2025 NEC/AAAE Airports Conference
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Monday, March 3
Welcoming Remarks

1:00pm - 1:30pm

Speaker:
Sean Hammer, A.A.E.
2025 NEC Vice President

Speaker:
Ed Foster, A.A.E.
Airports Conference Committee Chair

Moderator:
TBA

Monday, March 3
Opening Session
Industry Update- AAAE

1:00pm - 3:00pm

Speaker:
Karen Kuhlman

Moderator:
TBA 

Monday, March 3
ENGINEERING

When Collaboration Meets Runway Rehabilitation

3:30pm - 5:00pm

Speaker:
Sean Slagle, EIT
Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority

Speaker:
Chris Gardner, P.E.

Speaker:
Peter LaFarr

Speaker:
Marcela Hernandez

Speaker:
Michael Scott


Speaker:
Russell Stark

Moderator:
Shady Elshetwy

Monday, March 3
OPERATIONS

Getting Inclement Snow? How can Geographic Information Systems Help?

3:30pm - 4:15pm

Ryan Bowe, GISP, PMP

Moderator:
Shon Dempsey, A.A.E.

Monday, March 3
OPERATIONS

Weather Reporting Automated Systems

4:15pm - 5:00pm

Speaker:
Andrew Kuchel, ACE

Moderator:
Shon Dempsey, A.A.E.

Monday, March 3
MANAGEMENT

Speaker:
Luigi Campanale, ESP
The Jones Payne Group

Speaker:
Robin Grace
MassDOT

 

Moderator:
Diane Carter

Monday, March 3
MANAGEMENT

Speaker:
Scott Malta, A.A.E., C.A.E., Captain USAF (Ret.)
AMCG- Aviation Management Consulting Group

Moderator:
Kelvin Lesene

Speaker:
Chris Gubeno, P.E.
Urban Engineers, Inc,

Speaker:
Dale Russell
Urban Engineers, Inc,

Speaker:
Jeff Loinette
PSHPlus

Speaker:
Thomas Freeman
PSHPlus

Speaker:
Jeff Wood
McFarland Johnson

Moderator:
Eric DeDominicis

Monday, March 3
FAA Construction Specifications

FAA Advisory Circular 150/5370-10H Part 1-2, Sections 10-105

3:30pm-4:15pm

Speaker:
Guillermo Felix, FAA

Speaker:
Harold Muniz, FAA



Moderator:
TBA

Monday, March 3
FAA Construction Specifications

Composing Contract Documents

4:15pm-5:00pm

Dennis Yap
DY Consultants

Moderator:
Guillermo Felix, FAA

Tuesday, March 4
ENGINEERING

Research Update from FAA Airport Technology Research & Development Branch and Pavement Research Updates

8:30am - 10:00am 

Speaker:
Wesley Major, PhD
FAA

Speaker:
Dr. David Brill, FAA

Moderator:
Charles L. Sacavage

Tuesday, March 4
OPERATIONS

 Part 139 Update, FY2024 Inspection Report, Airport Emergency Plans (AEP), Water Rescue Plans and Wildlife Management 

8:30am - 10:00am 

Speaker:
Jennifer Klass, ACSI

Speaker:
Ward Hoekstra, ACSI

Moderator:
Mahendra Raghubeer

MANAGEMENT

FAA Airport Data Information Portal (ADIP)

8:30am - 10:00am 

Chris Criswell 
FAA

Speaker:
David Perry
FAA

Speaker:
Randall Murphy
FAA

Speaker:
Andrew Goldsmith
FAA

Moderator:
Thomas M. Tomczyk

FINANCE, ENVIRONMENT, & PLANNING

GIS and Aviation

8:30am - 9:15am

Speaker:
Shannon Doyle, PhD, GISP, PMP
JMT Technology Group

Moderator:
Ryan Bowe

FINANCE, ENVIRONMENT, & PLANNING

Reconditioning Passenger Boarding Bridges (PBBs)

9:15am - 10:00am

James W. Stroup, PE
Burns & McDonnell

Moderator:
Ryan Bowe

Tuesday, March 4
FAA Construction Specifications

Soil Exploration and Material Characteristics and Gradation.  P-152 Excavation, Subgrade and Embankment, P-154 Subbase Course, Quality Control and Acceptance Testing 

8:30am - 10:00am 

Speaker:
Jeff Crislip, FAA

Moderator:
Ybrahina Cohen, FAA

Tuesday, March 4
ENGINEERING

Sustainable Pavement Materials Construction Methods

10:30am-11:15am

Lee Sutanto, PMP, CM
PHL

Speaker:
Manuel O. Bejarano, PhD., P.E.

Moderator:
Kirsten Kennedy

Cutting-Edge 3D GPR Technology: Revolutionizing Subsurface Utility Engineering at PNL Airport - Landside and Airside

11:15am-12:00pm

Speaker:
Mezgeen Rasol
Advanced Infrastructure Design Inc, (ADIP)

Moderator:
Kirsten Kennedy

Tuesday, March 4
OPERATIONS

Self Inspection Program - Hub Airports 

10:30am-11:15am

Speaker:
Kevin Gillen
LGA

Moderator:
Jennifer Klass

Self Inspection Program- Non Hub Airports

11:15am-12:15pm

Speaker:
Josh Nalley

Moderator:
Jennifer Klass

Tuesday, March 4
MANAGEMENT

Elevating Airport Management to New Heights

10:30am-12:00pm

Speaker:
David Dinneen
Gale Associates, Inc.

