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MRO Americas 2022

MRO Americas 2022
April 26-28, 2022
Dallas, TX, USA
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Tuesday, April 26
8:00 AM - 5:30 PM
Registration Open
  • Tuesday, April 26:  8:00 AM - 5:30 PM
Tuesday, April 26
9:00 AM - 9:15 AM
Welcome to MRO Americas 2022
  • Tuesday, April 26:  9:00 AM - 9:15 AM
  • Session Number:  101
Speaker
Jacqueline Smith
Senior Conference Producer
Aviation Week Network
Speaker
Joe Anselmo
SVP of Content, Editorial Director
Aviation Week Network
Speaker
Mark Wibben
VP, Engineering & Programs
Southwest Airlines
Tuesday, April 26
9:15 AM - 9:30 AM
MRO Americas 2022 Awards Presentation
  • Tuesday, April 26:  9:15 AM - 9:30 AM
  • Session Number:  103
Airlines for America  EMMC leadership presents the  2022  Nuts and Bolts Award, recognizing  exceptional service and contribution in the engineering or maintenance fields of the commercial aviation i ndustry. Followed by Lee Ann Shay’s presentation of Aviation Week’s 2022 MRO Lifetime Achievement  Award  . ...

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    Speaker
    James Pozzi
    MRO Editor EMEA
    Aviation Week Network
    Speaker
    Lee Ann Shay
    Executive Editor, Business Aviation and MRO
    Aviation Week Network
    Speaker
    Mark Wibben
    VP, Engineering & Programs
    Southwest Airlines
    Speaker
    Robert Ireland
    Vice President - Safety, Engineering and Maintenance
    Airlines for America (A4A)
    Tuesday, April 26
    9:35 AM - 10:20 AM
    Fleet and MRO Forecast
    • Tuesday, April 26:  9:35 AM - 10:20 AM
    • Session Number:  105
    Leading aviation experts analyze the current outlook for MRO demand and critical market trends including challenges and opportunities for the future.  ...

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      Speaker
      Brian Prentice
      Partner, Global Lead for Operations, Manufacturing, and MRO
      Oliver Wyman
      Tuesday, April 26
      10:20 AM - 10:40 AM
      Morning Recess
      • Tuesday, April 26:  10:20 AM - 10:40 AM
      Tuesday, April 26
      10:40 AM - 11:20 AM
      How Geopolitical Chaos is Shaping MRO
      • Tuesday, April 26:  10:40 AM - 11:20 AM
      • Session Number:  107
      Rising political tensions, a new land war in Europe, and natural disasters are wreaking havoc on the  global aviation supply chain like never before. This panel explores how the aftermarket are uniquely  vulnerable to supply chain disruptions caused by global geopolitical factors. As Russia - one of the  world’s largest...

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        Speaker
        Alex Vlielander
        Chief Services Officer
        Liebherr-Aerospace & Transportation SAS
        Speaker
        Caroline Vandedrinck
        SVP, Materials and Services
        Willis Lease Finance Corporation
        Speaker
        Dr. Kevin Michaels
        Managing Director
        AeroDynamic Advisory
        Session Leader
        Lee Ann Shay
        Executive Editor, Business Aviation and MRO
        Aviation Week Network
        Special Guest
        Oksana Bardygula
        Vice President
        Oliver Wyman CAVOK
        Speaker
        Ron Epstein
        Managing Director, Aerospace & Defense
        BofA Global Research
        Tuesday, April 26
        11:20 AM - 11:25 AM
        How the Aviation Community is Saving Lives in Ukraine One Cargo Load at a Time
        • Tuesday, April 26:  11:20 AM - 11:25 AM
        • Session Number:  301
        Hear from an aviation colleague who just returned from Ukraine on how airlines are playing a vital role in saving lives in Ukraine and how you can help....

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          Speaker
          Oksana Bardygula
          Vice President
          Oliver Wyman CAVOK
          Tuesday, April 26
          11:30 AM - 12:15 PM
          Aviation Week’s Top 5 Supply Chain Hurdles And How to Overcome Them
          • Tuesday, April 26:  11:30 AM - 12:15 PM
          • Session Number:  108
          Aviation Week's Editorial Team reveal their ranking of the Top 5 Supply Chain Hurdles facing the MRO market, while a panel of industry experts offer real strategies for identifying vulnerabilities, leveraging data, and implementing new processes to ensure long-term supply chain sustainability for your business....

