14th Annual Aviation Summit
Flight Path 2015:
The Future of Space and Aviation in the Global Economy
Tuesday, March 17, 2015
7:30 a.m.—6:00 p.m.
Renaissance Hotel
Washington, DC
7:30 a.m.—8:00 a.m.
Congressional Ballroom
Registration and Breakfast
8:00 a.m.—8:10 a.m.
Grand Ballroom
Outlook on Aviation
8:10 a.m.—8:40 a.m.
Grand Ballroom
Keynote
The Honorable Carol Hallett, Of Counsel, U.S. Chamber of
Commerce and U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation
Carsten Spohr, Chairman of the Executive Board and CEO,
Lufthansa Group
Introduced by: John Bolton, President, Air Transport & Regional
Strategic Business, Honeywell Aerospace
8:40 a.m.—9:30 a.m.
Grand Ballroom
Manufacturing CEO Panel
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Alain Bellemare, President and CEO, Bombardier, Inc.
Peter Lengyel, President and CEO, Safran USA
Kelly Ortberg, CEO and President, Rockwell Collins
Alan Pellegrini, CEO, Thales USA
Gary Spulak, President, Embraer Aircraft Holding
Moderated by: Henri Courpron, Chairman and Co-Founder,
Plane View Partners
Introduced by: Marion Blakey, President and CEO, Aerospace
Industries Association (AIA); and incoming President and
CEO, Rolls-Royce North America
9:30 a.m.—9:50 a.m.
Congressional Ballroom
Networking Break
9:50 a.m.—10:05 a.m.
Grand Ballroom
Keynote
 James Hogan, President and CEO, Etihad Airways
Introduced by: Michael R. McAlevey, Vice President - Business
Development Leader and General Counsel, GE Aviation
10:05 a.m.—10:35 a.m.
Grand Ballroom
Global Discussion
 William J. Flynn, President and CEO, Atlas Air
Worldwide Holdings, Inc.
 James Hogan, President and CEO, Etihad Airways
Moderated by: Scott McCartney, Reporter, The Wall Street
Journal
Introduced by: The Honorable Carol Hallett, Of Counsel, U.S.
Chamber of Commerce and U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Foundation
10:35 a.m.—11:05 a.m.
Grand Ballroom
A Conversation with Raymond L. Conner, Vice Chairman,
The Boeing Company, and President and CEO, Boeing
Commercial Airplanes
Hosted by: Thomas J. Donohue, President and CEO, U.S.
Chamber of Commerce
11:05 a.m.—11:20 a.m.
Grand Ballroom
Keynote
Congressman Bill Shuster, Chairman, House Transportation
and Infrastructure Committee
Introduced by: Thomas J. Donohue, President and CEO, U.S.
Chamber of Commerce
11:20 a.m.—12:05 p.m.
Grand Ballroom
FAA Reauthorization: The Impact on Airports and
Airlines
 Stephen A. Alterman, President, Cargo Airline
Association
 Kevin Burke, President and CEO, Airports Council
International - North America
 The Honorable James H. Burnley IV, Partner, Venable
LLP; and former U.S. Secretary of Transportation
 Sharon Pinkerton, Senior Vice President, Legislative and
Regulatory Policy, Airlines for America
Moderated by: Alexandre de Gunten, Business Development
Officer, HEICO Aerospace Corporation
Introduced by: Paul Donahue, President and CEO, Centerra
Group
12:05 p.m.—12:35 p.m.
Congressional Ballroom
Lunch Transition
12:35 p.m.
Grand Ballroom
Luncheon
12:35 p.m.—12:45 p.m.
Grand Ballroom
Carol B. Hallett Award Presentation
Sponsored and Introduced by: Gina Adams, Corporate Vice
President, Government Affairs, FedEx Corporation
Presented to: Gordon Bethune, former Chairman of the Board
and CEO, Continental Airlines
Award Presented by: The Honorable Carol Hallett, Of Counsel,
U.S. Chamber of Commerce and U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Foundation
12:45 p.m.—1:35 p.m.
Grand Ballroom
Air Traffic Control Panel: Changing Course
 Ed Bolen, President and CEO, National Business
Aviation Association
 Eamonn Brennan, CEO, Ireland Aviation Authority
 John W. Crichton, President and CEO, NAV
CANADA
 Jeff Smisek, Chairman, President & CEO, United
Airlines
Remarks and moderated by: Robert Crandall, Former Chairman
and CEO, AMR Corporation and American Airlines
Introduced by: Patrick H. Dowling, Senior Managing Director,
Investment Banking And Merchant Banking, Seabury Group
1:35 p.m.—1:55 p.m.
Congressional Ballroom
Networking Break
1:55 p.m.—3:05 p.m.
Grand Ballroom
CEO Panel
 David Cush, President and CEO, Virgin America
 Maurice J. Gallagher Jr., Chairman and CEO, Allegiant
Air
 Robin Hayes, CEO, President, and Director, JetBlue
Airways Corporation
 Aengus Kelly, CEO and Executive Director, AerCap
Holdings N.V.
 David N. Siegel, CEO, Frontier Airlines
Moderated by: T. Allan McArtor, Chairman and CEO, Airbus
Group, Inc.
Introduced by: Joe Sprague, Senior Vice President,
Communications and External Relations, Alaska Airlines
3:05 p.m.—3:15 p.m.
Grand Ballroom
Keynote
 Nick Calio, President and CEO, Airlines for America
Introduced by: Tadashi Matsushita, Director, Strategic Planning,
The Americas, All Nippon Airways
Keynote
3:15 p.m.—3:45 p.m.
Grand Ballroom
 W. Douglas Parker, CEO, American Airlines Group
Introduced by: Nick Calio, President and CEO, Airlines for
America
3:45 p.m.—4:30 p.m.
Grand Ballroom
Space Panel
 Craig Cooning, President, Network and Space Systems,
The Boeing Company
 Jeffrey Manber, CEO, NanoRacks
 George T. Whitesides, CEO, Virgin Galactic
 Greg Wyler, CEO, OneWeb
Moderated by: Marion Blakey, President and CEO,
Aerospace Industries Association (AIA); and incoming
President and CEO, Rolls-Royce North America
Introduced by: Lori Garver, General Manager, Air Line Pilots
Association
4:30 p.m.—5:00 p.m.
Grand Ballroom
A View from Wall Street
 William A. Franke, Co-Founder and Managing Partner,
Indigo Partners, LLC
 C. Jeffrey Knittel, President, Transportation
& International Finance, CIT
 Mark J. Schulte, Managing Director and Head of
Transportation Investment Banking Group, Cowen and
Company
Moderated by: Howard Rubel, Managing Director and Senior
Equity Research Analyst, Aerospace & Defense
Electronics, Jefferies LLC
Introduced by: Julia Sattel, Senior Vice President, Airline IT,
Amadeus IT Group SA