On August 7 & 8, 2012 the Upper Michigan Green Aviation Coalition Annual Conference will be held in Marquette. The first day will provide education for interested participants via strategic partner, the Michigan Aerospace Manufacturers Association. The second day will be a business-to-business event with amazing speakers and networking opportunities. You may recall that representatives from Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Bombardier, University of Michigan and the Michigan Aerospace Manufacturers Association were introduced to opportunities in the Upper Peninsula and many of those discussions have led to RFPs and ongoing relationships.
Conference Agenda – August 7, 2012
REGISTRATION: 4:30 pm to 5:30 pm Guest Registration, Landmark Inn, 230 North Front Street, Marquette
5:30 pm to 7:30 pm Cocktail Reception, Landmark Inn, 230 North Front Street, Marquette
August 8, 2012
2012 GREEN AVIATION CONFERENCE & EXHIBIT HALL OPEN
7:30 am Registration and Breakfast, Up Front & Company, 102 East Main Street, Marquette
8:30 am Welcoming Address (Glen Simula, Chairman Upper Michigan Green Aviation Coalition and President GS Engineering, Inc.)
8:35 am Building Tomorrow’s Aircraft Today(Kevin Billings, Director of Logistics Concepts, Lockheed Martin Corporate Logistics and Sustainment Group)
9:15 am The Future of Greener Aerospace Initiatives and Technologies (Sylvain Cofsky, CEO, Green Aviation Research and Development Network CA)
9:45 am Green Technologies Today: Successes (Charles Bushman, CEO, Arcadia Aerospace and Scott Thams, CTO PPI Aerospace)
10:40 am Coffee Break
11:00 am Greener Skies Start With Greener Airlines (Keith Lawless, Principal Director, Durability et Sustainment, Air Transat CA)
Lunch Speaker- Negotiating with Tier-1 and OEMS (Gavin Brown, CEO, Michigan Aerospace Manufacturers Association)
1:30 pm US-Canada Business Joint Ventures and Related ITAR Issues (David Lick, Lawyer, Foster Swift)
2:15 pm The Green Side of Helicopters (Jerry Mullins, Enstrom Helicopter Corp.)
3:00 pm Coffee Break
3:15 pm All Roads Lead to Innovation: How to Foster Innovation in SMEs (Sylvain Cofsky, Quebec Aerospace Industry Research Consortium; William Predebon, Dean Mechanical Engineering Michigan Technological University, Glen Simula, CEO GS Engineering)
4:15 pm Closing Remarks (Vikki Kulju, Managing Director, Upper Michigan Green Aviation Coalition)
4:30 pm Closing Cocktail Reception
Upper Front & Company
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