Speaker Biograghy: Denis was Deputy Head of the Air Navigation Charges Bureau in the French DGCA from 1996 to 2001. He was an expert in the Single Sky Unit of the European Commission from 2001 to 2006, in charge of setting up the EU performance and charging schemes. He was the Head of the Projects Office of the Performance Review Unit of Eurocontrol from 2006 to 2013, in charge of running the performance scheme of the Single European Sky. He has been a Senior Expert in the Airport Research Unit of Eurocontrol since 2014, in charge of the development of the APOC concept.


Day 1 - 15 March
Session: Management & Operations

09:35 - 10:00 - Review of local and network benefits of ACDM in Europe
Synopsis: Collaboration between various key actors is critical to improve airport performance for passengers and airlines. The SESAR Airport Operations Center (APOC) builds on A-CDM implementation to further develop airport performance and connection to the network. It adds landside aspects (passenger experience) and provides new support-to-decision tools. In close cooperation with 16 European CDM airports, Eurocontrol has analysed the impact of CDM implementation on local and network performance against a large set of key performance indicators to quantitatively inform the extension of CDM to APOC.

Audience will learn:

• Quantitative impact of ACDM implementation on local and network performance
• Local experience of CDM implementation at 16 European airports
• ACDM as a first step towards APOC

Day 2 - 16 March
Session: Management & Operations

11:20 - 11:45 - Support-to-decision tools for AirPort Operation Centre (APOC)
Synopsis: The SESAR Airport Operations Center (APOC) builds on A-CDM implementation to further develop airport performance and connection to the network through the inclusion of landside aspects (passenger experience) as well as through the development of new support-to-decision tools. Performance monitoring, quick and clear identification of performance issues, quantitative estimation of impact of possible decisions to address these issues, are all critical to effective airport management through cooperation between relevant actors. In cooperation with key main European airports, Eurocontrol is developing and validating such support-to-decision tools (interactive APOC dashboard and what-if support-to-decision tools).

Audience will learn:

• Description of new support-to-decision tools (interactive dashboard and what-if) to improve airport performance
• Critical role of such support-to-decision tools for effective airport performance management
• APOC concept and applications within the SESAR programme