President’s Message
No. 2, 2015 Published for
By Peter F. Dumont, President & CEO, Air Traffic Control Association
ATCA on the Global Stage
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elcome to the February issue of ATCA’s Bulletin. It’s an exciting time at ATCA. We are on the cusp of the opening of our third edition of World Air Traffic Management Congress (WATMC) and things have been busy at 1101 King Street, as you can imagine. Do you know what part ATCA plays at the WATMC and how it benefits ATCA and ultimately you? ATCA partnered with the Civil Air Navigation Services Organisation (CANSO) about five years ago with the intent of creating the largest ATM event in the world. We set out to create an event that is for the industry, by the industry. WATMC is not solely an ATCA event or a CANSO event but a global all-inclusive event. Three years into our production and we have achieved that goal. Both ATCA and CANSO are nonprofits with different membership bases with a little overlap. ATCA organizes the Exhibition, sponsorship, communications, and overall management. CANSO organizes and is responsible for the Conference portion of the Congress. This includes organizing the editorial board, speaker selection, and creating an agenda for the Conference. Among many other things, ATCA brings almost 60 years of successful ATM conference and exposition experience while CANSO supplies their world
Air Navigation Service Providers (ANSPs) and their CEOs. ATCA’s strategy was not entirely selfless. One of the goals that our board of directors and I identified when I first came on board was to increase ATCA’s footprint internationally. ATCA has since become a member of CANSO and vice versa. This leads to a global access and participation by both organizations. In turn, this becomes an increase in benefit and value to you, the member. The growth of WATMC has also been beneficial to both organizations financially. We at ATCA pass this savings on to you by increasing the content we bring you for free at events while keeping costs down for participation at conferences and symposia. WATMC is now the largest ATM event in the world and the ATCA Annual Conference and Exposition is the next largest. That means that ATCA, your organization, is the largest platform for ATM ideas, products, solutions, and networking in the world. I hope you take advantage of the access to so many different facets of the industry this creates for you, the member. I also hope you can join the 6000+ visitors we expect at the WATMC in Madrid next month. As always, I welcome your input and suggestions on how we can better ATCA. I hope to see you in Madrid.
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