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2025 – Abu Dhabi (UAE):

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2024 – Singapore (Singapore):

2024 17

  1. A Further Study into Interactions Between Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems and ATC
  2. Confusion With Leased Aircraft Markings and Callsigns
  3. Considerations for the Global Deployment of FF-ICE
  4. Deactivation of Safety Nets
  5. Definition of an ATCO
  6. Policy Review LM 7.5 Unsafe Airspace/Aerodrome
  7. Policy review of WC10.3.2 Work and Rest Scheme
  8. Policy Review: Terrain and Obstacle Clearance
  9. Remote Tower Policy: An Analysis of Simultaneous Operations
  10. Review of Automation Policies
  11. Review of the IFATCA Training (TRNG) Policy
  12. Space Based Communication and Surveillance
  13. System-Based Air Traffic Controller Licence Concept
  14. TPM Policy Review: Pronunciation of Words and Five Letter Naming Codes
  15. UAS Flight Rules
  16. VFR Flights and Airspace Capacity Model Analyses
  17. VFR Traffic Workload and capacity Study

2023 – Montego Bay (Jamaica):

2023 20

  1. ANSP Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
  2. Artificial Intelligence Development in ATM and Legal Issues
  3. Artificial Intelligence Development in ATM and Legal Issues
  4. ATC Staffing Shortages
  5. Conversion of Military ATCO Licences
  6. Dynamic Reconfiguration of the U-Space Airspace (DAR)
  7. High Altitude Operations (HAO)
  8. Information Overload in ATC
  9. Interactions Between Unmanned Aircraft Systems and Air Traffic Control
  10. Navigation – Magnetic vs True
  11. Operating two Different Air Traffic Control Ratings During the Same Operational Shift
  12. Policy Review of Simultaneous ATC Training on Adjacent Positions
  13. Remotely Piloted Aircraft System – IFATCA Assumptions
  14. Report of the Joint Cognitive Human Machine System Group (JCHMS)
  15. Report of the Remote Tower Standing Committee (ROSC)
  16. Rescinding Resolution C14 From Costa Rica Conference
  17. Review of Policy – ADME 2.14
  18. Review of WC 10.2.11 – The Free Flight Concept
  19. Shortage of ATC Personnel
  20. TPM Review – STCA

2022 – Virtual:

2022 22

  1. Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in ATC
  2. Autoland Communication Between Pilots and Controllers in Good Weather Conditions
  3. General Considerations on the Implact of U-Space Dynamic Airspace Reconfiguration on ATS Units
  4. Military to Civilian Licence Conversion
  5. Radio Mandatory Zones / Transponder Mandatory Zones
  6. Relief from Operational Position after an Occurrence
  7. Sectorless ATM
  8. The Use of Aerodrome Control Frequency for Communications of Vehicle Drivers
  9. TPM Review – LM
  10. TPM Review – AAS
  11. TPM Review – ADME
  12. TPM Review – ATS (Editorials)
  13. TPM Review – ATS (Major Edits)
  14. TPM Review – COM
  15. TPM Review – HELI
  16. TPM Review – MED
  17. TPM Review – Part IV (General Amendments)
  18. TPM Review – SEP
  19. TPM Review – SUR
  20. TPM Review – TRNG
  21. TPM Review – WC
  22. UTM (Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Traffic Management)

2020 – Virtual:

2020 24

  1. ANSP Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
  2. Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in ATC
  3. Autoland Communication Between Pilots and Controllers in Good Weather Conditions
  4. Big Data
  5. Conspicuity and ATS Surveillance
  6. Interactions Between Unmanned Aircraft Systems Operators and Air Traffic Control
  7. Military to Civilian Licence Conversion
  8. Radio Mandatory Zones / Transponder Mandatory Zones
  9. Relief from Operational Position after an Occurrence
  10. Rescinding Resolution C14 from Costa Rica Conference
  11. Review of LM (Legal Matters) – Professional Policy of the TPM
  12. Review of MED (Medical Matters) – Professional Policy of the TPM
  13. Review of Part IV – Professional Policy of the TPM
  14. Review of TRNG (ATC Training) – Professional Policy of the TPM
  15. Review of WC (Working Conditions) – Professional Policy of the TPM
  16. RPAS Licensing
  17. Sectorless ATM
  18. The 2004 Cagliari Accident and the European Court of Human Rights Decision
  19. The Use of Aerodrome Control Frequency for Communications of Vehicle Drivers
  20. TPM Review – ATS Editorials
  21. TPM Review – Reference Table
  22. TPM Review – Surveillance
  23. TPM Review – ATS (Major Edit)
  24. TPM Review – Helicopter Operations

2019 – Conchal (Costa Rica):

