Update on Forums
Briefing to Technical Activities Committee
6 May 2015
Dates & Venues
• SciTech
 4-8 January 2016, Manchester Grand Hyatt, San Diego,
CA
 9-13 January 2017, Gaylord Texan, Grapevine, TX
 8-12 January 2018, Gaylord Palms, Orlando, FL
• DEFENSE
 8-10 March 2016, Applied Physics Lab/Johns Hopkins
University, Laurel, MD
– Date available spring 2016 (not under contract)
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Dates & Venues (continued)
• AVIATION
 13-17 June 2016, Washington Hilton, Washington, DC
 5-9 June 2017, Sheraton Downtown Denver, Denver,
CO
• Propulsion & Energy
 25-27 July 2016, Salt Palace Convention Center, Salt
Lake City, Utah
 10-12 July 2017, Hyatt Regency, Atlanta, Georgia
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Dates & Venues (continued)
• SPACE
 12-15 September 2016, Long Beach Convention
Center, Long Beach, California
 Out year options being explored based on suggested
cities and RFP responses:
– Orlando, 12-16 September 2017
– New Orleans, 2018 dates TBD (focused on early to mid
September)
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Dates & Venues (continued)
• Staff exploring multi-year contract with Hyatt
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SPACE 2017 (Orlando)
SPACE 2018 (New Orleans)
SciTech 2019 (7-11 January, San Diego)
SciTech 2020 (dates TDB, Orlando)
• Deal would include concessions leading to cost
savings for all four forums
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Dates & Venues (continued)
• AVIATION and P&E 2018 options being explored
based on cities suggested and RFP responses
 AVIATION 2018
– Chicago: 11-15 June or 18-22 June
– Atlanta: 25-29 June or 18-23 June (AV14 in Atlanta)
– Honolulu: 25-29 June
 P&E 2018
– Cincinnati: 23-25 July
– New Orleans: 9-11 July (incomplete bid; staff requesting more
information)
– Also looked at Indianapolis but not available
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Dates & Venues (continued)
• Please provide any input you have on out year
options
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SPACE 2017 and 2018
SciTech 2019 and 2020
AVIATION 2018
P&E 2018
• Email input to Melissa Mulrine (melissam@aiaa.org)
by 13 May
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Organizers: SciTech 2016
• Executive Steering Committee
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Robie Samanta Roy, Lockheed Martin Corporation
Richard Christiansen, Sierra Lobo, Inc.
John Tracy, The Boeing Company
George Lesieutre, The Pennsylvania State University
General Chair: Mason Peck, Cornell University
• Forum 360 Chair: Ann Zulkosky, Lockheed Martin Corporation
• Forum Technical Chairs:
 Brad Burchett (ASG), Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
 Jeanette Domber (ADSG), Ball Aerospace
 Misty Davies (ISG), NASA Ames
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Organizers: DEFENSE 2016
• Assessing organizing structure used for DEFENSE 2015
 Will probably use similar structure for 2016, which includes a
Forum Organizing Committee and Technical Program
Committee
• Looking to get some senior level corporate, and government
participation on Forum Organizing Committee
• Identifying government organizations we want to engage in
the planning
 Missile Defense Agency, Navy, etc.
• Will need a Forum Technical Chair and Technical Discipline
Chairs to be identified soon to allow for more time on
technical program development than in 2015
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Organizers: AVIATION 2016
• Executive Steering Committee
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Tom Edwards, NASA Ames Research Center
Todd Zarfos, The Boeing Company
Michael Bragg, University of Washington
General Chair: Robert Gregg, The Boeing Company
• Forum 360 Chair: Samantha Magill, Honda Aircraft Company
• Forum Technical Chairs:
 Cees Bil (AASG), RMIT University
 LaTunia Melton (ASG), NASA Langley Research Center
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Organizers: P&E 2016
• Executive Steering Committee
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Michael Heil, Ohio Aerospace Institute
Robert Hwang, Sandia National Laboratory
Alton Romig, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics
Julie Van Kleeck, Aerojet Rocketdyne
General Chair: Daniel Dumbacher, Purdue University
• Forum 360 Chair: John Horack, Teledyne Brown
Engineering
• Forum Technical Chair: Justin Locke, United
Technologies
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Organizers: SPACE 2016
• Staff identified candidates based on approach to
SPACE 2015 and developed proposed list
 Young professionals serving as primary organizers
 Some suggested candidates are carryovers from 2015,
some are new
• Will need a Forum Technical Chair to be identified
soon
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Organizers: SPACE 2016 (proposed)
• General Chair
 Ariane Cornell, Business Development & Strategy, Blue Origin
• Forum 360 Co-chairs
 Aaron Parness, NASA JPL [Carryover]
 Brad Steinfeldt, Georgia Tech
• Other Members
 Kate Stambaugh, JHU/APL [Carryover]
 Justin Kugler, Center for the Advancement of Science in Space
[Carryover]
 Tim Hinerman, Blue Origin
 A.C. Charani, Virgin Galactic
 Kristen Bloshock, Lockheed Martin
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Organizers: General
• Staff compiled suggested candidates for General
and Forum 360 Chairs for SciTech, AVIATION,
and P&E 2017 and developed short list
• Targeting to confirm candidates by mid- to lateJune
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Organizers: SciTech 2017 Short List
• General Chair
 Werner Dahm, Foundation Professor of Aerospace &
Mechanical Engineering, Arizona State University
 Juan Alonso, Associate Professor, Department of
Aeronautics and Astronautics, Stanford University
• Forum 360 Chair
 Robbie Robertson, Air Force Research Laboratory
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Organizers: AVIATION 2017 Short List
• General Chair
 Fay Collier, Project Manager of the Environmentally
Responsible Aviation Project, Aeronautics Research
Mission Directorate
 Pres Henne, Gulfstream (Retired)
• Forum 360 Chair
 Ed Waggoner, Program Director, Integrated Aviation
Systems, NASA ARMD
 Ella Atkins, Associate Professor, Aerospace
Engineering, University of Michigan
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Organizers: P&E 2017 Short List
• General Chair
 Meyer “Mike” Benzakein, Professor, Mechanical &
Aerospace Engineering, Ohio State University
(Retired GE)
 Lourdes Maurice, Executive Director for Environment
and Energy, FAA
• Forum 360 Chair
 Ruben Del Rosario, Manager of the Fixed Wing
Project, Fundamental Aeronautics Program, NASA
 John Olson, Vice President, Sierra Nevada
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Organizers: Expanding the Pool
• Process for identifying chair candidates solicits feedback from
stakeholder groups
 Board of Directors, Corporate Member Committee
• Not receiving enough suggestions to build a large pool of
candidates
• Suggestions we receive are usually limited to AIAA members,
volunteers from TAC structure
 Need to broaden the net to provide new ideas, fresh approaches
 Individuals outside of our community help us expand programmatically
and increase relevance
 Opportunity to engage potential individuals who should be AIAA
members but are not
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