2026 Presentations

Aerospace Defense

  • KEYNOTE: Defense Dependencies on Timing
    General William L. Shelton (Ret.) (United States Air Force)
  • Resilient Timekeeping Underwater in Extreme GNSS-Denied Conditions
    Igal Pinhasov (Oscilloquartz); Alon Stern (Oscilloquartz)
  • Time Flies – The Role of Precise Frequency and Time in Air Traffic Control
    David Chandler (Microchip)
  • IEEE 802.1 Time Sensitive Networking Profile for Aerospace Onboard Ethernet Communications
    Karim Traore (Microchip)
  • Digging for GOLD(DOME) – Timing Requirements for Advanced Defense Networks
    Paul Heim (Oscilloquartz)
  • How Can Aerospace and Defense Benefit From Telecom ?
    Adam Paterson (Calnex)

Data Center-FinTech

  • KEYNOTE: Timing Integrity for AI/Agent Pipelines: Preventing Silent Failures from Clock Skew
    Anand Ozarkar (theStringTheory.io)
  • KEYNOTE: Leveraging High-Precision Time Synchronization for Enhanced Profiling and Debugging in Distributed AI Systems
    Gal Korcia (NVIDIA); Wojtek Wasko (NVIDIA)
  • ClockBound but Not Clock Limited: Making Time Accessible for Distributed Systems
    Joshua Levinson (Amazon Web Services); Julia Rhodes (Amazon Web Services)
  • Neoclouds and AI Sovereignty – Timing at the Intersection of Data, Edge, and Trust
    Ankur Sharma (Equinix, Inc); Ramki Ramakrishnan (Safran Electronics and Defense)
  • What is Happening with Synchronization in Data Centres?
    Stefano Ruffini (Calnex Solutions); Ankur Sharma (Equinix, Inc)
  • EPPSilon at the Edge: Embedded Pulse-Per-Second Precision for AI Autonomy and Resilient Timing
    Greg Armstrong (Renesas Electronics)

CPNT & APNT

  • KEYNOTE: Extracting Precise Timing from LEO Megaconstellations
    Todd Humphreys (The University of Texas at Austin)
  • Detecting GNSS Spoofing in a Hostile Environment
    Magnus Danielson (Net Insight AB)
  • Timing Performance of LEO PNT in a GNSS-Denied Environment
    Charlie Meyer (Iridium)
  • Broadcast Positioning System (BPS) as a Terrestrial Alternative to GNSS for Precision Timing and Positioning
    Thejesh Bandi (University of Alabama)
  • New BPS Activities, Industry Collaborations, and Deployments
    Tariq Mondal (National Association of Broadcasters)
  • Integrating Terrestrial 5G PNT into Network Synchronization Architectures
    Igal Pinhasov (Oscilloquartz); Prasad Vajjhala (NextNav LLC)

Posters

  • Morning Break & Poster Session
    Kishan Shenoi (SiTime Corp.); Edoardo Mornacchi (Swabian Instruments); Ansul Kumar (Telestream); Evan Alexander (Microchip); Mike Overton (Telestream); Robert van der Valk (SemiBlocks)

Advancements in Sync

  • KEYNOTE: Review of Fieldable Optical Clocks for Precision Timekeeping Applications
    Elizabeth Donley (Measured Atomics)
  • Comparison of Two-Way Satellite Time and Frequency Transfer (TWSTFT) and PTP over long Distances
    Amir Osman (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
  • TORCH: A Cost-Effective, Environmentally Resilient Optical Clock for Commercial Timing Applications
    Kevin Knabe (Vescent Technologies)
  • Strengthening Trust in Precision Time: NTS for PTP and CSPTP
    Karen O’Donoghue (Meinberg USA)
  • Design Challenges and Solutions in Achieving Ultra-Low-Power OCXOs for Portable and Unpowered Environments
    Ullas Kumar (Rakon)
  • Improving Holdover Performance in Access Equipment
    David Spencer (Skyworks Solutions Inc.)
  • The Changing Landscape of Time Scale Systems for National Infrastructure
    Danielle Kravits (Microchip Technology Inc); Keila Mohan (Microchip Technology Inc)

Telecom

  • KEYNOTE: Cross Industry Timing in the Fight Against SCAM/SPAM
    Tom Cast (T-Mobile USA)
  • Space-Time Synchronization Technologies as Critical Enablers of Future Public Infrastructures
    Motoaki Hara (NICT)
  • High Accuracy Time Transfer Over Traditional Networks – ITU-T 8272.2
    George Zampetti (Microchip)
  • KEYNOTE: Precision Time and Network Synchronization for the Telecommunications Industry
    Irwin Gerszberg (AT&T)
  • Integrated Sensing and Communication for 6G: Synchronization Issues
    Michael Mayer
  • Limitations of Partial Timing Support
    Doug Arnold (Meinberg USA); Magnus Danielson (Net Insight AB)
  • Nationwide UTC(k) Distribution via pre-ePTS: A GPS-Independent Synchronization Strategy
    Umut Keten (Turk Telekom)

Electric Power

  • KEYNOTE: Precision Timing in the Electric Grid
    Scott Mix (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory); Carol Larvick (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)
  • PTP Authentication for Secure LAN and WAN Time Synchronization in the Power Grid
    Herbert Falk (Outside the Box Consulting Services, LLC)
  • Initial Results of Testing Redundant Time Synchronization and Recovery Analysis of Protective Relays
    Geshan Wrosinghert (Meinberg USA); Pascal Francis-Mezger (Omicron Energy)
  • Translating from Telecom PTP Profile to Power PTP Profile for GNSS Backup
    Doug Arnold (Meinberg USA); Tahmina Hoque (Meinberg USA)

Emerging Applications

  • KEYNOTE: Resilient Picosecond-Range Network Clock Ensemble Running in a White Rabbit Network
    Marc Weiss, PhD
  • KEYNOTE: Taking Advantage of Clock Synchronization in Distributed Computing
    Edward Lee (University of California Berkeley)
  • Challenges of Free-Space Quantum and Optical Time Transfer
    David Mitlyng (Xairos)
  • Fiber-Enhanced GNSS Distribution: Achieving Precision, Reliability, and Scalability
    Arpit Jain (Huber+Suhner)
  • Industry Update on the IEEE P1952 Standard for Resilient Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) User Equipment
    Greg Wolff (Microchip)
  • Low SWAP Clocks with High-Stability and Reliability, Based on an Ensemble of MEMS Oscillators
    Charles Barry, PhD (Luminous Cyber Corporation)
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