2026 Airports Agenda, draft 8, (1-27-26)

2026 NEC Annual Airports Conference Agenda

Revised as of: 1-27-26

Saturday, February 28, 2026

Those joining us for the Basic ASOS course will need to register separately through the AAAE website. Click Here to register for our 2026 course!
8:00am - 8:45am	Basic ASOS Course - Continental Breakfast Magnolia CD
12:15pm - 1:15pm	Basic ASOS Course - Lunch Magnolia CD
4:30pm	Basic ASOS Course Concludes Magnolia CD

Sunday, March 1, 2026

8:00am - 8:45am	Basic ASOS Course - Continental Breakfast Magnolia CD
12:15pm - 1:15pm	Basic ASOS Course - Lunch Magnolia CD
4:30pm	Basic ASOS Course Concludes Magnolia CD

Attendees please note: Registration for Basic ASOS and the Airports Conference are separate. If you are looking to attend both, you would need to complete the Basic ASOS registration for the course on Saturday & Sunday and then register for the Airports Conference which runs Monday - Wednesday.

Monday, March 2, 2026

8:00am - 6:00pm	Registration Open Exhibit Registration Desk
8:00am - 11:30am	Exhibitor Set Up Blue Room
10:00am - 11:00am	Airports Conference Committee Meeting Cocoa Boardroom
10:00am-12:00pm	YoPro Career Path Panel Discussion We ask that YoPros looking to join this session, click here* to register!* Cocoa Suite 6
11:00am - 12:30pm	University Affiliated Airports Meeting Tower 1
11:30am - 1:00pm	Lunch with Exhibitors Blue Room
12:15pm	NEC/AAAE Scholarship & Grant Winner Photo! We would like to encourage all of our 2026 Scholarship & Grant Winners to join us just outside the exhibitor hall for a photo!
1:00pm - 1:30pm	Welcoming Remarks NEC Welcome & Updates Ryan Collins, A.A.E.and Kirsten Kennedy, P.E., Airports Conference Committee Chairs Sean Hammer, A.A.E., 2026 NEC President Red Room
1:30pm - 3:00pm	Opening Session Session - TBA Speaker TBA Red Room
2:30pm - 4:30pm	Headshots! Stop by our exhibitor hall for free headshots, our photographer will be available between 2:30pm - 4:30pm, Sign up sheets are located at the photography booth, you must reserve your slot in advance
3:00pm-3:30pm	Break with Exhibitors Blue Room
Sessions:	Engineering	Operations	Management	Finance, Environment & Planning	FAA Track
Location:	Cocoa Terrace & Cocoa 1	Cocoa 6	Cocoa Suites 2 & 3	Cocoa Suite 4	Cocoa 5
3:30pm - 5:00pm	Construction and Operations Continuity at Delta's Terminal C: Navigating the Redevelopment of an Active New York City Airport Speaker David Marcoux, AIA, NCARB Azar Design Co. Brian O'Sullivan, AIA, LEED AP, Gensler Richard Ryan, AIA Corgan Moderator Jim Stroup, PE, P.Eng, LEED AP Burns & McDonnell	TBA Speaker TBA Moderator TBA	Recent Changes to Federal Grant Conditions Speaker Nicholas Clabbers, J.D. Kaplan Kirsch LLP Moderator TBA	State of Flight: Why State Leadership Matters in Funding Aviation's Future Speaker BJ Teichman Aviation Council of PA Moderator TBA	TBA Speaker TBA Moderator TBA

5:15pm	New Attendees, Join Us! First time at the NEC Airports Conference? Join members of the Airports Conference planning committee in the Red room ahead of our opening Ice Breaker Reception to help make new connections, ask questions and get a better understanding of the days ahead Red Room
5:00pm - 6:45pm	Ice Breaker Reception with Exhibitors Blue Room
7:00pm - 9:00pm	Dinner On Own

