Full Schedule
CONFERENCE 2025
Note: Speakers Subject to Change
Monday February 24 2025
Manitoba Aviation Career Fair, 10:00 am - 6:00 pm
Aviators Hangout, 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
COPA Pilot Currency Rust Remover, 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Tuesday February 25 2025
Breakfast Sponsored by Fast Air, 8:00 am - 8:45 am
Greetings from Minister of Transportation & Infrastructure, Hon Lisa Naylor, 8:45 am
Flying Together: Advancing Social Sustainability in Aviation, Dr. Suzanne Kearns, 9:00 am
Energy Break Sponsored by Sec & Co.
Developing Talent Internally, 10:30 am
Canadian Transportation Agency, 11:30 am
Manitoba Aviation Council Annual General Meeting (Ellice Room), 12:00 noon
Airline Pilots Association (ALPA), 1:00 pm
Transportation Safety Board of Canada, 1:30 pm
Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) Panel, 2:00 pm
Energy Break Sponsored by Alliance Maintenance
Environmental Sustainability, 3:15 pm
National Associations: The Presidents' Panel, 3:45 pm
Reception Sponsored by Canadian Propeller, 5:00 pm
Awards Banquet, 6:30 pm
Wednesday February 26 2025
Breakfast Sponsored by PropWorks, 8:00 am - 8:45 am
Transport Canada, Bob Ferguson, Regional Director, Civil Aviation PNR, 8:45 am
Northern Airports & Marine Operations Update, Jeremy Angus & Ramon Buenaventura, 9:45 am
Energy Break Sponsored by Wasaya Airways
Independent Aerodrome Weather Reporting, 10:30 am
NAV CANADA Update, 10:45 am
Lunch, Sponsored by NAV CANADA
Airports Session One: 1:00 pm
Runway Safety, Jason Bottling, Falcon Environmental
Medical Flights, Cecily Kennedy & Chris Prodael, Vanguard Aircare
Dealing with Risk, Caleb Winterburn, Covalen
Managing Your Airport, Aaron Bernard, Spatial Engage
Energy Break Sponsored by Alliance Maintenance Services
Airports Session Two: 3:15 pm
Build it and They Will Come: Lessons Learned at the Moosomin Airport, Jeff St. Onge
Rural Economic Development, Eric Forster