UTC Aerospace Systems 3414 South 5th Street, Building 2 Phoenix, AZ 85040 Thursday, October 11 7.00am – 5.00pm Meeting Registration & Information Desk 7.15am – 8.30am Networking Break
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3414 South 5th Street, Building 2
Phoenix, AZ 85040
Thursday, October 11 7.00am – 5.00pm Meeting Registration & Information Desk
7.15am – 8.30am Networking Breakfast
7.15am – 8.30am Tour UTC Aerospace Systems Evacuation Slides Test Facility
*Must be pre-registered to attend the tour
8.30am – 8.35am Call to Order by Summit Emcee
Robin Thurman, Director, Workforce and Industrial Base Development, AIA 8.35am – 9.10am Welcome and Opening Statements
Moderator: Robin Thurman, Director, Workforce and Industrial Base Development, AIA
Mayon Neal, General Manager, Evacuations, Lighting and Propulsion, UTC
Aerospace Systems
Bob Durbin, Chief Operating Officer, AIA Kevin Sullivan, Executive Vice President, Sales and Client Services, Arizona
Commerce Authority
9.10am – 9.35am Issues and Trends: Results of the 2017 A&D Workforce Survey
Carole Hedden, Executive Editorial Director, Aviation Week Executive Intelligence 9.35am – 10.30am Executive Panel: Arizona A&D Workforce Challenges: Company Perspectives
from Top Executives Moderator: Robin Thurman, Director, Workforce and Industrial Base
Development, AIA
Carl Esposito, President, Electronic Solutions, Honeywell Aerospace Terry Feehan, Vice President, Safety and Mission Assurance, Launch Vehicles,
Northrop Grumman Corporation
Laura McGill, Vice President, Engineering, Raytheon Company Mayon Neal, General Manager, Evacuations, Lighting and Propulsion, UTC
Aerospace Systems
Mark Gaspers, Manager, State and Local Government Operations, The Boeing
Company
10.30am – 10.40am Break
10.40am – 11.20am Panel: University Leaders’ Perspectives on Addressing the 21 st Century
Workforce Challenges and Opportunities Moderator: Dr Vic Settergren, Director, Global Talent Development, Raytheon
Trang 2Dr Frank Ayers, Chancellor, Embry Riddle Aeronautical University
Dr Christopher Edwards, Planetary Science, Northern Arizona University
Dr Kyle Squires, Dean, Fulton School of Engineering, Arizona State University
11.20am – 12.00pm Panel: K-12 STEM Education in Arizona: How Can Industry Better Engage with
School Systems Moderator: Becca Zulch, Chief Science Officer Student Cesar Gutierrez, Manufacturing Teacher, Sunnyside School District Evelyn Plascencia, Manufacturing CTE Program Student, Sunnyside School
District
Susan Quinn, Middle School Science Teacher/CSO Teacher, Saddle Mountain School District
Steve Watson, Superintendent, Maricopa County Schools Bret Wingert, Vice President, Business Transformation, Insight 12.00pm – 12.50pm Panel: Arizona Workforce Solutions and Initiatives
Moderator: Jenn Jakemer, The Boeing Company Keith Forte, AZ Office of Economic Opportunity (Skills Bridge Program) Leah Palmer, Mesa Community College
Katherine Pappas, Pipeline AZ Trevor Stokes, AZ Office of Economic Opportunity (AZ Career Readiness
Credential)
12.50pm – 1.50pm Lunch
Keynote Speaker: Joan Higginbotham, Retired NASA Astronaut and Director,
Corporate Social Responsibility, UTC Aerospace Systems
1.50pm – 2.45pm Breakout Discussions: Small Group Action Planning and Talent Pipeline Goal
Setting Facilitator: Peter Larson, Senior Manager, Engineering Workforce and Competitiveness Development Programs, The Boeing Company
2.45pm – 3.15pm Call to Action: Next Steps and Commitments
Peter Larson, Senior Manager, Engineering Workforce and Competitiveness
Development Programs, The Boeing Company
3.15pm – 3.30pm Closing Remarks
Peter Larson, Senior Manager, Engineering Workforce and Competitiveness
Development Programs, The Boeing Company
Robin Thurman, Director, Workforce and Industrial Base Development, AIA 3.30pm – 3.45pm Depart for Honeywell Aerospace Facility Tour
*Transportation is on own and not provided for attendees – Located 5.3 miles from UTC Aerospace Systems building
*Must be pre-registered to attend the tour
3.45pm – 5.15pm
111 S 34 th Street
Phoenix, AZ 85034
Honeywell Aerospace Facility Tour
3.30pm – 5:00pm
UTC Aerospace
Systems
Networking Reception