FEATURING:
ROBERT I. ACEVES
Director
The CUNY Aviation Institute at York College
STAN ALTMAN
President
Baruch College, CUNY
SUSAN M. BAER
Director of Aviation
The Port Authority of NY & NJ
TOM BOCK
General Manager, Airspace Modernization
The Port Authority NY & NJ
CARL E. BURLESON
Director, Office of Environment and Energy
Federal Aviation Administration
LORNE CASS
Director, Industry Affairs
Delta Air Lines
PATTY CLARK
Senior Advisor to the Aviation Director
The Port Authority of NY & NJ
ROGER COHEN
President
Regional Airline Association
ROBERT I. DAVIDSON
Senior Vice President Aviation + Transportation Facility Development
STV
WILLIAM FIFE
Principal
Fife Consulting
DOREEN M. FRASCA
President and Principal
Frasca&Associates
MARK HUSSER
Partner
Grimshaw
MARCIA V. KEIZS
President
York College, CUNY
CATHERINE LANG
Associate Administrator for Airports
Federal Aviation Administration
ROBERT MARUSTER
Chief Operating Officer
JetBlue
HONORABLE GREGORY W. MEEKS
U.S. Congress, 6th Congressional District (NY)
KIRAN MERCHANT
Manager, Aviation Planning
The Port Authority of NY&NJ
JACK S. NYMAN
Director
The Steven L. Newman Real Estate Institute Baruch College, CUNY
ROBERT E. PAASWELL
President
The City College of New York, CUNY
NEYSA C. PRANGER
Director of Public Affairs
Regional Plan Association
MICHAEL ROMANOWSKI
Director NextGen Integration & Implementation
Federal Aviation Administration
TOM ROSSBACH
National Director of Aviation Architecture
HNTB
ART TORNO
Vice President - New York
American Airlines
CHRISTOPHER O. WARD
Executive Director
The Port Authority of NY & NJ
MARION KROMM WHITE
Senior Associate and Project Manager
Gensler
MADELYN WILS
Executive Vice President Planning, Development and Maritime
NYC Economic Development Corporation
KATHRYN S. WYLDE
President & CEO
Partnership for New York City
JEFFREY M. ZUPAN
Senior Fellow
Regional Plan Association
Airports
21st Century Makeovers For The New York Metro Region
June 14, 2010
8:30 a.m. - 3:15 p.m.
SUBJECT: Airports underpin our region’s economy. To manage dramatic growth, minimize risk, boost efficiency, and reduce environmental impacts, they’re undergoing historic change. NextGen is a driver!
McGraw-Hill Auditorium and Gallery
1221 Avenue of the Americas,
2nd Floor (49th Street Entrance)
New York, NY 10020
Event Registration:
Airports are vital to our region’s economy, including the real estate sector. But they’re operating near or at maximum capacity, largely with 20th century technology. Customer satisfaction is low. Air traffic is projected to grow sharply. Modernizing and upgrading operations, expanding capacity, boosting efficiency, and meeting sustainability goals together constitute a challenge that in scope and complexity has no precedent in aviations over 100-year history.
Work to meet that challenge is under way, and advanced technologies and safety management systems play starring roles in the drama. Notably, NextGen is driving a transformational shift from a ground-based system of air traffic control to a satellite-based system of air traffic management. Benefits include more efficient use of airspace, and reduction of risk, gridlock, fuel consumption, and environmental impacts, including noise pollution.
What does it take to implement these changes? How will they be financed? What are the challenges and opportunities? Members of Congress, top officials from the FAA and Port Authority, aviation executives and other aviation experts, and representatives of leading NGOs will examine the forces, factors, and issues in play.