Tuesday, March 3, 2026

7:00am - 5:00pm	Registration Open Exhibit Registration Desk
7:00am - 8:30am	Breakfast Red Room
8:00am - 6:45pm	Exhibit Hall Open White Room
Sessions:	Engineering	Operations	Management	Finance, Environment & Planning	FAA Track
Location:	Cocoa Terrace & Cocoa 1	Cocoa 6	Cocoa Suites 2 & 3	Cocoa Suite 4	Cocoa 5
8:30am - 10:00am	Rehabilitation of Runway 15-33 at Martin State Airport Speaker Mark Tiger JMT Moderator TBA	Landside Management During Major Redevelopment on Site Constrained Airports - Challenges & Opportunities Speaker Mark Leininger Sr. Managing Director AvAirPros Michael La Fazia, PE, LEED Green Associate PANYNJ Ellis Kim, PE TY Lin George Guillaume AECOM Moderator Laurie Balbo, AIA, PMP, LEED AP, C.M. Dewberry	Airshow Architecture: Building an Airshow From the Ground Up Speaker Ryan Johnson HIA Bryan Lilley Air Dot Show Tour Moderator TBA	Harnessing AAM Vehicles to Create a Seamless Air-Rail-Air (ARA) Transportation Network Speaker Luigi Campanale, ENV SP The Jones Payne Group Moderator TBA
8:30am - 10:00am	BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport Restroom Improvement Project Phase 1 Speaker Curtis Grieveson, PE AECOM Michael Mezzetti AECOM JoAnn Schneider, AIA LEED AP BWI Moderator TBA
10:00am - 12:00pm	Headshots! Stop by our exhibitor hall for free headshots, our photographer will be available between 10:00am - 12:00pm Sign up sheets are located at the photography booth, you must reserve your slot in advance
10:00am-10:30am	Break with Exhibitors Blue Room
Sessions:	Engineering	Operations	Management	Finance, Environment & Planning	FAA
Location:	Cocoa Terrace & Cocoa 1	Cocoa 6	Cocoa Suites 2 & 3	Cocoa Suite 4	Cocoa Suite 5
10:30am-12:00pm	Atlantic City International Airport Deicing Facility Speaker Michael Lobman Michael Baker International Regan Miller, P.E. Michael Baker International Tim Kroll SJTA Moderator TBA	Unlocking the Power of FAA AC 150/5300-18B Surveys for Your Airport Speaker Ryan Bowe, MGIS, GISP, PMP Woolpert Aneta Calle-Zaczek Woolpert Moderator TBA	Personalization of the Airport Experience Powered by Computer Vision Speaker Ed Krafcik Metropolis Moderator TBA	Commercial Spaceports and Airspace Integration Speaker Michael O'Donnell, A.A.E. Aerospace Consulting, LLC Moderator TBA
10:30am-12:00pm	Cargo Apron Expansion at Harrisburg International Airport Speaker Derek Hollinger AECOM Brian Peda Urban Engineers Louis Pirozzi SARAA Moderator TBA	Aircraft Recovery - Post Accident Speaker Darren Large, A.A.E. MMU Joe Cali Essex County Airport Moderator TBA	TBA Speaker TBA Moderator TBA	Airport Success Stories with Cooperative Purchasing Speaker Hoku Sharp Mike Garrette Sourcewell Moderator Todd Rushing, AMP Sherwin Industries
12:00pm-1:30pm	Lunch & Leadership Awards Red Room
1:00pm - 3:00pm	Headshots! Stop by our exhibitor hall for free headshots, our photographer will be available between 1:00pm - 3:00pm Sign up sheets are located at the photography booth, you must reserve your slot in advance
Sessions:	Engineering	Operations	Management	Finance, Environment & Planning	FAA
Location:	Cocoa Terrace & Cocoa 1	Cocoa 6	Cocoa Suites 2 & 3	Cocoa Suite 4	Cocoa Suite 5
1:30pm - 3:00pm	Selecting the Correct Asphalt Binder for Your Airfield Project Speaker Ronald Corun, BS Associated Asphalt/Ergon Moderator TBA	Passenger Feedback Trends Speaker Angelique Denneman AirVote Moderator TBA	Navigating FAA Non-Aeronautical Land Releases a Case Study from Cape Cod Gateway Airport Speaker Katie Servis Hoyle, Tanner & Associates, Inc. Moderator TBA	Lessons Learned from an Airport Bacteriological Source Investigation Speaker Aine Chalmers TRC Michael Eberle TRC Moderator TBA
1:30pm - 3:00pm	The Case for Concrete Overlays: A Resilient, Cost-Effective Solution for Airfield Pavements Speaker Harold Honey, P.E., PMP American Concrete Pavement Association Moderator TBA	Workforce Development in Aviation for the Underrepresented Community Speaker Louis Scala Farmingdale State College David Franco FSC/AAAE Anne Marie Armstrong LIEOC Farmingdale State College Moderator TBA	TBA Speaker TBA. Moderator TBA	Successful PFAS Mitigation of an Airport Stormwater Infrastructure System Speaker Aine Chalmbers, PE TRC Moderator TBA
3:00pm - 3:30pm	Break with Exhibitors Blue Room
Sessions:	Engineering	Operations	Management	Finance, Environment & Planning	FAA
Location:	Cocoa Terrace & Cocoa 1	Cocoa 6	Cocoa Suites 2 & 3	Cocoa Suite 4	Cocoa Suite 5
3:30pm-5:00pm	Airline Maintenance Facility & Taxiway F Phase 1 Site Development at BWI Speaker Marcus Snyder Michael Baker Int'l Alex Ollerman BWI Darren D'Achille Sr., PE JMT Moderator Darren Large, A.A.E. Morristown Airport	Beyond the Project: How Three Breakthrough Technologies Are Redefining Project Delivery at Houston Airports Speaker AJ Waters Kahua Moderator TBA	Capitalizing on the Convergence of Innovation in BVLOs UAS, AAM, and Aviation Workforce Develpment Speaker Glen Ponas Aerium A Nonprofit Corporation Moderator TBA	Economic and Enviromental Results of International Design Decisions: Taxiway L Pavement Rehabilitation at Northeast Philadelphia Airport Speaker Daniel Ritter PE, ENV SP AtkinsRealis Moderator TBA
3:30pm-5:00pm	Building Better Pavements Together: The Power of QC & QA Collaboration Speaker Harold Honey, P.E., PMP American Concrete Pavement Association Moderator TBA	Leveraging BIM for Asset Deployment and Management at an Airport Speaker Steve Bisch, MBA Arora Engineers Moderator TBA		Three Different Airports, Three Pragmatic Heating Decarbonization Strategies Speaker Quindi Guiseppe Syska Hennessey Group Moderator TBA
5:00pm-6:30pm	Networking Reception & Basket Raffle! - Blue Room
6:30pm	Dinner on Own
7:00pm	Exhibitor Teardown 7:00pm - 10:00pm Blue Room

