DAY 1
TUESDAY 22ND APRIL, 2008

07.00  Registration opens

08.00  Exhibits open

09.00-10.00  SESSION 1:  Combined Stream
OPENING REMARKS & KEYNOTE ADDRESSES

1) Mac Armstrong, Principal, Blue Water Solutions, Inc.
"2008 Aviation Trends - Double Squeeze"
2) Captain Paul Hinton, Chief Executive Officer, SAFERjett
"Will Training Rise to the Challenge?"

10.00-11.00  Coffee sponsored by FRASCA

11.00-12.30  SESSION 2: Combined Stream
OPERATIONAL SAFETY INSIGHTS

1) Lou Németh, Vice President, Training Delivery and Standards, CAE Inc.
“Balancing Safety & Efficiency: An Analytical Approach"
2) Dr. Bill Johnson, Chief Scientific and Technical Advisor, Human Factors in a/c Maintenance Systems, Federal Aviation Administration
“The Human Side of SMS”
3) Peter Wolfe, Executive Director, Professional Aviation Board of Certification
"Aviation Workforce Development: The Cornerstone for Industry Growth and Safety"

12.30-14.00  Lunch

14.00-15.30  SESSION 3
CABIN TRAINING CURRICULUMS

1) Michelle L. Farkas, Manager, Performance & Advanced Qualification Program (AQP), Inflight Service & Jim Karsten, Learning Designer, Delta Air Lines
"AQP"
2) Olga Chondronikoli, Head of Cabin Crew Training, Airbus
“Airbus Cabin Crew Instructor Course”
3) Heidi MacFarlane, Vice President, Global Response Services & Richard Gomez, Vice President of Education Services & Quality, MedAire
“Medical Training: Regulatory vs. Reality”

15.30-16.15  Coffee

16.15-17.45  SESSION 4
SAFETY AND SECURITY

1) Kai-Hui Lee, Margaret Stewart & Dr. Li-Hua Kao, China Airlines
“Creating a Safer Cabin for Flight Attendants: Assessing the Determinants of Safety Culture”
2) Mathew Kliff, Manager, College of Inflight, JetBlue
3) Sandra Ingram, Manager of Safety & Security, Onboard Services, United Airlines & Erick Cauldwell
"Inadvertant Slide Deployments"

18.00-19.30 Gala Networking Reception – Exhibit Hall - Sponsored by AIRBUS

DAY 2
WEDNESDAY 23RD APRIL, 2008

08.00  Registration opens

09.00  Exhibits open

09.00-10.30  SESSION 5
GLOBAL TRAINING PERSPECTIVES

1) Captain Herbert Schwarz, Director, e-Learning, Austrian Airlines
“Avatars in Training and the Implicating Issues”
2) Sandra Ingram, Manager of Safety & Security, Onboard Services, United Airlines
"Cabin Injuries - What Can Be Done?"
3) Abhijit Navale, Hurix Learning

10.30-11.15 Coffee sponsored by EPST

11.15-12.45  SESSION 6
EGRESS AND EVACUATION TRAINING

1) Frank Ciupka, Head of Emergency Training, Lufthansa Flight Training GmbH
“Virtual Slide – A New Approach to Improve Training”
2) Olga Chondronikoli, Head of Cabin Crew Training, Airbus & Silke Drucks, Purser B747/A340, Lufthansa
"A380 Evacuation Certification, Experiences and Lessons Learned"

12.45-14.15  Lunch

14.15-15.45 CABIN CREW BREAKOUT SESSION I

C-1  Generation What? Building Curriculums and Training Technologies for the Next Generation of Cabin Crew
- Ivan Noël, President, Inflight Innovations

15.45-16.15  Coffee

16.15-17.45  CABIN CREW BREAKOUT SESSION II

C-2  Security Incident Debrief - American Airlines
- Captain Fred Bates, Manager, Crew Security & Domestic Investigations
- Nanette Terbush, Manager Flight Service Operations Security
- Captain Bill Crooks, APA National Security Committee Deputy Chairman
- First Officer Mike Karn, APA National Security Committee Chairman
- Lonny Glover, APFA Safety-Security Coordinator
- Kelly Skyles, APFA Safety-Security Coordinator

DAY 3
THURSDAY 24TH APRIL, 2008

08.00  Registration opens

09.00  Exhibits open

09.00-10.30  SESSION 7: Combined Stream
USING THE NEW MEDIAS AND INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES

1) Captain William Roe, Director, DAE Flight Academy
“Innovation in Ab Initio Pilot Training – A Technology-Driven Approach”
2) Captain Jamie Smith, B717 Captain, Web-based Applications and Training – Lead Developer, AirTran
“Open Source Learning Management System (LMS)”
3) Eberhard Schmidt, SMI - SensoMotoric Instruments & Dr. Daniel Bandow, DBS Systems Engineering
"Commercial Airline Training with Innovative Procedure Training Systems: Results from the Head-Up Guidance System Study"

10.30-11.15  Coffee

11.15-12.45  SESSION 8: Combined Stream
FLIGHT SIMULATION TECHNOLOGY UPDATE

1) Captain Bryan Burks, ALPA/Alaska Airlines
“The Need for Motion in Flight Simulation”
2) Dr. Buza, Southern Aeromedical Institute/Delta Connection Academy
“Simulators in Crew-Based Physiological Training”
3) Jon Adams, Manager, Training and Standards, CAE Global Academy
"The Need for ATC Environment Simulation: A Training Perspective"
4) Alain Brault, Director of Simulation Support, Airbus
“The Airbus Policy for Data, Software, Parts and Equipment”

12.45-14.00  Lunch

14.00-15.30  SESSION 9: Combined Stream
FUTURE PROBABLE – WHAT FLIGHT SIMULATION WILL LOOK LIKE IN 2020

Moderated by CAT Technology Editor Rick Adams

Panelists will include:
- Dr. Bruce Smith, Dean, Odegaard School of Aerospace Sciences, UND
- Adolfo Klassen, Chief Technology Officer, CAE Inc.
- Xavier Herve, President, Mechtronix

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