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.
Executive Director
Erie Regional Airport Authority
2025 NEC/AAAE President
Speaker:
Samantha J. Biddle
Acting Secretary
Maryland Department
of Transportation
Speaker:
Shannetta R. Griffin, P.E.
Executive Director/CEO
Maryland Aviation
Administration
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Monday, August 11
NEC/AAAE Awards Presentation
8:30am - 9:00am
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Speaker:
Derek Martin, A.A.E.
Executive Director
Erie Regional Airport Authority
2025 NEC/AAAE President
Speaker:
Shanida Thomas-Bodrick
Performance Management
Analyst
BWI Airport
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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
President & CEO
AAAE
Moderator:
Derek Martin, A.A.E.
Executive Director
Erie Regional Airport Authority
2025 NEC/AAAE President
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Monday, August 11
General Session II:
The Passenger Experience
11:00am - 12:00pm
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Speaker:
Angela Bliss
Communications and Brand
PIT
Speaker:
Ryan Meyer
Director of Planning &
Programming
Lehigh-Northampton
Airport Authority
Speaker:
Justin Fox
Regional Manager - Airport Affairs
Southwest Airlines
Moderator:
Jonathan Schneider
ADCI
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Monday, August 11
Keynote Presentation
12:30pm - 1:30pm
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Speaker:
Nicole Stott
NASA Astronaut
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Monday, August 11
General Session III:
Innovation & Technology
' Ted Talks'
2:00pm - 3:00pm
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Monday, August 11
The Future of Airport Parking: How Technology
is Refining the First and Last Mile of Air Travel
2:00pm - 2:30pm
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Speaker:
Ed Krafcik
VP of Aviation
Metropolis
Moderator:
Sydney Graveson, P.E.
Senior Aviation Engineer
McFarland Johnson, Inc.
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The Evolution of Software Development in
Infrastructure Planning and Design
2:30pm - 3:00pm
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Speaker:
Chad Nixon
President
McFarland Johnson, Inc.
Moderator:
Sydney Graveson, P.E.
Senior Aviation Engineer
McFarland Johnson, Inc.
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Monday, August 11
General Session IV:
BETA Technologies | Advanced Air Mobility & Enabling Infrastructure
4:00pm - 5:00pm
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Speaker:
Thea Wurzburg
Public Affairs
BETA
Moderator:
Trent Tougas
Aviation Environmental/
Sustainability Consultant
HMMH
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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
Moderator:
Trent Tougas
Aviation Environmental/
Sustainability Consultant
HMMH
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Tuesday, August 12, 2025
Tuesday, August 12
General Session VI:
Delivering the Future:
Alternative Project Delivery
in Airport Development
9:00am - 10:00am
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Speaker:
Robert Kleinman
Vice President
Aviation - AECOM
Speaker:
Ben Stutzer
Senior Project Manager
The Whiting-Turner
Contracting Company
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Tuesday, August 12
General Session VII:
Next-Gen Airfields: Automation
and Innovation in Operations
10:30am - 11:30am
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Speaker:
Brian Freed, CEO
Illuminex AI
Speaker:
Maj. Brian Vickers
MD Air National Guard
175th Engineer Squadron
Speaker:
Darren Large, A.A.E.
Director, Facilities & Operations
MMU
Moderator:
Devan Weis
Airport Operations Supervisor
Albany International Airport
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