Safety Management Systems Symposium
July 19-21, 2005

Evening, Monday, 18 July, 2005

6:00 - 8:00pm: Reception at The Ritz-Carlton Tysons Corner (view room location)

Day One - Tuesday, 19 July, 2005

Plenary Session (view room location)

8:00 - 8:10
Welcome and Introduction
    Dr. Chen-Chung Hsin, Director, MITRE Aviation Institute

8:10 - 8:30
Challenges and Opportunities Facing Aviation Safety
    Mr. Amr ElSawy, Senior Vice President and General Manager, MITRE/CAASD

8:30 - 9:30
FAA and SMS Implementation
    Mr. Nick Sabatini, FAA, Associate Administrator for Aviation Safety, Confirmed
    Mr. Joseph Schanne, FAA, ATO Safety Service, Director, Office of IOT&E, Confirmed

9:30 - 10:00
Break

10:00 - 10:30
CAST and Flight Safety Foundation's view of SMS
    Mr. Stuart Matthews, President, or Bob Vandell, VP, Flight Safety Foundation, Confirmed

10:30 - 11:00
Airways New Zealand Approach to SMS
    Mr. Phil Peguero, Manager System Safety, Airways New Zealand, Confirmed

11:00 - 11:30
AEROTHAI's Role in SMS
    Dr. Priti Hetrakul, President, Aeronautical Radio of Thailand Limited (AEROTHAI), Confirmed

11:30 - 12:45 Luncheon Keynote Speaker: Mr. Bill Voss, Director of the Air Navigation Bureau, ICAO, Confirmed

12:45 - 1:15
Safety Risk Management
    Dr. Mark Friend, Embry Riddle Aeronautical University, Professor and Chair, Department of Applied Aviation Sciences, Confirmed

1:15 - 1:45
Air Canada's Experience with SMS
    Mr. Bernie Adamache, Senior Director, Regulatory Compliance, Air Canada Technical Services, Confirmed

1:45 - 2:00
Break

2:00 - 2:30
EUROCONTROL's Perspective on SMS
    Mr. Peter Stastny, Head, Safety Regulations, EUROCONTROL, Confirmed

2:30 - 3:00
U.K. National Air Traffic Services Approach to SMS Implementation
    Ms. Jane Gothard, Head of International Safety, NATS, Division of Safety, Confirmed

3:00 - 3:30
Construction Safety on the Airside, with Highlights of Boston Logan Airport’s Safety Programs
    Mr. Rick M. Meade, P.E., Program Manager, Airside, Massachusetts Port Authority, Confirmed

3:30 - 3:45
Break

3:45 - 4:15
Panel Discussion - All Day 1 Guest Speakers

4:15 - 5:00
Overview of Integrated SMS
    MITRE/CAASD: Mr. Bruce Killian, Mr. Kent Hollinger, Dr. Stewart Schreckengast, and Mr. Roger Richardson

Day Two - Wednesday, 20 July, 2005

Plenary Session

8:00 - 8:45
Introduction to Safety Management System (SMS)
    Mr. Roger Richardson, MITRE/CAASD, Lead Safety/Regulatory Staff

8:45 - 9:15
Czech Republic SMS Programs
    Mr. Petr Fajtl, Director, Planning and Development Division, Czech Republic Air Navigation Service, Confirmed

9:15 - 10:00
Human and Organizational Factors for Safety
    Dr. Peter Moertl, MITRE/CAASD Senior Human Factors Engineer

10:00 - 10:30
Break

10:30 - 11:00
SMS: A Need for a Paradigm Shift in Safety Education
    Mr. Michael Barr, University of Southern California, Lead Instructor, Aviation Safety & Security Program, Confirmed

11:00 - 11:30
JetBlue’s Safety Culture
    Mr. Robert Francis II, Executive Vice President, Farragut International, L.L.C., Confirmed

11:30 - 12:45 Luncheon Keynote Speaker - Mr. Chip Barclay, President, American Association of Airport Executives (AAAE), Confirmed

Concurrent Sessions: Air Traffic Services, Aerodromes, Airlines and GA, CAA Safety Oversight (view room locations)

Day Three - Thursday, 21 July, 2005

Concurrent Sessions: Air Traffic Services, Aerodromes, Airlines and GA, CAA Safety Oversight, continued (view room locations)

11:30 - 1:15
Lunch

Plenary Session

The purpose of Exercise 1 is to bring together multiple perspectives and to demonstrate an integrated SMS for airlines, air traffic services, airport operators, and CAA oversight safety organizations to facilitate role playing activities. The exercise is based on an historic runway incursion scenario. Participants will be actively engaged to explore the problem using the safety management system. They will be instructed to identify safety solutions by applying SMS principles.

    3:00 - 3:15
    Break

    3:15 - 4:00
    Joint ATS/Aerodromes/Airlines and GA/CAA Safety Oversight Organizations' SMS Role-playing Exercise 2
        Dr. Peter Moertl, MITRE/CAASD Senior Human Factors Engineer

The purpose of Exercise 2 is to demonstrate an integrated SMS for a problem of increased airport capacity requirements due to aggressive growth. Using SMS principles, participants will identify solutions and safety recommendations.

4:00 - 4:15
Closing Remarks: "Getting results"
    Dr. C.C. Hsin, Director, MITRE Aviation Institute


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