2019 19

  1. Airport Infrastructure Development
  2. ATFM and A-CDM Implementation in Asia
  3. Compatibility in Clearances Issued
  4. Flight Information Service
  5. Global Aeronautical Distress and Safety System (GADSS)
  6. Human Factor Considerations on “New Working Methods”
  7. IFATCA RPAS / Unmanned Aircraft Team
  8. Interoperability Between Different Flight Data Exchange Systems
  9. Licensing of ATCOs
  10. Operational use of DAPs (Down-link Aircraft Parameters)
  11. Performance-based Endorsements
  12. Policy Review: Strategic Lateral Offset Procedures (SLOP)
  13. Report on the Information Hand Book (IHB) – 2019
  14. Report Writing and ANSP Procedures for Serious Incidents or Accidents
  15. Review of IFATCA Policy Regarding ATCO Recruitment & Selection
  16. Review of Radio Frequency Spectrum Protection Policy
  17. Revision and Review on the Ageing ATCO and Retirement Age for ATCOs Policy
  18. Separation Between Departing and Arriving Aircraft – Cut-off Point (CoP)
  19. Vertical Spacing Between Controlled and Uncontrolled Aircraft at or near Airspace Boundaries

2018 – Accra (Ghana):

2018 20

  1. Air Traffic Management for Tiltrotors
  2. ARIWS – Autonomous Runway Incursion Warning Systems
  3. ATCOs and Colour Vision
  4. Clearances vs Instructions
  5. Competence Assessment
  6. Display of Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Surveillance Data on Controller Working Position
  7. Duty of Care Principles and Over Servicing
  8. En-route Wake Turbulence
  9. Future of CPDLC
  10. HF Considerations when Operating Multiple Operational Positions/Sectors
  11. Incorporating Cybersecurity into Unlawful Interference Policy
  12. Performance Measurement in ATC
  13. Phraseology on Ground Based Safety Nets
  14. Position Paper on Remotely Operated Towers
  15. Provision of ATS over Foreign Territories
  16. Review of the IFATCA Initial Training Manual for Air Traffic Control
  17. Review on Just Culture and IFATCA’s Technical and Professional Manual Update
  18. SID/STAR Phraseology
  19. State Aircraft and ‘Due Regard’ Operations
  20. Vigilance During OPS Shift

2017 – Toronto (Canada):

2017 18

  1. Airframe Based Weather Reporting Systems
  2. Ambient Workplace Recording
  3. ATCO Duty of Care
  4. CISM Programmes Throughout IFATCA Member Associations
  5. Civilian and Military Integration in the Same Workspace
  6. Complexity of Multiple Delay Absorption Programmes
  7. Conditional Clearances to Rescue and Firefighting Vehicles
  8. Cybersecurity
  9. Global Harmonisation of Air Traffic Control Training
  10. Guidelines on Mental Fitness
  11. Incident Reporting Responsibilities throughout the Whole ATM Domain
  12. Low Level RPAS
  13. Moving to a New Facility
  14. Policy Review AAS 1.8 – 4D Trajectory Concepts / Management
  15. Rating for ROT
  16. Relationship Between the ATC Trainee and the Instructor
  17. Review ATS 3.36 – Recategorization of Aircraft for Wake Turbulence
  18. Virtual Centres – Review ATS 3.15 Functional Blocks of Airspace

2016 – Las Vegas (USA):

2016 23

  1. A Review of the Policy on the ATM Safety Monitoring Tool
  2. Ageing Air Traffic Controllers: Consequences on Job Performance
  3. Airspace Design and Procedures Controller Involvement
  4. Cognitive Processes in Air Traffic Control
  5. Commercial Space Operations
  6. Digitising Flight Progress Strip Displays
  7. Dynamic and Flexible ATS Route Systems
  8. Educational Issues on Distraction (Guidance Material)
  9. From RNAV Visual Approaches to Visual Guided Approaches Supplemented by RNAV
  10. Just Culture
  11. Mental Fitness
  12. Pronunciation of Words And Five Letter Naming Codes
  13. Reducing “Initial Call” Frequency Congestion
  14. Review of IFATCA Automation Policy
  15. Revision of Advanced Approach Policy
  16. Revision of Technical and Professional Manual
  17. Roles and Responsibilities of the Controller-In-Charge (CIC) in Regard to Liability and Operational Responsibility
  18. Separation Between Units Without Procedural Agreement
  19. Separation in Class E Airspace
  20. Space Weather
  21. Study Remote/Virtual TWR from the Professional, Procedural and HF View
  22. The Use of ATS Surveillance Data in the Provision of Non-Surveillance Services
  23. Training for On-the-Job-Training-Instructors (OJTI)

2015 – Sofia (Bulgaria):

2015 23

  1. ATM and the Handling of RPAS
  2. Blended Airspace
  3. Concept of GNSS-Based Altitude
  4. Crisis Management
  5. Distractions at Workplace
  6. Fatigue Risk Management Systems
  7. Flight and Flow – Information for a Collaborative Environment (FF-ICE)
  8. Flight Planning Impacts on the ATM System
  9. Future Aviation Weather Information and Distribution
  10. Human Factors and Technicalities in a Multi-Sector Planner Environment
  11. Human Factors Integration in New ATM Systems
  12. Implementation TRM in ATC
  13. Introduction to GNSS Landing Systems
  14. Protection of Safety Information Sources
  15. Responsibility For Terrain And Obstacle Clearance During Weather Avoidance
  16. Review of Policy: Non-plannable Level in the NAT-Region
  17. Review of Policy: Resumption of Separation Following a TCAS RA
  18. Review of Policy: Short Term Conflict Alert (STCA)
  19. Screen Design Process
  20. SWIM Technical and Legal Issues
  21. The Operational Role of the OJTI
  22. The Provision of Surveillance Approach and Aerodrome Control Services as Combined Function
  23. The Reality of Just Culture – A Roadmap for the Changing Landscape of Just Culture