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            Speaker
            Barry Swift
            SVP Operations
            AJW
            Speaker
            Benjamin Moreau
            SVP Strategy & Business Development
            AFI KLM E&M
            Speaker
            Drew Skaff
            VP, Supply Chain
            Republic Airways
            Moderator
            James Pozzi
            MRO Editor EMEA
            Aviation Week Network
            Tuesday, April 26
            12:15 PM - 1:30 PM
            Lunch Recess
            • Tuesday, April 26:  12:15 PM - 1:30 PM
            Tuesday, April 26
            1:30 PM - 2:05 PM
            Airline Roundtable
            • Tuesday, April 26:  1:30 PM - 2:05 PM
            • Session Number:  110
            In this session, operational and technical airline leadership will sit down with Aviation Week Editorial Director Joe Anselmo to discuss the biggest challenges and issues they are currently facing and their expectations for the aftermarket. ...

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              Speaker
              Dag Johnsen
              COO
              Aero Norway
              Speaker
              Gary Martin
              VP Technical Operations
              Avelo Airlines
              Moderator
              Joe Anselmo
              SVP of Content, Editorial Director
              Aviation Week Network
              Speaker
              Leo Warmuth
              Managing Director, Aircraft Engineering & Technical Planning
              FedEx Express
              Speaker
              Penny Jacob
              VP Business Operations
              Delta TechOps
              Tuesday, April 26
              2:15 PM - 3:00 PM
              Complimentary Session: MRO IT System Modernization and Tech Ops Transformation
              • Tuesday, April 26:  2:15 PM - 3:00 PM
              • Session Number:  202
              Legacy IT systems are often very expensive to operate and maintain and do not allow the adoption of innovative technologies and the adaptation of business processes to changing needs and priorities.  Modern MRO IT systems offer the potential for improvements in compliance, work planning, execution and tracking, and total cost...

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                Speaker
                Jason Lee
                VP, Commercial A&D Sales
                IFS
                Speaker
                Robert Mather
                VP, Aerospace and Defense Industry
                IFS
                Speaker
                Yessibeth Jurado
                Senior Manager - Projects and MRO Systems
                Copa Airlines
                Tuesday, April 26
                3:15 PM - 4:00 PM
                We’re Hiring! Strategies for Building the Workforce Pipeline
                • Tuesday, April 26:  3:15 PM - 4:00 PM
                • Session Number:  111
                Nowhere is the global talent shortage for aircraft mechanics more apparent than in North America. Already looming pre-pandemic, and exacerbated by the industry downturn in 2020, the lack of aviation maintenance technicians is impacting operations across the board as demand for air travel rebounds at record pace. With low unemployment...

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                  Session Leader
                  Allison McKay
                  CEO
                  Women in Aviation International
                  Speaker
                  Cam Murphy
                  President
                  FEAM Maintenance/Engineering
                  Speaker
                  Don Wright
                  VP – Maintenance and Engineering
                  Alaska Airlines
                  Speaker
                  Mary Anne Cannon
                  VP, West Palm Beach Site & Development Ops
                  Pratt & Whitney
                  Speaker
                  Ryan Goertzen
                  VP Maintenance Workforce Development
                  AAR Corp.
                  Wednesday, April 27
                  8:00 AM - 5:30 PM
                  Registration Open
                  • Wednesday, April 27:  8:00 AM - 5:30 PM
                  Wednesday, April 27
                  8:55 AM - 9:00 AM
                  Welcome to Day 2 of MRO Americas 2022
                  • Wednesday, April 27:  8:55 AM - 9:00 AM
                  • Session Number:  114
                  Speaker
                  Jacqueline Smith
                  Senior Conference Producer
                  Aviation Week Network
                  Wednesday, April 27
                  9:00 AM - 9:05 AM
                  Aviation as a Force for Good in Humanitarian Response - Ukraine and Beyond
                  • Wednesday, April 27:  9:00 AM - 9:05 AM
                  • Session Number:  302
                  Commercial aviation plays a meaningful role in humanitarian response. Understand how collaboration among humanitarian, aviation and logistics partners, led by global nonprofit Airlink, is overcoming the challenges, complexities and costs of delivering critical aid and responders to Ukraine, and other crises around the world. Learn how you can join your...

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                    Speaker
                    Sandra M. Walter
                    Director of Development
                    Airlink
                    Wednesday, April 27
                    9:05 AM - 9:50 AM
                    Global Cargo Conversion Boom: No Signs of Slowing Down
                    • Wednesday, April 27:  9:05 AM - 9:50 AM
                    • Session Number:  115
                    As air cargo activity accelerates, driven by huge e-commerce growth, a new generation of passenger aircraft are seeing a second life as cargo carriers. Booming P2F conversions are driving out older, less sustainable and operationally efficient aircraft and bringing an entire generation of fuel-efficient aircraft into the market. With narrowbodies dominating the...

