Note: All times are approximate
Time
Day 1 – June 3, 2015
Location
7:30AM - 5:00PM
Registration Open
Hallway
7:45AM - 8:10AM
Continental Breakfast Sponsored by:
Holeman
Lounge
8:15AM - 8:20AM
Welcome & Introduction: Carl Esposito, Chairman, RTCA Board of Directors
Vice President, Honeywell Aerospace
John Hughes, President, National Press Club
Editor First Word, Bloomberg News
Ballroom
Opening Keynote: Michael Huerta, Administrator, FAA
8:20AM - 8:50AM
Ballroom
Session 1: Prioritize, Plan, Implement, Repeat: How the FAA & the NIWG are
institutionalizing a repeatable process for NextGen
Description: Set priorities, develop a comprehensive, integrated plan (who, what, where, and
when), implement the plan, track progress together, mitigate risk, leverage opportunities, nail
it! Repeat. Also evaluating benefits before mitigating risks.
8:55AM - 9:55AM
Moderator: Tim Campbell, Senior Vice President Air Operations, American Airlines
Ballroom
Panelists:
Dan Allen, Senior Manager Air Traffic Operations, Fed Ex
Ed Bolton, Assistant Administrator NextGen, FAA
Peter Challan, Vice President Government Relations, Harris Corporation
Captain Steve Dickson, Senior Vice President-Flight Operations, Delta Air Lines, Inc.
Jeff Hamiel, Executive Director, Metropolitan Airports Commission
9:55AM -10:15 AM
Networking Break Sponsored by:
Holeman
Lounge
Session 2: NextGen: Safety Matters
Description: Panel discussion on the safety perspectives of NextGen.
Introduction video by Patrick Ky, Executive Director, European Aviation Safety Agency
10:15AM -11:15AM
Moderator: Paul Engola, Vice President Transportation and Financial Solutions, Lockheed
Martin
Ballroom
Panelists:
David Batchelor, Liaison Officer, SESAR Joint Undertaking
Mel Davis, NextGen Liaison, National Air Traffic Controllers Association
Joe DePete, First Vice President, Air Line Pilots Association, International
John Hickey, Deputy Associate Administrator for Aviation Safety, FAA
Jerry Johnson, Director of Engineering, Thales ATM U.S.
11:20AM -11:55AM
Session 3 Special: Spectrum: Protecting the Current Aviation System & Introducing
New
White Room
Description: An examination of the work underway by RTCA and the industry to balance
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aviation needs with potentially competing interests between conventional and evolving modes
of operation.
Moderator: Steve Brown, COO, National Business Aviation Association
Panelists:
Chris Hegarty, Director, CNS Engineering & Spectrum, The MITRE Corporation
George Ligler, Consultant, Project Management Enterprises Inc
11:20AM -12:00PM Pre-Lunch Networking Break
Holeman
Lounge
Awards Luncheon - Sponsored by:
12:00PM - 1:20PM
Ballroom
Awards Luncheon Keynote Speaker: Chris Hart, Chairman, National Transportation Safety
Board
Recognition of Award Winners
Session 4: Performance-Based Navigation
Description: Key element of NextGen: PBN Blueprint, Metroplex, Multiple Runway
Operations: Wake Re-categorization and beyond
Moderator: Captain Bryan Quigley, Managing Director Flight Operations, United Airlines
1:30PM - 2:20PM
Panelists:
Gary Beck, Vice President, Flight Operations, Alaska Airlines
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Jim Crites, Vice President for Operations Division, Dallas Fort Worth International Airport
Jodi McCarthy, Director of Air Traffic Control Facilities and Engineering Services, FAA
Captain Brian Townsend, Technical Pilot – Airspace Optimization, American Airlines
Emily Tranter, Government Relations Specialist at Lockridge Grindal Nauen, Federal
Government Relations Group and Representative from the National Organization to Insure A
Sound Controlled Environment (NOISE)
Jeff Woods, National Program Management Office (PMO) Representative, National Air Traffic
Controllers Association
Session 5: Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS): Detect & Avoid, Command & Control
2:25PM - 3:25PM
Description: Where are we on the safety, policy, and technical barriers associated with
integrating UAS into the National Airspace System?
