2025 NEC/AAAE Annual Conference
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Monday, August 11, 2025
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Monday, August 11
Opening Remarks
Honor Guard Ceremony
8:00am - 8:30am
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Speaker:
Derek Martin, A.A.E.
2025 NEC President
Speaker:
Sean Hammer, A.A.E.
2025 NEC Vice President
Moderator:
TBA
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Monday, August 11
NEC/AAAE Awards Presentation
8:30am - 8:45am
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Speaker:
Derek Martin, A.A.E.
2025 NEC President
Speaker:
Shanida Thomas-Bodrick
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Monday, August 11
NEC Young Professional Pinning Ceremony
8:45am- 9:00am
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Speaker:
Sydney Graveson
Speaker:
Rayan Ehtesham
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Monday, August 11
General Session I:
Washington Updates & Industry Updates
9:00am - 10:00am
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Speaker:
Todd Hauptli
Moderator:
TBA
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Monday, August 11
General Session II:
The Passenger Experience
11:00am - 12:00pm
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Speaker:
Paul Hoback, EVP
Chief Development Officer
Allegheny County Airport Authority
Speaker:
Ryan Meyer
Director of Planning &
Programming
Lehigh-Northampton
Airport Authority
Speaker:
Jay McVay
Regional Director - BWI Region
BWI/DCA/IAD/PHL/PIT
Southwest Airlines
Moderator:
TBA
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Monday, August 11
Keynote Presentation
12:30pm - 1:30pm
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Speaker:
TBA
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Monday, August 11
General Session III:
Advanced Air Mobility
2:00pm - 3:00pm
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Speaker:
Nick McLaughlin,
C&S Engineers, Inc.
Speaker:
Dan Ritter,
Atkins Realis
Moderator:
TBA
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Monday, August 11
General Session III:
Sustainability & Environmental Initiatives
4:00pm - 5:00pm
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Speaker:
LaTesha Sean
Speaker:
Jerome Trent
Moderator:
TBA
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Monday, August 11
General Session V:
From Fillers to Builders - How Skills Based Hiring Can Transform the Airport Workforce
5:00pm - 5:30pm
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Speaker:
Shakera Harris, SHERM-CP
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Tuesday, August 12, 2025
Tuesday, August 12
Case Study:
Parking Garage Innovations
and Technology
9:00am - 9:15am
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Speaker:
Sp+
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Tuesday, August 12
Case Study:
Parking Garage Innovations
and Technology
9:15am - 9:30am |
Speaker:
Chad Nixon
McFarland Johnson, Inc.
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Tuesday, August 12
Case Study:
Cargo - To be updated
9:30am - 9:45am |
Speaker:
TBA
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Tuesday, August 12
General Session VII
The Evolution of Software Development
in Infrastructure Planning and Design
10:30am - 11:30am
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Speaker:
TBA
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Tuesday, August 12
General Session VIII
Next-Gen Airfields: Automation
and Innovation in Operations
11:30am - 12:30pm
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Speaker:
Brian Freed, CEO
Illuminex AI
Speaker:
Darren Large, A.A.E.
MMU
Moderator:
Shon Dempsey, A.A.E.
Frederick Municipal Airport
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