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                      Speaker
                      Abdol Moabery
                      President and CEO
                      GA Telesis
                      Speaker
                      Mike Perkins
                      Sr. Director of Engineering, Logistics and Technical Services
                      ST Engineering
                      Moderator
                      Mike Stengel
                      Principal
                      AeroDynamic Advisory
                      Speaker
                      Robert Convey
                      SVP - Sales & Marketing
                      Aeronautical Engineers, Inc.
                      Speaker
                      Tim Scott
                      SVP - Technical
                      AVITAS
                      Wednesday, April 27
                      10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
                      OEM Roundtable
                      • Wednesday, April 27:  10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
                      • Session Number:  116
                      In this session, the world’s leading aircraft and engine OEMs discuss how their priorities and approaches to the aftermarket have shifted in the wake of the pandemic and their outlook for the path forward....

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                        Speaker
                        Dan Abraham
                        VP of Commercial Sales & Marketing
                        Boeing Global Services
                        Speaker
                        Dominik Wacht
                        VP Customer Services, North America
                        Airbus Americas
                        Speaker
                        Mary Prettyman
                        Director of Marketing, Commercial Engines
                        Pratt & Whitney, a Raytheon Technologies Company
                        Speaker
                        Ryan Gunyan
                        Business Operations Leader for Aftermarket Solutions
                        GE Aviation
                        Moderator
                        Sean Broderick
                        Senior Air Transport and Safety Editor
                        Aviation Week Network
                        Wednesday, April 27
                        10:30 AM - 10:45 AM
                        Morning Recess
                        • Wednesday, April 27:  10:30 AM - 10:45 AM
                        Wednesday, April 27
                        10:45 AM - 11:30 AM
                        Complimentary Session: Enabling Complete Digital Data Transformation by Connecting Airlines and MROs in a New Way
                        • Wednesday, April 27:  10:45 AM - 11:30 AM
                        • Session Number:  203
                        Providing true, accurate, and real-time aircraft status reporting, regardless of vendor, location, or system. Airlines rely on data from multiple sources to manage their maintenance activities.  EmpowerMX is enabling the collection of that data, the transformation to a common format, and the loading into target systems for robust ability to...

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                          Speaker
                          Dinakara Nagalla
                          President & CEO
                          EmpowerMX
                          Speaker
                          Greg Emerson
                          VP Base Maintenance
                          American Airlines
                          Speaker
                          Rick Uber
                          Managing Director Airframe Maintenance
                          Delta Air Lines
                          Wednesday, April 27
                          11:40 AM - 12:15 PM
                          Sustainability & Collaboration: The Catalyst to Achieving Carbon Neutral Aviation
                          • Wednesday, April 27:  11:40 AM - 12:15 PM
                          • Session Number:  118
                          Supply chain and sustainability experts from OEMs, operators, and MROs discuss aviation’s path toward a greener future. How can the industry cooperate across the supply chain to drive improvements in reaching the industry’s shared commitment to Net Zero? Is the industry prepared for new disclosure requirements and the impact of...

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                            Speaker
                            David Doyle
                            VP Corporate Strategy
                            Lufthansa Technik
                            Speaker
                            Graham Webb
                            Chief Sustainability Officer
                            Pratt & Whitney
                            Moderator
                            John Colas
                            Senior Partner
                            Oliver Wyman
                            Speaker
                            Sheila Remes
                            VP, Environmental Sustainability
                            The Boeing Company
                            Speaker
                            Stacy Malphurs
                            VP, Supply Chain Management & Environmental Sustainability
                            Southwest Airlines
                            Wednesday, April 27
                            12:15 PM - 1:30 PM
                            Lunch Recess
                            • Wednesday, April 27:  12:15 PM - 1:30 PM
                            Wednesday, April 27
                            1:30 PM - 2:05 PM
                            MRO M&A in a Post-Covid Environment
                            • Wednesday, April 27:  1:30 PM - 2:05 PM
                            • Session Number:  121
                            Leading players in the world of MRO M&A probe how the market dynamics have changed as the world emerges from...

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                              Speaker
                              Alex Trapp
                              SVP Business Development
                              StandardAero
                              Moderator
                              Jonathan Berger
                              Managing Director
                              Alton Aviation Consultancy
                              Speaker
                              Lacy Ketzner
                              Managing Director & Partner, North America Head of A&D
                              The Boston Consulting Group
                              Speaker
                              Nick Fazioli
                              Managing Director, Head of Aerospace & Aviation
                              Jefferies LLC
                              State of the Airline: Southwest Airlines
                              • Wednesday, April 27:  1:30 PM - 2:05 PM
                              • Session Number:  120
                              *Presentation follow-up discussion will take place in the Breakout Ballroom immediately following this session. Southwest Airlines operational and technical leadership...