2014 – Gran Canaria (Spain):

2014 21

  1. A Better Understanding of the Linear versus the Systemic Approach to Safety
  2. ATCO Performance
  3. ATCOs and Professionalism
  4. Clarification of Sector Manning Principles
  5. Communication Between ATS Units
  6. Elements of FRMS Model
  7. Emergency Descent Procedures
  8. Harmonised Transition Altitude
  9. Industrial Relations under ILO Conventions
  10. Just Culture Revisited – Guidance Material for Member Association
  11. Performance Targets in Air Traffic Management
  12. Review of Policy in Regards to TCAS RA Downlink
  13. Review of TCAS Policy
  14. Sleep Apnea and Obesity
  15. Study Minimum Fuel
  16. Study Remote Towers Concept
  17. Study Service Priority
  18. Study Space-Based Automatic Dependent Surveillance – Broadcast
  19. Terrain and Obstacle Charting
  20. Terrain and Obstacle Clearance Responsibilities
  21. Written ELP

2013 – Bali (Indonesia):

2013 20

  1. Electro Magnetic Hyper Sensitivity
  2. Fatigue Risk Management Systems
  3. IFATCA/ Eurocontrol Prosecutor Expert Course
  4. Industrial Action in ATC
  5. Investigate the Mechanisms for Dealing with a Critical Incident/Accident
  6. Quality Management Systems in ANSPs and the Relation with the SMS
  7. Relay of Flight Information from Air Traffic Service to Aircraft
  8. Resilience and a New Safety Approach – Do We Have the Right Model to Learn from Past and Future Events?
  9. Review of Single Person Operations Policy and Four Eyes Principle
  10. Study Civil/Military Cooperation
  11. Study Communication Failure
  12. Study Mode S Transponders
  13. Study of User Driven Prioritisation Process (UDPP)
  14. Study Recategorization of Aircraft for Wake Turbulence
  15. Study UAS (Unmanned Aircraft System)
  16. Terrain Clearance and Airspace Design
  17. The Fountain of Wellbeing
  18. Update on Commercialisation of Air Traffic Services
  19. Update on English Language Proficiency
  20. Vision for the Human in the Future ATM System

2012 – Kathmandu (Nepal):

2012 13

  1. ATCOs with Disabilities
  2. Determining Operations Readiness of Automated ATM Systems
  3. IFATCA Training Manual
  4. Protection of Safety Information
  5. Review Policy on Visual Observation, Aerodrome Control Service Concepts and CCTV
  6. Study Call Sign Confusion
  7. Study Continuous Climb Operations
  8. Study Controlled Time of Arrival Concept
  9. Study Merging and Sequencing Concepts
  10. Study SID and STAR Naming and Relevant FMS Design
  11. Study the Concept of Block Upgrades
  12. Study Transponder Mandatory Zones
  13. Study Visual Separation on Approach

2011 – Amman (Jordan):

2011 13

  1. Aerodrome – Study Runway Status Lights
  2. ATS – Study Restrictions in the Enroute Environment
  3. ATS – Study SID and STAR Design
  4. Environment – Study Emission Trading
  5. Environment – Study Environment Case
  6. Evaluating Team Resource Management Implementation within ATC and to Define the Practice for IFATCA
  7. Produce Definitions of “Fly-by” and “Fly-over”
  8. Review Continuous Descent Operations Manual
  9. Review Policy on Alpha-Numeric Call Signs
  10. Review Policy on CCTV
  11. Study Air Traffic Flow Management
  12. Study Hypoxia Warning
  13. Study the Operation of Aircraft Flight Management Systems

2010 – Punta Cana (Dominican Republic):

2010 12

  1. Aerodrome – Describe the Operational Use of Stop Bars and Produce ICAO Amendment Proposal
  2. Future ATM
  3. Investigate Operational Use of Level Restrictions in SIDs, STARs and other Published Routes
  4. Investigate Radiotelephony Frequency Management
  5. Review ICAO Manual on Required Communication Performance (RCP)
  6. Review IFATCA Technical and Professional Manual on Technical Policy Statements related to Mixed Mode Operations
  7. Review Policy on Privatization
  8. Review Provisional Policy on Missed Approach after Visual Approach
  9. Study Eurocontrol Human Factors Case
  10. Study Route Clearances and Associated Requirements
  11. Surveillance – Study Issues Associated with Incorrect Flight Identification
  12. The Ageing Controller

2009 – Dubrovnik (Croatia):

