4th Annual International Airfield Operations Area Expo & Conference
2008 Session Descriptions
SUNDAY, JUNE 1
Techniques for Airfield Pavement Maintenance, Repair and Rehablitation Course
by ACC Institute: learn the basics of pavement types, performance and design, construction inspection, specifications for local conditions and current research and funding issues. See www.acconline.org for more details and to sign up for this course.
Operational Risk Management Techniques Seminar by AviaEd
Click here for more details and to sign up for this course.
MONDAY, JUNE 2
Session 1 – Human Factors: Guide for Safety and Airport Services, Dr. Bill Johnson
Session 2 – Security During Construction, Scott Simpson
Focus on the TSA guidance document and issues at various airports that continue to challenge operations personnel; vetting workers, creating barriers for security that do not impact operations, lighting night operations to improve safety and pre-bid suggestions that may improve contractor’s abilities to adequately bid and ramp up personnel for construction projects.
Session 3 – Fueling:Under and Above Ground Storage Tanks, Walter Chartrand
Session 4 – Snow Removal at Gerald R. Ford Airport Grand Rapids,MI, Eric Vanderstel C.M.
This session will cover plowing and brooming, strategies, runway intersection plowing, use of chemicals, multi function equipment, glycol recovery, and staffing,
Session 5 – Biometrics and Aviation: Opportunities and Challenges, Ben Rothke
Session 6 – FAR 139 Inspections/SMS, Walter Chartrand
Session 7 - Water Conservation at Airports, Terry Janssen, Ecotech Water
TUESDAY, JUNE 3
Session 8 – Airfield Marketing Maintenance, Donna Speidel
Session 9 – SMS with an Airline, Capt. Jean-Pierre Dagon
Session 10 – Human Factors on the Airport Surface, Dan Cilli
Contract Air Traffic Analyst, Runway Safety Program Office, Atlanta, GA
Using SMS as an outline and a little humor as good medicine, this presentation will list the most frequent human errors causing runway incursions by vehicle operators and then some helpful suggestions for prevention from the ATC point of view.
Session 11 – New Trends in Airfield Lighting Maintenance, David Rainey, Navaid Lighting
Learn how new techniques and equipment can allow your staff to be more proactive in performing maintenance on your airfield lighting systems. Learn how the technology now available in the area of mobile photometric testing can enable your airport to target necessary runway lighting maintenance. and be assured of meeting the required FAA standards.
Session 12 – Modern Drivers Enhanced Vision Systems (DEVs) for Enhancing AOA Winter Operations & ARFF, Paul Cudmore
General Manager- Eagle Integrated Solutions - Additional member TBD
This presentation will focus on the benefits available to Airport operators, such as low-vis navigation, incursion management, and routing, via the use a modern DEVs system.
Session 13 – Rubber Removal Panel Discussion, Donna Seidel, Brian Fenters, Brian Becker
Session 14 – Operation and Performance Criteria For Effective Runway Snow Sweeping - Runway broom uses, benefits, configurations, performance criteria, and new technologies shall be discussed. The new FAA, SAE G-15 Airport Runway Broom Recommended Practices specification shall also be discussed.
Session 15 –Presentation on what an AWOS is and the different AWOS configurations. The difference between the Federal AWOS systems and non-Federal AWOS systems. Acronyms: ASOS, AWOS, AWSS. Budgetary pricing for AWOS units. Getting your AWOS into the national network (or NADIN).
Session 16 – TMOST! Tractor/Mower Operator Safety Training—Make your equipment operators safer!, Jim Green, Alamo Group Safety Training Manager
Session 17 –ARFF Vehicle Acquisition and Specification Development, Bill Ewing, Director Corporate Services/Deputy Fire Chief Pro-Tec Fire Services, Ltd
Session 18 – Runway Friction Testing: The Current State of Affairs, Frank B. Holt, Senior Vice President Business Development, Dynatest International A/S – A review of the current requirements for testing and a review of activities in 2007 and 2008 on the friction front.
Session 19 - 5-years of Wildlife Hazard Management to Reduce Wildlife Strikes at General Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Henri Wood
Wildlife Biologist, USDA-APHIS-Wildlife Services
General Mitchell International Airport's wildlife biologist will discuss the progress of addressing wildlife hazards from completion of the wildlife hazard assessment up through today
Note: Sessions are subject to change. Please check listings frequently. Thank you.