CONFERENCE AGENDA

Wednesday, SEPTEMBER 30

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

11:30 am: Golf Tournament and Lunch – Grand Bear Golf Club

1:30 pm: Sporting Clays – McHenry Shooting Range

5:30 pm: Opening Reception, Pool Event Deck, Beau Rivage

Thursday, October 1

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

8:00 – 8:20 am: “Welcome & Introductions,” Clay Williams, President, Mississippi Airports Association and Judy Young, Chief Executive Officer, Coastal Mississippi

8:20 – 8:30 am:  Sponsor Presentation – Neel Schaffer

8:30 – 9:00 am:  “Air Traffic Control Update,” Ryan Almasy, Deputy Regional Administrator, Federal Aviation Administration Southern Region

9:00 – 9:45 am:  “Collecting Accurate Operational Data,” Bobby Walston, Vice President, Aviation Development, 1200.aero, Inc. and Les Goldsmith, President, Virtower

9:45 – 9:55 am:  Sponsor Presentation – Denver Air Connection

9:55 – 10:25 am:  “Military Aviation in Mississippi,” COL Robert Brady, Commander, 186th Air Refueling Wing, Mississippi Air National Guard and COL Andy Ratcliffe, Commander, Aviation Classification Repair Activity Depot, Mississippi Army National Guard

10:00 am: Spouses/Guests depart from Registration Desk

10:25 – 10:50 am: Break – Exhibitors Room

10:50 – 10:52 am:  Sponsor Presentation – GovDeals

10:52 – 11:22 am: “What’s New in Ag Aviation?” Glenn Holloway, Board Member, Mississippi Agricultural Aviation Association

11:22 – 11:52 am: “Fuel Resistant Asphalt,” Ron Corun, President, Ron Corun Consulting

11:52 am – 12:02 pm:  Sponsor Presentation – EGH Architects

12:02 – 1:30 pm: Lunch “Economic Development Update,” with Bill Cork, Executive Director, Mississippi Development Authority

1:30 – 1:40 pm:  Sponsor Presentation – Michael Baker International

1:40 – 2:10 pm: “TSA Report,” Tara Corse, Federal Security Director of Alabama and Ronald Ward, Federal Security Director of Mississippi, Transportation Security Administration

2:10 – 2:30 pm: “MDOT Report,” Josh Stubbs, Director of Aeronautics and Rails, Mississippi Department of Transportation

2:30 – 2:40 pm: Sponsor Presentation – Jackson Municipal Airport Authority

2:40 – 3:00 pm: “FAA Report,” Will Schuller, FAA ADO Deputy Director

3:00 – 3:02 pm: Sponsor Presentation – JBHM Architecture

3:02 – 3:30 pm: Break – Exhibitors Room

3:05 – 4:30 pm: Board Meeting in Azalea C,D

5:15 – 8:30 pm: Evening Event at Gulf Hills in Ocean Springs. (Buses will depart from the Bus Lobby at 5:15. Walk through the hotel lobby toward the parking garage. The Bus Lobby will be on the right just before exiting the building.)

Friday, October 2

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

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

8:30 – 9:30 am: “Hurricane Hunters,” Lt. Col. Sean Cross, Pilot, 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron at Keesler Air Force Base

9:30 – 10:00 am: “Pearl River Community College Aviation and Aerospace Workforce Academy,” Angie Seymour, Director of Government & Community Relations, Pearl River Community College

10:00 – 10:45 am: “Best Practices for Hangar Leases,” Graham Coffelt, Engineer, Neel-Schaffer, Inc.; Matt Dowell, Executive Director, Golden Triangle Regional Airport and Jeff Wagner, Shareholder, Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC

10:45 – 11:00 am:  Door prize winners announced and closing remarks