Saturday, September 14
- Pete Higgins, Chief Operating Officer, Salt Lake City International Airport, and Chair, ACI-NA Operations, Planning, Safety, Infrastructure, & Development Committee (OPSID)
- John Tiliacos, Executive Vice President of Airport Operations and Customer Service, Tampa International Airport
Session 1: Airport Emergency Planning in the Social Media Age
- Chris Oswald, Senior Vice President, Safety & Regulatory Affairs, ACI-NA (Moderator)
- Rose Agnew, Principal, Aviation Innovation LLC
- Justin Meyer, Deputy Director of Aviation – Marketing and Air Service Development, Kansas City Aviation Department
- Tim O’Krongley, Aviation Planning Director, Garver LLC
- Kate O’Rourke, Manager of Public Relations and Marketing, Fredericton International Airport Authority Inc.
- Greg Albjerg, Vice President & Senior Aviation Consultant, HNTB (Moderator)
- Laurie Cullen, Regional Aviation Director, VHB
- Katherine Preston, Principal Consultant, HMMH
Sunday, September 15
Session 3: Future-Proofing Airport Terminals
- Joan Zatopek, Aviation Planning & Development Manger, Port of Oakland/Oakland International Airport (Moderator)
- Eric Bernhardt, Vice President, Kimley-Horn & Associates
- Michael Moran, General Manager, Aviation Planning, Noise & Environmental Services, Port Authority of New York & New Jersey
- Stephen Russell, Senior Aviation Planner, ARUP
- Scott Tumolo, Terminal Planning Manager, C&S Companies
Session 4: Runway Condition Assessment— Moving Toward an Automated Environment
- Rob Kikillus, Airport Operations Manager, Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (Moderator)
- Daniel Cohen-Nir, Senior Director—Safety, Airport Programs and Environmental Affairs, Airbus Americas, Inc.
- Steve McKeown, CEO, Team Eagle LTD.
Session 5: PFAS—It’s Not Just an Environmental Issue (No presentations)
- Paul Eubanks, Senior Director, Policy & External Affairs, ACI-NA (Moderator)
- Mort Ames, Senior Counsel, Chicago Department of Aviation
- Tammy Helminski, Partner, Barnes & Thornburg
- Jeff Longsworth, Partner, Barnes & Thornburg
- Rachel Tristan, Senior Director-Government & Political Affairs, ACI-NA
Joint OpsTech/BIT Session: Unmanned Aircraft Systems at Airports
- Chad Leqve, Vice President, Management & Operations, Minneapolis-St. Paul Metropolitan Airports Commission (Moderator)
- Adam Bouchard, Director of Operations, Tampa International Airport
- Jason Byers, Assistant Chief of Police, Dallas Fort Worth International Airport
- David Gamper, Director, Safety, Technical and Legal Affairs, ACI World
- Chris Oswald, Senior Vice President, Safety & Regulatory Affairs, ACI-NA
Joint OpsTech/BIT Session: Integrating IT considerations into Airport Capital Project Delivery
- Shane Harbinson, Assistant Director, City of Austin Department of Aviation (Moderator)
- Ed Clayson, Director of Airport Maintenance, Salt Lake City Department of Airports
- John Newsome, Chief Information Technology, Greater Orlando Aviation Authority
- Zachary Varwig, Director of Innovation and Strategy, Faith Group, LLC.
- Stephen Zielinski, IT Project Manager – Aviation & Federal Global Practice, Burns & McDonnell
Joint OpsTech/Environmental Affairs/Session : FAA Regulatory Update
- Kevin Gurchak, Vice President of Sustainability and Natural Resources, Allegheny County Airport Authority (Moderator)
- Patrick Magnotta, Assistant Manager—Airport Planning & Environmental Division, FAA Office of Airports
- Alberto Rodriguez, Airport Certification Safety and Compliance Specialist—Airport Safety & Operations Division, FAA Office of Airports
