AABInternational New Horizons February 19-23, 2018 Houston, Texas, USA RAISING THE STANDARDS OF AVIATION.TM
Final Agenda
19 February – Monday 1400-1700 Amarillo Executive Committee/Lynne McMullen (Closed Meeting) 1800 — Offsite Executive Committee Dinner (By Invitation)
20 February – Tuesday 0900-1045 Amarillo Committee Chairs Retreat/Lynne McMullen & Gary Northam 1100-2030 Pre-Function Main Lobby Level Registration/Victoria (Vic) Montañez 1100-1200 Fort Worth Membership & International Committees/Pete Wolfe & Jorge Calaf and Juan Merkt & Dale Doreen 1100-1200 Amarillo Collaborative Research Committee/Guy Smith & LaMar Haugaard 1130-1215 Laredo Awards Committee Working Lunch/Tom Carney (Closed Meeting) 1215-1300 Laredo Nominating Committee Working Lunch/Steve Brown (Closed Meeting) Working lunches sponsored by the Regional Airline Association and Seneca College 1200-1300 Lunch On Your Own -- Networking Opportunity -- or Amarillo “Lunch & Learn” with Jason Brown & Lynnette Darnell (Pay at the Door) 1300-1400 Fort Worth Strategic Planning & Corporate Communications Committee LaMar Haugaard & Jorge Calaf 1400-1500 Fort Worth Industry/Educator Forum Committee/Peter Morton & Carl Davis 1400-1500 Amarillo Special Session: Compliance with Policy 3.4.2/Gary Northam & Tom Carney 1500-1530 Pre-Function Area Refreshment Break Sponsored by Piedmont Airlines 1530-1630 Fort Worth Committees Reports/Lynne McMullen & Gary Northam 1630-1730 San Antonio Open Networking Hour -- New & Innovative Programs in Industry and Education Featuring: Bill Hutto & James Birdsong, Auburn University; John Razmus, CirrusAircraft; Brent Eddington, Diamond Aircraft Industries, Inc.; Scotty Lewis & Todd Taylor, Junior ROTC; Jason Brown & Lynnette Darnell, Lunch & Learn; and Gary Northam & Tom Carney, 3.4.2 Compliance 1730-1830 Sam Houston Lower Lobby Level 1st Timers Cocktail Reception (By Invitation) Sponsored by PSA Airlines 1830-2030 Sam Houston Welcome Reception (Cash Bar) Sponsored by the National Business Aviation Association
21 February — Wednesday 0700-0830 Sam Houston Lower Lobby Level Visiting Team Chairs and ACRs Working Breakfast (By Invitation) Sponsored by Talon Systems, LLC 0730-1200 Pre-Function Registration/Vic Montañez 0830-1200 Sam Houston Accreditation Committee Executive Session/Tom Carney & Barney King (Closed Meeting) 0845-1015 Fort Worth Criteria Committee/Juan Merkt & Guy Smith 1015-1030 Pre-Function Area Refreshment Break Sponsored by Kent State University 1030-1130 Fort Worth Visiting Team Training Workshops (separate, concurrent sessions): Newbies/Guy Smith & Ceci Shirley Presidio (North Tower Suites) and Recurrent/Mary Niemczyk & Vic Montañez 1130-1230 Fort Worth Institutional Workshop: Assessment Principles/Guy Smith 1245-1300 South Tower Lobby Transportation to the ExpressJet Training Center (buses to depart promptly at 1245) Sponsored by Diamond Aircraft Industries, Inc. 1300-1400 Multi Purpose Room (MPR) Lunch Sponsored by Frasca International, Inc. www.aabi.aero AABInternational 2018 Winter Meeting
February 20-23, 2018 • Houston Airport Marriott at George Bush Intercontinental • Houston, TX, USA
Hosted by
