2024 NEC Annual Conference Agenda

August 11 - 13, 2024


 

Sunday, August 11, 2024

 

Registration - Ballroom Foyer
9:00am - 5:00pm

 

Time Session 

Details Location
8:00am-1:00pm

Golf
PEASE Golf Course
200 Grafton Drive
Portsmouth, NH 03801
Those looking to carpool, please
meet in the lobby by 7:45am
Sponsored by:

 Sign up when you
register, ($50 in addition
to registration)

*Lunch is included*


PEASE Golf Course

9:00am - 12:00pm

Leadership Symposium

 Meeting Location Sunday
'The Venue'
*Directly across from the
Hampton Inn*
22 Portwalk Place
Portsmouth, NH


Accommodations
Hampton Inn &
Suites Portsmouth 
Downtown
23 Portwalk Pl.
Portsmouth
10:00am - 11:30pm
Please arrive
by 9:30am

Portsmouth Harbor Cruise
Families encouraged to join us!
Sponsored by:

 Sign up when
you register, ($28 in
addition to registration)

64 Ceres Street
Portsmouth, NH

*To those walking*
Portsmouth Harbor
Cruises is located out 
the main entrance of the
Sheraton, cross the main
Street, past the salt piles
on the left, please note
there is another cruise line, 
(Isles of Sholes), nearby
this is not Portsmouth
Harbor Cruises

12:00pm - 5:00pm

Exhibitor Set Up
*Needs to be completed
ahead of 
Ice Breaker
Reception at 5pm*

  Harbor's
Edge
Room
1:00pm - 2:30pm

NEC Corporate Networking Event
*Invite Only*

  The Envio at the
AC Hotel
2:00pm - 3:30pm
*Please arrive
at 1:45pm*

DE&I Sankofa Guided Walking Tour
*Please note this tour includes
roughly one mile of walking*

Sign up when
you register, ($20 in
addition to registration) 
222 Court St.
Portsmouth, NH
3:00pm - 5:00pm
(Meeting at 2:45pm
in the lobby)

YoPro Meet & Greet
Decks & Docks
Click Here to Register!

Sponsored by:

-- Join us at 2:45pm 
in the lobby as we
walk to check out
some local restaurants
on the dock!
5:00pm - 6:30pm

Ice Breaker Reception 

 -- Harbor's Edge
Room

 


 

Monday, August 12, 2024

 

Registration - Ballroom Foyer
7:00am - 4:30pm

 

Time Session 

Speaker Location
7:00am - 8:00am

Breakfast

-- The Ballroom
8:00am - 8:15am 

Opening Ceremony
Honor Guard Ceremony
Color Guard Presentation
NH State Police Color Guard
National Anthem
Mr. Wendell Purrington


Speakers
Darren Large, A.A.E
Paul Brean, C.M.

NHANG
Mayor Deaglan McEeachern 

The Ballroom
8:15am-9:00am

General Session I
Washington Update &
Industry Update

Speakers
Rick Crider
Todd Hauptli
Moderator
Darren Large, A.A.E.

The Ballroom
9:00am-9:15am

Jerry FitzGerald, A.A.E. Corporate
Award of Excellence Presentation

Speaker
Darren Large, A.A.E. 

 
9:15am - 9:30am

NEC DE&I Awards Presentation

Speaker
Darren Large, A.A.E. 

 

The Ballroom
9:30am - 10:15am

Break with Exhibitors

- Harbor's Edge
Room
 10:15am - 11:15am

General Session II
Crisis Management, Breaking News

Speaker
Tiffany Eddy
Derek Martin, A.A.E.
Zach Sundquist, A.A.E.

Moderator
Sydney Seney

The Ballroom
11:15am - 12:15pm

Lunch

- The Ballroom
12:15pm - 1:30pm

Keynote Presentation 

Lieutenant Colonel Mark Hasara is a retired Air Force KC-135 instructor pilot and veteran of four wars. Mark was Deputy Commander of the 18 person team tasked to build the Air Force's TOP GUN-style school for the KC-135 fleet, the world’s only PhD-level education on air refueling operations...read more

Speaker 
Mark Hasara - Tanker Pilot
Moderator
Darren Large, A.A.E.

The Ballroom
1:30pm - 
2:00pm

Salute to Service
Joint Use /Shared Use Airport Recognition
Sponsored by:

  The Ballroom
2:00pm - 3:00pm

Book Signing with Mark Hasara & Break with Exhibitors

- Ballroom/
Harbor's
Edge
Room 
2:00pm

2024 NEC/AAAE Scholarship & Grant Winners
Please join us at the registration desk for a congratulatory photo!

  Registration Desk
3:00pm - 4:00pm

General Session III
Airports & Cyber Security

 Speaker
David Ring, 
Deputy Assistant Director, FBI
Cyber Division
Darren Large, A.A.E.
Moderator
Kelvin Lesene
The Ballroom
4:00pm - 4:30pm

Break with Exhibitors

- Harbor's 
Edge
Room
5:30pm - 8:00pm

Lobster Bake!
Strawbery Banke is an outdoor history museum located in the South End historic waterfront district of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. It is the oldest neighborhood in New Hampshire.  Join us for food & entertainment!
Those looking to take advantage of our shuttle should meet in the lobby by 5:15pm, (or, 8-10 minute walk)
Sponsored by:



 - Strawberry Banke
Portsmouth

 


 

Tuesday, August 13, 2024

  

Registration - Ballroom Foyer
8:00am - 12:00pm

 

Time Session 

Speaker Location
8:00am - 9:00am

Breakfast with Exhibitors

-

Harbor's 
Edge
Room

9:00am - 10:00am

General Session IV
PFAS Impacts on Airports Case Studies

Moderator
Shon Dempsey, A.A.E.
The Ballroom
 

Case Study
ACK Investigation and Remediation of PFAS

Speaker
Georgie Nugent
McFarland Johnson
Cameron Woods
ACK

 
 

Case Study
Impact and Remediation Programs
for PFAS at Portsmouth International
Airport at Pease

Speaker
Jared Sheehan

 
 

Case Study
PFAS Funding Eligibility and FAA Updates

Speaker
Colleen D'Alessandro, 
FAA New England 
Regional Administrator

 
 

Q&A

   
10:00am - 10:30am

Break with Exhibitors

-

Harbor's
Edge
Room
 10:30am - 11:30am

General Session V
Non-Aeronautical Land
Development

 Speakers
Jorge Pantelli, FAA
Paul Brean, C.M.
Alicia Dankesreiter
Zach Staff, ACIP

Moderator
Josh Cobb, C.M.
The Ballroom 
11:30am - 12:15pm

Lunch

  The Ballroom
12:00pm

Exhibitor Teardown

  Harbor's Edge
Room
12:15pm - 1:15pm

Chapter Membership Meeting
~
2025 Presidential Pinning

Speakers
NEC Leadership
The Ballroom
 1:30pm

NH Air National Guard and KC-46 Tour
*Please bring your ID*
Click Here to Register!

Note to participants of this tour:
Due to security reasons, 
all those attending will need to 
utilize the prearranged transportation
NHANG/
Portsmouth

 


Questions?

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