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Program schedule format 2018
The finalized program schedule will be published shortly.
The agenda format and time slots may be subject to change, additions or corrections.
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Monday, June 11, 2018
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Pre-conference events, meetings or visits
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14:00 - 19:00 |
Registration |
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17:00 - 19:00 |
Welcome Reception.
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Tuesday, June 12, 2018 |
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08:00 - 12:30 |
Registration |
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Prince of Wales room |
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09:00 - 09:10 |
Opening Caribbean Aviation Meetup
Cdr. Bud Slabbaert, Conference Chairman
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09:10 - 09:30 |
Welcome Address
Honorable Dionisio D'Aguilar, Minister of Tourism and Aviation, Commonwealth of The Bahamas, Nassau, Bahamas
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09:30 - 10:10 |
plenary session
Lyndon Gardiner, Founder/Chairman of interCaribbean Airways and Interisland Aviation Services Group, Providenciales, Turks & Caicos
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10:10 - 10:50 |
plenary session
awaiting speaker confirmation
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10:50 - 11:20 |
Networking Break
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Prince of Wales room |
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11:20 - 12:00
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Leadership in Aviation and Crisis Management
Rob Ceravolo, CEO, Tropic Ocean Airways, Ft.Lauderdale, FL, USA
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Restaurant |
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12:00 - 13:30
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Lunch Break
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Prince of Wales Room |
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13:30 - 14:15 |
plenary session
Vincent Vanderpool-Wallace, Principal Partner, Bedford Baker Group, Nassau, Bahamas
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14:15 - 15:00 |
plenary session
Tracy Cooper, Managing Director, BahamsAir Holdings; Vice President ALTA (Latin American and Caribbean Air Transport Association), Nassau, Bahamas
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15:00 - 15:30 |
Networking Break
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Prince of Wales Room |
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15:30 - 16:15 |
Plenary Session
William S. Solano, VP Sales & Director Business Development, Embraer Defense and Security, Ft.Lauderdale, FL, USA
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16:15 - 17:00 |
International Media Panel Discussion; what we may learn from what journalists know, have heard, or have
seen elsewhere
Seth Miller, New York, NY, USA (moderator)independent; Kathryn Creedy, independent Melbourne, FL, USA; Sarah Peter, Reuters, New York, NY, USA / St.Lucia;
Chad Trautvetter, Aviation International News Venice, FL, USA; Ghim-Lay Yeo, FlightGlobal, Washington, DC, USA
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International Media Panel Discussion
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The members of the International Media Panel Discussion will share some of the information that you may not get to read in the magazines. Media
coverage and journalism are not synonymous. They receive information from numerous sources. They are also monitoring situations and trends.
Reputable professional journalists need to check facts and making sure the issue is covered accurately, especially considering how many press
releases provide "information" that is biased, yet, masked as "facts". These journalists hold a balance from old-fashioned "shoe-
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leather" reporting to the human touch and gaining trust from the people they interview, to substantive news coverage that is accurate, and to light-hearted
"snacking" content that flies around the internet and social media. How much do international media professionals know, that we don't know? What can we
find out and learn from what them?
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19:00 - ... |
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Evening of the Awards Dinner
Dinner presentations:
NBAA - National Business Aviation Association
Steven Brown, Chief Operations Officer, NBAA, Washington, DC, USA
Sapphire Pegasus Awards ceremony
Antonia Lukacinova, CEO - Founder, Sapphire Pegasus Awards, Prague, Czech Republic
Seth Miller, Journalist Principal, Wandering Aremean, New York, NY, US
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Sapphire Pegasus Awards
The Sapphire Pegasus is a trophy to honor outstanding performers in the Business Aviation sector. In Europe, the award recognition is celebrated
during EBACE in Geneva. The award is endorsed by the EBAA, AFBAA, CEPA, WCA and BACA professional business aviation organizations.
This year the Sapphire Pegasus will be presented for the 2nd time in the Western Hemisphere. During the Dinner, eight outstanding performers will be honored with the
'Sapphire Pegasus Award for Business Aviation'.
