Sydney’s PNT2026 conference, the biennial positioning, navigation and timing event, is now less than three weeks away.
PNT2026 will be held at the conference centre at Royal Randwick racecourse in Sydney’s eastern suburbs, from 4 to 6 February.
The gathering is expected to attract hundreds of PNT experts from across Australian and around the world, for three days of presentations, discussions, analysis and networking.
Headlining the conference will be keynote addresses from senior local and overseas figures:
- Lieutenant General Susan Coyle AM CSC DSM, Chief of Joint Capabilities, Australian Defence Force
- Professor Zak Kassas, TRC Endowed Chair in Intelligent Transportation Systems, The Ohio State University
- David Ball, Regional Director Australia New Zealand, Lockheed Martin Space
- Chris Shaw, CEO and co-founder, Advanced Navigation
- Dr Alison Brown, President and Chief Executive Officer, NAVSYS Corporation
The full plenary, panel discussion and technical session program covers a wide range of topics of interest for those who work in the PNT sector:
- Resilient PNT
- GNSS PNT
- Ubiquitous positioning
- Women in PNT
- Alternative PNT
- Geodetic foundations and measurement techniques
- The role of PNT in the ADF
- Timing
- Lunar navigation
- Ionospheric modelling and space weather
- Quantum navigation
- GNSS threats and resilience
- Autonomous systems
- Positioning Australia
- LEO PNT
- GNSS techniques
- SBAS technologies
Registration details can be found on the conference website, as can details about the venue and travel information.
PNT2026 is an event of the Australian Institute of Navigation, which in 2025 merged with the Australia-based International Global Navigation Satellite Systems Association.
