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