Special Sessions

ESTEL Conference is glad to announce the special session “Security and Privacy Special Track”, coordinated by Pierangela Samarati, Università degli Studi di Milano. The session will be held at the Quasimodo Hall (Centro Congressi Fontana di Trevi) on Thursday 4th October.

This special session has been designed as a forum for discussing those security and privacy issues that need to be investigated for providing advanced services, architectures, and technologies for space and satellite applications. In this context, it is of utmost importance to ensure proper protection to such complex systems, or systems-of-systems, to ensure security, privacy, and availability of the infrastructure as well as of resources and information. These aspects concern both the specific satellite applications and infrastructure as well as the base stations and land data servers and communications that serve them, touching then the different areas of ICT. The criticality and social impact of the applications and services relying on this global infrastructure will be a matter of interest, togheter with the complexity given by the co-existence and co-operation of the possibly heterogeneous component systems.
All the topics of the special track and all information about the Call for Papers are available at http://estel-sec.dti.unimi.it/.
Submit your paper by July, 15th. All accepted papers will be published in the Conference Proceedings, and the authors will have full access to the Conference.

For all technical information, please contact pierangela.samarati@unimi.it
For other information, please contact: info@estelconference.org

Pierangela Samarati (Universita` degli Studi di Milano) – Chair of Session ICT for security

Pierangela Samarati is a Professor at the Department of Information Technology of the Università degli Studi di Milano. Her main research interests are access control policies, models and systems, data security and privacy, information system security, and information protection in general. She has participated in several projects involving different aspects of information protection. On these topics she has published more than 200 peer-reviewed articles in international journals, conference proceedings, and book chapters. She is co-author of the book “Database Security,” Addison-Wesley, 1995.

She has been Computer Scientist in the Computer Science Laboratory at SRI, CA (USA). She has been a visiting researcher at the Computer Science Department of Stanford University, CA (USA), and at the Center for Secure Information Systems, George Mason University, VA (USA).

She is the chair of the IEEE Systems Council Technical Committee on Security and Privacy in Complex Information Systems (TCSPCIS), and of the Steering Committees of the European Symposium on Research in Computer Security (ESORICS) and of the ACM Workshop on Privacy in the Electronic Society (WPES). She is the Coordinator of the Working Group on Security of the Italian Association for Information Processing (AICA), the Italian representative in the IFIP (International Federation for Information Processing) Technical Committee 11 (TC-11) on “Security and Privacy”. She is a member of the Steering Committee of: ACM Symposium on InformAtion, Computer and Communications Security (ASIACCS), International Conference on Information Systems Security (ICISS), and International Conference on Information and Communications Security (ICICS). In 2009, she has been named ACM Distinguished Scientist. In 2011, she has been named IEEE Fellow.

She has served on the program committees of various conferences. She has served as Program Chair or co-Chair for: International Conference on Network and System Security (NSS’10 and NSS’11), International Conference on Security and Cryptography (SECRYPT’10 and SECRYPT’11), Workshop in Information Security Theory and Practices (WISTP’10), Information Security Conference (ISC’09), ACM Symposium on InformAtion, Computer and Communications Security (ASIACCS’07), Annual Computer Security Applications Conference (ACSAC’04 — ACSAC’08), European Symposium on Research in Computer Security (ESORICS’03 and ESORICS’04), ACM Workshop on Privacy in the Electronic Society (WPES’02 and WPES’03), ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS’01), IFIP TC-11 International Information Security Conference (SEC’03 and SEC’08), IFIP WG11.3 Working Conference on Database Security (DBSEC’96 and DBSEC’04).

The panel will be divided into 6 subject areas, each featuring speeches held by international experts. The panel will be preceded by a Special Plenary Keynote Lecture by Vidal Ashkenazi (Chief executive – Nottingham Scientific Ltd) and will be facilitated by Mr Gian Gherardo Calini (Head of the Market Development Department – European GNSS Agency).
The last part of the afternoon session will be dedicated to companies and enterprises, with presentations concerning the specific applications developed for Galileo Project.

