13th Annual Aviation Summit

Navigating the True Costs of Flying

Thursday, April 3, 2014

7:30 a.m.—6:00 p.m.

Walter E. Washington Convention Center

Washington, DC

7:30 a.m.—8:00 a.m.
Room 146ABC / Registration and Breakfast
8:00 a.m.—8:05 a.m.
Room 146ABC / Outlook on Aviation
The Honorable Carol Hallett, Of Counsel, U.S. Chamber of Commerce and U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation
8:05 a.m.—8:12 a.m.
146ABC / Welcoming Remarks
The Honorable John McKernan, President, U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation
8:12 a.m. —8:15 a.m.
Room 146ABC / Special Introduction
James McLaughlin, Chairman, Honor Flight Network
8:15 a.m. —8:45 a.m.
Room 146ABC / Morning Keynote
Dennis Muilenburg, Vice Chairman, President, and Chief Operating Officer, The Boeing Company

Introduced by:Stephen B. Plummer, Executive Vice President, Government Business and Corporate Communications, Rolls-Royce North America Inc.

8:45 a.m. —9:45 a.m.
Room 146ABC / Why Don’t We Get It Done?
  • Ed Bolen, President and Chief Executive Officer, National Business Aviation Association
  • Robert Poole, Director, Transportation Policy and Searle Freedom Trust Transportation Fellow, Reason Foundation
  • Paul Rinaldi, President, National Air Traffic Controllers Association
  • Steve Van Beek, Executive Director, Policy and Strategy, LeighFisher
Remarks and moderated by: Robert Crandall, Former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, AMR Corporation and American Airlines
Introduced by: Yuji Hirako, Senior Vice President, The Americas
All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd.
9:45 a.m.—9:55 a.m.
Room 147AB / Networking Break
9:55 a.m. —10:15 a.m.
Room 146ABC / Morning Keynote
Nick Calio, President and Chief Executive Officer, Airlines for America
Introduced by:Mark R. Anderson, Senior Vice President, Corporate and Government Affairs, United Airlines
10:15 a.m. —11:00 a.m.
Room 146ABC / A View from 35,000 Feet
  • W. Douglas Parker, Chief Executive Officer, American Airlines Group
  • Willie Walsh, Chief Executive Officer, International Airlines Group
Moderated by: Darren Shannon, Founder, Ice Blue Communications
Introduced by:Julia Sattel, Senior Vice President,Airline IT, Amadeus IT Group SA
11:00 a.m.—11:30 a.m.
Room 147AB / Lunch Transition
11:30a.m.
Room 146ABC
11:45 p.m. —11:55a.m.
Room 146ABC / Luncheon
Carol B. Hallett Award Presentation
Introduced by: Jim Parker, Executive Vice President, Air Operations, FedEx Corporation
Presented to: Herbert D. Kelleher, Founder and Chairman Emeritus, Southwest Airlines
AwardPresented by:The Honorable Carol Hallett, Of Counsel, U.S. Chamber of Commerce and U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation
11:55 a.m.—12:10 p.m.
Room 147AB / Networking Break
12:10 p.m. —12:45 p.m.
Room 146ABC / Q&A with Gary Kelly
  • Gary Kelly, Chairman of the Board, President & Chief Executive Officer, Southwest Airlines
Introduced and moderated by: Thomas J. Donohue, President and Chief Executive Officer, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
12:45 p.m. —1:30 p.m.
Room 146ABC / RichardA & B
  • Richard H. Anderson, Chief Executive Officer, Delta Air Lines, Inc.
  • Sir Richard Branson, Founder, Virgin Group
Introduced by:The Honorable Carol Hallett, Of Counsel, U.S. Chamber of Commerce and U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation
1:30 p.m. —2:30 p.m.
Room 146ABC / CEO Panel
  • Ben Baldanza, President, Chief Executive Officer and Class II Director, Spirit Airlines
  • David Barger, President & Chief Executive Officer, JetBlue Airways
  • William J. Flynn, President and Chief Executive Officer, Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc.
  • Bernard Gustin, Chief Executive Officer, Brussels Airlines NV
  • Captain Lee Moak, President, Air Line Pilots Association International
Moderated by: T. Allan McArtor, Chairman, Airbus Group, Inc.
Introduced by: Peter Lengyel, Chief Executive Officer, Safran USA
2:30 p.m.—2:45 pm
Room 147AB / Networking Break
2:45 p.m.—3:30p.m.
Room 146ABC / National Security Panel
  • General Michael Hayden, USAF (Ret.), Former Director, Central Intelligence Agency and National Security Agency
  • The Honorable John Pistole, Administrator, Transportation Security Administration
Moderated by:Lieutenant General Daniel W. Christman USA (Ret.), Counselor to the President, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Introduced by: Paul Donahue, President and Chief Executive Officer, G4S Government Solutions, Inc.
3:30 p.m. —4:30 p.m.
Room 146ABC / Regulatory Panel
  • Marion Blakey, President and Chief Executive Officer, Aerospace Industries Association
  • David M. Brantner, President, Commercial Engines, Pratt & Whitney
  • Kevin Burke, President and Chief Executive Officer, Airports Council International—North America
  • Doug Lane, Director, Regulatory Administration – Airplane Certification; and Deputy Lead ODA Administrator, Boeing Commercial Airplanes
  • Gary J. Spulak, President, Embraer Aircraft
Holding, Inc.
  • Robert Wilson, President, Business and General Aviation, Honeywell Aerospace
Moderated by:The Honorable John E. Potter, President & Chief Executive Officer, Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority
Introduced by:Craig Fuller, Chairman, The Fuller Company
4:30 p.m. —5:00 p.m.
Room 146ABC / JETpardy
  • Stephen A. Alterman, President, Cargo Airline Association
  • Robert Crandall, Former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, AMR Corporation and American Airlines
  • Bobby Sturgell, Senior Vice President, Washington Operations, Rockwell Collins
Moderated by: Ben Baldanza, President, Chief Executive Officer and Class II Director, Spirit Airlines
Introduced by:The Honorable Carol Hallett, Of Counsel, U.S. Chamber of Commerce and U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation
5:00 p.m. —6:00 p.m.
Room 147AB / Networking Reception and Aviation Prize Drawing