ACC Online Learning
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10TH - STATE OF THE AIRLINES AND AIRPORTS
10:00 – 11:15 a.m. EST
11:15 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. EST
WELCOME AND OPENING REMARKS
• T.J. Schulz, President, Airport Consultants Council (ACC)
• J.J. Morton, P.E., Senior Vice President, Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc., 2020 ACC Board Chair
• Chris Spaulding, C.M., Airline Liaison Office (ALO) Project Coordinator, Jacobsen │ Daniels, 2020 ACC Annual Conference Committee Chair
GENERAL SESSION I - STATE OF THE AIRPORTS
• Woodie Woodward, President, Woodward & Associates (Moderator)
• Angela Gittens, former Director General, ACI-World
• John Selden, General Manager, Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport
• Ginger Evans, Chief Strategy Officer, CAG Holdings, LLC
12:30 – 1:00 p.m. EST
BREAK / VIRTUAL EXHIBIT HALL OPEN
1:00 – 2:00 p.m. EST
GENERAL SESSION II - STATE OF THE AIRLINES
• Roddy L. Boggus, NCARB, AIA, Vice President, Vice President, Aviation Buildings Service Group Leader, RS&H (Moderator)
• John Heimlich, Vice President and Chief Economist, Airlines for America
• Stephen A. Alterman, President, Cargo Airlines Association
• Steve Sisneros, Managing Director, Airport Affairs, Southwest Airlines
• William S. Swelbar, Research Engineer, MIT International Center for Air Transportation
2:00 – 2:30 p.m. EST
BREAK / VIRTUAL EXHIBIT HALL OPEN
2:30 – 3:45 p.m. EST
CONCURRENT SESSION I - THE STATE OF GA AND BUSINESS AVIATION
• Pamela Keidel-Adams, Vice President, Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc. (Moderator)
• Jens Hennig, Vice President of Operations, General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA)
• Alex Gertsen, Director of Airports and Ground Infrastructure, National Business Aviation Association (NBAA)
• Robert Olislagers, CEO, Centennial Airport
• Todd S. Anderson, A.A.E., Chief Operating Officer, Sheltair Aviation
CONCURRENT SESSION II - AIRPORT FUNDING AND FINANCE
• Kyle Mixon, Business Development Executive, Clark Construction Group, LLC (Moderator)
• Seth Lehman, Senior Director of Global Finance, Fitch Ratings
• Robert W. Poole, Jr., Director of Transportation Policy, Reason Foundation
• Marge Basrai, CPA, CGMM, C.M., Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Nashville International Airport
• Sheri Ernico, Director, Jacobs
3:45 – 5:00 p.m. EST
VIRTUAL EXHIBIT HALL OPEN / PRIZE DRAWINGS
Register and visit every virtual exhibitor during the Annual Conference and be entered in a drawing for a new iPad.
• ACRP
• Airport Improvement Magazine
• Applied Pavement Technology, Inc.
• Arora Engineers, Inc.
• Associated Asphalt Partners, LLC (Visit their booth and be entered in a daily raffle for a $100 gift card)
• Blast Deflectors, Inc. (BDI)
• C&S Companies (Visit and participate in their chat room and be entered in a daily drawing for a gift card)
• Dormakaba
• EJ
• Integrated Defense and Security Solutions (IDSS)
• Omnivex
• Rohde & Schwarz
• Smiths Detection (Visit at 2:00 p.m. EST for a Q&A on Congress and TSA support innovation that impacts aviation security - via a link in their booth)
• Whiting-Turner Contracting Company
• Woolpert, Inc.
5:00 – 6:15 p.m. EST
ESCAPE ROOM VIRTUAL ADVENTURE
Generously sponsored by Studdiford Technical Solutions, LLC; TransCore; and Faith Group, LLC
Teams of eight will be communicating with each other and explore the room by directing their game guide that’s streaming a live camera feed from the physical environment and by searching 360 images. Teams will be using what they find in the room and the items in their digital dashboard to solve puzzles and complete their mission and progress through the adventure.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12TH - STATE OF THE A/E/C INDUSTRY
10:00 – 11:15 a.m. EST
11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
GENERAL SESSION III - STATE OF THE A/E/C INDUSTRY: GLOBAL BUSINESS PERSPECTIVE
• Matthew J. Wenham, P.E., ENV SP, Vice President for Aviation Engineering and Construction, C&S Companies (Moderator)
• Josh Lahre, Senior Principal, AEC Advisors
• Aileen Cho, Senior Transportation Editor, Engineering News-Record
12:15 – 1:00 p.m. EST
BREAK / VIRTUAL EXHIBIT HALL OPEN
1:00 – 2:00 p.m. EST
GENERAL SESSION IV - STATE OF THE A/E/C INDUSTRY: AVIATION BUSINESS PERSPECTIVE
• Paul Bowers, Publisher, Airport Improvement Magazine (Moderator)
• Renaud Boidin, Senior Airport Planner, Merchant Aviation/ADP
• Kevin Dolliole, Director of Aviation, Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport
• Mukesh (Mookie) Patel, Chief Business and Finance Officer, Austin-Bergstrom International Airport
• J. Somer Shindler, Vice President, Integrated Aviation Growth Leader, AECOM
2:00 – 2:30 p.m. EST
BREAK / VIRTUAL EXHIBIT HALL OPEN
2:30 – 3:45 p.m. EST
ACC MEMBER FIRM NETWORKING FORUMS
• Geoffrey Ax, Principal/Aviation Market Leader, Populous (Moderator)
• Small – Belinda Hargrove, Managing Principal, TransSolutions (Facilitator)
• Medium – Greg Heaton, P.E., AICP, Vice President, Crawford, Murphy & Tilly, Inc. (Facilitator)
• Large – Stephen M. Pelham, Vice President, Aviation - Americas, Jacobs (Facilitator)
3:45 – 4:15 p.m.
