63rd Business Aviation Safety Summit
BASS 2019 program is still being developed, please see below for the 2018 program. Please note, specific session titles and speakers will change but the format and general topics will remain the same. We hope this helps you for future planning.
We will notify you when the 2019 agenda is live!
BASS 2018 Agenda
Go to Thursday, May 10 Go to Friday, May 11
WEDNESDAY, MAY 9, 2018
| 0845 – 1800 | 5th Annual Safety Day |
| 1400 – 1700 | Registration and Information Desk |
| 1400 – 1700 | Exhibitor Move-In |
| 1700 – 1730 | Day One Speakers Meeting |
THURSDAY, MAY 10, 2018
| 0730 – 1700 | Registration and Information Desk |
| 0730 – 0830 | Breakfast with Exhibitors |
| 0830 – 1000 | Welcome and Opening Keynote Address This session includes a keynote from Tom Costello (NBC News) who will provide the public view of aviation safety to be followed by our own perspective on Business Aviation from the Flight Safety FoundationSession sponsored by AviationManuals |
| Welcome Jon Beatty, President & CEO, Flight Safety Foundation John Hamilton, Chairman, Board of Governors, Flight Safety Foundation |
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| Keynote Address Tom Costello, Correspondent, NBC News |
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| FSF 2017 Year in Review Mark Millam, Vice President – Technical, Flight Safety Foundation |
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| 1000 – 1030 | Morning Business Break
Sponsored by VisionSafe |
| 1030 – 1200 | Session I Measuring our performance and our successes is an important part of the safety process today. These speakers will talk about how that measurement process works and what they are finding.Session sponsored by AviationManuals |
| C-FOQA Risk Assessment Study Shelby Balogh, Data and Analytics Scientist, GE Aviation |
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| A Systems Engineering Approach to Safety Performance Indicators and Accident Casuality Capt. Shem Malmquist, FRAeS John Thomas, Ph.D., Research Engineer/Scientist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
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| 1200 – 1210 | Sidney Baker Memorial Scholarship Thomas Anthony, Director, Aviation Safety and Security Program, University of Southern California |
| 1210 – 1330 | Lunch with Exhibitors
Sponsored by Rolls-Royce |
| 1220 – 1300 | Exhibit Hall Demo Presentations New this year, exhibitors will have an opportunity to give a short presentation to showcase a new product or service, meet new prospects, drive traffic and capture more leads with an Exhibit Hall Demo Presentation! Learn more on our Exhibitor/Sponsor page |
| 1330 – 1500 | Session II Designing our aircraft for the best possible outcomes depends on knowing the man / machine interface. The speakers in this session will focus on how business jets are built in a robust way to address and prevent safety issues and fatigue.Session sponsored by AviationManuals |
| Fly By Wire Woody Saland, Ph.D., Director, Pilot Experience and New Flightdeck Technologies, Dassault Falcon Jet Peter Zeeb, Managing Director, Technical Services, The Van Allen Group |
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| “We Need a Fatigue Risk Management Program. How Are We Going to Do That?” Mark C. McIntyre, CAM, Director, Flight Operations, Mente LLC Dr. Daniel Mollicone, CEO, Pulsar Informatics |
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| 1500 – 1530 | Business Break |
| 1530 – 1700 | Session III Getting the most out of safety performance often depends on building the best training programs as well as the guidance and standards for those training programsSession sponsored by AviationManuals |
| Pilot Competency and Training — FSF Position Paper Mark Millam, Vice President, Technical, Flight Safety Foundation |
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| Taking Your Training Program to a New Flight Level Dan Boedigheimer, Ph.D., CEO, Advanced Aircrew Academy Cole Henderson, Assistant Training Manager, Midwest Aviation |
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| NBAA and ICAO Tom Huff, Aviation Safety Officer, Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. Bennet Walsh, Director, IS-BAO Program, International Business Aviation Council, Ltd |
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| 1700 | Day 2 Speakers Meeting |
| 1700 – 1830 | Networking Reception |
FRIDAY, MAY 11, 2018
| 0730 – 1500 | Registration and Information Desk |
| 0730 – 0830 | Breakfast With Exhibitors |
| 0830 – 1000 | Session IV The Approach and Landing phase of flight has long been connected with the most accidents. Managing this risk in real time is a challenge for flight crews and they need the best support to perform their jobs well. One of the key decisions they have to make when risks are elevated is whether to go around.Session sponsored by GE Digital for Aviation |
| 2nd Day Keynote – Self-Management: The Key to a Safe Flight Fabio Couto Bonnett, Air Safety Investigator, Flight Operations, Embraer |
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| Go-Around Decision-Making & Execution Martin Smith, Ph.D., CEO, Presage Group, Inc. |
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| 1000 – 1030 | Business Break |
| 1030 – 1200 | Session V Safety is often built from a foundation of understanding how to build the right perceptions and the right safety cultureSession sponsored by GE Digital for Aviation |
| Risk Avoiders, Risk Seekers, and the Influence of the Organizational Culture Luiz Maurício de Andrade da Silva, PH.D., Brazilian Air Force University |
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| Zooming in on Safety Culture….From Culture to Performance Indicators Chris Young, Director, Safety Solutions, Baldwin Aviation – Safety & Compliance |
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| 1200 – 1330 | Lunch With Exhibitors |
| 1220 – 1307 | Exhibit Hall Demo Presentations New this year, exhibitors will have an opportunity to give a short presentation to showcase a new product or service, meet new prospects, drive traffic and capture more leads with an Exhibit Hall Demo Presentation! Learn more on our Exhibitor/Sponsor page |
| 1330 – 1510 | Session VI Some of the biggest areas for needed safety improvements come in the approach and landing phase. The speakers in this session will discuss studies and investigations which have led to recommendations and how to prevent these accidents.Session sponsored by GE Digital for Aviation |
| Loss of Control In-flight (LOC-I) Solved: Global Standard Paul “BJ” Ransbury, Loss of Control In-flight (LOC-I) Solved: Global Standard |
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| KTEB Accident Review John DeLisi, Director, Office of Aviation Safety, National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) |
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| 1500 – 1510 | BASS 2018 Concludes See you next year! |
| 1500 – 1700 | Exhibitor Move-Out |