2009 17

  1. Aerodrome – Review ICAO Manual on the Prevention of Runway Incursions
  2. Datalink – Review Policy on Downstream Clearances
  3. Datalink – Review Policy on Air Ground Datalink
  4. Description of What Constitutes Performance
  5. Environmental Policy
  6. Fatigue Management in Air Traffic Control
  7. IFATCA’s Vision for the Future of Air Traffic Management (ATM)
  8. Review of ICAO’s Global Performance Manual
  9. Review of Retirement Policy
  10. Review of the Legal Section Relating IFATCA’s Just Culture Policy
  11. Review Policy on Mixed Mode Operations
  12. Study Advanced Offset Procedures
  13. Study Go Around Procedures When on Visual Approach
  14. Surveillance – Investigate (Wide Area) Multilateration
  15. Surveillance – Investigate the Use of Re-Transmitted Data to Aircraft (ADS-R and TIS-B)
  16. Surveillance – Provide an update on ITP
  17. UAS – Study ‘Sense and Avoid’ as a Replacement of ‘See and Avoid’

2008 – Arusha (Tanzania):

2008 18

  1. E-learning as a Training Tool
  2. IFATCA’s Vision for the future of Air Traffic Management (ATM)
  3. Investigate 4D Trajectory Concepts
  4. Investigate ADS-B Applications – Incorporation in A-SMGCS
  5. Investigate ADS-B Applications – Single Emergency Code Management
  6. Investigate the Professional Aspects of the Difference between Intrinsic and Tactical Safety in the Aerodrome Domain
  7. Produce Definitions on Spacing, Separation and Segregation
  8. Review ICAO Manual on Performance Based Navigation
  9. Review of Professional and Legal IFATCA Policy Relating to Unlawful Interference with Particular Regard to Controllers Training
  10. Review Policy on ACAS Phraseology
  11. Review Policy on Environmental Issues in ATM
  12. Spacing, Separation and Segregation – Use in Future ATM Systems
  13. Staff Shortages in Air Traffic Control
  14. Study ADS-B Applications – Used in ITP
  15. Study Developments Associated with Environmental Issues in ATC
  16. Study Numbering of Aircraft in the Aerodrome Traffic Circuit
  17. Study Strategic Lateral Offset Procedure
  18. Study the ICAO Manual on the Prevention of Runway Incursions

2007 – Istanbul (Turkey):

2007 21

  1. Aerodrome – Land and Hold Short Operations
  2. Aerodrome – Review Policy on Provision of ATS at Aerodromes
  3. Aerodrome – Categorization of Approach Types
  4. Aerodrome – Converging Runway Operations
  5. Aerodrome – Review Provisional Policy on Future ATM Concepts for the Provision of Aerodrome Control Service
  6. Investigate the Use and Impact of “Electronic Means Complementing Visual Observation in Tower Control” on the ATCO
  7. Legal Issues in Paperless or Strip-less Environments
  8. List of Relevant ICAO Documents
  9. Review Accident and Incident Investigation Policies in view of the “Just Culture” Philosophy
  10. Review Policy on CPDLC
  11. Review Policy on Hours of Work
  12. Review Policy on Stress Management
  13. Review Policy on Training
  14. Review Policy on Visual Observation in a Control Tower Environment
  15. Safety Management Policy Work Plan
  16. Surveillance Applications Policy – Applications of Radar Monitoring
  17. Surveillance Applications Policy – ASAS
  18. Surveillance Applications Policy – Conformance Monitoring
  19. Surveillance Applications Policy – Review Policy on Radar Monitoring
  20. Surveillance Applications Policy – Operational Applications of ADS-B
  21. Surveillance Applications Policy – Review Policy on ADS

2006 – Kaohsiung (Taiwan):

2006 19

  1. ASAS-TN2 – Airborne Separation Assistance System Thematic Network 2
  2. English Language Proficiency Requirements
  3. Forcing Controllers to Work at a Specific Foreign Location
  4. Investigate Basic / Advanced Continuous Descent Approaches
  5. Investigate Potential Applications of ADS-B
  6. Investigate Runway Incursions
  7. Operating in Unsafe Airspace
  8. Remote Control Towers
  9. Review Policy on Formation Flights within Controlled Airspace
  10. Review policy on Frequency Blocking
  11. Review Policy on Interception of Civil Aircraft
  12. Review Policy on RTF Communication Failure
  13. Review Policy on RTF Phraseology (Helicopters)
  14. Review Policy on Use of Unqualified Personnel
  15. Review the Use of Safety Cases
  16. Study Land and Hold Short Operations
  17. Study Operations in a Paper Stripless Environment
  18. Study Reporting of TCAS RAs
  19. Study the Virtual Tower Concept

2005 – Melbourne (Autralia):

2005 14

  1. Investigate Applications of Provision of Area Proximity Warnings
  2. Investigate interactions between Traffic Collision Avoidance System and Mode S
  3. Investigate Navigation and Surveillance Provided by a Single Position Information System
  4. Investigate Operational use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  5. Investigate Remote Aerodrome Control Concepts
  6. Investigate Route Conformance Monitoring System
  7. Normal Operations Safety Survey – NOSS
  8. Produce Definition of Short Term Conflict Alert
  9. Professional and Legal Aspects of Downlinking TCAS RAs (TCAS Resolution Advisories)
  10. Protection of the Identity of ATM Staff Involved in Serious Incidents / Accidents
  11. Review policy on RTF Frequency Usage
  12. Review Policy on Separation Lateral and Longitudinal
  13. Review Policy on Surveillance
  14. Single Person Operations – Four Eyes Principle (4EP)

