Program – 38th Annual Texas Aviation Conference

Updated August 13, 2020 | complete program

Tuesday, August 18, 2020
9:00 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.	Opening Remarks, State of the Aviation Division Address and Introduction of Texas Aviation Advisory Committee Members Dan Harmon, Director, TxDOT, Aviation Division
9:45 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.	Break
10:00 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.	Keynote Address Dr. Jayshree Seth, Corporate Scientist and Chief Science Advocate 3M (Seth presentation slides, 2.9MB)
10:45 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.	Break
11:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.	Texas Legislative Session Rep. John Cyrier, Bastrop, TX (TX-17) Rep. Ernest Bailes, Shepherd, TX (TX-18)
11:30 a.m. – Noon	J. Bruce Bugg, Jr., Chairman, Texas Transportation Committee U.S. Senator Ted Cruz, Chair, Senate Aviation Subcommittee
Noon – 1:00 p.m.	Lunch Break
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.	Breakout Sessions I: Airport Manager’s Roundtable Jeff Bilyeu, Airport Director, Texas Gulf Coast Regional Airport Aaron Barth, Airport Manager, Fort Worth Meacham International Airport David Allen, Airport Manager, Wharton Regional Airport II: Airport Compliance Mike Van Vliet, Airport Planner, TxDOT Aviation Division Gary Loftus, Regional Airports Compliance Manager,FAA Southwest Region (Van Vliet and Loftus presentation slides, 1.7MB)
2:00 p.m. – 2:15 p.m.	Break
2:15 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.	Routine Airport Maintenance Program (RAMP) Session Amy Slaughter, RAMP Manager, TxDOT,Aviation Division (Slaughter Handouts: annual report, 488 KB \| eGrants, 2.3 MB \| RAMP flyer, 3.2 MB)
4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.	Virtual Happy Hour Sessions Hosted by Aviation Division Staff There will be four sessions occurring simultaneously to accommodate participants. This is a networking opportunity for participants to visit with Aviation Division staff. Group leaders are: Dan Harmon Kari Campbell Jim Halley Eusebio Torres
Wednesday, August 19, 2020
9:00 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.	Keynote Address Urban Air Mobility and What it Means for Texas Wyatt Smith, Head of Business Development, Uber Elevate Danielle Rinsler, Head of Aviation Policy, Uber Elevate (Smith and Rinsler presentation slides, 9.8MB)
9:45 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.	Break
10:00 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.	TxDOT Aviation/FAA Session Dan Harmon, Director, TxDOT, Aviation Division Cameron Bryan, Deputy Airports Division Director, FAA Southwest Region Ignacio Flores, Airports Division Director, FAA Southwest Region
10:45 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.	Break
11:00 a.m. – Noon	Aviation Division Section Directors Session Kari Campbell, Director, Grant Management Jim Halley, Director, Planning and Programming Eusebio Torres, Director, EngineeringProject Management (Campbell, Halley, and Torres presentation slides, 2.8MB)

**End of Formal Conference Agenda**

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