Moderator:
Ethan Bassis

Airport Compliance Updates 

10:30am-12:00pm

Speaker:
David Cohen

Speaker:
Jorge Panteli 
FAA

Speaker:
Michael Price
FAA

Moderator:
Mahendra Raghubeer

Tuesday, March 4
FAA Construction Specifications

Base Course Specifications, P-207, P-213, P-217 and P-219

10:30am-12:00pm

Speaker:
Harold Muniz, FAA

Moderator:
Timothy DeWire

Tuesday, March 4
KEYNOTE LUNCHEON

12:00pm-1:30pm

Pavement Management Program at BWI Marshall & Martin State Airports- New Technologies & Methods

1:30pm-2:15pm

Speaker:
Alan Yazdani, P.E.

Speaker:
Abbas Kachwalla
AECOM

Speaker:
Alex Ollerman, ASCE, C.M., PMP
Maryland Aviation Administration

Moderator:
Sagar Bethu

Photographic Comparison of Pavements Over Time

2:15pm-3:00pm

Peter-Paul Dzwilewski, P.E.
Applied Pavement Technology

Moderator:
Sagar Bethu

Pavement 101 for Inspection for Airport Operators 

1:30pm-3:00pm

Guillermo Felix
FAA

Moderator:
Ybrahina Cohen

Airport Compliance Updates 

1:30pm-3:00pm

Speaker:
Jo Ann Schneider, AIA, LEED, AP

Speaker:
Daniel Kebede, AIA

Moderator:
Madhuri Subramaniam

Successful PFAS Mitigation of an Airport Stormwater Infrastructure System

1:30pm-2:15pm

Speaker:
Michael Eberle
TRC

Moderator:
Thomas M. Tomczyk

Proven Full-Spectrum Solution for Subsurface Management of PFAS at Contaminated Sites

2:15pm-3:00pm

Alana Miller, B.S.
Regenesis

Moderator:
Cheryl Quaine

Tuesday, March 4
FAA Construction Specifications

Recycle Concrete Aggregate (Rubblizing) Project Case Study

1:30pm-2:15pm

Speaker:
TBA

Moderator:
Timothy Ward

Tuesday, March 4
FAA Construction Specifications

Owner and Engineer Perspective on full Depth Reclamation at Northeast Philadelphia (PNE)

2:15pm-3:00pm

Jeff Lahucik, PE
Atkins Realis

Speaker:
Lee Sutanato, PMP, CM
PNL

Moderator:
Timothy Ward

Microtunneling under an Active Runway at Harrisburg International Airport

3:30pm-4:15pm

Speaker:
Derek Hollinger
AECOM

Speaker:
Louis J. Pirozzi, PE
SARAA




Speaker:
Brian A. Peda, PE
Urban Engineers




Moderator:
Chris Gubeno

Fire Protection Solutions for your next Aircraft Hangar

4:15pm-5:00pm

Todd Stevens, CFPS, SET
SEVO Industrial Fire Protection, LLC

Moderator:
Chris Gubeno

Successful Transition of AFFF- Rebound, Timeline, and Waste Production Review

3:30pm-5:00pm

Patrick McKeown, P.E.
ECT2

Speaker:
Richard Sanchez

Speaker:
Steve Pepper

Moderator:
Byron Henicle

SYR Glycol Collection & Recycling Facility

3:30pm-5:00pm

Skye Coleman, PE
Burns & McDonnell

Moderator:
Madhuri Subramaniam

Tuesday, March 4
FINANCE, ENVIRONMENT, & PLANNING

Management of Spent Aircraft Deicing Fluid

3:30pm-4:15pm

Kevin Gurchak
Inland Technologies International Limited

Moderator:
Ethan Bassis

Tuesday, March 4
FINANCE, ENVIRONMENT, & PLANNING

Development of a U.S. Hydrogen Economy Centered on Aviation Infrastructure and New Energy Transition Clusters

4:15pm-5:00pm

Linell Olecki, CM
Northeast Aviation Market Sector Lead
AECOM

Speaker:
Jason Smeak, MSCM, CLTD, ENV, SP
AECOM

Moderator:
Ethan Bassis

 
Stabilized Base Courses P-304, 306 and 307, General updates to
150-5370-10

3:30pm-5:00pm

Harold Muniz, FAA

Speaker:
Jeff Crislip, FAA

Moderator:
Guillermo Felix

Monday, March 5
CASE DISCUSSION

Enhancing Airport Connectivity

8:30am-10:00am

Moderator:
Derek Martin, A.A.E.

Monday, March 5
CASE DISCUSSION

Part 139 SMS
Requirements Lessons Learned

8:30am-10:00am

Moderator:
TBA

Tuesday, March 5
CASE DISCUSSION

Can Airports Really Do Energy Transition

8:30am-10:00am

 Moderator:
Dan Markind

Tuesday, March 5
CASE DISCUSSION

Airfield Intelligence

8:30am-10:00am

 Moderator:
Brian Freed