Download the participation form and join the Special Track

Morning Session 11.40 a.m – 1.20 p.m.
11.40- 11.50 – Opening Speech and Moderator: Gian Gherardo Calini, Head of the Market Development Department – European GNSS Agency

11.50- 12.05 Introduction  “INCLUSION : GNSS system serving the aim of equal opportunities for all”
Giovanni Guarino, project manager INCLUSION – Thales Alenia Space

12.05-12.20 General Aviation: “Galileo and GPS in Global Aviation”
Okko Bleeker, Director European R&D – Rockwell Collins

12.20- 12. 35 Maritime: “GNSS marine and maritime applications: the NEREUS initiatives and the paradigmatic case of the Venice Lagoon”
Pierpaolo Campostrini, General Director – Corila

12.35- 12. 50 Rail: “Satellite-based Solutions for Train Control Systems”
Francesco Rispoli, Responsabile Sistemi Satellitari e Rail, TLC Innovation & Competitiveness Dpt. – Ansaldo STS

12.50- 1.05 Road: “EGNOS/Galileo for road applications”
Antonella di Fazio, Program Manager Innovative Application & Pre Operational Services GNSS, Infomobility Unit – Telespazio

1.05- 1.30 Dicussion

1.30-2.30 Lunch

Buffet 1.30 – 2.30 p.m.

Afternoon Session 2.30 – 3.00 p.m.

2.30-2. 45 Agriculture: “GALILEO – substantial benefits to the European farmers and citizens”
Klaus-Herbert Rolf, Marketing Manager – CLAAS Agrosystems

2.45- 3.00 Mapping: “Galileo lets the economy grow”
Gerald Engelke, chief engineer – CLGE

3.00-3.15 Association: “The Big European Programs”
Maurizio Fargnoli, ASAS President

Enterprises’ Paper presentation  3.15 – 5.15 p.m.

3.15- 3.25 Introduction “EGNOS and Galileo: the European Integrated Approach to the Provision of PNT Services”
Marco Lisi, GNSS Services Engineering Manager – ESA, Navigation Directorate; Special Advisor to the Vice President of the European Commission Antonio Tajani

3.25- 3. 40“Development of a GNSS SDR receiver for Public Administrations: state of the art and advances”
Roberto Capua, GNSS Systems Engineer – SOGEI

3.40- 3.55 “Cooperative Vehicle Localization for Safe and Sustainable Mobility – Results from the COVEL Project”
Carlo Liberto, Project Coordinator and Senior Specialist – Centro Ricerche FIAT

3.55-4.10 “The SMAT Project”
Michele Genisio, Head of EU and International Projects – SELEX Galileo

4.10-4.25 “Satellite Navigation Security Testbed”
Alessandro Pozzobon, Director – Qascom

4.25- 4. 40 “Blue Thread Navigation Technology”
Alessandro Cantore, Managing Director – Blue Thread

4. 40- 4.55 “Galileo System”
Mauro Marinelli, Head of navigation system department – Thales Alenia Space

4.55-5.15 Dicussion

AVIATION AREA:

Galileo and GPS in Global Aviation

The use of the Global Positioning System (GPS) in aviation is part of the aircraft position and time determination function which, in turn, is part of the aircraft navigation function.
In order to see how GPS, the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay System (EGNOS) and in the near future Galileo will be complementary in enabling a higher level of dependability, first the aircraft navigation function will be reviewed while secondly the role of space based position determination will be highlighted. The difference and relative merit of increased precision versus integrity will be addressed, so that the added value of EGNOS in commercial aviation and, later on, Galileo may be seen.
At the present time, new applications are being unlocked as a result of WAAS (in the US) and EGNOS (in Europe) having been cleared for aviation ‘safety’ related purposes. These applications and their potential will enable operational benefits but benefits in terms of aviation frequency spectrum requirements at the same time. Introduction of these applications, however, is burdened by several complexities some of which are technical and some of which are associated with international standards and qualification aspects.

