2010 AAAE General Aviation Issues & Security Conference

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DRAFT AGENDA

*Updated: June 8, 2010

Subject to change

AAAE Sponsor Assurances, Leasing Policies & Minimum Standards Workshop

Monday June 28th

   
8:30 AM – 5:30 PM Workshop  
Tuesday June 29th
   
8:30 AM – 4:15 PM Workshop  

 

AAAE General Aviation Issues Security Conference

Tuesday, June 29th

   
2:00 - 5:00 PM Exhibitor Set-Up  
4:00 - 6:00 PM Registration  
5:00 - 6:00 PM AAAE GA Committee Meeting  
6:00 – 7:00 PM Registration and Welcome Reception  

Wednesday, June 30th

   
7:30 – 8:30 AM Registration & Continental Breakfast  
8:30 – 9:00 AM Welcome and Opening Remarks

·  Tim Dougherty,  Mayor, Town of Morristown

·  Tim O’Donnell, General Aviation Airport Committee Co-chair

·  Al Pollard, General Aviation Airport Committee Co-chair

·  Bill Barkhauer AAE, Executive Director, MMU

 
9:00 – 10:00 AM

State of the Industry

·  NBAA, GAMA, AOPA, NATA, NASAO, AAAE

Moderator: Paul Meyers, Aviation Management Consulting Group

 
10:00 – 10:15 AM Coffee Break  
10:15 – 11:30 AM

Best Practices: Increasing Revenue: Generation/Non-Aeronautical Revenue Generation

Moderator: Jeff Kohlman, Aviation Management Consulting

Speakers:

·  Bill Barkhauer AAE, Executive Director, MMU

·  Douglas Danuser, Honda Aircraft Company

·  Chad Nixon, McFarland-Johnson, Inc.

 
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM Best Practices: Preserving Revenue

Moderator: Maria Renner, MMU

Speakers:

·  Jerry Brienza, Tri State Airport

·  Tom Thatcher, Kimball and Associates

 
12:30 – 1:45 PM Luncheon with Speaker Thor Solberg, Jr., co-owner of Solberg Airport in NJ which is a family owned airport, founded in 1941 by his father, Thor, Sr, who was an aviation pioneer who made the first transatlantic flight from the USA to Norway in 1935 and has been inducted into the NJ Hall of Fame.  The airport is now fighting Eminent Domain abuse.  Thor, Jr. has been a captain with United Airlines, a flight instructor and charter pilot, and is a member of AAAE has been on the AAAE GA Airports Committee.  He also was former chairman of NATA.  
1:45 – 3:00 PM Environmental Issues - The Future of AvGas and Other Important Regulatory Issues

Moderator: Michael France, Director of Regulatory Affairs, NATA

Speakers:

·  Mike Kenney, KB Environmental

·  David F Perme, Swift Enterprises

·  Green GA Facilities: Christopher Hill, Heritage Aviation, Burlington VT

·  Sound Initiatives - Bob Bogan, Deputy Director, MMU

 
3:00 – 3:15 PM Refreshment Break  
3:15 – 4:30 PM Runway Safety Session

DESCRIPTION: Current FAA initiatives to reduce runway incursions, a synopsis of vehicles and pedestrian deviations by category, including trends and mitigation measures and other items related to runway safety such as new technologies. Discussion about GPS/GIS technology as an enabler for enhanced situational awareness and its ability to increase vehicle operator responsibility as it relates to Runway Safety.


Moderator: Al Pollard, Martin State Airport, MD

Speakers:

·  Michael J. O’Donnell, A.A.E., Director, Office of Airport Safety and Standards, FAA

·  Alex Gertsen, Manager, Business Development, Eagle Integrated Solutions

·  John Panarello, A.A.E., Manager, Airport Services, AvPORTS 

 
4:30 – 5:30 PM Industry Roundtable - Moving Forward and Taking Action

Moderator: Tim O’Donnell, Fort Wayne Airport

 

Thursday, July 1st

   
7:30 – 8:30 AM Registration & Continental Breakfast  
8:30 – 9:30 AM GA Security Roundtable
Moderator: Kathryn Solee, NASAO

Speakers:

·  Brian Delauter, TSA

·  Brittney Miculka, AOPA

·  Kate Fraser, GAMA

 
9:30 - 9:45 AM Breakout Session
The Role of GA Airports in Disaster Response
Moderator: Steven Mandurano, AAAE

Speaker:

·  Dr. James Smith, Professor-American Public University System

 
9:45 – 10:45 AM GA Security Technology & Best Practices Panel
Moderator: Peter Gilchrist, Morristown Municipal Airport

Speakers:

·  Michael Sundheim, NATA Compliance Services

·  Todd McNabb, Honeywell Automation & Control Solutions

·  Jim Destefano, Serviceworks Inc.

 
10:45 AM - 11:00 AM Coffee Break  
11:00 AM – 11:30 AM Transportation to Morristown Municipal Airport  
11:30 AM – 12:45 PM GA Security Sessions at Airport & Tour of Morristown Municipal Airport

Station 1: Airport Security Technology (Operations Center)

Station 2: Badging & Credentialing at a GA Airport (Multipurpose Room)

Station 3: Building Relationships with Local Law Enforcement (ARFF Bay)

 
12:45 PM - 1:30 PM Light Lunch (Morristown Municipal Airport)  
1:30 PM Shuttle to Hotel/Conference Ends