Sunday, October 21

1:00 pm to 5:00 pm

Registration Open

    Monday, October 22

8:30 am to 5:30 pm

Registration

10:00 am

Exhibit Hall Open

12:00 pm

Welcome: Steve Hansen, National Safety Committee Chair, NATCA

12:05 pm to 12:15 pm

Presenting the Colors: Nellis Air Force Base Honor Guard

National Anthem: Tyler Hansen

12:15 pm to 12:45 pm

Keynote Address: Paul Rinaldi, President, NATCA

12:45 pm to 1:45 pm

The Benefits of Collaborative Safety Programs

Moderators: Steve Hansen, Chairman, National Safety Committee, NATCA & Jeffrey Vincent, VP, Safety & Technical Training, ATO

• Mike Blake, National Voluntary Safety Reporting Programs Representative, NATCA
• Ernesto Lasen, General Manager Safety Programs, ATO
• Chrissy Padgett, National Partnership for Safety Representative, NATCA
• Jon Kunowski, Chicago Center Local Safety Council Lead, NATCA
• Mike Schilz, Safety Information Analysis Programs, ALPA

1:45 pm to 2:05 pm

Surface Safety

• Bridget Singratanakul, National Runway Safety Representative, NATCA
• Emily Banuelos, Runway Safety Team Manager, Western Service Area, ATO
• Dan Hamilton, Surface Surveillance Representative, NATCA

2:05 pm to 2:30 pm

Contingency Operations in the NAS

• Jason Grider, Contingency Operations Representative, NATCA
• Philip Madrid, Contingency Operations Staff Specialist

2:30 pm to 3:15 pm

Break

3:15 pm to 4:00 pm

The Importance of Including Human Factors in Training

Introduced by Tom Adcock, National Training Representative, NATCA

• Richard Kennington, Recurrent Training, NATCA

4:00 pm to 5:30 pm

Moving the NAS Towards a Trajectory Based System

Moderators: Kris Burnham, VP, Program Management Office, ATO & Jim Ullmann, Director, Safety & Technology, NATCA

• Jeff Woods, National PMO Representative, NATCA
• Phil Hargarten, Northeast Corridor WG Co-Lead, NATCA
• Mark McKelligan, Director, Safety & Technology, NATCA
• Michele Merkle, Director of Operational Integration, Air Traffic Services, FAA
• Rob Hunt, Senior Technical Advisor to the VP of the PMO, FAA
• Rob Goldman, Sr. Manager, Air Traffic Management, Delta Airlines
• Marc Henegar, Air Traffic Services Group Chair, ALPA

5:30 pm – 7:30 pm

CFS 2018 Meet your Sponsors and Exhibitors

5:45pm – 6:15 pm

Partnership for Safety Demonstration

5:45 pm – 7:15 pm

Delta Airlines Dispatch Presentation

NATCA Charitable Foundation Events

• 6:15 pm – 7:00 pm Live Auction
• 7:30 pm Poker Tournament

Tuesday, October 23

7:30 am to 8:30 am

Continental Breakfast

7:30 am to 3:00 pm

Registration

8:30 am to 8:35 am

Welcome

8:35 am to 9:00 am

Keynote Speaker: Dan Elwell, Acting Administrator, FAA

9:00 am to 10:20 am

Challenges to Operating the NAS: Implementing Emerging Technologies

Moderators: Steve Hansen, Chairman, National Safety Committee, NATCA & Hassan Shahidi, Director of Safety and New Entrants Integration, MITRE

• Trish Gilbert, Executive Vice President, NATCA
• Paul McDuffee, Business Development Executive, Boeing Horizon X
• Vincent Capezzuto, Chief Technology Officer and Vice President, Engineering, Aireon
• Kelvin Coleman, Associate Administrator for Commercial Space Transportation, FAA
• Eric Stallmer, President, Commercial Spaceflight Federation
• Lori Garver, General Manager, ALPA

