Instrument flight procedure design, PANS-OPS training, ICAO doc. 8168, Aviation Training, ARINC 424, ANI, Air Navigation Institute, AIS, Charting, Database Coding, Geomatics, Geodesy

Nationality: Swiss
Beat Zimmermann holds a CPL and has been active in aviation since 1984. He trained with the Swiss Air Force and Swissair's joint pilot recruitment and training program (FVS), and later became an Air Traffic Controller at Geneva ACC. In 1993 he completed his PANS-OPS studies at Bailbrook College, and was promoted head of the procedure design team in swisscontrol's Operations Department.
In 1996 Beat has founded his own company and has specialised in training and consultancy for procedure design. He is expert in designing procedures in very complex terrain.
Beat Zimmermann is the Chairman of the ICAO Instrument Flight Procedures Panel (IFPP, formerly OCP) and in his function as the ABIS (group of States) member in the IFPP also chairs the Quality Assurance Sub-working Group. Furthermore, Beat is a guest lecturer at the ZHAW (Zürcher Hochschule für Angewande Wissenschaften/ Zürich University of Applied Sciences)in their Bachelor Program in Aviation and to come full circle academically, he continues his Studies in Education Psychology (as independent studies)with his mentor.

Prof. Dr. Todd Hubbard - E-Learning/Distance Learning - Educational Advisor/Supervisor

Professor Todd Hubbard Ed D, Lt. Col. USAF (retired) is an associate professor and principal investigator for aviation-oriented research projects in educational psychology, cognitive psychology, ergonomics, and sociology at Oklahoma State University, where he holds the Clarence E. Page Endowed Chair. During his more than 3300 hours of military flight time, he has had ratings in the KC-135, T-37, T-38, U-2R, and TR-1A aircraft and has logged time in the F-16 and RF-4. A near death experience in which he was forced to eject from a U-2 aircraft, moments after takeoff, profoundly changed him. The resultant journey through episodes of posttraumatic stress, fear of flying, bundled with bipolar disorder, stirred within him an interest in the psychology of aviation and the treatment of military pilots who silently suffer. He is listed among the Jaycee’s Outstanding Young Men in America and is a member of the Association for Aviation Psychology, the University Aviation Association, Order of Daedalians, Phi Kappa Phi honors fraternity, and the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association.

Dr. Maurizio Scaramuzza - Geodetics and Mapping

Nationality: Swiss, Italian
Maurizio F. Scaramuzza received his Diploma in Geomatics in 1995 at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zürich. He joined in 1995 the Institute of Geodesy and Photogrammetry at the ETH Zurich, where he received in 1998 the doctorate in technical sciences in the field of satellite based flight approaches and landings. In 1999 he joined skyguide (formerly swisscontrol) and successively built up and led the GNSS team. Since 2006 he is head of the expert group on Communication, Navigation and Surveillance (CNS). At the ETH Zürich he is guest teacher within the subject of Navigation. He is lecturer at the Zurich University of Applied Science for the aviation study covering the subjects on positioning & guidance, geodesy, navigation and future surveillance systems. Maurizio Scaramuzza is cofounder and board member (until 2010) of the Swiss Institute of Navigation, member of the Swiss Geodetic Commission and cofounder, member of advisory board and chairing the satellite navigation and astronautics section of the Swiss Aerospace Cluster.

Prof. Dr. Alain Geiger - Geodetics and Mapping

Nationality: Swiss
Alain P. Geiger, Diploma in Physics in 1979, ETH Zurich. In 1980 he joined the Institute of Geodesy and Photogrammetry at ETH Zürich where he earned the ETH medalfor his PhD thesis in gravity field determination in 1991. Presently he is head of the Satellite Geodesy Group and Professor in Satellite Geodesy and Precise Navigation at the Geodesy and Geodynamics Lab (GGL) of the ETH. He works on precise Kinematics GPS, airborne Laser technique and GPS based landing approaches, geodynamic interpretation of GPS measurements, and 4-dimensional modelling of atmospheric refractivity. He is a fellow of the International Association of Geodesy and president of the Swiss Geodetic Commission of the Swiss Academy of Sciences. In 1999 he co-founded the Swiss Institute of Navigation, where he still acts as president.

Dr. Martin Rayson - Practical Geomatics

Nationality: British
Martin was educated at London and Newcastle University in UK where he graduated with M.Sc. in Geophysics and a Ph.D. in Geodesy and Geophysics. After graduating he worked for Halliburton Geophysical Services (HGS) in a variety of locations where he worked as Area Geophysicist with responsibility for navigation and positioning for marine and land seismic surveys. After leaving HGS he joined a UK software development company where he was responsible for software design and testing of applications in Geodetic and GPS disciplines. He later provided geodetic consultancy for Enron Oil and Gas and worked extensively on the data cleansing of their corporate data store. In 2004 he left the exploration industry and spent several years in the aviation industry providing geodetic expertise for airport surveys, which included creation of digital terrain models from satellite images and compliance to other ICAO initiatives (Annex 4 and Annex 14). However, he returned to the exploration industry in late 2007 where he took up a contracting position with Shell Americas responsible for working on a range of geodetic and IT projects. During this period he also remained active within the Aviation sector.

Jim Terpstra - ARINC 424 Database Coding

Nationality: US
James E. Terpstra is a retired Senior Corporate Vice President in Flight Information Technology at Jeppesen. His ratings include ATPL and multi-engine airplane and instrument flight instructor. His over 6000 flight hours include 3200 instructing hours. Furthermore Jim was instrumental in starting the ARINC 424 commitee back in 1973, where he still participates. He is an advisor to the US member in the ICAO IFPP as well. Jim is also a member of the International Advisory Commitee of the Flight Safety Foundation.

Christian Freiesleben - ARINC 424 Database Coding

Nationality: Swiss, German
Christian's first professional experience in aviation was in SR Technics, the aircraft maintenance section of the legendary Swissair. He worked as a mechanic in aircraft maintenance and overhaul. Later he transferred to Swissair Flight Support, a company providing navigation data and charts for the Swissair flight crews. His database coding expertise started in that period and consolidated during the time at Lufthansa Systems FlightNav, one of the three level 1 database providers in the world. Christian was deputy-head of his department and was instrumental in the establishment of the customer support withithin the company. After some time in skyguide's AIM department, he was appointed by the Swiss regulator FOCA.

Aleksandar Pavlovic - AIS/MAP Charting

Nationality: Serbian
Aleksandar Pavlovic is very well known in the AIS community around the world. He looks back at a very long career within ICAO in various management positions. For 18 yeas he was responsible for the maintenance and updating of Annexes 4 and 15, PANS-ABC and all ANPPs. Aleks is also a certified ICAO safety oversight auditor and has been acting as the Secretary of various AIS/MAP meetings within ICAO. His backround is very solid, Aleks graduated with a Bachelor of Science as an Air Transportation Engineer from Belgrade University before becoming an Air Traffin Controller and getting a Pilot License. Apart from Aleksandar's excellent communication skills he has extensive experience in representing ICAO at RTCA/Eurocae and ISO Technical commitee meetings. Furthermore Aleks Pavlovic has excellent knowledge of the Eurocontrol Safety Regulatory Requirements (ESARRs) as well as the ECAA/SESAR. Aleksandar also acts as a lecturer for the AIS/MAP subjects at the Singapore Aviation Academy.