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Event
Point Merge Stakeholder Event
Hybrid event
Avinor, AirNav Ireland and EUROCONTROL are pleased to announce the Point Merge Stakeholder Event on 3-4 June 2026 at the EUROCONTROL Innovation Hub (EIH), Brétigny, France.
After 20 years since its inception at the EIH, with 15 years of operations at Oslo and 14 at Dublin – the two pioneers – and now with 60 airports using it around the world, Point Merge has become a standard for arrival sequencing.
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Hamburg Ministry for Economy and InnovationWhy attend
The objective of the event is to share experience and best practice, exchange insights and explore together ways for further improvements.
Target audience
The event is dedicated to operational stakeholders from Europe and other regions, who use or have an interest in Point Merge. This involves air navigation service providers, airspace users, airports, regulatory bodies and related associations.
Event format
The event will take place over two half-days. Although in-person participation is highly encouraged, the event will also be livestreamed to ensure that all our stakeholders are able to take part. The programme will focus on presentations from stakeholders, operational exchanges, and interactive discussions. A detailed agenda is presented below.
Presentation opportunities
Stakeholders using Point Merge are strongly encouraged to present their current state of operations, to share their successes as well as lessons learned. Joint presentations delivered together by multiple stakeholders (service providers, airlines, airports, etc.) from the same airport are also welcome. Please let us know by 30 April if you wish to present by filling in the webform below.
Agenda
| Time | Session | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 08:30 – 13:30 | Point Merge Familiarisation Session (on-site only, on-demand, limited capacity) | |
| 13:30 – 14:00 | Welcome coffee and snacks | |
| 14:00 – 14:30 | Opening | |
| 14:00 – 14:10 | Opening remarks | EUROCONTROL |
| 14:10 – 14:15 | Agenda, logistics | |
| 14:15 – 14:30 | History and acknowledgments | |
| 14:30 – 17:30 | From Concept to Reality | |
| 14:30 – 15:00 | Oslo Airport | AVINOR |
| 15:00 – 15:30 | Dublin Airport | Airnav Ireland, Aer Lingus, Ryanair |
| 15:30 – 15:45 | Q&A | |
| 15:45 – 16:00 | Coffee break | |
| 16:00 – 16:30 | Lisbon Airport | NAV Portugal |
| 16:30 – 17:00 | Sao Paolo Airport | DECEA |
| 17:00 – 17:15 | Q&A | |
| 17:15 – 17:30 | Coffee break | |
| 17:30 – 18:45 | Panel Discussion | |
| 17:30 – 18:30 | Aer Lingus, AirNav Ireland, AVINOR, NAV Portugal, TAP Portugal | moderated by EUROCONTROL |
| 18:30 – 18:45 | Q&A | |
| 18:45 – 19:30 | Demos (for on-site participants only) | |
| 19:30 – 21:00 | Networking dinner | |
| 21:00 | Bus from EUROCONTROL Innovation Hub to Novotel, Ibis, and Ibis Styles hotels in Evry Courcouronnes |
| Time | Session | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 07:45 | Bus from Ibis Styles Hotel, Evry Courcouronnes | |
| 08:00 | Bus from Ibis Hotel, Evry Courcouronnes | |
| 08:10 | Bus from Novotel Hotel, Evry Courcouronnes | |
| 08:30 – 09:00 | Welcome coffee and snacks | |
| 09:00 – 12:00 | A look into the Future | |
| 09:00 – 09:30 | Point Merge with AMAN | Frequentis |
| 09:30 – 10:00 | Optimised Runway Centreline Interception (ORCI) | ISA Software, INECO |
| 10:00 – 10:15 | Q&A | |
| 10:15 – 10:30 | Coffee break | |
| 10:30 – 11:00 | Point Merge v1+ | EUROCONTROL |
| 11:00 – 11:30 | Can we still innovate with Point Merge? | |
| 11:30 – 11:45 | Q&A | |
| 11:45 – 12:00 | Coffee break | |
| 12:00 – 13:00 | What’s Next? | |
| 12:00 – 12:45 | Creating a Point Merge community | |
| 12:45 – 13:00 | Concluding remarks and wrap-up | EUROCONTROL |
| 13:00 – 14:00 | Networking lunch | |
| 14:00 | Bus from EUROCONTROL Innovation Hub to Antony train station (direct access to CDG and ORY airports) |
Speakers
Join us at our booth (#101) and discover why it's an exciting time to join EUROCONTROL. Learn about our efforts to build the aviation systems of the future and digitally transform the operational systems we use to manage Europe's air traffic.
Front-end Services Operation Manager
EUROCONTROL NETWORK MANAGER
Validation and Human Factors Specialist
EUROCONTROL Innovation Hub
Unmanned Aircraft Systems Specialist
EUROCONTROL
Network DigiLab Team Leader
EUROCONTROL Network Manager
Validation and Human Factors Specialist
EUROCONTROL Innovation Hub
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