At its 15th Session in August 2004 the AIS Committee agreed to a new edition of the Operational Guidelines for AIS. The Committee considered the issue of integrity flags from internal and external GNSS receivers for AIS and noted the importance of differential corrections to GNSS for ensuring position accuracy. Plans were made for the submission of revisions to the ITU-R Recommendation M.1371-1 in 2005 and guidelines were drafted on the allocation of time slots for Fixed Access TDMA. Support was expressed for a Norwegian submission to ITU for an assignment scheme for MMSI numbers to Aids to Navigation and a possible joint submission with IHO to IMO was prepared on the use of AIS for Short Safety Related Messages.

 The Committee finalized the following documents for review by Council:

 IALA maintains Technical Clarifications for ITU-R M.1371-1. These Technical Clarifications need to be finalized into an input paper for ITU to ensure that they are taken into account in the next revision of ITU-R M.1371-1. To respond to this requirement in the time period available the Technical Working Group of the AIS Committee has planned an intersessional meeting in April 2005 (Action Item 5 and Section 7.1 refers)

　

IALA Committee Report - AIS15

DRAFT

　

　

15th session

　

 The 15th meeting of the AIS Committee was held from Aug. 30 - Sept. 3, 2004 at IALA Headquarters, Saint Germain en Laye, France with Mr. Nick Ward as chair. The secretary for the meeting was Ms. Jillian Carson-Jackson.

 Apologies were received from:

　

 The Chairman welcomed all members, especially new members to the group. The Chairman noted the absence of Mr. Benny Pettersson, Vice-Chair of the IALA AIS Committee, and indicated that Mr. Pettersson is recovering from a stroke in the fall of 2003, and expects to participate in AIS16. The Committee expressed their best wishes to Mr. Pettersson for a full recovery and look forward to his return.

　

 The Secretariat was asked to express the best wishes of the AIS Committee to Mr. B. Pettersson.

 Ms. Jillian Carson-Jackson presented information on changes to the work environment at the IALA Offices. Ms. Virginia Butler of the Secretariat staff provided information on administrative details, including a safety briefing. Ms. Lorraine Mbong provided a briefing on accommodation and catering at IALA.

 The Chairman then introduced Mr. Torsten Kruuse, Secretary General of IALA. Mr. Kruuse welcomed the members of the AIS Committee, and noted the excellent work to date. He highlighted the need for continued effort, especially in the areas of networking of AIS shore stations; the introduction of AIS for AtoNs; and the need to ensure full compatibility of systems (i.e. CSTDMA and SOTDMA). He also expressed concerns over possible saturation of the system with AIS for AtoNs and Class B.

 Mr. Kruuse then introduced a video presentation from Mr. Clive Davidson, AMSA, President of IALA. This video is a result of the ongoing work on a promotional video for IALA, however it is a separate video that has been produced specifically for presentation to the IALA Committees. The Chairman thanked the Mr. Kruuse for his input.

 In noting the large number of participants at AIS15, including many new members, the Chairman asked members to introduce themselves. He then presented the schedule for work and plenary sessions for the week, including the IEC TC80 WG14, dealing with AIS Fixed Stations (AIS15/1/3 refers).

　

 The agenda was adopted.

 A copy of the agenda is provided in Annex 1.

 A list of participants is provided in Annex 2.

 A list of working group participants is included in Annex 3.

 A list of input papers is provided in Annex 4.

 A list of output and working papers is provided in Annex 5.

 A list of action items is provided in Annex 6.

 The AIS Work Programme, as revised at AIS15, is provided in Annex 7.

 A provisional Agenda for AIS16 is provided in Annex 8.

 The Diagrams identifying the development process for key IALA AIS Documents are provided in Annex 9.

 Input Document AIS15/2/1 refers.

 All action items from AIS14 were reviewed, and noted as being complete with the exception of the following:

 The Secretariat was asked to follow up on the request for information from IEC as per AIS14 Action Items 3, 4, 5 and 9.

 The Secretariat was asked to follow up on the AIS 14 output paper on AIS Installation and data entry issues (AIS14/output/05).

 Input Document AIS15/3/1 refers.

 The work programme was reviewed, and amended. A copy of the amended work programme is provided in Annex 7.

 Input Documents AIS15/4/1rev1 - AIS15/4/5. All reports from other bodies were noted.

 The Report from Council Session 34 was reviewed, with particular emphasis on those aspects of the report dealing directly with AIS issues.

 The Chairman drew attention to the relevant items in the report and referred it to the Working Groups for information.

 The Chairman drew attention to the relevant items in the report and referred it to the Working Groups for information.

 Ms Carson-Jackson explained the background to the Generic Risk Model and reported on its current status.

 The Chairman summarised the report of the first meeting of the Group, which established terms of reference and mode of working. The next meeting would be held in the UK towards the end of September.