Wednesday, March 4, 2026

7:00am - 12:00pm	Registration Open Exhibit Registration Desk
7:00am	5K Walk / Fun Run Swiss Lobby
8:00am - 9:30am	Breakfast Red Room
Location:	Cocoa Suite 6	Cocoa Terrace & Cocoa 1	Cocoa Suites 2 & 3	Cocoa Suite 5
9:30am - 10:15am	CASE DISCUSSION TBA Moderator TBA	CASE DISCUSSION TBA Moderator TBA	CASE DISCUSSION TBA Moderator TBA	CASE DISCUSSION TBA Moderator TBA
10:15 - 10:30am	Join Us in the Red Room for Our Closing Session!
10:30am-11:30am	AAAE Washington & Industry Update Karen Kuhlman Senior Vice President, Government Affairs Red Room
After Closing Session	YoPro Field Trip - Harrisburg International Airport (MDT) Come tour MDT’s new construction updates at the cargo facility! We will gather in the main lobby of the Hershey Lodge using shuttles to and from the airport. Click Here to Register for the Airport Tour!
11:30am	Conference Concludes

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2026 NEC/AAAE Executive Committee and Board of Directors Announced

NEC/AAAE is proud to announce the 2026 Executive Committee and Board of Directors. During the Membership meeting at the NEC/AAAE Annual Conference in Baltimore, MD. The following team was elected to lead NEC/AAAE for 2026

Executive Committee

President: Sean Hammer, A.A.E.
Vice President: Stephen Williams, A.A.E.
Treasurer: Paul Brean, A.A.E.
Secretary: Keiva Rodriques, A.A.E.
Past President: Derek Martin, A.A.E.

Board of Directors

Kellyann Valentine, A.A.E., Christopher Dougherty, A.A.E., Shon Dempsey, A.A.E., Ryan Collins, A.A.E., ACE, Nick McLaughlin, P.E., Todd Rushing, James Pacansky, A.A.E.