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2021 Programme

Weds Sept 01ST

WELCOME REVIEW & PREVIEW
09:10 EDT

Year in review – a selection of SWIFT airports team members share some of their experiences and insights from the last 2 years. We also preview the 2021 sessions and take a look at how to get the most out of this virtual event

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Donald Desrosiers
Main Director, Airfield and Building Infrastructures Maintenance
SWIFT's Chair welcomes delegates
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Myron Thiessen
Department of National Defence / Government of Canada
CAPTG's Chair welcomes delegates to SWIFT September 2021
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Steve McKeown
President, Team Eagle
The Road to Recovery - a look at how the industry can recover
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Weds Sept 08th

AIRFIELD INCIDENTS – PREPARE, RESPOND & RECOVER
09:10 EDT

As airside managers, we are accountable for the safe and efficient operation of our airports. Every day can throw challenges your way but as professionals, we plan, prepare to respond and recover effectively from incidents. And how we do this can be critical to life and future learnings through investigations.

This session uses dramatic case studies showing how this has been achieved at airports and with our partners at the TSB.

 

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Neil Pritchard
Head of Business Change, Heathrow Airport
Welcome from the session chair, and SWIFT committee member with a look at what happened in 2008 in Heathrow
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Jon Lee
Regional Manager, Western Canada, Transportation Safety Board
How TSB respond to occurrences, incidents and accidents and identify causes and contributory factors
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Jeff MacMillan
Halifax International Airport Authority
Incident Response
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Stuart Matheson
Managing Director of ASG Groundpool
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CLIMATE CHANGE & ASPHALT PAVEMENTS
11:10 EDT

The first of two CAPTG (Canadian Airfield Pavement Technical Group) sessions in SWIFT SEPTEMBER 2021

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Richard Blommers
Tetra Tech
Welcome from the session chair, and CAPTG committee member
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Dr. Lukas Arenson
BGC Engineering Inc.
Climate Change Vulnerability Assessments of Airports in Northern Canada Review
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Dr. Omran Maadani
National Research Council Canada
Performance Grade Asphalt Cement-Climate Change (PGAC-CC) for airports
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Mohammad Shafiee
National Research Council Canada
Performance Grade Asphalt Cement-Climate Change (PGAC-CC) for airports
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Dave Anderson
Associated Engineering
Churchill Airport Runway and Taxiway Rehabilitation (case study)
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Weds Sept 15th

WINTER OPS
09:10 EDT

Using and combining chemicals, Apron snow clearing, Best Practice and
Airport Learning (case study)

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Mike Carlson
Assistant Director of Operations-Airside · Denver International Airport
Roy McLeod
Roy McLeod
Director, Airfield Operations, Calgary International Airport
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Luke Yunker
Assistant Manager, Metropolitan Airports Commission Field Maintenance
Rich Brannan
Richard Brannan
Assistant Director of Field Maintenance, DEN
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ASSET UTILISATION & REHABILITATION
11:10 EDT

Asset lifecycles, Sustainability in asset management, Fleet parts management, Tendering and TCO, Asbestos Management

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Sarah Demory
Assistant Aviation Director, Phoenix Sky Harbour
Lisa Gahm
Lisa Gahm
Vice President Operations, DFW International Airport
Asset utilization during the Texas/DFW winter storms of 2021
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Nicolas Bernard
Maintenance Infrastructures, AEROPORTS DE PARIS
Runway maintenance - rubber removal case study
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Gabriel Nevarez
Deputy Aviation Director, Facilities and Services, Phoenix International Airport
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Jon Dueck
VP Technology, Evergreen Solutions
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Weds Sept 22nd

INNOVATION & SUSTAINABILITY IN AIRFIELD CONCRETE PAVEMENTS
09:10 EDT

The second of two CAPTG (Canadian Airfield Pavement Technical Group) sessions in SWIFT SEPTEMBER 2021

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Tim Smith
Cement Association of Canada and CAPTG
Session chair
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Shane Mulligan
Cement Association of Canada
Transitioning Airport Infrastructure to a Low Carbon Economy with Cement and Concrete
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Kevin Davis
Carboncure
Reducing Embodied Carbon in Airfield Pavements with CO2 Mineralized Concrete
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Mark B. Snyder
Pavement Engineering and Research Consultants
Evolution of Precast Concrete Pavement in Airfield Applications
Benson Nguyen
Benson Nguyen
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YVR Runway 08L-26R Precast Concrete Threshold Design
Jeff Roberts
Jeff Roberts
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DATA & DIGITAL | AUTOMATION & INNOVATION
11:10 EDT

Drones and future flight, AIM and CIS, AI and big data, Automation and driverless

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Darryl Dowd
Vice President Operations, Winnipeg Airports Authority
Automation & Driverless
Gary Lamb Airside Operations Manager Edmonton
Gary Lamb
Manager of Airside Operations, Edmonton International Airport
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Dean Erwin
Director, Aerodrome Operations & Compliance, Edmonton International Airport Authority
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Josh Kolstee
Manager, Airside Services, Halifax International Airport Authority
AGL Metrics & Decision Making
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Jeff Booton
Senior Director of Maintenance, DEN
Vehicle Telematics
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Weds Sept 29th

DIVERSIFYING CAPABILITIES
09:10 EDT

Revenue streams and cost-saving, Contracts and staff efficiency, Diversifying the workforce, Re-utilisation of staff and Training

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Phil Munro
Associate Director, Airfield Operations, Toronto Airports Authority
Dean Ervin
Dean Ervin
Director, Operations & Maintenance, Edmonton International Airport
Utilizing equipment
Alan Sherwood
Alan Sherwood
Airfield Maintenance Manager – Planning Support, Paint Program, and Compliance, Greater Toronto Airports Authority
Rubber removal / paint / highway marking (including a look at current paint shortages)
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Janik Gagné
Senior Director, Economic Analysis and Statistical Services
Impacts & Forecasts
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Moe Kaleem
Project Manager, Infrastructure, Calgary International Airport
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CREATIVITY & INNOVATION THROUGH ADVERSITY
11:10 EDT

This closing panel discussion looks at some of the innovative approaches – big and small –  that our collective airport community adopted to navigate a path through the challenges of 2020 and 21. Find out how a combination of existing resourcing, available tools, and business relationships was used to find workable solutions (and workarounds) that got the job done safely and effectively.

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Jason McArthur
Manager, Apron Operations, Vancouver Airport Authority
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Heather McCarley
Heather McCarley
Director Regulatory Operations, Vantage Airport Group
Co-chair
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Laura Sturtevant
Project Manager Infrastructure, Calgary Airport Authority
Doing More With Less -large scale infrastructure project
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Brian Grasser
Supervisor Airfield Operations
Rebuilding an Airfield Maintenance department: Re-envisioning Airfield Training Programs for High Performing Teams
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Gael Le Bris
Senior Aviation Planner
Innovations in Airside Construction & Aircraft Wayfinding
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Alan Sherwood
Manager Operations
Retooling Winter Operations: Team Deployment and Snow Removal in 2020
Leon Van Dyke
Leon Van Dyke
General Maintenance Supervisor, Electrical Newark Liberty International Airport
Incursion Prevention: Geo-fencing and the Airfield Briefing Card
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Donald Desrosiers
Directeur Entretien et fiabilité chez Aéroports de Montréal, Aeroports de Montreal
Summer Pilot Project: Steam Technology for Weed Eradication
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