VIRTUAL EXHIBIT HALL OPEN / PRIZE DRAWINGS
Register and visit every virtual exhibitor during the Annual Conference and be entered in a drawing for a new iPad.
• ACRP
• Airport Improvement Magazine
• Applied Pavement Technology, Inc.
• Arora Engineers, Inc.
• Associated Asphalt Partners, LLC (Visit their booth and be entered in a daily raffle for a $100 gift card)
• Blast Deflectors, Inc. (BDI)
• C&S Companies (Visit and participate in their chat room and be entered in a daily drawing for a gift card)
• Dormakaba
• EJ
• Integrated Defense and Security Solutions (IDSS)
• Omnivex
• Rohde & Schwarz
• Smiths Detection
• Whiting-Turner Contracting Company
• Woolpert, Inc.
4:00 – 5:00 p.m.
SPEED DATING
Generously Sponsored by Arora Engineers, Inc.
• C&S Companies
• CHA Consulting, Inc.
• DPR Construction
• Gensler
• HNTB
• Jacobs
• Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc.
• Mead & Hunt, Inc
• Whiting-Turner Contracting Company
• Woolpert, Inc. and Jviation
5:15 – 6:30 p.m.
NETWORKING COCKTAIL RECEPTION / AVIATION TRIVIA
Generously sponsored by HMMH and TransSolutions
Wind-down at the end of the day! Mix and mingle with other conference attendees at our networking reception hosted by HMMH and TransSolutions. Make one of our fabulous autumn cocktails or just grab a beer, wine or soda. Have fun conversation with your ACC friends and colleagues while answering some entertaining aviation trivia. Forget “it’s five o’clock somewhere” because it’s 2020 everywhere! Virtual gatherings are getting old but it’s all we can do right now, so let’s make the most of it!
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17TH - HUMAN CAPITAL AND DIVERSITY
10:00 - 11:15 a.m. EST
11:15 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. EST
WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION FOR THE 2021 ACC ANNUAL CONFERENCE / DRIVING D/E/I IN OUR INDUSTRY
WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION FOR THE 2021 ACC ANNUAL CONFERENCE
• Tom Mochty, P.S., Senior Vice President, Infrastructure Sector Leader, Woolpert, Inc., ACC 2020 Annual Conference Planning Committee Vice Chair / ACC 2021 Annual Conference Planning Committee Chair
DRIVING D/E/I IN OUR INDUSTRY
• Anthony Barnes, Chief Operating Officer, Airport Minority Advisory Council. (AMAC) (Moderator)
• Kelli L. Kelly, Business Development – Aviation/Transit, Kiewit
• Dwight H. Pullen, Jr., National Core Market Leader, DPR Construction
• Stephen M. Pelham, Vice President, Aviation – Americas, Jacobs
• Mae Whiteside, President/CEO, CKL Engineering
12:30 – 1:00 p.m. EST
BREAK / VIRTUAL EXHIBIT HALL OPEN
1:00 – 2:00 p.m. EST
HUMAN CAPITAL: INTENTIONALLY CULTIVATING, INTENTIONALLY CULTIVATING, RECRUITING, AND RETAINING A DIVERSE WORKFORCE FOR THE AVIATION INDUSTRY
• Jane Ahrens, AIA, President, Jane Design + Consulting, Inc. (Moderator)
• Lisa Watada, Aviation Client Relationship Manager, WSP USA
• Mary Hart, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, Principal, Aviation, Corgan
• Jamie Harmon, CPA, Capital Finance Director, Unison Consulting, Inc.
• Faith Varwig, Principal, Faith Group, LLC
2:00 – 2:30 p.m. EST
2:30 – 3:30 p.m. EST
ROUNDTABLE D/E/I AND HUMAN CAPITAL BREAKOUT DISCUSSIONS
Help identify strategies and tactics that to attract new talent and increase diversity within the airport development industry! This interactive session will provide an overview of initiatives currently underway by AMAC and ACC to help MWBEs and primes succeed in the airport development market. It will also feature small-group breakout discussions to identify key strategies and programs to attract minority students to the industry, and collectively increase talent and capabilities of individuals and firms involved in airport development.
3:30 – 4:15 p.m. EST
YOUNG PROFESSIONALS SESSION: MILLENNIALS UNMUTED - LEVERAGING AGE DIVERSITY IN TODAY'S WORKPLACE
• David J. Hunley, P.E., Vice President, Connico Inc. (Moderator)
• Rebecca Didio, C.M., Airport Planning Specialist, Planning and Environmental Division, Office of Airport Planning and Programming, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
• Anthony Barnes, Chief Operating Officer, Airport Minority Advisory Council. (AMAC)
• Scott Hill, Director of Maintenance, Houston Airport System
4:15 – 5:00 p.m. EST
YOUNG PROFESSIONALS NETWORKING EVENT (Open to all Annual Conference registrants)
Generously Sponsored by C&S Companies
Join us virtually in Clearwater Beach – bring your beachiest Zoom backgrounds, beach attire, and don’t forget your sunscreen. Multiple breakout rooms to connect with senior and entry level colleagues across the industry. Two $25 gift card raffles just for participating. One gift card for the “beachiest” attendee.
