August 31, 2020
2021 Virtual Update Conference - Course Materials
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PANEL 1:
Legislative Update Panel: How Will Congress and the Biden Administration Move Aviation Policy Forward in 2021?”
- Jenny Rosenberg, Founder of JTR Strategies, Washington, DC
- Mike Tien, Senior Counsel, United States House of Representatives Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Washington, DC
- Mike Reynolds, Deputy Policy Director for Aviation and Space, United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Washington, DC
- Christa Lucas, Senior Vice President of Government Affairs, National Business Aviation Association, Washington, DC
- Dave Semanchik, Senior Attorney, Air Line Pilots Association, Washington, DC
- Rachel Devine, VP - Legal & Policy, Boom Supersonic, Washington, DC
PANEL 2:
Global Health Panel: Commercial Aviation in the days of COVID-19: Where we have been and where do we go from here?
- Doug Lavin, Vice President of North America, International Air Transport Association (IATA), Washington, DC
- Matt Cornelius, Executive Vice President, ACI-North America, Washington, DC
- Sharon Pinkerton, Senior Vice President of Legislative and Regulatory Policy, Airlines for America, Washington, DC
- Joel Szabat, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Aviation and International Affairs, United States Department of Transportation, Washington, DC
- COVID – 19: Weak year-end for air travel and outlook is deteriorating
- Executive Order on Promoting COVID-19 Safety in Domestic and International Travel _ The White House
- Global-Airline-Testing-Order-RPW Signed
- Requirement for Proof of Negative COVID-19 Test or Recovery from COVID-19 for All Air Passengers Arriving in the United States _ CDC
PANEL 3
Regulatory Panel: Regulatory Freeze, and Thaw?
- Doug Mullen, Deputy General Counsel, Airlines for America, Washington, DC
- Leslie Abbott, Assistant General Counsel, Southwest Airlines, Washington, DC
- Charlie Leocha, President of Travelers United, Inc., Arlington, VA
- Steven Wilson, Corporate & Regulatory Assistant General Counsel at Hawaiian Airlines, Honolulu, HI
- Blaine Workie, Assistant General Counsel, Office of Aviation Consumer Protection, United States Department of Transportation, Washington, DC
PANEL 4
Space Panel: The Commercialization of Low Earth Orbit
PANEL 5
Airports Panel: Airport Revenue Use and Generation in the Pandemic Era
- Steve Osit, Partner, Kaplan Kirsch, Denver, CO
- Winsome Lenfert, Associate Administrator for Airports, United States Federal Aviation Administration, Washington, DC
- Laura McKee, Vice President of Airport Affairs, Airlines for America, Washington, DC
- Justin Barkowski, Vice President – Regulatory Affairs, AAAE, Alexandria, VA
- Erin Locklear, General Counsel, Raleigh-Durham Airport, Morrisville, NC
PANEL 6
Drones Panel: Accelerating Safe Advanced Drone Operations in the National Airspace
- Moderator:
Joel Roberson, Partner, Holland & Knight, Washington, DC - Speakers:
Jay Merkle, Executive Director of the FAA UAS Integration Office, Washington, DC (Invited)
Brendan Groves, Skydio Head of Regulatory and Policy Affairs, Washington, DC
Margaret Nagle, Wing Aviation Head of Policy and Government Affairs, Washington, DC
PANEL 7
Litigation Update Panel: Airline Litigation Where We Have Been and Where we are Going: Focus on Federal Preemption of Claims Alleged Against Airlines
PANEL 8
Diversity and Inclusion at Law Firms: Where Are We After Two Plus Decades?
Speakers:
Hollister “Holly” A. Hill, Partner and Chief Diversity Officer at Troutman Pepper, Atlanta, GA
Kassem Lucas, Partner and Chair of DEI Committees at Troutman Pepper, Philadelphia, PA
PANEL 9
Cargo and Supply Chain
- Moderator:
Gerry Murphy, Associate General Counsel of Aviation, Amazon, Seattle, WA
- Speakers:
Jason Berry – Vice President - Cargo, Air Canada, Washington, DC
Amy Bianchino – Senior Attorney for Security & Regulatory Affairs, FedEx, Washington, DC
Stephen Dolan – Senior Aviation Legal Counsel, DHL, Washington, DC
Yvette Rose – Senior Vice President, Cargo Airline Association, Washington, DC
PANEL 10
Environmental Issues at Airports: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
- Speakers:
Sara Bogdan, Director of Sustainability and ESG, JetBlue Airways, Long Island City NY
Veronica Bradley, Director, Environmental Affairs, Airlines for America, Washington DC
Nick Niiro, Deputy City Attorney, City of San Francisco, San Francisco CA
Richard Davis, Principal, Beveridge and Diamond, Washington DC
- US Court of Appeals: The City of Phoenix vs. Federal Aviation Administration 15—1158
- US Court of Appeals: The State of Maryland vs. Federal Aviation Administration
- County of Maui v. Hawaii Wildlife Fund – Opinion
- What Airport Need to Know About PFA Risks
- Water Code Section13267_ Order for the Determination of the Presence of PER and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances
- Transmittal of Interim Final Environmental Screening Levels (ESLs) for Two Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS): Perfluorooctane Sulfonate (PFOS) and Perfluorooctanoate (PFOA)