MISSISSIPPI AIRPORTS ASSOCIATION ANNUAL CONFERENCE
Wednesday, September 7 – Friday, September 9, 2022
The Mill Conference Center
Starkville, MS
TENTATIVE AGENDA
Wednesday, SEPTEMBER 7
9:00 am – 5:30 pm: Exhibitors set up
12:00 pm: Lunch and Golf – Mossy Oak Golf Course
1:30 pm: Helice Shooting – Prairie Wildlife
1:30 pm: Tour of Airbus Helicopters plant
6:00 pm: Opening Reception – The Mill Exhibitor’s Room
Thursday, SEPTEMBER 8
6:30 – 7:45 am: Breakfast
8:00 – 8:10 am: “Welcome & Introductions” Tom Heanue, President, Mississippi Airports Association; The Honorable Lynn Spruill, Mayor, City of Starkville
8:10 – 9:00 am: “Current News about Covid and other Airborne Viruses” Dr. Daniel Edney, Mississippi State Health Officer, Department of Health
9:00 – 9:45 am: “A National Update on UAV News and Information,” Madison Dixon, UAS Program Manager, Mississippi State University Raspet Flight Research Lab
9:45 – 9:55 am: Sponsor Presentation
9:55 – 10:20 am: Break – Exhibitors’ Room
10:00 am: Spouses depart for their outing
10:20 – 11:05 am: Profile of a Successful Solar Project at an Airport
11:05 – 11:50 am: Cybersecurity Measures that Make Sense, FBI Jackson Field Office
12:00 – 1:30 pm: Lunch, Speaker TBA
1:30 – 2:15 pm: A National Update for Airport Managers, American Association of Airport Executives [invited]
2:15 – 3:00 pm: TBA
3:00 – 3:10 pm: Sponsor Presentation
3:10 – 3:35 pm: Break
3:35 – 5:00 pm: Board Meeting
5:45 pm: Shuttle buses depart from Marriott Courtyard for party Raspet Flight Lab
6:00 – 8:30 pm: Party Raspet Flight Lab
Friday, SEPTEMBER 9
6:30 – 7:45 am: Breakfast
8:00 – 8:30 am: General Membership Meeting
8:30 – 8:45 am: “State of Transportation in Mississippi” Mississippi Transportation Commissioners [invited]
8:45 – 8:55 am: Resources Available from the Airport Cooperative Research Program
8:55 – 9:40 am: TBA
9:40 – 10:05 am: Break
10:05 – 10:20 am: “MDOT Aeronautics Report,” Josh Stubbs, MDOT Aeronautics Director
10:20 – 10:35 am: “Legislative Report” Jeff Wagner, Shareholder, Baker Donelson
10:35 – 11:05 am: “FAA Report” Rans Black, ADO
11:05 – 11:20 am: “TSA Report” [invited]
11:20 – 11:30 am: “Closing Remarks” Tom Heanue, President
MISSISSIPPI AIRPORTS ASSOCIATION
P.O. Box 16803, Jackson, MS 39236 | 877-397-3929