse the development of AFIS in the world is – it ranges from countries considering the introduction of AFIS to others with more than 40 years AFIS operational experience. The seminar introduced the members to accident and incident investigation, explained the EASA rulemaking process, presented UAV operations in FIS airspace and FIS en-route services in Denmark. The participants were also informed about the formation of the international AFIS association initiated by Paul Brown in the UK. The event once again provided an excellent opportunity for participants to develop and learn from each other’s experiences.
We would like to thank to all the participants for making this year’s AFIS Seminar a great success. We hope to see you at AFIS Seminar 2015 on 2-3 September!
Agenda
AFIS Seminar Day 1 (@Entry Point North)
| 08.20 | Bus departs from the hotel |
| 09.00-09.30 | Registration |
| 09.30-09.45 | Welcome |
| 09.45-10.30 | AFIS throughout the world – special focus on nations not present at the seminar before |
| 10.30-11.00 | Coffee break |
| 11.00-12.00 | AFIS throughout the world, continued |
| 12.00-13.30 | Lunch including optional tour of Entry Point North |
| 13.30-14.30 | Accident Investigation (Lars Lännerberg, Entry Point North) |
| 14.30-15.00 | Break and common photo |
| 15.00-16.00 | Accident Investigation, continued (Lars Lännerberg, Entry Point North) |
| 16.00-16.30 | Closing day 1 |
| 16.30 | Bus departs to Malmoe |
| 19.00 | Seminar dinner |
AFIS Seminar Day 2 (@Scandic Triangeln)
| 09.00-10.00 | EASA Rulemaking (Fabio Grasso, EASA) |
| 10.00-10.30 | Break |
| 10.30-11.00 | EASA, Q & A |
| 11.00-12.00 | UAV operations in FIS airspace (Christian Scheel Struwe, UAS Denmark) |
| 12.00-13.00 | Lunch |
| 13.00-14.00 | FIS enroute (Mikkel Drescher, Naviair) |
| 14.00-14.30 | Break |
| 14.30-15.00 | AFIS Associations (Paul Brown, UK) |
| 15.00-15.30 | Sum up of the seminar and closing |