Okko Bleeker, Director European R&D – Rockwell Collins

1995—present
Rockwell Collins; current position: Director of Research and Development, Europe.
Before that: Director of Business Development.
1974—1995
Fokker Aircraft; final position: Program Manager, Corporate Systems Research & Development.
Before that: Avionics Group manager; requirements analyst, aircraft avionics system design. Design and certification responsibility for aircraft avionics and flight deck arrangements. Aircrew training instructor before that.
1973
Ballast Nedam (the Netherlands), responsibility for ship borne precision navigation installation and operations.
1971—1972
Military Service, Royal Netherlands Air Force, F-104G navigation and fire control system; service operations.

MARITIME AREA:

GNSS marine and maritime applications:
the NEREUS initiatives and the paradigmatic case of the Venice Lagoon

The European Satellite Navigations Systems, EGNOS and GALILEO, offer many opportunities for new GNSS based applications for marine and maritime user communities. They will be fundamental tools for boosting progresses in the maritime shipping, both during the different navigation phases (ocean, coastal, port approach and inland waterways) as well as in port activities and in professional services, and will be relevant for all the different uses of the sea, from tourism to fishery and energy production, and essential for the maritime safety and the environment protection. Given the broad range of potential uses, the development of these applications will represent an added value for a vast number of local and regional end-users such as port authorities, coast guards, industrial companies, maritime transportation companies, local administrations, tourism operators, non-profit and sport organizations.
On March 2012 NEREUS, the Network of European Regions Using Space Technologies, in collaboration with the Veneto Region and CORILA, organized a workshop on EGNOS and GALILEO for marine and maritime applications, focusing on the opportunities and challenges for European Regions. The workshop was organized around three main topics: the role of GALILEO and EGNOS in supporting European regions’ policies with a particular focus on the maritime sector, the GNSS applications for marine and maritime activities, and the impact of satellite technology on the operation of ports. The workshop presented a significant portfolio of innovative maritime applications of GNSS.
This contribution will present the main results and outcomes of the workshop, giving an overview on the actual and potential GNSS applications in marine and maritime area. The focus will be on the paradigmatic case of Venice: the Venice lagoon is the largest of the Mediterranean Sea, it includes the historical city a major port and the industrial area; it represents a prefect site for testing space applications both in Earth Observation and satellite navigation domains.

Pierpaolo Campostrini General Director – Corila

ierpaolo Campostrini, born in Venice in 1960, lives there
Degree in Electrical Engineering and a post-lauream diploma in Plasma Physics.
Researcher of the Italian National Research Council (1987-1998) he was involved in Fusion research, acquiring a wide international experience, than he moved to Environmental research.
Since 2000 is the Managing Director of CORILA, an association between Venice and Padua Universities, the Italian National Research Council – CNR and the National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics – OGS, overseen by the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research, which promotes and co-ordinates the scientific research on the Venice lagoon.
He is also:
•    National representative, appointed by the Ministry of Education, University and Research, in the Program Committee of the theme “Environment, including climate change” of the EU – Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development -FP7
•    Leader of the Working Group on Global Navigation System of Systems (GNSS) of the Association NEREUS (Network of European Regions Using Space technologies), located in Bruxelles
•    Member of the Steering Committee on Environmental Research of the Ministry of Education, University and Research
•    Vice President of the international Association “The Coastal&Marine Union (EUCC)”, Leiden (NL)
•    Lecturer for the Venice International University training programs on Sustainable Development, Energy Efficiency, Ecosystem Conservation, Water Pollution, supported by Ministry of Environment of Italy in cooperation with the Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology.
•    Focal point of the Municipality of Venice in the campaign “Making cities resilient” of the United Nation International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UN ISDR), where Venice has been appointed “role model for cultural heritage protection”
•    Member of the Executive committee of the Association for the Strategic plan of the city of Venice and of the Scientific committee of VENICE-EXPO2015 initiative
•    Member of editorial boards and reviewer of International journals, quoted ISI

Participates, also as WP leader, in many European projects.
He was awarded by national’s manager association in 2009 with the Prize of Excellence for managing scientific research.
He served as Chairperson in many international congresses.
He was co-founder and President of LaguNet, the Italian network on lagoon research and co-founder of the European Association EUROMEDLAG.

