The 4th Annual Airports Going Green conference begins Monday with an exceptional agenda of industry sustainability leaders and innovators from all over the U.S. and around the world. The full agenda is listed below.
Airports Going Green attendees can also earn continuing education credits essential to maintaining their professional accreditations.
Click here to register today or register on-site.
Monday, October 31
Welcome
Rahm Emanuel, Mayor, City of Chicago
Karen Weigert, Chief Sustainability Officer, City of Chicago
Rosemarie S. Andolino, Commissioner, Chicago Department of Aviation
Session: Sustainable Concessions & Tenants
Moderator: Jim Hanna, Starbucks Coffee Company
Jeremy Webb, Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
Linda Dunn, HMSHost
Carl Segal, Potbelly Sandwich Shop
Session: Towards a Zero Waste Airport
Moderator: Amy Malick, Chicago Department of Aviation, Deputy Commissioner, Sustainability
Sam Mehta, San Francisco International Airport
Norman Higley, Denver International Airpor
Paul Manasjan, San Diego International Airport
Luncheon:
Airports Going Green Awards
Speaker: Doug Widener, Executive Director, U.S.Green Building Council - Illinois Chapter
Session: Green Transport
Moderator: Paul Bowers, Airport Improvement
Rusty Hodapp, Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport Board
Luis Giron, Siemens - Intermodal
Jim Strack, Enterprise Holdings
Session: Sustainable Use and Reuse of Airport Facilities
Moderator: Rian Burger, Stantec
Catherine Fritz, Juneau International Airport, Alaska
Michael Cheyne, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport
Judi Mosqueda, San Francisco International Airport
Melissa Mizell, Gensler
Workshop: Sustainable Airport Manual (SAM) V 2.1
Gene Peters, Ricondo & Associates
Ted Woosley, Landrum & Brown
Tuesday, November 1
Workshop: Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Sustainability Research Initiatives
Carol Lurie, Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc.
Session: Future of Sustainability - Airport Perspectives
Moderator: Jim Crites, Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport
Rosemarie Andolino, Commissioner, Chicago Department of Aviation
Haytham Haidar, ADAC - Abu Dhabi Airports Company
Robert Freeman, Los Angeles World Airports
Elliott Black, Federal Aviation Administration
Session: Airline Sustainability Initiatives
Moderator: Kevin Welsh, Air Transport Association of America, Inc.
Suzanne Tedrow, United Airlines
Steve Zebovitz, Fed-Ex
Marilee McInnis, Southwest Airlines
Luncheon:
Keynote Speaker: Christa Fornarotto, Associate Administrator for Airports, Federal Aviation Administration
Book Signing: Rick Bayless
Fiesta at Rick's, Fabulous Food, Luscious Libations, Great Times with Friends
Session: Social Responsibility
Moderator: Aileen Cho, Engineering News-Record
Brenda Palms-Barber, Sweet Beginnings, LLC/North Lawndale Employment Network
Derek Gray, Greater Toronto Airports Authority
Michael Levine, Tastes on the Fly
Session: Future of Sustainability - Industry Perspectives
Moderator: Jim Crites, Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport
Phil Ralston, Portland International Airport
Marijn Ornstein, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
Sara Beardsley, Adrian Smith Gordon Gill Architects
Elizabeth J Heider, Skanska
Wednesday, November 2
Airfield Tour: O'Hare Modernization Program
See: FAA North Air Traffic Control Tower - LEED Silver; Federal Express World Services Center - largest contiguous green roof in US; O'Hare's aeroponic urban garden; reception by HMSHost.
The Airports Going Green Conference is hosted by the Chicago Department of Aviation (CDA) and American Association of Airport Executives (AAAE).
For more information, contact Gwen Papineau Basaria, AAAE at (703) 824-0500, ext. 187, or email Gwen.Basaria@aaae.org.
