WATS 2010 Speaker Information: Speaker Registrations are Free of Charge and will be organised by Halldale Media Group.

2010 CONFERENCE PROGRAMME

Day 1 
Tuesday 27 April 2010

0900-1000  Session 1 - Opening Remarks and Keynote Addresses (all conference tracks)
1. Mr. Randy Babbitt, Administrator, FAA
2. Captain Rory Kay, Executive Air Safety Chairman, ALPA

1000-1100 Coffee - Sponsored by EPST & MPS

1100-1230 Session 2 - Operational Safety Insights (all conference tracks)
1. Captain Winston Scott, Dean, College of Aeronautics, Florida Institute of Technology (FIT)
2. Captain John Bent, Director Training Strategy, Sino-Foreign Aviation Education Associates Ltd.
“Training for Safety”
3. Captain John Cox, President/CEO, Safety Operating Systems and Dr. Kathy Abbott, Chief Scientific and Technical Advisor, Flight Deck Human Factors, FAA

12:30-1400 Lunch - Sponsored by CAE

1400-1530  Session 3 – WATS/RATS Pilot: New Training Paradigms
1. Nancy Graham, Director of Air Navigation Bureau, ICAO
“Update on ICAO’s Next Generation of Aviation Professionals Initiatives”
2. Walter Visser, Vice President, CAE Global Academy
“From Candidate to Flight Crew: Keeping your Airline One Step Ahead in Pilot Selection and Provisioning”
3. Anthony Petteford, Oxford Aviation Academy and Captain  Kruger, Lufthansa Flight Training, Phoenix

1530-1615 Coffee - Sponsored by EPST & MPS

1615-1745 Session 4 - WATS/RATS Pilot: Dealing with Today's Training Issues
1. Dr. Janeen Kochan, ARTS Inc.
“From ‘Now-Gen’  to ‘Next-Gen’ Pilots: Do We Need (More) New Rules?”
2. Captain Cor Blokzijl, Director Flight Operations, Mandala Airlines
“The Impact of Cockpit Automation on Pilot Training”
3. Scott Nutter, General Manager, Research, AQP & Development, Delta Air Lines
“Creating the Largest Pilot Training Program in the World”

1745 Networking Reception - Sponsored by Airbus Training

Day 2 – April 28

0900-10:30 Session 5 - WATS: Air Carrier Training Insights 
1. Captain Steve Sheterline, Head of Flight Technical and Training, British Airways
“Runway Excursion Training”
2. Captain Roman Hurych, Flight Chief Instructor, Czech Airlines
“Dealing with Unreliable Speed at Recurrent Training”
3. Dr. Nihad Daidzic, Associate Professor of Aviation, Minnesota State University
“Adverse Elevator Effect in Airplane Landing Flare”

1115-1245 Session 6 - WATS: Air Carrier Training Insights
1. Captain John Cox, President/CEO, Safety Operating Systems
“Loss of Control, Avoidance, Recognition and Recovery”
2. Captain Tim Leonard, Senior Manager Flight Training, Southwest Airlines
“RNP Implementation at Southwest Airlines”
3. Captain Christof Kemeny, Lufthansa Cityline and Captain Mark Maskiell, JetBlue
“Dual HGS Training and AQTP”

1245-1415 Lunch - Sponsored by Frasca

1415-1545 WATS PILOT BREAKOUT Session I
1. FAA National Simulator Program (NSP) Briefing Session
-Representatives from the FAA’s Atlanta-based National Simulator Program (NSP) will conduct their traditional WATS briefing and Question and Answer Session
2. Upset Recovery Training (URT) Panel

1545-1615 Coffee

1615-1745 WATS/RATS BREAKOUT Session II
1. ATA Pilot Training Committee
- A spring meeting of the Air Transport Association’s (ATA) Pilot Training Committee
2. ATC Simulation
-Industry Panel will discuss the need and role of Air Traffic Control (ATC) simulation in flight simulation training.

Day 3 – April 29

0900-1030 Session 7 – Simulation Technology Update (all conference tracks)
1.Graeme Olgivie, ALSIM
“How are Advances in Technology Helping in Initial Pilot Training?”
2. David White, Chief Scientist, Thales
“B787 Training Technologies”
3. Brandon Mazzacavallo, Boeing Training and Flight Services
“Simulator Data Improvements in an Era of New Regulations”

1115-1245 Session 8 – Focus on e-Learning for Air Carriers (all conference tracks)
WATS Session conducted by Herbert Schwarz, Chairman of the Aviation Industry CBT Committee (AICC).
1. Brad Cooper, Senior Vice President Research, Plateau Systems
“ROI in Training – Finding the Right Approach and Strategies for Making the LMS Case in Today’s Cost-Cutting Climate”
2. John Alonso, CTO, Outstart
“The Flying Classroom – Mobile Learning for the Mobile Workforce: Can We Afford Not to Do It?”

1245-1400 Lunch per individual arrangements, Close of Exhibition

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