2004 – Hong Kong (China (SAR)):

2004 24

  1. A Just Culture in Safety Reporting
  2. Advanced-Surface Movement Guidance and Control Systems
  3. ATC Collision Avoidance Techniques
  4. Co-operative Separation
  5. Develop Policy on System Defences During Planned System Degradation
  6. Developments in the use of Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) as an Approach Aid
  7. High Frequency Datalink in Support of ATS
  8. Investigate Operational Aspects of Automatic Dependent Surveillance – Broadcast
  9. Investigate the Differences Between Dependent and Independent Surveillance in Determining Position Reports
  10. Performance Indicators
  11. Produce a Definition of Area Proximity Warning System
  12. Produce a Definition of Conflict Detection Tools
  13. Produce a Definition of Controller Tools
  14. Produce a Definition of Minimum Safe Altitude Warning Systems
  15. Regulatory Framework in ATM
  16. Review of Policy on Area Navigation
  17. Review of Policy on Precision Area Navigation
  18. Review of Policy: Single Person Operations in ATC (SPO)
  19. Review of Provisional Policy – ATM Safety Monitoring Tools (ASMT)
  20. Review policy on Surface Guidance Movement and Control Systems
  21. Safety
  22. Study Down Link of Traffic Collision Avoidance System Resolution Advisories
  23. Third Party Risk – Legal Aspects
  24. Transgression in Service Providers

2003 – Buenos Aires (Argentina):

2003 24

  1. 8.33 kHz Horizontal Expansion
  2. ADS-B Operations
  3. Air Traffic Control Separation Monitoring Tool (ASMT)
  4. Central European Air Traffic Services (CEATS) and the use of Functional Blocks of Airspace (FBA)
  5. Conditional Clearances
  6. Conflict Detection Tools
  7. Cooperative Separation – Transfer of Control Functions to Pilots
  8. IFATCA Vision Document – Update Human Factors
  9. Interactions ATC/ACAS
  10. Interpersonal Relation Skills of Assessors
  11. Investigation of the Nomenclature used in the Acronyms CIB & CIC
  12. Management of Mixed Mode Operations
  13. Monitor the Developments in the Operational use of ASAS
  14. Monitoring Developments in the FAA
  15. Monitoring Institutional Framework in ATM
  16. Monitoring the Evolution within PRICESG and English for ATCOs
  17. New ICAO Phraseology on Taxi Instructions
  18. Review of Policy on FANS-1/A
  19. Review of Policy on Ground Based Safety Nets
  20. Review of the IFATCA Vision Document
  21. Review policy of ACAS / TCAS
  22. Study Implementation of 8.33 kHz in Europe and Determine if any Problems Exist at the Europe-Africa Interface
  23. Study the Legal Aspects of the use of GNSS for Air Navigation
  24. Third Party Risk

2002 – Cancun (Mexico):

2002 24

  1. 8.33 kHz Horizontal Expansion
  2. Air Traffic Control Separation Monitoring Tool (ASMT)
  3. Aircraft Flying with ‘Due Regard’
  4. Apron Management Services Provided by ATCOs
  5. Aviation Radio Frequency Spectrum Protection
  6. Collaborative Decision Making
  7. Description of A ‘Multi-Lateration’ Airport Ground System
  8. Determining And Result Of Inadequate Staffing
  9. Environmental Issues in ATM
  10. Language Training for ATCOs
  11. Regulation in Air Traffic Management
  12. Review Issues Regarding ATC Systems Capability to Monitor Relevant Controller Intervention Buffer (CIB) Parameters
  13. Review of 8.33 kHz Phraseology
  14. Review of IFATCA Policy Concerning Helicopter Operations
  15. Review of Policy on Surface Movement Radar
  16. Review Policy on Mode S – Operational Requirements
  17. RT Phraseology in Civil/Military Integration
  18. RVSM
  19. Selection of Assessors
  20. Team Resource Management
  21. Technical Aspects of Medium Term Conflict Detection
  22. The Use of Lateral Offsets
  23. The Use of Safety Nets in ATM
  24. Use of Datalink in A Microwave Landing System

2001 – Geneva (Switzerland):