1415-1600 MPR Industry/Educator Responder Panels/Moderator: Mary Niemczyk Air Cargo Operations -- Dogan Ahmet Izer, Yeditepe University Pilot Supply Joint Solutions -- Ken Carson, The University of Oklahoma; and James Birdsong, Auburn University Professionalism NPRM -- Guy Smith, Ypsilon Associates Maintenance -- Raymond Thompson, Western Michigan University New Airman Certification Standards -- Rick Mangrum, Kent State University 1600-1630 MPR Refreshment Break Sponsored by Seneca College 1630-1800 Tour ExpressJet Training Center 1830 — Transportation back to Marriott and Dinner on Your Own
22 February — Thursday 0700-1700 Pre-Function Registration/Vic Montañez 0700-0800 Pre-Function Area Continental Breakfast Sponsored by Boeing 0745-0800 Sam Houston I Lower Lobby Level Stage Setting/Ceci Shirley, Mary Niemczyk, Dave Bushy & Greg Riggs 0800-1145 Sam Houston I Masterful Leaders Workshop Featuring Dave Bushy, Boston Executive Coaches; Greg Riggs, Novateur Part- ners, LLC; and Mary Niemczyk, Arizona State University 0930-1000 Pre-Function Area Refreshment Break Sponsored by Endeavor Air 1200-1345 Sam Houston II Luncheon Sponsored by National Business Aviation Association Chairperson’s Welcome/LaMar Haugaard Keynote Speaker: Academic Leadership/Tim Brady, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (Retired) 1400-1500 Sam Houston I Facilitation Skills Workshop/Elizabeth Larson, Chevron Corporation 1500-1530 Pre-Function Area Refreshment Break Sponsored by Aviation Supplies & Academics 1530-1700 Sam Houston I Industry Workshop: Diversity in the Workplace Moderators: Lynne McMullen & Jason Brown Panelists: AJ Tolbert, Organization of Black Aerospace Professionals; Peggy Chabrian, Women in Aviation, International; Justin Demer, National Gay Pilots Association; Hiwot Taddesse, ExpressJet Airlines, Inc.; and Shannon Morrison, The Ohio State University 1730-1830 CK’s North Tower (top floor) Reception with Sponsors (Cash Bar) Sponsored by Cirrus Aircraft 1830 — CK’s Dinner Sponsored by United Airlines and wine serviced sponsored by ExpressJet Airlines, Inc. Keynote Speaker: Industry Leadership/Darrin Greubel, ExpressJet Airlines, Inc.
23 February — Friday 0700-1200 Pre-Function Registration/Vic Montañez 0700-0800 Sam Houston Lower Lobby Level Breakfast Buffet for the AABI Board Sponsored by the Air Line Pilots Association, International and Florida Institute of Technology 0730-0845 Sam Houston I & II Board of Trustees Accreditation Session/Lynne McMullen (Closed Meeting) 0900-1130 Sam Houston I & II Board of Trustees Meeting/Lynne McMullen (Open Meeting) 1200-1300 Lunch on Your Own 1330-1530 Sam Houston I & II Same Problem -- Same Goal -- Shared Solution Workshop Lynne McMullen & Scotty Lewis
There are two types of collegiate aviation programs: those that are AABI-accredited, and those that will be. MEETING Eagle SPONSORS
Harrier Endeavor Air Frasca International, Inc. Seneca College
Hawk Aviation Supplies & Academics Boeing Cirrus Aircraft Diamond Aircraft Industries, Inc. ExpressJet Airlines, Inc. Horizon Air Inter American University of Puerto Rico Kent State University PSA Airlines Talon Systems, LLC
Falcon Air Line Pilots Association, International Florida Institute of Technology Piedmont Airlines Regional Airline Association
Thank you! AABI is grateful to ExpressJet Airlines, Inc. for hosting this event. Conference printing sponsored by Horizon Air and Inter American University of Puerto Rico. Transportation sponsored by Diamond Aircraft Industries, Inc. Use of LCD projectors provided by Auburn University’s Aviation Center and ERAU’s Applied Aviation Sciences Department. AABInternational
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