Tuesday, February 26, 2008 • Professional Development Course

A separate fee is required for this course. Continental breakfast, breaks, lunch and handout materials are provided.

7:30 am–
8:00 am

NBAA PDP Course: Flight Department Finance and Budget Accounting

Presented by: Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and meets PDP
Objectives BM2 and BM3

The course covers the basics of budgeting, forecasting, financial management, taxation and cost recovery for the flight department. It also provides an accounting primer to allow aviation professionals to better understand accounting principles and financial reports. The financial, taxation and insurance considerations of aircraft acquisitions and ownership are presented.

Wednesday, Febuary 27, 2008 • Leadership Conference

Registration & Continental Breakfast

Sponsored by Dassault Falcon

Welcome & Corporate Aviation Management Committee (CAMC) Introductions

Leadership at the Speed of Trust

Keynote Speaker Stephen M.R. Covey
Sponsored by Gulfstream Aerospace

Got Trust? Business thought leader and bestselling author Stephen M.R. Covey will challenge our age-old perception that trust is merely a soft, social virtue and instead demonstrates that trust is a hard-edged, economic driver. Stephen will provide you the tools to establish trust on every level, build character and create leadership that inspires confidence. You will learn how to turn a bureaucratic and political “low trust” group into a collaborative, innovative, creative and effective “high trust” organization. Attendees will receive a special tool set of “trust cards” to further sharpen their trust ability.

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Morning Break

Sponsored by Bloomer deVere Group Avia, Inc.

As a special bonus Attendees will receive a complimentary copy of Covey’s book The Speed of Trust, about which Larry King said, “this book can change lives when it comes to building trusting personal and professional relationships.” The author will be available for signings after the presentation.

Sponsored by Air Routing International

Leadership at the Speed of Trust (Continued)

12:00 noon –
1:30 pm

Lunch

Sponsored by Sentient Flight Group

Please join Gary Hoffman, CAMC chair, in welcoming Ed Bolen, president and ceo, NBAA. Mr. Bolen will address topical issues of interest to you and NBAA.

Everybody’s Business: Leadership and the Challenge of Ethics in Management

Speaker Andrew C. Wicks, PhD, Associate Professor, The Darden School, and Co-Director of The Olsson Center for Business Ethics, University of Virginia

Sponsored by FlightSafety International

Ethics is an inherent part of what we do when we lead. The hard part is to be thoughtful about what values we choose, and how we use them both to shape our decisions and to convince others to follow us. Professor
Wicks will focus on examining how we get off course, even when we are well intentioned, and how we lead when it is not clear what the right thing to do is. Powerful case studies will be discussed that challenge us to find convincing reasons for our choices when we get into the ethics “grey zone.” As part of our business tool kit, it will be shown that our values and ethics skills are critical to our ability to lead and to get others to follow.

Afternoon Break

3:15 p.m.-
5:00 p.m.

Everybody’s Business Leadership and the Challenge of Ethics in Management (Continued)

Wednesday Evening Networking Dinner

HORNS, FINS AND FEATHERS!

A museum doesn’t have to be a quiet, stuffy place – that’s exactly why we have chosen the Buckhorn Museum as the site of this year’s networking event. Please join us for a champagne reception as we travel from the Marriott via riverboat down the San Antonio River to the Famous Buckhorn Saloon and Museum. A real “Texas Style Dinner” will be served, and you can spend the evening networking with your peers as well as traveling through over 400 years of Texas History. Additionally the Buckhorn boasts it’s Horns, Fins, and Feathers display.

Thursday, February 28, 2008 • Leadership Conference

Continental Breakfast

Sponsored by Hawker Beechcraft

Teamwork in Crisis – The Story of United 232

Speaker Captain Al Haynes

Sponsored by ARINC

That 184 people survived the crash landing of United Flight 232 can be attributed to five main factors: Luck, Communications, Preparation, Execution and Cooperation. Join Captain Haynes as he takes us aboard this fateful flight. His ability to lead during crisis, drawing upon his years of cockpit collaboration and communication, leading with the trust and respect of his colleagues, thinking outside the box, and making the best of a tragic event is an inspiration to both aviators and non-aviators alike. Al will motivate you to take CRM out of the cockpit and into your business.

Morning Break

Diversity Metrics & Analytics....It Makes Dollars & Sense!

Speaker Craig Clayton, Director and Diversity Strategist with the University of Houston’s Bauer College of Business’s International Institute for Diversity & Cross-Cultural Management. Founder of the Greater Houston Diversity Coalition and the Center for Diversity Research

Sponsored by Bombardier Aerospace

The key to organizational success starts with how its employees are treated. Employees who feel valued and respected are much more likely to give their best efforts on a regular basis. This is often referred to as ‘discretionary effort’ and is the secret to increasing the levels of high performing work teams. While these competencies are critical to long term success for any organization, the first step is creating a corporate culture that values and respects its most valuable asset…. its employees! Craig’s primary focus will be to helping you understand the significance of managing and leveraging the “people to profit” chain.

Lunch

Sponsored by Universal Weather and Aviation, Inc.

Join us for lunch with Barrington Irving, the young African American pilot who flew around the world, and founder of the Experience Aviation Learning Center. Barrington has inspired young people everywhere to follow their dreams, teaching them that all things are possible.

Can Bad Things Happen to Good Companies?

Speaker The Honorable Robert Sumwalt, Vice Chairman, National Transportation Safety Board

Safety Leadership – Most aircraft accidents are rooted in organizational issues. Safety must start with leadership, and it must permeate the entire organization. This session guarantees to provide practical leadership tools and a proven roadmap to help aviation leaders develop a healthy safety culture within their aviation departments.

Good Leadership Leads to Good Safety – You were an excellent pilot and enjoyed flying the company’s jet around the world. Senior management noticed your dedication to piloting and rewarded you with the opportunity to take over the reins of the aviation department. This module will discuss strengthening your leadership skills to become a great leader. And what does this have to do with safety? Quite simply, good leadership leads to good safety. Without one, you probably won’t have the other.

Afternoon Break

Can Bad Things Happen to Good Companies? (Continued)

A Leadership Workshop: Tools for Developing and Maintaining Safety Culture – Safety culture is something that is often talked about, but how does someone develop and maintain such a culture? To find out what you may be missing, this session will provide practical tools and demonstrate how these tools have been used to turn around a struggling Fortune 500’s business flight department and put that department solidly on the road toward World Class status with IS-BAO certification.

Friday, February 29, 2008 • Post Conference

Certified Aviation Manager (CAM) Exam

The NBAA Certified Aviation Manager Exam will be offered at this time. To be eligible for this exam, participants must be pre-qualified and approved by January 14, 2008. For more information please contact NBAA’s Jay Evans, Director of Operations at (202) 783-9353 or jevans@nbaa.org.

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