National Air Traffic Controllers

2010 Conference Schedule

Sunday, March 21st
9AM-4PM	Registration
5-10PM	Welcoming Reception
5-10PM	CFS 2010 Charity Night	NATCA Charitable Foundation is sponsoring a charity event in conjunction with Communicating for Safety. Our poolside games include: Volleyball, Coconut Bowling, Horseshoes, AND, Ring the Flamingo's Neck Lots of Prizes and Lots of Fun!!

Monday, March 22nd
7:30AM-3PM	Registration
7:30	Continental Breakfast	Included in Registration
8:15 - 8:35	Conference Welcome	Paul Rinaldi - NATCA President
8:35 - 8:50	Opening Remarks	Victor Santore - NATCA Southern Region Vice President MC Intros
8:50 - 9:00	Pilot/Controller Video Short
9:00 - 10:20	Panel 1	Voluntary Safety Reporting Systems Joseph Teixeira ATOS Director of Safety Programs Greg Downs United ALPA - ERC Member Mike Blake - NATCA, ERC Member and NE Region Safety Rep Linda Connell - NASA, ASRS Director Mitchell Serber - MITRE Corporation - Safety Risk Assessment Group Project Team Manager
10:20 - 10:40	Break
10:40	Pilot/Controller Video Short
10:40 - 12:00	Panel 2	Human Factors and NEXTGEN Ben Rich â€“ Metron Aviation, Cockpit Procedures SME Karl Grundmann â€“ Raytheon, Terminal Domain Lead Professor Nancy Leveson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
12:00 - 1:15	Lunch/Speaker	Captain Robert Bragg
1:15	Pilot/Controller Video Short
1:15 - 2:30	Panel 3	NextGen Professor Paul Kintner - Cornell University Vicki Cox - FAA Sr. VP NextGen Keith Harrison - NATCA, Technology Coordinator Margaret Jenny - RTCA President
2:30 - 2:40	Fatigue Update	NATCA/FAA Collaboration
2:40 - 3:00	Break
3:00	Pilot/Controller Video Short
3:00 - 5:00	Panel 4	Collaboration Under a New Administration Paul Rinaldi -NATCA, President Trish Gilbert -NATCA, EVP Hank Krakowski -ATO, COO J. David Grizzle -FAA, Acting Deputy Administrator
6:00 - 7:00	Cash Bar Reception
7:00 - 10:00	Archie League Awards Dinner

Tuesday, March 23rd
7:30 - 10:00	Registration
7:30 - 8:15	Continental Breakfast
8:15	Pilot/Controller Video Short
8:15 - 8:45	Second Day Welcome	Trish Gilbert, NATCA EVP
8:45 - 10:00	Panel 5	Human Factors in ATC: A Closer Look Pete Trono - NATCA, Air Safety Investigator Ross Roseman - Alaska Airlines
10:00 - 10:20	Break
10:20	Pilot/Controller Video Short
10:20 - 11:45	Panel 6 (Break-Out)	En-route Automation Modernization Hugh Hunton â€“ NATCA, National Tech Rep Aaron Fishman â€“ NATCA, National Training Rep Steve Anderson - FAA, Operational Integration Support, En Route Program Operations Rob Williams - FAA
10:20 - 11:45	Panel 6 (Break-Out)	Runway Safety Ric Loewen, NATCA National RSAT Rep Bruce Landsberg - AOPA, ASF President Wes Timmons - ATO, Director of Runway Safety Andy Cebula - SENSIS Steve Jangelis - ALPA, Airports and Ground Environment Group Committee Chairman
11:45 - 1:00	Lunch/Speaker	Debbie Hersman, NTSB Chairman
1:00	Pilot/Controller Video Short
1:00 - 2:15	Panel 7	Environmental Mary McMillan - CSSI, VP of Safety and Environmental Services Mel Davis - NATCA, Environmental Rep Nancy LoBue - FAA, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Aviation Policy, Planning and Environment
2:15 - 2:30	Break
2:30	Pilot/Controller Video Short
2:30 - 3:45	Panel 8	General Aviation Operations in the NAS Bruce Landsberg - AOPA ASF, President Dale Wright - NATCA, Director of Safety and Technology Mike McCormick - ATO, Director of Terminal, Safety and Operations Support Ken Myers - ATO, Director of En Route Safety and Operations Support
3:45 - 5:15	Panel 9	The Miracle of Airborne NEXRAD Radar Dr. David Strahle
5:15	Pilot/Controller Video Short
5:15 - 5:30	Closing Remarks
7:00 - 9:30	AOPA Safety Forum	AOPA Sponsored Safety Forum

Wednesday, March 24th

NATCA Charitable Golf Tournament