CONFERENCE AGENDA

12:30pm

Registration + expo opens

1:00pm

Opening remarks

1:10pm – 1:45pm

Manufacturers + service-provider presentations:
Arizona MEP (ACA)
In-Position Technologies
Renishaw Inc.
AXISCADES Inc.

1:45pm – 2:30pm

Expert manufacturing panel:
The Winds of Change in Manufacturing

∎ Eric Miller, co-founder and principal, PADT (moderator)
∎ Leib Bolel, president and CEO, Arizona Israel Technology Alliance
∎ Calline Sanchez, vice president, IBM WW Systems Services & Technical Universities
∎ Rhiannon Sherrard, director of operations and Mesa Site Leader, Boeing

2:30pm – 3:15pm

Keynote Speaker: The Aerospace Industry in Transformation
Mike Stewart, vice president of Honeywell Aerospace, Advanced Technology

3:15pm – 3:30pm

Break

3:30pm – 4:15pm

Expert aerospace, aviation and defense panel:
Bringing Innovation back into Aerospace & Defense

∎ Jerry Gross, senior project manager, Benchmark (moderator)
∎ Marti McCurdy, CEO, Spirit Electronics
∎ Joseph Marvin, president, Prime Solutions Group
∎ Callie Groth, owner, BlackBar Engineering
∎ John Celigoy, vice president of business development, Able Aerospace

4:15pm – 5:00pm

Closing keynote speaker:
Ron Garan, USAF (Ret.)
SVP OF Mission Operations, World View Enterprises

Ron is a highly decorated combat fighter pilot, test pilot, explorer, entrepreneur and humanitarian. Ron traveled 71,075,867 miles in 2,842 orbits of the Earth over 178 days in space and 27 hours of EVA during four spacewalks. He flew on both the U.S. Space Shuttle and Russian Soyuz spacecraft. Ron is also an aquanaut and has conducted research in Aquarius, the world’s only undersea research laboratory and is author of the highly acclaimed book, The Orbital Perspective.

5:00pm

Closing remarks

5:00pm – 6:00pm

Cocktails and networking

Manufacturers & Service Providers Presentations:

Are you a manufacturer or services provider for the aerospace, aviation or defense industry? Now is your chance to present at the event! With the Manufacturers & Service Provider Sponsorship, your company will have 5-7 minutes to present during the 2:30 – 3:15 segment. This sponsorship is limited to six companies so secure your sponsorship today by contacting events@aztechcouncil.org.

Cost to attend:

AZTC Members: $40
Non-AZTC Members: $60

Event sponsorship opportunities:

Sponsorship starts at just $500 for this event. 
Contact events@aztechcouncil.org to learn about the various sponsorship opportunities.