2001 26

  1. Air Safety Reporting Systems
  2. Air Traffic Control Officer Job Description
  3. ANNEX A – Safety Management Strategy
  4. Automation and Human Factors
  5. Continuation Training
  6. Equal Opportunities Legislation
  7. Human Factors in Accident and Incident Investigation
  8. Legal Liability Aspects of Inadequate Staffing
  9. Management/Controller Relationships
  10. MLS Operational Procedures
  11. Mode S – Review of Policy
  12. On the Job Training (OJT) & Simulator Duty
  13. Policy Review on Medication
  14. Policy Review on Validity of Controller Licence
  15. Reduced Vertical Separation Minima (RVSM)
  16. Review Issues in the Application of Cockpit Display of Traffic Information (CDTI) in Advanced Surface Movement Guidance System (A-SMGCS) Operations
  17. Review Method of Updating the Information Handbook
  18. Review of Policy on Advanced Approach Procedures
  19. Review of Policy on MLS
  20. Review the Issue of ASAS Separation when less than the Relevant ATC Separation, e.g. Radar
  21. Review the Issues Concerning Controller Intervention Buffer
  22. Safety Management Systems (SMS)
  23. Single Person Operations in ATC
  24. Team Resource Management
  25. The Use of Lateral Offsets
  26. Use of LACKs (Logical Acknowledgements) in CPDLC

2000 – Marrakech (Morocco):

2000 10

  1. Air Traffic Control Separation Monitoring Tool (ASMT)
  2. Availability of Databank
  3. Legal Liability of Working with Unserviceable Or Inadequate Equipment
  4. Monitoring Privatisation/commercialisation in ATC
  5. Privatisation Of The Canadian Air Navigation System
  6. Safety Auditing of Air Traffic Services
  7. Specific Medical Matters
  8. Standard Application of Units of Measure in Civil Aviation
  9. Update of Policy on Legal Liability of the Controller
  10. Working with Unserviceable or Inadequate Equipment

1999 – Santiago (Chile):

1999 19

  1. Changed Working Conditions Under Privatisation
  2. Data Bank of Jurisprudence Update and Figures
  3. Documented Evidence from both IFALPA and IFATCA
  4. Investigate Minimum Safe Altitude Warning Systems (MSAW)
  5. Investigate the Use of Cockpit Display of Traffic Information (CDTI) with Enhanced Surface Movement Guidance Control Systems (SMGCS)
  6. Off–Set Tracking in the North Atlantic (NAT)
  7. Performance Indicators in Context
  8. Rating and Endorsement Policy
  9. Removal of Ground Based Aids
  10. Report on the Introduction of 8.33 kHz Spacing
  11. Review of Human Factor Aspects of Social and Labour Aspects, Hours of Work and Retirement and Pension
  12. Review of IFATCA Policy on Legal Liability
  13. Study Automatic Dependent Surveillance (ADS) to Update IFATCA Provisional Policy
  14. The “Free Flight Concept” – Human Factors Considerations
  15. The Definition of “Direct” in Direct Controller Pilot Communication (DCPC)
  16. The Use of GNSS – ATC
  17. The Use of Non-flight Plannable Levels in the Nat Region for Contingency
  18. Transfer of Control Functions to Pilots (Legal Aspects)
  19. Transfer of Separation Functions to Pilots – Human Factors Aspects

1998 – Toulouse (France):

1998 24

  1. Airborne Separation Assurance
  2. ATC and Public Relations
  3. Critical Incident Stress Management – Guidance Material
  4. Data Bank of Jurisprudence Update and New Questionnaire
  5. Guidelines for the Qualification and Training of AFIS Personnel – (Review of ICAO Circular 211 AN/128)
  6. IFATCA’s Role in the Area of Professional and Industrial Issues
  7. Information Handbook
  8. Interference with Air Traffic Control Radiotelephony (RT)
  9. Introduction of RVSM on a Trial Basis in the North Atlantic Region
  10. NATSPG
  11. Nightshift Policy and Fatigue Management
  12. Productivity and Performance Indicators
  13. Rating for Automatic Dependent Surveillance Control
  14. Responsibilities and Functions of Aerodrome Controller with regard to Surface Movements – Legal Aspects
  15. Review of Existing IFATCA Policies (Legal)
  16. Review of Existing IFATCA Policies (Legal)
  17. Review of Existing IFATCA Policies (Legal)
  18. Review of Existing IFATCA Policies (Legal)
  19. Review of Existing IFATCA Policies (Legal)
  20. Review of Technical Policy
  21. Safety Components in a Separation Minima
  22. Short Term Conflict Alert
  23. South Pacific of FANS-1/A Datalink Communications
  24. Weather Deviation Procedure in Asia-Pacific Region

1997 – Taipei (Taiwan):

1997 17

  1. 8.33 kHz Spacing
  2. ACAS (TCAS Training for ATCOs)
  3. Critical Incident Stress Management – Update of IFATCA Policy on Stress
  4. Direct Controller Pilot Communications (DCPC)
  5. Downstream Clearance Via Datalink
  6. Examine the Interface Between AFIS and ATC
  7. Free Flight
  8. Legal Aspects of the Introduction of GNSS
  9. Medical Effects of Night Shifts
  10. Mixing Datalink Equipages in the Same Airspace
  11. Monitoring TIBA
  12. Notification of Aircraft Equipment on Flight Plans
  13. Responsibilities and Functions of Aerodrome Control with Regard to Surface Movements (Legal Aspects)
  14. Review Provisions of ATS with Particular Reference to Airspace Classification
  15. SC7 Central Data Bank of Jurisprudence
  16. Update of Accident and Incident Investigation Policy
  17. Use of Unqualified Personnel – Legal Aspects

