The long-awaited Part 21 final rule was released by the FAA on October 16, 2009
Renaissance Las Vegas Hotel
September 29 — October 1 2009
Agenda

Pre-Conference Day: September 29, 2009
12:00 noon - 5:00 pm
- Registration in the main lobby
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
- Cocktail Reception
- Reception Sponsored by Heico
Main Program: Speakers and Topics
DAY ONE-September 30, 2009
7:30 am - 8:30 am: BREAKFAST
8:30 am - 10:00 am
- Armand F. Lauzon, Jr., President of Chromalloy and CEO of Sequa Corporation
- DAY ONE KEYNOTE SPEAKER
- Dave Hempe, Manager, Aircraft Engineering, FAA
- "Engineering Analysis and Demonstrations of Compliance: What Does the FAA Expect the Future to Hold?"
- Jason Dickstein, President, MARPA
- "What Your Association is Doing to Help You"
10:00 am - 10:30 am: BREAK
10:30 am - 12:00 noon
- David Doll, Principal, AMMA
- "Strategies for Repairing PMA Parts"
- Rick Stine, President, Heico Parts Group
- "Future Challenges For PMA"
12:00 noon - 1:30 pm: LUNCH Sponsored by Able Aerospace.
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
- Marc Routzong, Vice President, GGR
- "Protecting Your Receivable in Today's Economy"
- Giles Gaskell, Manager, GKS Inspection Services
- "Recent Advances in Reverse Engineering"
- Frank Priscaro, Vice President, Vextec
- "Computer Modeling as the Test Bed of the 21st Century"
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm: BREAK
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
- Russ Adamson, President, Wencor
- "PMA Success"
- Victor Wicklund, Manager, Propulsion & Mechanical Systems Branch, Federal Aviation Administration
- "Fuel Tank CDCCLs and PMAs"
DAY TWO-October 1, 2009
7:30 am - 8:30 am: BREAKFAST
8:30 am - 10:00 am
- John Hickey, Deputy Associate Administrator, FAA
- DAY TWO KEYNOTE: "FAA Strategic Plans Affecting the Manufacturing Community"
- Frédéric Copigneaux, Certification Directorate, European Aviation Safety Administration (EASA)
- "EASA Strategic Plans and How they Will Affect the Manufacturing Industry"
10:00 am - 10:30 am: BREAK
10:30 am - 12:00 noon
- Fred Elliott, International Economist, Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration
- "Strategies for Exporting PMA Parts"
- Dorina Mihail, FAA
- "Engine Vibration Guidance"
- Karen Grant, FAA
- "PMA Template Advisory Circular"
12:00 noon - 1:30 pm: LUNCH
- Luncheon Speakers: George Powell, Jim Reum and Jason Dickstein
- "Reflections on MARPA's Tenth Anniversary, from the Three MARPA Founders: Where Are We Now and How Did We Get There?"
1:30 pm - 3:30 pm
- John Milewski, PMA Program Manager, FAA
- "The Repair, Alteration and Fabrication Team (RAFT) Report and PMA"
- Mark Lopez, Director of Engineering and Maintenance, Air Transport Association
- "Air Carrier Initiatives Affecting PMA"
- Air Carrier Panel: Ask Questions and Get Answers!
- David Linebaugh, Delta Airlines (moderator)
- David Canning, Alaska Airlines
- Steve Jones, American Airlines
- Peter Lauria, Northwest Airlines
- Eric Simonis, Southwest Airlines
- David Linebaugh, Senior Principal Engineer, Delta Airlines
- Peter Lauria, Senior Principal Engineer, Northwest Airlines
- "The Challenges of Merging PMA Approval Paradigms in Delta-NWA Merger"
3:30 pm -
- Door Prizes
- Must be Present To Win!
- MARPA Board Panel
- Your Opportunity to Ask Questions and Obtain Answers