Program of Events
The Symposium schedule is tentative and subject to change.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16, 2019
1230 ALIS 2019 GOLF TOURNAMENT
1800 - 2000 ALIS 2019 SPEAKER/SPONSOR DINNER (by invitation only)
THURSDAY JANUARY 17, 2019
0800 – 0830 Soft Open / Welcome / Program Committee Introductions
Morning Session:
Moderator: Marc S. Moller, Esq., Program Committee Member
0830 — 0930 In the Know: Recent Cases That Count
For Plaintiffs - Ladd Sanger, Esq., Slack Davis Sanger, Dallas, TX
For General Aviation Defendants - Laurie Salita, Esq., Skinner Law Firm, Allentown PA
For Air Carriers and International Issues - Bob Craft, Jr., Esq., Holland & Knight, New York, NY
0930 — 1015 Insurance Issues in a Time of Change and Challenge
Deborah Elsasser, Clyde & Co, US, LLC, New York, NY
1015 — 1030 BREAK
1030 — 1115 Paradigm Lost: A Case Study of Asiana 214 as the New Reality
Plaintiffs’ Perspectives and Issues – Marc Moller, Esq., Kreindler & Kreindler, LLP, New York, NY
Defense Perspectives/Issues - Frank Silane, Esq., Condon & Forsyth, Los Angeles, CA
1115 — 1200p Positional Awareness: Regulatory and Business Considerations in Aircraft Operations and Transactions
Jerry Eichenberger, Esq., Calfee, Halter & Griswold, LLP, Columbus, OH
1200 — 1330 Luncheon
How to Fly Around The World in a Single Engine Piston Aircraft: Certification, Convention and Law — Saki Chen, Speaker
Afternoon Session:
Moderator: Paul Leonard, Program Committee Co-Chair
1330 — 1500 Space Invaders: the Drone Revolution Advances
The Technology Accelerates:
IP Issues at the Cutting Edge - Lionel M. Lavenue, Esq., Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP, Reston, VA
The Regulators Respond:
FAA: Reaping the Whirlwind - Justin Green, Esq., Kreindler & Kreindler, LLP, New York, NY
European Union - Laura Pierallini, Studio Legale Pierallini, Rome, Italy
Legal Insurance Issues for Current UAS Operators
Professor Jason Lorenzon, JD. Kent State University, College of Aeronautics & Engineering, Kent OH
1500 — 1515 BREAK
1515 — 1545 Preflighting Your Case: Effective Discovery
Ann Thornton Field, Esq., Gordon & Rees, Scully Mansukhani, LLP, Philadelphia, PA
1545 — 1630 Trying and Appealing Your Case: Expecting the Unexpected
Brett Godfrey, Esq., Godfrey|Johnson, P.C., Englewood, CO
1630 — 1700 To Infinity and Back: Medical Issues for Space Passengers
Austin Bartlett, Esq., Bartlett Chen, LLC, Chicago, IL
1700 —Adjourn
1730 — 1930 RECEPTION & OUTDOOR DRONE DEMOS
FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, 2019
0815 — 0830 Soft Open and Welcome
Presiding Morning Session:
Gary W. Allen, Esq., Program Committee Co-Chair
0830 — 0930 Ethics: More Circumnavigating the Buildups
Gary W. Allen, Esq., Retired Department of Justice, Washington D.C.
0930 — 1015 Weather or Not: ATC Liability for Loss of Control
Steve Kirsch, Esq., U.S. Department of Justice, Washington D.C.
1015 — 1030 BREAK
1030 — 1115 General Aviation: Updates and Initiatives
Kathy Yodice, Esq., Yodice Associates, Potomac, MD
1115 —1145 The NTSB: Pressing Forward in the New Era
Chairman Robert Sumwalt, III, National Transportation Safety Board, Washington D.C.
1145 — 1400 Luncheon
OFA Scholarship Presentation
Cecile S. Hatfield Award for Excellence in Aviation - Christopher Hart, Chair Washington Metro Safety Commission
Former Chair and Member of National Transportation Safety Board
Afternoon Moderator:
S.V. “Steve” Dedmon, Esq., Program Committee Member
1400 — 1430 Who’s In Charge Here? Federal Preemption Issues in Airline Operations
Christopher Jahr, Esq., Wicker Smith O’Hara McCoy & Ford, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, FL
1430 — 1500 Fixing the Fleet: Issues in Aviation Maintenance and Repair
Chuck Horning, ERAU with Steve Dedmon, Esq., ERAU, Daytona Beach, FL
1500 – 1530 Facing 2020: the Ins and Outs of the ADS-B Revolution
Courtney Bateman, Esq., Bateman Law, LLC, Washington D.C.