CONFERENCE AGENDA

Wednesday, SEPTEMBER 17

9:00 am – 5:00 pm: Exhibitors set up – Conference Center – Exhibitors Room

12:00 pm: Golf and Lunch – Shadow Ridge Golf Club

1:30 pm: Sporting Clays, Riverbend

5:30 pm: Opening Reception – Conference Center

Thursday, SEPTEMBER 18

6:30 – 7:45 am: Breakfast – Exhibitors Room

8:00 – 8:05 am: “Welcome & Introductions,” Wes Kirkpatrick, President, Mississippi Airports Association

8:05 – 8:20 am:  Mayor Toby Barker, City of Hattiesburg

8:20 – 8:30 am:  Sponsor Presentation

8:30 – 9:10 am:  Speaker TBA

9:10 – 9:50 am:  “Incident Response,” Scott Lynn, FAASTeam Program Manager, Federal Aviation Administration

9:50 – 10:00 am: Sponsor Presentation

10:00 – 10:25 am: Break – Exhibitors Room

10:00 am: Spouses/Guests depart for Laurel Home Town Tour and Lunch

10:25 – 11:05 am: “The State of Aviation in Mississippi,” Brad White, Executive Director, Mississippi Department of Transportation

11:05 – 11:15 am: Sponsor Presentation

11:15 – 11:55 am: Airport Government Relations Tammra Cascio, Principal, Cascio Sanford Government Law
Group PLLC and Clay Williams, Executive Director, Gulfport Biloxi International Airport

12:00 – 1:30 pm: Lunch – Tommy Duff

1:35 – 1:37 pm:  Sponsor Presentation

1:37 – 1:57 pm: “FAA Report,” Rans Black, Jackson Airports District Office Manager, FAA

1:57 – 2:17 pm: “TSA Report,” Kim Jackson, Federal Security Director of Mississippi, Transportation Security Administration

2:17 – 2:37 pm: “MDOT Report,” Josh Stubbs, Director of Aeronautics and Rails, Mississippi Department of Transportation

2:37 – 2:57 pm: “Legislative Report,” Jeff Wagner, Shareholder, Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz. P.C.

2:57 – 2:59 pm: Sponsor Presentation

2:59 – 3:30 pm: Break

3:30 – 4:45 pm: Board Meeting

5:30 – 9:00 pm: Safari Party (Dress for the occasion!)

Friday, SEPTEMBER 19

6:30 – 7:45 am: Breakfast – Exhibitors Room

8:00 – 8:30 am: General Membership Meeting

8:30 – 9:10 am: Jon Coleman, Denver Air, Senior Vice President, Corporate Strategy/Airline Pilot

9:10 – 9:12 am: Sponsor Presentation

9:12 – 9:52 am: “State of the Industry,” Mike Mooney, Senior Consultant, Air Service Development, Volaire Aviation Consulting

9:52 – 10:32 am: Sara Doss, Executive Director, Aerospace and Defense Alliance of Mississippi

10:32 am:  Door prize winners announcement

10:35 – 10:40 am:  Closing remarks