MARPA’s Free Virtual Conference [and Pre-Game Show]

We have developed a concentrated agenda designed to provide to you the aviation business intelligence you need without wasting your time… and it’s free!

The MARPA Virtual Conference will take place on May 27-28 for two hours each day.  We will be squeezing updates and discussions that will be useful for aircraft parts manufacturers, aircraft owners (including leasing companies), aircraft operators (including air carriers), aircraft parts distributors, and aircraft parts installers (like repair stations).

This is a new experience for us.  We’ve never done a virtual conference before; but we’ve partnered with ASA on the webinar series and we’re excited about the speaker’s list for the virtual conference, and about their topics.

There is a lot that we will miss from a live conference.  The handshakes.  The side conversations.  Seeing deals struck in the hallways.  And we’re looking forward to our October Conference when we can see all of our friends again.  But we’re excited about all the ways that we can share some time together using web-based technology.

Who Will Be Speaking?

The agenda includes:

• Keynote Speaker Karl Sandlund – Executive Vice President Commercial, Scandinavian Airlines System
• Richard Brown – Managing Director, NAVEO Consultancy
• Donald Douglas – Component Engineering; PMA Approvals, Delta Air Lines
• David Linebaugh – Manager of the PMA Approval Team, Delta Air Lines
• Alberto Fernandez Lopez – Regulations Officer; Continuing Airworthiness, European Aviation Safety Agency
  
• Ian Lucas – PMA Program Manager, U.S. Federal Aviation Administration
• Patrick Markham – VP of Technical Services, HEICO
• Robert Sprayberry – Aircraft Certification Service; International Division – U.S. Federal Aviation Administration
• Neil Williams – Head of Airworthiness Policy and Rulemaking, UK Civil Aviation Authority

We will also hold a panel discussion on How PMA Improves Safety and Reliability, with Panel Moderator Diedre Vance – Senior Engineer, American Airlines.  Ms. Vance will be joined by a panel of air carrier personnel discussing their experiences with PMA, and how PMA figures into their future plans.

We’ve also invited IATA to opine about the state of the IATA-CFMI settlement agreement, and how that agreement could help make things easier for airlines flying CFMI engines.

Speakers will be limited to 20 minutes and panels to 40 minutes in order to make sure that this virtual conference remains useful, lively and fun!

You can see the up-to-the minute agenda on our MARPA Virtual Conference webpage.

How Do I Register?

Registration is free – you just have to sign up.  Click here to find information about the conference including a link to the registration page.

When and Where?

The MARPA Virtual Conference will take place on May 27-28 for two hours each day.  It will start and end at the same time each day.  Before the official beginning of the virtual conference on each day, we will feature the MARPA Pre-Game Show.  The Pre-Game Show will start 30 minutes before the virtual conference and will reflect extra bonus content for anyone who wants to log-in early.

The Conference timing has been designed to permit access to much of the world:

Who is Making This Possible?

A special “thank you” is owed to our Conference Sponsors and Partners:

2020 Virtual Conference Sponsors and Partners