RAIL AREA:

Francesco Rispoli, Responsabile Sistemi Satellitari e Rail TLC Innovation & Competitiveness Dpt. – Ansaldo STS

is with Ansaldo STS since May 2011 as responsible of the Satellite and Telecommunication projects in the Innovation and Competitiveness Unit. Previously he has been with Telespazio (2005-2011) first as responsible for the Value Added Services and by 2008 as Chief of New Initiatives in the field of railways applications (GNSS and Internet for on board entertainment) telemedicine services and TLC solutions for emergency and disaster recovery. By 1983 to 2005 he was with Alenia Spazio (now Thales Alenia Space) where he served various positions as vice president of Multimedia Business Unit and general manager of EuroSkyWay, head of Marketing & R&D ESA programs, He has been a co-founder of TelBios and member of its board since 2010. He started his career in 1980 with Contraves as technical engineer in the radar antennas department. He received the Doctoral Degree in Electronic Engineering from the Polytechnic of Turin in 1978 and a Master in Applied Electromagnetism from the University La Sapienza in Roma in 1979. By July 2012 he is deputy chairman of Radiolabs.

ROAD AREA:

The road sector is among the largest markets for satellite navigations applications. Satellite navigation technology, primarily based on GPS, is widely used in the automotive market, for mass-market and professional applications, such as freight transport and logistics. GPS functionality is being embedded into many in-vehicle systems within the road transport sector. Initial applications included fleet management, route guidance and stolen vehicle recovery systems. More recently new applications have emerged within the context of eSafety, road pricing and pay-as-you-drive insurance. EGNOS over Europe enables a more accurate and guaranteed positioning when compared to GPS alone.
EGNOS opportunities are:
– To enhance present applications and best practices already based on GPS,
– Be adopted in present/future operations for which the use of the satellite navigation technology is planned
– To enable the delivery of new applications within the road transport sector, benefitting from a precise and
reliable localisation. This includes applications within the domestic vehicle and commercial vehicle markets.
– To prepare the market for the future Galileo.
Thanks to research efforts during past years, EGNOS-based technologies and products providing services for road applications are now ready on the market. Huge progresses have been also made on the relevant standardisation and in the launch of operational best practices. Today the market shows clear needs and requirements and is mature to use EGNOS-based services. Early adopters of GPS+EGNOS in Europe are mainly in the field of regulated applications, for which benefits generated by EGNOS use are in higher safety and efficiency of operations (such as the tracking & tracing of dangerous goods transport). In the next years, a wider introduction and adoption is expected, boosted by European Directives and
policies, such as the EETS Directive1, the ITS Directive2 and Smart Cities concepts.
In the light of these considerations, EGNOS provides services for road applications now, and opens the market for Galileo.
1 DIRECTIVE 2004/52/EC for the European Electronic Toll Service (EETS)
2 Directive 2010/40/UE for the deployment of Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS)

Antonella di Fazio, Program Manager Innovative Application & Pre Operational Services GNSS, Infomobility Unit – Telespazio

Antonella Di Fazio has a Degree in Physics. She works in the GNSS Infomobility Business Unit in Telespazio (a Finmeccanica/ Thales company), in charge of innovative applications & services. Since 2000 she has
been the program and technical coordinator of European R&D projects, dealing with Satellite Navigation technologies applications and services in the transport domain (primarily road, freight and logistics sectors).
In the last eight years she has been involved in activities devoted to the use of the European GNSS (EGNOS/Galileo) for regulated applications and services, in particular in road and land transport domains.