Ballroom
Moderator: Paul McDuffee, Vice President, Government Relations and Strategy, Insitu
Panelists:
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Stephen George, Unmanned Aircraft Systems Airworthiness Section Manager, FAA
Rose Mooney, Mid Atlantic Aviation Partnership Executive Director, Virginia Tech Test Site
Paul Schaeffer, Air Borne Sense and Avoid Program Manager, United States Air Force
Ed Waggoner, Director of the Integrated Systems Research Program Office, National
Aeronautics and Space Administration
Brian Wynne, President and CEO, Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International
3:25PM - 3:45PM
Holeman
Lounge
Networking Break Sponsored by:
Session 6: DataComm
Description: A critical NextGen capability: examination of FAA and International initiatives and
future conops
Moderator: Chuck Stewart, Chief Technical Pilot, United Airlines
3:45PM - 4:50PM
4:50PM - 5:00PM
5:15PM - 7:00PM
Panelist:
Steve Bradford, Office of the Chief Scientist, FAA
Captain Perry Clausen, Manager ATC Systems, Southwest Airlines Flight Operations
Jerome Condis, Multi-program Datalink and FMS Manager, Airbus
Rick Heinrich, Director, Strategic Initiatives for the Commercial Systems Business, Rockwell
Collins
Rob Mead, Chief Program Engineer, Air/Ground Data Communications, BR&T Airspace and
Flight Efficiency, The Boeing Company
Don Walker, Surveillance Team Lead, FAA
Summary of Day 1
Margaret Jenny, President, RTCA
Industry Reception Sponsored by:
Ballroom
Ballroom
Holeman
Lounge and
First
Amendment
Lounge
Time
Day 2 – June 4, 2015
Location
7:00AM - 3:30PM
Registration Open
Hallway
Holeman
Lounge
Ballroom
8:00 AM – 8:25AM Continental Breakfast
8:30AM - 8:35AM
Opening Remarks: Margaret Jenny, President, RTCA
Session 7: ADS-B: Preparing for Jan 2020 Mandate and Beyond
Description: Discussion of what it takes to prepare for 2020 operations
Moderator: Lillian Ryals, Senior Vice President, The MITRE Corporation
8:35AM - 9:35AM
Panelists:
Doug Carr, Vice President, Safety, Security, Operations & Regulation, National Business
Aviation Association
Bruce DeCleene, Manager, Flight Technologies and Procedures Division, FAA
Marke Gibson, Executive Director, NextGen Institute, FAA
Jens Hennig, Vice President Operations, General Aviation Manufactures Association
Captain Christian Kast, Advanced Flight Manager, UPS
Col Juan Narvid, Military Director, Policy Board in Federal Aviation, Department of Defense
Melissa Rudinger, Vice President Government Affairs, Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association
Ballroom
Session 8: An Evolving NAS: Implementation Challenges and Implications on
Operations Today
9:40AM - 10:30AM
Description: An open conversation with aircraft operators, controllers, and pilots on tackling
the devil in the details and resolving current issues
Ballroom
Moderator: Trin Mitra, Program Director, RTCA
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Panelists:
Chris Baum, Manager, Engineering and Operations, Engineering and Air Safety Department,
Air Line Pilots Association, International
Jim Bowman, Vice President of Flight Operations, Fed Ex
Mark A. Hopkins, Director, Air Traffic Management & Industry Affairs, Delta Air Lines, Inc.
Bob Lamond, Director of Air Traffic Services and Infrastructure, National Business Aviation
Association
Abby Smith, Director of Aeronautical Navigation Products, FAA
Dale Wright, Director of Safety and Technology, National Air Traffic Controllers Association
10:30AM - 10:50AM Networking Break Sponsored by:
Holeman
Lounge
Session 9: Global ATM Modernization: Implementing the ICAO Aviation System Block
Upgrades
Introduction video: Tony Tyler, CEO and Director General International Air Transport
Association
Description: International industry representatives examine current initiatives
Moderator: Margaret Jenny, President, RTCA
10:50AM - 11:45AM
Panelists:
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Chris Barks, Director of Western Hemisphere Office, FAA
Carlos Cirillo, Regional Director Safety and Flight Operations, The Americas, International Air
Transport Association
Steve Creamer, Director Air Navigation Bureau, International Civil Aviation Organization
(ICAO)
Florian Guillermet, Executive Director, SESAR Joint Undertaking
Christian Schleifer-Heingärtner, Secretary General, The European Organisation for Civil
Aviation Equipment
Ikuo Takagi, Executive Director, Electronic Navigation Research Institute
11:45AM -12:15PM Pre-Lunch Networking Break
Holeman
Lounge
Industry Luncheon - Sponsored by
12:15PM - 1:30PM
A Conversation on FAA Reform
Moderator: John Hughes, President National Press Club and Editor First Word, Bloomberg
News
Ballroom
Participants:
Ed Bolen, President and CEO, National Business Aviation Association
Craig Fuller, Chairman, The Fuller Company
David Grizzle, CEO, Dazzle Partners LLC
Paul Rinaldi, President, National Air Traffic Controllers Association
Session 10: Emerging Technologies: Automation, Cyber Security and Human Factors
Description: An examination by leaders from the manufacturing and supplier community
Moderator: Pete Bunce, President and CEO, General Aviation Manufacturers Association
1:45PM - 2:40PM
Panelists:
Kris Ganase, President, L-3 Aviation Products
Earl Lawrence, Manager, Small Airplane Directorate, FAA
Justin Ryan, President, BendixKing
John Uczekaj, President and CEO, Aspen Avionics
Mark Van Tine, Vice President, Digital Aviation, The Boeing Company and CEO, Jeppesen
Ballroom
2:45PM - 3:30PM
Session 11: NextGen Advisory Committee (NAC): How the FAA and NAC are
Ballroom
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collaborating to facilitate the successful implementation of NextGen
Description: Open dialogue from members of the NAC
Moderator: Tom Hendricks, President and CEO, National Air Transportation Association
Panelists:
Richard Anderson, NAC Chair and CEO, Delta Air Lines, Inc
Mark Baker, President and CEO, Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association
Ed Bolton, Assistant Administrator NextGen, FAA
Frank Brenner, Director General, EUROCONTROL
Teri Bristol, Chief Operating Officer Air Traffic Organization, FAA
Chip Childs, President, SkyWest, Inc
Per Noren, Vice President Customer Solutions, The Boeing Company
3:30PM - 3:40PM
Closing Remarks
Margaret Jenny, President, RTCA
Ballroom
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