World Wide TAAM User Groups

Our World-Wide TAAM Users Group (WWTUG) includes TAAM users from around the globe.  Some of the world's most respected and successful airspace architects belong to the WWTUG. The group meets to share information and tips on how to get the best results from using TAAM and to further the use of simulation within the aviation industry as a whole.

The WWTUG participants develop a list of suggested enhancements and improvements for the TAAM Development Team at Jeppesen who attend the meetings and use them as a communication forum with the users. The users work closely with Jeppesen to identify and prioritize problem areas, enhancements and focus areas.

In addition, the user group meetings are a platform for users to present summaries of their work for the benefit of others. Most of the presentations center around past projects, new trends and techniques, and user developed tool sets that are complementary to TAAM.

WWTUG Subgroups

The WWTUG is broken into two major subgroups, the Europe, Middle East and Africa TAAM Technical Sub Group (EMEATUG) and the Americas and Pacific Rim TAAM User Group (APTUG). The ETTSG and APTUG are active, valuable resources for the users and meet up to twice per year.

Our current subgroup chairpersons are as follows:

WWTUG

Chairperson: Tony Vassiliadis

Home Organization: Delta Airlines

ETTSG

Chairperson: pending

Home organization: pending

APTUG

Chairperson: Todd Waller

Home organization: Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU)

Please contact Anthony Weatherington, TAAM Product Manager at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.  for further information about the TAAM user groups.

2011 TAAM User Group Meetings

2011 EMEATUG

Date: Thursday 30th March - Friday 01st April; 2011

Where: Naples, Italy

Host: SICTA

2011 APTUG

Date: TBA

Where: Daytona Beach, Florida, USA

Host: Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

2011 WWTUG Meeting

Date: October, 2011

Location: Singapore, Singapore

Host: Jeppesen

2010 TAAM User Group Meetings

2010 ETTSG

Date: 14 - 15 March

Location: Frankfurt, Germany

Host: Jeppesen 

2010 APTUG

Date: 27 September

Location: Seattle, USA

Host: Boeing

2010 WWTUG Meeting

Date: 28 September – 01 October

Location: Seattle, USA

Host: Boeing

TAAM users have banded together to create an active community of software users.  The World-Wide TAAM Users Group (WWTUG) includes TAAM users from around the globe.  Some of the world's most respected and successful airspace architects belong to the WWTUG. The group meets to share information and tips on how to get the best results from using TAAM and to further the use of simulation within the aviation industry as a whole.

The World-Wide group is broken into two further sub-groups based on Geography – The Europe, Middle East, and Africa TAAM User Group (EMEATUG), and the Americas & Pacific TAAM User Group (APTUG).  Each of the users groups are free to organise meetings whenever ideal in the region, however the annual WWTUG meeting is the key meeting for users to come together to share innovative ideas.

Jeppesen Product Management and support staff attend user group meetings, presenting product updates and using the meetings as a valuable communication forum with the users. Users work closely with Jeppesen at these meetings to identify and prioritize problem areas, enhancements and focus areas.   In addition, the user group meetings are a platform for users to present summaries of their work for the benefit of others. Most of the presentations center around past projects, new trends and techniques, and user developed tool sets that are complementary to TAAM.

Information regarding TAAM user group meetings and locations are available from the following table.

Jeppesen’s TAAM® - Total Airspace and Airport Modeller - is the premier fast-time gate-to-gate simulator of airport and airspace operations commercially available. This sophisticated software tool simulates 4D (3D plus time) models of airspace and airports to facilitate decision support, planning and analysis.

With TAAM an analyst can develop models of airports and/or airspace, and then evaluate the impact of changes to infrastructure, operations, or schedules. TAAM will enable the operator to identify the system benefits of changes such as building a new taxiway or re-architecting sectors, changing runway configurations, or determining when saturation will be reached.

Recognised as a standard in the aviation industry, TAAM is widely used by major air navigation service providers, air carriers, leading airports, as well as aviation research establishments, system integrators and universities around the globe.

TAAM results are presented to enable easy analysis and comparison so decision makers can determine the best possible solution before an investment has been made. TAAM uses high-detail 3D graphics to ensure that stakeholder engagement is easy.

The software allows users to create an unlimited number of what-if scenarios, testing new concepts and operational parameters in a virtual environment. Benefits of TAAM Usage Include:

Revenue Increases due to:
• Improved performance and utilisation of ATC systems
• Increased productivity of existing resources
• Increased capacity as a result of better management of existing and future traffic volumes

Decreased Operating Costs Due To:
• Reduction of ground and airborne delays
• Better management of existing infrastructure and resources
• Optimisation of future investments in infrastructure through better planning and timing
• Reduction in workload through improved load balancing

Download the TAAM brochure to find out more.

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