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2018 WATS-21st World Aviation Training Summit
Bringing Together the Global Aviation Training Community
WATS is the world’s largest gathering of aviation training professionals serving airlines, regulators, training providers and training industry with more than 1,200 expected from 50+ countries expected. WATS offers a relaxed yet professional environment conducive to developing new and building existing business relationships. WATS offers unrivalled opportunities to meet with your peers from the senior echelons of the international airline training community, to discuss the latest training issues and consider and learn how others have addressed and resolved these scenarios.
For those who career takes them across the world to promote training solutions and those for whom sharing training experiences WATS truly provides a huge saving in time and cost by enabling ‘three months worth of meetings in three days’.WATS 2018 will deliver five independent and impartial conference streams alongside the sector’s biggest tradeshow, with all delegates receiving full access the event. 
Day 1 – Tuesday 17th April 2018
0900-1000 Session 1: Opening Remarks & Keynote Addresses (all conference tracks)
1) John S. Duncan, Director, Flight Standards Service, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
2) Honorable Earl F. Weener, Board Member, National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB)
1000-1100 Coffee
1100-1230 Session 2 – The Opening Act: Industry Thought Leadership (WATS Pilot/Regional Pilot/Maintenance)
1) Captain Carl Davis, Director, Air Crew Operations, Training & Professional Services, Boeing Global Services
2) Joe Houghton, Vice President Training and Operations Support, Airbus Americas
Innovation and the Future of Training
3) Torbjorn Wischer, Global Leader Training Strategy, CAE
Augmented Training Solutions
1230-1400 Lunch
1400-1530 Session 3 – Global Pilot Supply and Primary Training Issues (World Airline Pilot/Regional Airline Pilot)
1) Colin Rydon, Vice President Training, Safety & Compliance, L3 Commercial Training Solutions
Demand and the Diversity Dilemma
2) Captain Paul Ryder, Resource Coordinator, ALPA International
The Benefits of Training Complimented with Mentoring
3) Steve Smith, Product Director, MissionFIT™, FlightSafety International
New Technologies Changing the Paradigm in Pilot Training
1530-1615 Coffee
1615-1745 Session 4 – S&T Regulatory Perspectives (World Airline Pilot/Regional Airline Pilot)
1) Robert Burke, Manager Air Carrier Training Systems & Voluntary Safety Programs Branch, FAA & Don Dillman, Co-Chair ACT ARC, VP Flight Training, Federal Express
FAA Regulatory Update
2) Marc Brogan, Flight Examiner – Flight Training and Operations, Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand
Instructor Training Issues
3) Dennis Crider, Chief Technical Advisor, Vehicle Simulation, National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB)
The Success of Simulator Training in Reducing Aviation Accidents
1745-1900 Networking Reception
Day 2 – Wednesday 18th April 2018
0900-1030 Session 5 – Focus on Current Air Carrier Training Issues
1) Scott Nutter, Flight Operations General Manager, Pilot Learning and Development, Delta Air Lines
Optimizing the Simulation Continuum – Curriculum Design is the Driver
2) Captain Pierre Wannaz, A330/A340, Swiss International Airlines
How Could We Turn Each Flight Into a Training Opportunity?
3) Ping Lee, Chief Pilot, Basic Training Section, EVA Airways
Enter the Dragon: East Meets West – Eva Airways Journey to Implement EBT
1030-1115 Coffee
1115-1245 Session 6A – Current Air Carrier Training Issues
1) Captain John Steinnes, Special Projects Manager, Boeing Training & Professional Services
EET/UPRT: Operational Relevance in an Automated World
2) Captain Shem Malmquist, B777 Captain
Training to Facilitate Adaptive Capacity in Automated Systems
3) Dan Littmann, Staff Scientist, FlightSafety International & Mike Jackson, Manager, Acquisitions & Programs, Flight Simulator Engineering, FedEx Express
Dealing with Reality: Possibilities and Pitfalls
1245-1415 Lunch
1415-1545 Session 6B – Human Factors Insights
1) Carolyn Vaughan, Principle Adviser Human Factors, Qantas Airways
Business as Usual – Integrating Human Factors Across Your SMS
2) Fujii Shigeru, Manager, Flight Training & Check Standards, Japan Air Lines
Proactive and Predictive System to Mitigate/Minimize/Eliminate PIC’s Fatal Decision-Making Errors by Deep Learning AI
3) Javier Rivera, PhD, Post-Doctoral Researcher, Institute for Simulation & Training, University of Central Florida
CRM in Other Domains: What Lessons Can Aviation Learn?
1545-1630 Coffee
1630-1800 Session 6C – Breakouts
• Special Panel on Instructor Resources
Through a distinguished panel of airlines and industry, Dr. Sunjoo Advani, President, IDT, will explore the nature and future of the instructor profession. Panelists to include:
– Todd Lisak, ALPA National Training Council Chairman
– Suheil Abumariam, FRAeS, Manager Advanced Qualification Program, Gulf Air
– Captain Paul Scully, Aer Lingus
– David Smith, Vice President, Training Centers, TRU Simulation + Training
• FAA National Simulator Program (NSP) Briefing and Q&A Session
– Arnab Lahiri, Aerospace Engineer, National Simulator Program, FAA
Insights into the Implementation of New Directives in Flight Simulator Training
Day 3 – Thursday 19th April 2018
0900-1030 Session 7 – Simulation Technology Update (all conference tracks)
1) Jason Thompson, Business Developing Manager, L3 Commercial Training Solutions
Advancing FTD Technologies and the Opportunity to the Pilot Training Journey
2) Fernando Petruziello, Co-founder, Imagine 4D
Virtual Reality; Does It Work? Introducing True Immersion
3) Dennis Hartley, Principle Systems Engineer, Rockwell Collins Simulation & Training Solutions
Potential Uses of Virtual and Augmented Reality Devices in Commercial Training Applications
1030-1115 Coffee
1115-1245 Session 8 – Advanced Training Environments and New Media (all conference tracks)
1) Lori Brown, Associate Professor, College of Aviation, Western Michigan University
HoloLens: The Next Generation of Training with Mixed Reality
2) Søren Seindal Agner, Owner, Aeroteam
Learning Games for Training and Assessment of NOTECHS in the Classroom Environment
3) Kristianna Fallows, Supervisor Learning Design, JetBlue University
A New Vision for Learning: From AQP to xAPI
1245 Closing Remarks
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