Embry-Riddle A³IRCON Brings Air Safety, Passenger Satisfaction and Unmanned Vehicle Experts to Phoenix
The annual event, now in its third year, will include demonstrations from the ERAU Autonomous Eagles, interactive panel sessions, peer reviewed presentations and more.
WHAT: The 2016 Aviation, Aeronautics and Aerospace International Research (A³iR) Conference, presented by Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU), will feature dozens of presentations on the following topics:
- Diversity in Aviation and the Employment Shortage
- Commercial Space Emergence
- Unmanned Aerial Systems and UAVs – Research and Collaboration Opportunities
- UAS/“Drone” Certification and New FAA Registration Requirements
- Current State of Airlines – Airline Management and Operations
- Future of Business and Corporate Aviation
- Decline of Passenger Satisfaction
- Emergency Response
- Human Factors/Aviation Psychology
- Virtual Reality/Simulation
- Cybersecurity and the National Airspace
Keynote speaker this year is Ryan Hartman, President and CEO of Insitu, a pioneer in the design, development and manufacturing of high-performance, low-cost unmanned aircraft systems used for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance in military and commercial applications. A veteran of the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Navy, Hartman also is a graduate of Embry-Riddle.
Following Hartman’s keynote address will be an opening panel that includes special guest Sy Liebergot, a longtime NASA flight controller on Apollo 8-15 (including Apollo 13 in which three astronauts safely piloted the crippled aircraft to Earth following an explosion in space) and author of “Apollo EECOM – Journey of a Lifetime.” Dr. Mary Niemczyk, Associate Professor and Chair of the Aviation programs at Arizona State University will moderate. Also participating will be last year’s keynote speaker, the Honorable Robert Sumwalt of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB); Nancy Graham, former Director of ICAO’s Air Navigation Bureau; James Malecha of the Federal Aviation Administration; the Honorable Earl Weener, former NTSB member; and Suzanne Kearns, President of the University Aviation Association and Associate Professor at Western University. Sumwalt will also lead a panel session during the conference that includes discussion on noncompliance of checklist use by pilots resulting in a crash.
Limited registration is still available for attendees, exhibitors and sponsors.
Complete daily conference agenda, participant registration and more information are available online at commons.erau.edu/aircon/2016/. Follow the event on Twitter @A3IRCON.
When: January 14-17, 2016
Members of the news media are invited to attend any of the presentations.
Where: Crowne Plaza San Marcos Resort in Historic Old Town Chandler, Arizona (near Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport).
Cost: Registration is $295. Click here to register.
Participant Contact: Dawn Marcuse, Office of the Dean, College of Aviation, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott, Ariz.; Office (928) 777-6621; dawn.marcuse@erau.edu