1996 – Tunis (Tunisia):

1996 19

  1. ADS-B
  2. Air-Ground Datalink
  3. Airspace Classification
  4. Display of GNSS Status to ATC
  5. EATCHIP ATM Procedures Development Sub-Group
  6. Future ATM Systems of the Next Century
  7. Investigate a Possible Future Air Traffic Management Concept
  8. Legal Rights of Pregnant ATCOs
  9. Recent Developments in Mode S
  10. Responsibilities & Functions of Aerodrome Controllers with Regard to Surface Movement
  11. Responsibility and Liability of Operating in Delegated Airspace
  12. RNP for Approach and Landing
  13. RTF Policy to Reduce Workload in the Air and on the Ground
  14. SC7 Central Data Bank of Jurisprudence – a Progress Report
  15. SICASP/WG2 Meeting
  16. Simultaneous Operations on Intersecting Runways
  17. Three Main Systems of Flight Level (FL) Determination
  18. Use of the Phrase “Autonomous Airborne Devices”
  19. WAAS

1995 – Jerusalem (Israel):

1995 23

  1. Aerodrome Radar Control Rating
  2. Automatic Dependent Surveillance (ADS) General Issues
  3. Defining the Terms “Strategic” and “Tactical ” in the Air Traffic Control Context
  4. Development of Further Policy on Radio Failure Procedures
  5. Development of Mode S as a Surveillance Tool
  6. Extra Duty
  7. Female ATCOs and Shift Work
  8. Fusion of ADS and Radar Data
  9. Mixed and Segregated Modes of ADS Operations
  10. Monitoring the Use of TCAS
  11. Presentation of ADS Data to the Controller
  12. Provision of Services by Third Party Service Providers
  13. Reduction of Non-radar Separation Standards Using ADS
  14. Review Existing Policy and Develop Further Policy on Simultaneous IFR Operations on Intersecting / Converging Runways
  15. Review of IFATCA Existing Policies – Familiarisation Flights for ATCOs
  16. Supranational Legislation
  17. TCAS and ACAS Procedures
  18. The Development of the Microwave Landing System ( MLS)
  19. The Use of Dependent Surveillance
  20. The Use of Voice Communications in ADS Operations
  21. Update on Datalink Development
  22. Use of Unqualified Personnel
  23. Work and Rest Scheme

1994 – Ottawa (Canada):

1994 20

  1. Amendment to Current Policy on RNAV Procedural Separation Minima
  2. ATC and Public Relations
  3. Defining the Terms “Strategic” and “Tactical” in the ATC Context
  4. Development of Further Policy on Radio Failure Procedures
  5. Development of Policy on Mode S
  6. Early Retirement
  7. Investigate the Subject of Computer Virus
  8. Legal Consequences of Privatisation
  9. Liability in Automated Systems
  10. Maintenance of Recency and Competency
  11. Monitor the Application and Implementation of RNAV
  12. Radar Monitoring in the En-route Phase
  13. Radar Monitoring Procedures in TMAs
  14. Remuneration of Air Traffic Controllers
  15. Report of Visual Approach Procedures
  16. RNP for Approach and Landing
  17. The Application of Air Ground Datalink
  18. The Development of MLS Continues
  19. The Use of GNSS as a Runway Approach Aid
  20. Use of Area Recordings

1993 – Christchurch (New Zealand):

1993 16

  1. Amendment to ICAO Annex 1 – ATCO Licences
  2. ANACNA to Collect and Collate R/F Procedures
  3. ATFM Factors Used to Determine Sector Capacity Values
  4. Development of Policy on the Application of Datalink
  5. Developments in Air Traffic Flow Management
  6. HIV and AIDS in Air Traffic Control
  7. IFATCA Information Handbook
  8. Legal Consequences of Privatisation
  9. Liability in Automated Systems
  10. Privatisation / Commercialisation
  11. Reduced Vertical Separation Above FL 290
  12. Review of ILO Conclusions
  13. RNAV – Monitoring its Implementation
  14. RNAV Procedural Separation – Amendment of Current Policy
  15. RNAV Procedural Separation – Longitudinal Distance Standard Minima
  16. Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft and Unlawful Interference with Civil Aviation and its Facilities

1992 – Bournemouth (United Kingdom):

1992 7

  1. Air Traffic Control Instructor Rating
  2. Developments in Air Traffic Flow Management
  3. IFATCA Information Handbook
  4. Policy on the Use of Recorded Data
  5. Practical Legal Aid Programme
  6. Rating of ATFM Staff
  7. Stress in Air Traffic Control

1991 – Port of Spain (Trinidad & Tobago):

1991 9

  1. Automation and the ATCO – Human Factors Consideration
  2. Compliance with Air Traffic Flow Management Measures
  3. Development of Policy on Formation Flights Within Controlled Airspace
  4. Guidelines on Minimum ATC Service During Industrial Disputes
  5. Misuse of Traffic Information Broadcast by Aircraft (TIBA)
  6. Review of IFATCA Policy
  7. Staffing of ATFM Units – the Need for Licensed ATCOs to Man These Positions
  8. Substance Abuse in ATC
  9. Traffic Information Broadcast by Aircraft (TIBA)

