Symposium of Air Transportation

http://www.sbta.org.br

 Introduction  

SITRAER - Symposium of Air Transportation is an annual event organized by the Brazilian Air Transportation Research Society (Sociedade Brasileira de Transporte Aéreo – SBTA). SBTA is an independent scientific society whose goal is to promote academic and technical research on air transportation in Brazil. The Society was established in São José dos Campos, Brazil, in 2002.

In 2006, the V SITRAER will be held in Brasilia, the capital of Brazil, on October 25th – 27th. This event will reach not only the Brazilian academia and industry, but also researchers and professionals worldwide.

Scope and topics

Authors should submit a six-page manuscript – in double-column format, 10-point Times New Roman font, single-spaced – including authors' names, affiliations, and a short abstract. Only electronic submissions will be accepted (please see the detailed information on submission procedure). Papers must be submitted through the SITRAER 2006 website. The paper should present the methodology used in the research, its results and application. Topics covered include but are not limited to:

    * Air transportation economics, demand and forecasting

    * Airline strategy, management and operations

    * Airport economics, planning and operations

    * Airspace management and air traffic control

    * Aircraft design

    * New aircraft developments

Selection process

The papers are divided in two categories: regular research and student research. All regular papers selected for this conference are peer-reviewed and will be published in the regular conference proceedings by the SBTA. The best papers presented in the conference will be selected for publication in a special issue of the SBTA journal.

Manuscripts must be original, in English or Portuguese and must not have been published or submitted elsewhere. The paper is limited within 4 - 6 pages (SHORT paper for the student section etc.), 8 -12 pages (FULL paper for the normal section) in the format of ANPET (see the PDF file: http://www.cic.unb.br/~weigang/sitraer/docs/InstrucoesParaAutores.pdf). The paper submission is directly to the e-mail of the event: sitraer@gmail.com. Please also visit the official web site of V SITRAER: http://www.sbta.org.br/sitraer.

Important dates

            July 16th, 2006                                         Deadline for paper submission

            August 15th, 2006                                    Notification of acceptance

            September 15th, 2006                              Final manuscript due

            October 25th – 27th, 2006                        Conference

 

Keynote speakers

 

(Under development)

 

 

Steering Committee


Program Chair: Li Weigang - University of Brasilia, Brazil

 

Co-Chair of Publication: Alexandre de Barros – University of Calgary, Canada
Co-Chair of Workshop for Students: Anderson R. Correia – Technological Institute of Aeronautics, Brazil

Co-Chair of Local Organization: José Matsuo - University of Brasilia, Brazil

 

Scientific committee

 

Adilson Marques da Cunha – Technological Institute of Aeronautics, Brazil

Alba Cristina M. A. de Melo – University of Brasilia, Brazil

Alessandro Vinicius Marques de Oliveira – Technological Institute of Aeronautics, Brazil

Amedeo Odoni – Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA

Anísio Brasileiro de Freitas Dourado – Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil

Antonio Galvao Naclerio Novaes - Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil

Antonio Henriques de Araujo Jr - Technological Institute of Aeronautics, Brazil 

Armando Zeferino Milioni – Technological Institute of Aeronautics, Brazil

Carlos Alberto Bandeira Guimarães, University of Compinas, Brazil

Carlos Muller – Technological Institute of Aeronautics, Brazil

Claudio Jorge Pinto Alves – Technological Institute of Aeronautics, Brazil

Elton Fernandes – Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Erivelton Guedes – Civil Aviation Institute, Brazil

Fernando Augusto Silva Marins, State University of São Paulo, Brazil

Frederico Araujo Turolla – FGV-SP, Brazil

Friedhilde Maria K Manolescu, University of Vale Paraiba, Brazil

Gerhard Hüttig, Technical University of Berlin, Germany

Guilherme Lohmann Palhares - University of Sao Paulo, Brazil

Horácio Hideki Yanasse – National Institute of Space Reseach, Brazil

Humberto Luiz Ribeiro, Politec, Brazil

João Batista Camargo Jr. – University of Sao Paulo, Brazil

Jorge Eduardo Leal Medeiros, – University of Sao Paulo, Brazil

Jorge Silva – Beira Interior University, Portugal

José Gabriel Assis de Almeida – State University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Lenise Grando Goldner – Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil

Kostas Iatrou – Hellenic Aviation Society, Greece

Maria Alice, University of Brasília, Brazil

Maria Lucia Galves, University of Compinas, Brazil

Maria Regina de Moraes Xausa - National Commission of Evaluation of Higher Education, Brazil

Martin Dresner – University of Maryland, USA

Mauro Gandra – University of Estácio de Sa, Brazil

Milan Janic – Delft University of Technology, Netherlands

Newton de Castro - Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Nicolau D. Fares Gualda - University of Sao Paulo, Brazil

Paulo Sergio Cugnasca – University of Sao Paulo, Brazil

Reinaldo Crispiniano Garcia – German Institute for Economics Research, Germany

Rogeria Arantes - Technological Institute of Aeronautics, Brazil

Sergio Lazzarini – The Brazilian Institute of Capital Markets - IBMEC-SP, Brazil

Sergio Miranda Paz - University of Sao Paulo, Brazil

S. C. Wirasinghe – University of Calgary, Canada

S.C. Wong - University of Hong Kong, China

Tae H. Oum – University of British Columbia, Canada

Vojin Tosic – University of Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro

Wagner William Rubinstein – University of Veiga de Almeida, Brazil

Wilson Cabral de Sousa Junior – Technological Institute of Aeronautics, Brazil

Yaeko Yamashita – University of Brasilia, Brazil

 

Institutional support:

 

Embraer, Brazil

Infraero, Brazil

ABAG, Brazil

Ocean Air, Brazil

GOL, Brazil

TAM, Brazil

Varig, Brazil

Atech, Brazil

BNDES, Brazil

Aeroservice, Brazil

Saipher ATC, Brazil

 

Local organization members:

 

Bueno Borges de Souza, University of Brasília, Brazil

Daniela Pereira Alves, IBICT, Brazil

Nilton Goldner, AeroPlanos, Brazil.

 

Registration

For more information, please visit the symposium’s web site <http://www.sbta.org.br/sitraer>.

 

V - Simpósio de Transporte Aéreo - 25 e 27 de Outubro de 2006
Brasília, DF, Brasil