10:20 am to 11:00 am

Break

11:00 am to 12:15pm

Integrating Remotely Piloted Aircraft into the NAS

Moderators: Steve Weidner & Jeff Richards, National UAS Representatives, NATCA

• Sandy Gregoire, Syracuse Tower/TRACON, NATCA
• Lt. Col. Aaron “Copper” Brown, 108 ATKS Director of Operations, Syracuse Air National Guard
• Sean Cassidy, Amazon Prime Air
• Parimal Kopardekar, NASA
• Randy Willis, UAS Integration Manager, ATO
• Dallas Brooks, Director, Raspet Flight Research Laboratory & Associate Director, ASSURE FAA UAS Center of Excellence

12:15 pm to 1:30 pm

Awards Luncheon

1:30 pm to 2:45 pm

Commercial Space

Introduction: Kevin McLaughlin, Commercial Space Representative, NATCA

• Caryn Schenewerk, Sr. Counsel & Sr. Director, Space Flight Technology, SpaceX
• Kevin Hatton, FAA licensing Manager, SpaceX

2:45 pm to 3:30 pm

Break

3:30 pm to 5:30 pm

Keynote Speaker: Gordon Graham: Some Thoughts on High Risk Decision Making

5:30 pm – 7:00 pm

CFS 2018 Meet your Sponsors and Exhibitors

5:45 pm – 6:15 pm

Partnership for Safety Demonstration

Wednesday, October 24

7:30 am to 8:30 am

Continental Breakfast

7:30 am to 11:00 am

Registration

8:30 am to 8:40 am

Welcome

8:35 am to 9:30 am

Keynote Address: Brian Shul – Author and Retired USAF Fighter and SR-71 Pilot

9:30 am to 10:45 am

Aviation Industry’s View from Outside the FAA

Moderators: Jim Ullmann, Director of Safety & Technology & Brenda Boone, President, Human Solutions, Inc.

• Rachel Jackson, Executive Technical Director Transportation and Support Services Intelligence, Information and Services (IIS), Raytheon Company

• Kate Hallahan, Team Hallahan, LLC
• Jarrod Thompson, Airlines for America
• Donna McLean, Donna McLean Associates, LLC
• Todd Hauptli, President and CEO, AAAE
• Dave Holtz, Senior Vice President, Operations and Customer Center, Delta Airlines

10:45 am to 11:30 am

Break

11:30 am to 12:45 pm

TRIED, TRUE, and TESTED – Aviation Safety Professionals: Unforeseen circumstances put these professionals to the test.

Introduction by: Teri Bristol, COO, ATO

Moderator: Trish Gilbert, Executive VP, NATCA

• Steve Jangelis, Aviation Safety Chairman, ALPA
• Jamaal Haltom, Facility Representative, Las Vegas Tower, NATCA
• Tony Borgert, Facility Representative, Las Vegas TRACON, NATCA
• Jared Mike, Facility Representative, Seattle TRACON, NATCA
• Kimberly Brooks, Certified Professional Controller, Seattle TRACON, NATCA
• Jon Weaks, President, SWAPA
• Lyn Montgomery, President, TWU Local 556, The Union of Southwest Airlines Flight Attendants

12:45 pm to 2:15 pm

Lunch Speaker: Paul Dye – Aviator, Engineer, Writer

Break-Outs

Enroute

Terminal

2:30 – 2:50

Professional Standards

Garth Koleszar

Collaboration

Phil Hughes

2:50 – 3:10

Critical Incident Stress Management

Chris Schenk

ATC Procedures

Bennie Hutto, Andy Marosvari, John Murdock

3:10 – 3:30

Partnership for Safety

Chrissy Padgett, Mike Vermuth

Professional Standards

Garth Koleszar

3:30 – 3:50

Training

Tom Adcock, Abby Smith

Critical Incident Stress Management

Chris Schenk

3:50 – 4:10

Collaboration

Phil Hughes

Partnership for Safety

Chrissy Padgett, Mike Vermuth

4:10 – 4:30

ATC Procedures

Bennie Hutto, Andy Marosvari, John Murdock

Training

Tom Adcock, Abby Smith

Wednesday, October 24

ARCHIE LEAGUE AWARDS BANQUET

6:00 pm to 7:00 pm

Reception

7:00 pm

Archie League Awards Banquet

(Seating starts at 6:45. Dinner served at 7:15)