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Once again, this year’s Symposium set a new record for attendance with 688 aviation

directors, airport managers, operations managers, architects, engineers, IT consultants,

specialty consultants, airlines, FAA, TSA, state personnel and equipment service

providers.

The Symposium included top-notch technical sessions on issues relating to airport

planning, terminals, airside, program/construction management and IT. General Sessions

were held on Generational Considerations at Airports and What’s Next with Runway

Safety. The informative open mic sessions held with the FAA and TSA provided an

excellent opportunity for dialog between the agencies, the consultants and airports.

(left to right) michael Devoy, P.e., Rw Armstrong, 2008 ACC board of Governors Chair; Stephen Pelham, Reveal imaging technologies, inc., Symposium Chair; Courtney beamon, P.e., Delta Airport Consultants, inc., Symposium vice Chair; and james elwood, A.A.e., Aspen/Pitkin County Airport, AAAe first vice Chair.

2008 SyMPOSIuM LEADERSHIP 2008 HOLLINGSWORTH SPEAS AWARD

The 2008 Speas Award was presented to Massachusetts Port Authority and Delta Air Lines, Inc. for their role in creating the Delta Air Lines Terminal at Logan International Airport as a national model for passenger-friendly and environmentally responsible facilities. Michael DeVoy presented the award which was accepted by Houssam H. Sleiman, on behalf of the Massachusetts Port Authority and Delta Air Lines.

ACC/AAAE Airport Planning, Design & Construction Symposium

(left to right) michael Devoy, P.e., Rw Armstrong, 2008 ACC board of Governors Chair; Houssam H. Sleiman, massachusetts Port Authority, award recipient; barbara kulvelis, Hntb, ACC environmental Committee Chair; t.j. Schulz, ACC vice President.

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KEyNOTE SPEAKER jack Harrington representing eclipse Aviation shared what airports and the consultants should know about the promises and misconceptions of very light jets (vljs).

OPEN MIC WITH FAA(left to right) open mic with the federal Aviation Administration session co-moderator t.j. Schulz, ACC vice President, fAA representatives jeff Rapol and ed melisky and co-moderator melissa Sabatine, AAAe vice President, Regulatory Affairs

and contributions to the industry when choosing an award recipient.

Lindsey’s leadership and experience in deliver-ing complicated airport capital projects led Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa to appoint her as Executive Director of LAWA in June 2007. LAWA is the aviation authority for one of the world’s largest metropolitan areas. Lindsey has already undertaken the task of making all LAWA airports even more efficient, progressive and positioned for growth in the years to come.

Prior to her appointment at LAWA, Lindsey was the Executive Vice President at McBee Strategic Consulting, LLC, a government relations and aviation consulting firm in Washington, D.C. There she demonstrated true leadership by bringing together diverse industry executives to participate in a Baggage Screening Investment

Study (BSIS) that resulted in the establishment of funding and financing alternatives and comple-tion of a technical guideline.

Before that, Lindsey was Managing Director of Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (Sea-Tac). There she faced significant environmental, legal and financial hurdles to advance the develop-ment of a new runway that will provide greatly needed capacity for the Seattle region for years to come. This runway is scheduled to open as part of a 7-year, $3 billion capital improvement campaign.

Before her time at Sea-Tac, Lindsey served as Director of Aviation for Anchorage International Airport where she managed the airport’s transi-tion from an international passenger refueling stop to an international cargo hub for Federal Express and United Parcel Service.

Lindsey earned a B.A. in Communications Media from Walla Walla College in Washington State. She has served on the World Board of Directors for Airports Council International (ACI) and in 2003 became the first woman Chair of Airports Council International — North America (ACI-NA). In addition, she was ap-pointed by the U.S. Secretary of Transportation to the Executive Council for Next Generation Air Transportation System and the TRB Airport Cooperative Research Program’s Oversight Committee.

ACC looks forward to presenting the 2008 ACC Award of Excellence to Gina Marie Lindsey at the Awards luncheon on November 11, 2008 during the 30th ACC Annual Conference and Exposition.

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OPEN MIC WITH TSA(left to right) Solomon wong, interviStAS, ACC Safety & Security Committee Chair mod-erated an open mic session with transportation Security Administration representatives Adam tsao and Charlotte Peed.

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(left to Right) Carlos maeda, PbS&j; mike Devoy, Rw Armstrong, 2008 ACC board of Governors Chair; Susan Prediger, CAGe inc.; tom Slater, wk Dickson & Co., inc.; brad mims, Pb Americas, inc., ACC legislative & Regulatory Committee Chairman; and t.j. Schulz, ACC.

ACC Globalization Committee Chair jorge Gonzalez, infrastructure management Group, inc.

ACC Globalization Committee vice Chair Alex van Groenewoud, Hatch mott macDonald

(left to right) Cari tate, ACC manager of marketing & membership; manny weiss, fAA eastern Region Administrator; t.j. Schulz, ACC vice President; Paula Hochstetler, ACC President and keynote luncheon speaker; bill flanagan, fAA eastern Region Airports Division manager.

ACC Visits Capitol Hill

QBS Interventions

Globalization Committee Meets with Ex-Im Bank

Hochstetler Presents Keynote at FAA Conference

ACC members met with the top staff of the House Aviation

Subcommittee, Senate Aviation Subcommittee and the Senate

finance Committee to discuss the delay in passing an fAA

reauthorization bill. ACC members discussed impacts the delay

was having on airport capital programs and the consulting com-

munity; and they received briefings on the latest deliberations

taking place on the reauthorization measure. A copy of the fact

sheet that ACC provided committee staff is available online at

www.ACConline.org.

ACC successfully intervened

and addendums were released

for four RfQs that requested

price information and hourly

rates.

ACC Globalization Committee Chair jorge Gonzalez,

infrastructure management Group, inc., vice Chair Alex van

Groenewoud, Hatch mott macDonald, and ACC staff attend-

ed a meeting with representatives of the u.S. export-import

bank and explored opportunities to coordinate activities and

facilitate international opportunities for airport consultants.

At the fAA eastern Region Conference in Hershey, PA, Paula

Hochstetler presented the keynote luncheon speech. She

discussed the updated ACC/fAA best Practices document

that will be released soon and the recruitment and retention

of qualified aviation professionals. Her complete remarks are

available online at www.ACConline.org.

ACC also coordinated two of the

engineering track sessions and

exhibited at the fAA eastern

Region Conference.