AGRICULTURE AREA:

GALILEO – Substantial benefits to European farmers and citizens
Publicly available access to basic satellite data in urban and rural areas is of vital importance for the modern agricultural sector and citizens.
Exact position data does not only increase economic success in agriculture and improve sustainable production but also helps optimize operational processes through mobile applications. At the same time citizens benefit from this innovation as well: Apart from secure food supplies and an environmentally-sound food production a variety of options for mobile applications are provided for the domestic sector.
Mankind continues to grow rapidly. However, limited arable land is facing an increased demand for food. With modern satellite technology a growing demand for foodstuffs can be satisfied.
The satellite navigation system GALILEO and the correction signal EGNOS play a vital role in modern precision farming. Only exact positioning and reliable retrieval of field positions made it possible to respond to different soil conditions in the field in a targeted manner.
In addition to yield maps, soil maps and soil testing, application maps are important instruments in precision farming. By means of application maps, fertilizers and plant protection products can be dosed as required. This secures high yields, saves valuable resources, cuts costs, reduces the amount of fertilizers used, decreases the required fuel quantity and provides for low CO² emissions.
Further environmental advantages of satellite technology are apparent in the field of transport logistics. Precise route planning optimizes transports and avoids empty runs, thus saving fuel and reducing CO² emissions. If we relate this to an area of 1,000 hectares and an average of 525 harvesting hours per season, then the farmer saves 2,625 litres of diesel or 12,000 Euros.

Satellite data also allows N-fertilizers to be applied with greater precision and more care. The farmer saves up to 7 % nitrogen through precision farming with EGNOS. If we relate this to an area of 1,000 hectares, this corresponds to overall savings of 3,000 Euros.
A new milestone in satellite technology is GMES (Global Monitoring for Environment and Security). These new radar-based satellite images promote farming sustainability.
The data make it possible to monitor the development of crops at any time, to respond rapidly to
damage, i.e. winterkill and to specifically stimulate the growth based on the latest information in order to achieve optimum yields.
The continuity of research, the development and market launch of EGNOS/GALILEO is key to ensure that the agricultural sector and citizens continue to benefit from these innovative possibilities.

Klaus-Herbert Rolf, Marketing Manager – CLAAS Agrosystems

Klaus-Herbert Rolf grew up on the family farm in East Westphalia-Lippe in Germany and started his professional career with an agricultural apprenticeship. Subsequently he accomplished his studies in Agronomy at the University of Applied Sciences at Soest, Germany to develop more different aspects of the agro-business.
His main focus being information technology already emerged when entering the professional world as an agricultural engineer. He joined Klöpper & Wiege, one of the leading manufacturers of agricultural software at the time. In the end he was appointed as Sales and Marketing Manager. After the take-over by CLAAS KGaA in 1998 he started working for the current company CLAAS Agrosystems KGaA mbH & Co KG and is also responsible for marketing and communications and works closely with the sales team.
As a member of the work group communication and marketing of the Agricultural Industry Electronics Foundation (AEF) which is a user platform providing resources and know-how for the use of electronics in the agricultural industry Klaus-Herbert Rolf becomes, among other things, intensely involved in the development at ISOBUS. Apart from that he is a member of the Advisory Council of the DLG-Feldtage (International Crop Production Center).

MAPPING AREA:

Galileo lets the economy grow
At the beginning a short explanation of the technical requirements for surveying and mapping is given and the benefits in the use of Galileo are presented. A distinction is made in economic and public sector applications. Integration and addedvalue of Galileo is evidenced by examples.
A new application of Galileo in the financial sector shows the potential in connection with legal security.

Gerald Engelke, Head of the Development and Processing Department at GEOsat

Graduated Engineer in Geodesy, University of Bonn, Oktober 1985 – March 1992
Head of the Development and Processing Department at GEOsat GmbH, Expert in GPS measurement and computation
Experiences in regional networks, e.g. NWREF (Reference Net in Northrhine Westfalia) Controlling of Ground Survey in Border Projects (International Borderline between Saudi-Arabia and Yemen)