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                                Speaker
                                Mark Wibben
                                VP, Engineering & Programs
                                Southwest Airlines
                                Speaker
                                Peter Requa
                                Sr. Director, Supply Chain Management for Technical Operations
                                Southwest Airlines
                                Wednesday, April 27
                                2:15 PM - 2:50 PM
                                2022 Engines Market Update
                                • Wednesday, April 27:  2:15 PM - 2:50 PM
                                • Session Number:  122
                                Leading figures in the Engine MRO market share their perspectives on the key issues facing the engines market. How does 2022 look for narrow body fleets and what is the outlook for wide bodies? How are airline strategies on greentime utilization impacting the Engine MRO landscape? What are MROs expecting...

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                                  Speaker
                                  Jim Clarke
                                  EVP Global Engine Support
                                  HAECO Americas
                                  Speaker
                                  Les Cronin
                                  VP Sales and Marketing
                                  MTU Aero Engines North America
                                  Speaker
                                  Lewis Prebble
                                  President, Airlines & Fleets
                                  StandardAero
                                  Speaker
                                  Mike McBride
                                  VP, Maintenance Operations & DMS
                                  Delta TechOps Services Group
                                  Moderator
                                  Richard Brown
                                  Managing Director
                                  NAVEO Consultancy
                                  Wednesday, April 27
                                  3:00 PM - 3:35 PM
                                  Retirements, Teardowns, and the USM Market
                                  • Wednesday, April 27:  3:00 PM - 3:35 PM
                                  • Session Number:  124
                                  What is the current status of the global fleet? And what lessons can be learned from the unprecedented levels of...

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                                    Speaker
                                    Daniel Hermann
                                    Head of Asset Management, CFM56/CF34
                                    MTU Maintenance Lease Services
                                    Speaker
                                    Fritz Beiner
                                    SVP Procurement
                                    SR Technics
                                    Speaker
                                    Jeff Lewis
                                    Leasing Executive
                                    Moderator
                                    Lee Ann Shay
                                    Executive Editor, Business Aviation and MRO
                                    Aviation Week Network
                                    Speaker
                                    Tommy Hughes
                                    CEO
                                    VAS Aero Services
                                    State of the Airline: FedEx Express
                                    • Wednesday, April 27:  3:00 PM - 3:35 PM
                                    • Session Number:  123
                                     *Presentation follow-up discussion will take place in the Breakout Ballroom immediately following this session. Operational and technical leadership from FedEx...

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                                      Speaker
                                      Jim Tisdale
                                      Managing Director, Aircraft Vendor Maintenance
                                      FedEx Express
                                      Speaker
                                      Joe Slavinsky
                                      Managing Director of Engineering
                                      FedEx Express
                                      Speaker
                                      Tommy Johnston
                                      Managing Director, Supply Chain Management
                                      FedEx Express
                                      Wednesday, April 27
                                      3:45 PM - 4:25 PM
                                      New Tech in MRO: Driving Down Costs and Accelerating Change
                                      • Wednesday, April 27:  3:45 PM - 4:25 PM
                                      • Session Number:  125
                                      This session covers the latest MRO technologies and new projects that are taking off in 2022. While pre-pandemic plans for tech adoption and tapping into digital potential have not changed dramatically as a result of the Covid-19 crisis, cutbacks are being made by airlines and MROs looking to preserve cash. ...

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                                        Speaker
                                        Joseph Hernandez
                                        VP, Technology
                                        FEAM Aero
                                        Moderator
                                        Lindsay Bjerregaard
                                        Managing Editor, MRO
                                        Aviation Week Network
                                        Speaker
                                        Nicole Tibbetts
                                        Chief Manufacturing Engineer for Repair
                                        GE Aviation
                                        Speaker
                                        Nigel Sawyers-Abbott
                                        Technology Manager, Aftermarket and Sustainment Engineering
                                        Pratt & Whitney
                                        Speaker
                                        Raj Shankar
                                        Vice President, Digital Transformation & GTM Aerospace and Government SI Markets
                                        Salesforce
                                        Wednesday, April 27
                                        4:25 PM - 4:30 PM
                                        MRO Americas 2022 Model Aircraft Drawing & Conference Closing
                                        • Wednesday, April 27:  4:25 PM - 4:30 PM
                                        Speaker
                                        Jacqueline Smith
                                        Senior Conference Producer
                                        Aviation Week Network