1990 – Acapulco (Mexico):

1990 4

  1. Definition of Essential and Minimum ATC Service
  2. Practical Legal Aid Programme
  3. Radar Recording in ATC Systems – Technical and Professional
  4. Reduction in Vertical Separation Above FL290

1989 – Frankfurt/Main (Germany):

1989 5

  1. CRT/VDU Work When Pregnant
  2. Development of Policy on the Method of Identifying Replacement Flight Plans
  3. Licensing of Air Traffic Controllers
  4. Loss of Licence
  5. Report of the Liaison Officer to Int’l Organisations – Geneva

1988 – Rio de Janeiro (Brazil):

1988 4

  1. Fatigue in ATC
  2. IFATCA Information Handbook
  3. Night Shift Paralysis in Air Traffic Control
  4. Simultaneous Operations on Intersecting Runways

1987 – Nairobi (Kenya):

1987 6

  1. Alpha Numeric Callsigns
  2. ATC Aspects of Interception of Civil Aircraft
  3. Relations between pilot’s final authority and TWR’s responsibilities in conditions of poor or impaired visibility
  4. Report of Sub-Committee Medical
  5. Surface Movement Guidance Control Systems (SMGCS)
  6. Transition Altitudes

1986 – San Jose (Costa Rica):

1986 5

  1. Annual Report of Sub-Committee Medical
  2. Counselling as a Means of Reducing Stress Among Air Traffic Controllers
  3. Development of Guidelines to Determine the Necessity for Air Traffic Control At Aerodromes
  4. Review of Lateral and Longitudinal Separation
  5. Study on Legal Liability when Airborne Collision Avoidance Systems (ACAS) are Implemented

1985 – Athens (Greece):

1985 7

  1. AFIS (Airfield Information Service)
  2. IFATCA Policy on Legal Matters
  3. Integration of Fixed Wing and Rotary Wing Flights At Airfields
  4. Intimidation of the Air Traffic Controller
  5. Review of Lateral and Longitudinal Separation
  6. Study on the Correlation Between Compensation for Loss of Licence, Early Retirement Programme, Medical Checks, Proficiency Checks and Conditions of Employment
  7. The Legal Implications of ICAO Contingency Measures

1984 – Estoril (Portugal):

1984 5

  1. Helicopter Operations (ATC Aspects)
  2. Longitudinal Separation Anomalous Interpretations
  3. Review of Alpha Numeric Callsign Systems
  4. RTF Frequency Jamming
  5. Safe Use of TCAS/ACAS and the Impact of Mode S Development

1983 – Split (Yugoslavia):

1983 4

  1. Air Traffic Controllers’ Physical Fitness Programme
  2. Helicopter Operations – ATC Aspects
  3. Optimisation of Climb and Descent Profiles and Fuel Economy
  4. Report of the Ad Hoc Committee on the ILO

1982 – Amsterdam (Netherlands):

1982 4

  1. Aptitude Testing for Air Traffic Controllers; Development of Aptitude Tests for ATCOs
  2. Medical Research on Ocular Diseases
  3. Provision of Operational Aeronautical Information
  4. SSR Mode S Improvements in SSR Techniques and ATC Aspects of Air/Ground Data Links

1981 – Cairo (Egypt):

1981 2

  1. Helicopter Operations (ATC Aspects)
  2. Legal Liability of the Air Traffic Controller

1980 – Toronto (Canada):

1980 7

  1. Intimidation of the Controller
  2. R/T Failure Procedures and Blocking of Frequencies
  3. Report of the ILO Meeting of Experts on Problems Concerning Air Traffic Controllers
  4. Study of ICAO Training Manual Part D-2 “Air Traffic Controller”
  5. Study of Selection Procedures for Air Traffic Controllers
  6. The ILO Meeting of Experts on Problems Concerning Air Traffic Controllers
  7. The Proficiency Checking of Air Traffic Controllers

1979 – Brussels (Belgium):

1979 5

  1. Draft Convention for the Profession of Air Traffic Controllers
  2. Examination and Validation Procedures
  3. Intimidation of the Controller
  4. Simultaneous Use of Two or More R/T Frequencies on ATC Sectors
  5. Study of Automation – Controller Training

1978 – Copenhagen (Denmark):

1978 4

  1. Consolidation After Validation
  2. Intimidation of the Controller
  3. Ocular Disease and Ocular Fatigue Due to the Working Environment in ATC
  4. The Provision of Training for the OJT Coach

1976 – Lyon (France):

1976 2

  1. Advanced Training, Assessment, Rating and Checking of ATCOs
  2. Medication and Air Traffic Control

1972 – Dublin (Ireland):

1972 1

  1. Report on Committee C

1970 – MontrĂ©al (Canada):

1970 1

  1. Terms of Reference – SC4 Human and Environmental Factors in ATC

1968 – Munich (Germany):

1968 1

  1. Legal Aspects in Air Traffic Control
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