Wednesday, NOVEMBER 10

9:00 am – 5:30 pm: Exhibitors set up

11:30 am: Lunch and Golf  – Shell Landing, Gautier

1:30 pm: Shooting Event – location TBA

6:00 pm: Opening Reception at the Golden Nugget Exhibitor’s Room

Thursday, NOVEMBER 11

6:30 – 7:45 am: Breakfast

8:00 – 8:10 am: “Welcome & Introductions”  Sam Washington, President, Mississippi Airports Association; The Honorable Andrew Gilich, Mayor, City of Biloxi and Milton Segarra, CEO, Coastal Mississippi

8:10 – 8:55 am:  Dr. Daniel Edney, Mississippi State Department of Health

8:55 – 9:40 am:  Jamie Miller, COO, Mississippi Development Authority

9:30 am: Spouses depart

9:40 – 9:50 am: Sponsor Presentation

9:50 – 10:15 am: Break – Exhibitors’ Room

10:15 – 11:00 am: Dirk Vanderleest, Aviation Director, Concord Regional Airport, “Everything You Ever Wanted to Know But Were Afraid to Ask About ISBAH”

11:00 am – 12:00 pm:  Jim Brinson, Acting Executive Director, Mississippi Office of Homeland Security, “The Mississippi Office of Homeland Security – Who are We and How We Can Help You”

12:00 – 12:02 pm: Sponsor Presentation

12:02 – 1:30 pm: Lunch – Lt. Col. Sean Cross, Hurricane Hunters (U.S. Airforce Reserve 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron)

1:35 – 2:20 pm: Madison Dixon, UAS Program Manager, Mississippi State University Raspet Flight Research Laboratory, “Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS): Update from MSU’s Raspet Flight Research Laboratory”

2:20 – 3:05 pm: Joe Saia, Interim Chair, Department of Commercial Aviation, Delta State University, “Meeting the Future Needs of the Aviation Industry”

3:05 – 3:30 pm: Break

3:30 – 4:15 pm: Airport Directors Round Table

4:15 – 5:15 pm:  Board Meeting

5:45 pm: Buses Depart for Evening Event

6:00 – 8:30 pm: Evening Event

Friday, NOVEMBER 12

6:30 – 7:45 am: Breakfast

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

8:30 – 8:45 am: “State of Transportation in Mississippi” Commissioner Tom King

8:45 – 9:30 am: Ryan Waguespack, Senior Vice President of Aircraft Management, Air Charter Services and MROs, National Air Transportation Association “Maintaining Safety and Legitimacy in Charter Operations”

9:30 – 10:00 am: “Airport Cooperative Research Program Resources” Matt Dowell, ACRP Ambassador

10:00 – 10:25 am:  Break

10:25 – 11:10 am:  Brad White, Executive Director, Mississippi Department of Transportation

11:10 – 11:20 am:  “Legislative Report”  Jeff Wagner, Shareholder, Baker Donelson

11:20 – 11:35 am:  “FAA Report” Rans Black, ADO

11:35 – 11:50 am: “TSA Report” Kim Jackson, Federal Security Director, TSA – Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers Intl Airport (JAN)

11:50 am – 12:00 pm: “Closing Remarks” Carol Snapp, Incoming MAA President