2018 Program Presenters

Keynote: Building a Faster Future: addressing environmental issues for new-generation supersonic travel

Eli Dourado

Senior Research Fellow | The Center for Growth and Opportunity at Utah State University

Legislative & Regulatory Update

Emily Tranter

Government Realtions Specialist | Lockridge Grindal Nauen

Steve Taber

Environmental and Aviation Law Partner | Leech Tishman

Sustainability & Alternative Fields

Prem Lobo

General Engineer - Energy Division | Federal Aviation Administration

Bryan Sherbacow

CEO | Alder Fuels

Mike Wolcott

Regents Professor | Washington State University

Dan DeMeo

CEO | Rabbit Aviation Services

Platforms for Finding Regional Consensus on Airspace Changes

Joseph Annunzio

Chair | O'Hare Noise Compatibility Commission

James Castañeda

Software Engineer | Crane Aerospace

Dave Kiff

Interim Executive Director | Association of California Cities

General Aviation

Gretchen Kelly

Interim Deputy Director of Public Works - Administration and Airports | County of San Mateo

Brian Cook

Chief Executive Officer and Board Member | PASSUR Aerospace, Inc.

Alex Gertsen

Director, Airports and Ground Infrastructure | National Business Aviation Association

New Entrants & Business Models: The Big Picture

Chuck Johnson

Retired President | EraAviation, Inc.

Parimal Kopardekar

Director of NASA Aeronautics Research Institute | NASA

Susan Gorton

Subsonic Rotary Wing Principal Investigator | NASA

Noise Research & Policy

Mathias Basner

Professor | University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

Jim Hileman

Vice President and Chief Engineer, Sustainability and Future Mobility | Boeing

Junenette Peters

Associate Professor | Boston University School of Public Health

Operations

John Brandt

Senior Principal Aviation Systems Engineer | MITRE

John Hansman

Director, International Center for Air Transportation| MIT

Johnathan Bonds

Airway Transportation System Specialist | Federal Aviation Administration

Technology: The Long Term Solution

Jim Hileman

Vice President and Chief Engineer, Sustainability and Future Mobility | Boeing

Jeanne Yu

Senior technologist, Sky for Air | NASA

Craig Hoover

Vice President of Programs | Wright Electric

Pradeep Fernandes

Vice President of Strategy | Boeing

Ed Waggoner

Deputy Associate Administrator for Programs | NASA

Craig Nickol

Aerospace Engineer | NASA