Workshop Agenda

Sunday, October 5

1:00 PM

Welcome

1:15 PM

2:15 PM

Session 1: History of Airport Law

Catherine M. van Heuven

2:30 PM

3:30 PM

Session 2: Federal Laws Affecting Airports (and a Short Survey of State Laws)

Tracy A. Davis

3:45 PM

4:45 PM

Session 3: Basics of Grant Assurances (Beginners)

Steven L. Osit

3:45 PM

4:45 PM

Session 4: Latest Regulatory and Case Law Developments (Advanced)

Peter J. Kirsch

John E. Putnam

Subash Iyer

5:30 PM

4:45 PM

Welcome Reception

Hosted by AAAE

Monday, October 6

8:15 AM

Welcome

8:30 AM

9:30 AM

Session 5: Transactions with Airport Developers (Development Procurements and P3s)

Tracy A. Davis

Stephanie Griffin Mateo

9:45 AM

10:45 AM

Session 6: Transactions with Airlines

Sarah E. Wilbanks

Anusheh Yasin

9:45 AM

10:45 AM

Session 7: Transactions with General Aviation Airport Service Providers (FBOs, Fuel Farms, and Other GA Users)

Nicholas M. Clabbers
Hector Huezo

11:00 AM

12:00 PM

Session 8: Airport Finance for Lawyers (Funding Sources, Federal Requirements, Revenue Use, and Diversion)

Steven L. Osit

David Cushing

12:00 PM

1:30 PM

Session 9: Keynote

Liam McKenna

1:30 PM

2:30 PM

Session 10: Transactions with Non-aeronautical Airport Enterprises (Rental Cars and Concessionaires and Others)

Slone P. Isselhard

Eric T. Smith

1:30 PM

2:30 PM

Session 11: Advising Airport Clients on Preparing for, and Responding to, Cybersecurity Attacks

Pete Ramels 

Jessica Nadelman 

2:45 PM

3:45 PM

Session 12: Legal Requirements for Assessing and Reporting the Environmental Impacts of Airports

Catherine M. van Heuven

Lemuel Thomas

4:00 PM

5:00 PM

Session 13: Dealings with Local Governments (Zoning, Intergovernmental Relations, and Airspace Protection)

W. Eric Pilsk

Amy Gonzalez

5:30 PM

Evening Reception

Hosted by Kaplan Kirsch

Tuesday, October 7

8:30 AM

9:30 AM

Session 14: Understanding Federal Grants (Procurement, Funding Process, and Grant Oversight)

Tracy A. Davis

Jessie Di Gregory

8:30 AM

9:30 AM

Session 15: Land Development and Planning

Peter J. Kirsch

David Cushing

9:45 AM

10:45 AM

Session 16: Enforcement of Federal Obligations: The Airport Compliance Program

W. Eric Pilsk

Courtney Adolph 

11:00 AM

12:00 PM

Session 17: Ethics

Caroline G. Jaschke

Sara V. Mogharabi

12:00 PM

1:00 PM

Session 18: Fireside luncheon chat - Preparing Airports for Huge Public Events: Olympics, FIFA, College Sports, Political Events

John E. Putnam

Subash S. Iyer

Laura K. Kilgarriff

1:15 PM

2:15 PM

Session 19: Airport Security: Relations with Homeland Security Agencies (TSA, CBP, ICE)

Slone P. Isselhard

Laura K. Kilgarriff

2:30 PM

3:30 PM

Session 20: Preparing for Potential Insolvencies and Financial Distress of Airport Tenants

Eric T. Smith

Stephanie Griffin Mateo

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