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Wednesday, June 13, 2018 |
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Flamingo Cay Room |
Arawak Cay Room |
Mangrove Cay Room |
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09:00 - 09:45 |
session Joy Jibrilu, Chairlady of the Board of the Caribbean Tourism Council (CTO) and Director General
of Tourism at the Ministry of Tourism and Aviation of the Bahamas
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William R. Bohlke, CEO, Bohlke International Airways, St.Croix, US Virgin Islands
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Aircraft Investment and Leasing
Stuart Klaskin, CEO & Principal, Jetstream Aviation Capital, Miami, FL, USA
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Flamingo Cay Room |
Arawak Cay Room |
Mangrove Cay Room |
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09:45 - 10:30 |
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Hon. Edmund Bartlett, Minister Of Tourism of Jamaica, Kingston, Jamaica
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Medical Evacuations
Dr. Brendan Anzalone, Chief Medical Officer, AeroMD, St.Thomas, US Virgin Islands
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Seaplane Operations
Rob Ceravolo, CEO, Tropic Ocean Airways, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, USA
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10:30 - 11:00 |
Networking Break
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Flamingo Cay Room |
Arawak Cay Room |
Mangrove Cay Room |
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11:00 - 12:00 |
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Regina LaBega, Senior Policy Advisor at the Ministry of Tourism and Transportation, St.Maarten
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Jetbook
Antonia Lukacinova, CEO, Media Tribune, Prague, Czech Republic
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Kelly Spaulding, Regional Sales Director - Propeller, Cessna Aircraft Company, Textron Aviation, Whichita, KS, USA
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Restaurant |
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12:00 - 13:30 |
Lunch
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Flamingo Cay Room |
Arawak Cay Room |
Mangrove Cay Room |
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13:30 - 14:15 |
Passenger and Tourism Taxation
Nickolas Wangler, President, Forecast-Inc, Denver, CO, USA
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Aviation Insurance
Robert Peres, Managing Director, Southeast Insurance Group, Miami, FL, USA
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Roger Marszalek, Marketing Manager, Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation America, Dallas, TX, USA
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14:15 - 15:00 |
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Quimby Melton, CMO/CFO, LeadOn, Huntington Beach, CA, USA
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Drone Technology Development
Ir. Damien Richardson, St.Maarten
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Hector Montanez, Commercial Vice President, Seaborne Airlines, San Juan, Puerto Rico
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15:00 - 15:30 |
Networking Break
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Flamingo Cay Room |
Arawak Cay Room |
Mangrove Cay Room |
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15:30 - 16:15
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Anthony Hunt, Chair of the Belize Tourism Board's Airline Development Team; Diector of Marketing & Route Planning, Trpic Air , Belize
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Charlotte Pederson, CEO, Luxaviation Helicopters, Luxemburg
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Michael Gibson, Sales Executive, Banyan Air, Fort Lauderdale,FL, US
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16:15 - 17:00
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tbd/awaiting confirmation
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Barry Parsons, Senior Vice President, CHC Helicopters, Houston, TX, USA
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Don Ramirez, Director of Safety, XOJET, Palm Beach, FL, USA
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Thursday, June 14, 2018 |
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Static Aircraft Display
Thursday is the day that a group of attendees will visit the static aircraft display on the FBO premises of the Odyssey Aviation at Nassau's
International Airport. Other sessions will continue in the Atlantis conference Center
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Flamingo Cay Room |
Arawak Cay Room |
Mangrove Cay Room |
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09:00 - 09:45 |
session
tbd/awaiting confirmation
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Luc Allary, Direcotr Business Development Caribbean and Central America, Canadian Commercial Corporation, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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Don Ramdass, Associate, Passero Associates,Jacksonville, FL, USA
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Flamingo Cay Room |
Arawak Cay Room |
Mangrove Cay Room |
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09:45 - 10:30 |
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tbd/awaiting confirmation
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Caribbean Development
Thomas Chollet, president/ Managing Partner, UNITE Caribbean, Guadeloupe
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Airport Development
Maurice Best, Senior Associate Transport & Airports, Stantaec, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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10:30 - 11:00 |
Networking Break
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Flamingo Cay Room |
Arawak Cay Room |
Mangrove Cay Room |
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11:00 - 12:00 |
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tbd/awaiting confirmation
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Didier Veyrier, DSNA-Direction des Services de la Navigation Aérienne, Guadeloupe/Paris, France
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Allister Wilmott, President, ARC Aviation Renewables, Vancouver, Canada
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Restaurant |
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12:00 - 13:30 |
Lunch
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Flamingo Cay Room |
Arawak Cay Room |
Mangrove Cay Room |
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13:30 - 15:00 |
Women In Corporate Aviation
Elisabeth Clark, Director at Women in Corporate Aviation, (Prof: FedEx Corporate Pilot ATPMemphis, TN, USA; and
Karin Muller, International Director at Women in Corporate Aviation (Prof: Regional Director Business Development EU, Sterling Golal Aviation
Logistics),London, UK
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tbd/awaiting confirmation
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Pietrick Voyer, Deputy Project Manager, Aeroports de Paris Ingenerie, Paris, France
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15:00 - 15:30 |
Networking Break
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Flamingo Cay Room |
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15:30 - 17:00
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Debriefing; open discussion, what did you learn, what should we consider for the next Caribbean Aviation
Meetup in 2019!
Cdr. Bud Slabbaert, Conference Chair plus guest debriefers
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17:00 - 18:00 |
MEETUP FARETHEEWELL Reception
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Friday, June 15, 2018 |
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Post conference events, meetings or visits
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(the agenda format and time slots may be subject to change, additions or corrections)
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