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CONFERENCE AGENDA

Wednesday, September 19, 2007
   
12 noon - 5:00 pm Registration &
Sign ups for Thursday's "One-on-One" sessions with FAA
   
1:00 pm - 1:30 pm Welcome & Introductions . . . Tom Weil, ACA President
1:30 - 2:45 pm Session 1 - Master Plans:  Lessons Learned
Leander Hauri, Manager, Livermore Airport Municipal Airport; former ACA president
Ray Chiang, Supervisor, Eng. Planning, San Francisco ADO
2:45 pm - 3:15 pm break sponsored by Z & H Engineering
3:15 - 4:30 pm Session 2 - Very Light Jets
Moderator:  Mike Shutt, Mead & Hunt
Panel:
Robert Olislagers, Airport Director, Centennial Airport, Colorado
Bill Strait, CEO, VLJ Group LLC, Jupiter, Florida
Matthew Sheble, Light Jet Program Mgr., TAG Aviation USA, Burlingame, CA
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm "Harry's Reception - Part I" (conference center)
   

Thursday, September 20, 2007
   
8:30 am - 4:00 pm Registration &
Sign ups for Today's "One-on-One" sessions with FAA
8:30 am - 4:00 pm "One-on-One" with FAA
   
8:30 am - 9:00 am Welcome & Introductions . . . Tom Weil, ACA President
9:00 am - 10:00 am Keynote Speaker:  Krys Bart, Director, Reno/Tahoe International Airport, Chair, American Association of Airport Executives
10:00 am - 10:15 am break sponsored by Stantec
10:15 am - 11:30 am General Membership Meeting
Amendments to Bylaws
Legislative Report
Election of Officers for 2008-2009
11:30 am - 12 noon NDOT Update . . . Matt Furedy, NDOT Airport Inspector/Planner
12 noon - 1:30 pm Lunch - on your own
1:30 pm - 3:30 pm Session 3 - Revenue/Leases/Business Practices
Moderator:  Jerry Martin, Manager, Auburn Municipal Airport, Vice President, ACA
Panel:
Michael Hodges, Airport Business Solutions
Barry Bratton, Asst. Airport Manager, Redding Municipal Airport
3:30 pm  - 3:45 pm break sponsored by Erect-a-Tube & Wyle Laboratories
3:45 pm - 5:00 pm Session 4 - Airport Land Use Compatibility:  Encroachment and Airspace Cases
Moderator and Presenter:  Walt Gillfillan, Walter E. Gillfillan and Associates
Panel:
Joe Czech, Wyle Laboratories
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm "Harry's Reception - Part II" (conference center)
   

Friday, September 21, 2007
   
8:30 am - 12 noon Registration
   
8:30 am - 9:00 am Welcome and Introductions
9:00 am - 10:00 am Session 5:  FAA Update
Panel:
Mark McClardy, Manager, Airports Division, Western-Pacific Region; Ray Chiang, Supervisor, Eng & Planning, San Francisco ADO
Brian Armstrong, Manager, Los Angeles District Office
10:00 am - 10:15 am break sponsored by Carter & Burgess
10:15 am - 12 noon Session 6:  FAA and California Division of Aeronautics
Open Forum on Master Plans and Airport Layout Plans
(Or, Who's In Charge Here, Anyway?)
Moderator:  Gary Peterson, Manager, Salinas Municipal Airport
Panel:
Ray Chiang, Supervisor, Eng & Planning, San Francisco ADO
Margie Drilling, Airport Planner, Los Angeles Airports District Office
Mary Frederick, Chief, California Division of Aeronautics
Pat Miles, Aviation Consultant, California Division of Aeronautics
Phil Miller, Aviation Consultant, California Division of Aeronautics
12 noon - 1:30 pm Lunch - on your own
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm Session 7:  Division of Aeronautics Update
Mary Frederick, Chief, California Division of Aeronautics
Terry Barrie, Chief, Office of Aviation Planning, CA Div. of Aeron.
Kevin Ryan, Assoc. Transp. Planner, CA Div. of Aeron.
2:30 pm - 2:45 pm break sponsored by Coffman Associates
2:45 pm - 3:45 pm Session 8:  "I would never have known!"
Moderator:  Mark Bautista, Deputy General Manager, Monterey Peninsula Airport District
Panel:
James Jenkins, County of San Bernardino/Dept. of Airports
Dominic Stuth, Monterey Peninsula Airport District
John Pfeifer, AOPA Representative
Tom Weil, ACA President/Mojave Air & Space Port
You - the conference participants - bring your examples of things you never dreamed that you would learn as an airport manager
3:45 pm - 4:30 pm Conference Feedback
Ideas for 2008
Closing Remarks
   

Saturday, September 22, 2007
   
8:30 am - 11:00 am Conference Wrap Up Breakfast Meeting
  sponsored by Aries Consultants & Air BP
   

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