NAFA's 45th Annual Conference

May 10-13, 2016

PROGRAM

Tuesday, May 10

          8:00am-5:00pm     16^th Annual NAFA Aircraft Education Program

                                                   (Optional Event – Separate Program)

Wednesday, May 11

          9:00-11:30am         VENDOR FORUM, and Member Meet and Greet Breakfast, Conference Registration,

                                       Introduction of NAFA’s revised website

          12:30pm                NAFA Annual Golf Classic – Bonaventure’s Green Monster Course

                                       (Optional Event, including lunch – Transportation departs hotel at 11:30am)

          12:00-5:00pm        NAFA Optional Event – Everglades Safari Airboat Tour

                                       (Optional Event, including lunch – Transportation departs hotel at 12:00Noon)

          7:00pm                  Welcome Cocktail Reception & Dinner

Thursday, May 12

          8:00-8:45am           Registration and Networking Breakfast

          8:45-9:30am           ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING and OPENING REMARKS

                                       Chris Miller; President, National Aircraft Finance Association

          9:30-10:30am         GENERAL SESSION:  Market Outlook

                                       Richard Aboulafia; Vice President – Analysis, The Teal Group Corporation

          10:30-10:45am       Coffee Break

          10:45-11:30am       GENERAL SESSION:  Preventing Fraudulent Transactions and Cybercrime in

                                       Aircraft Sales Transactions

                                       Chad Knapp; Special Agent, Cybersecurity, Federal Bureau of Investigation

          11:30-12:30pm       GENERAL SESSION:  Economic Outlook

                                       Rollie Vincent; President, Rolland Vincent Associates, Plano, TX

          12:30-1:30pm        NETWORKING LUNCH

          1:30-2:15pm           GENERAL SESSION:  Risks and Considerations for Financing Imported Aircraft

                                       Moderator:  Edward Kammerer; Partner, Hinckley Allen, Providence, RI

                                       Panelists:

                                       Gary Fullman; Vimar Transportation Consultants, Miami, FL

                                       Michael Amalfitano; EVP, Sr. Mng Director, Stonebriar Commercial Finance, Plano, TX

             2:15-2:45pm           GENERAL SESSION:

                                       NAFA and the Future of Aircraft Lending – Strategic Planning Discussion

                                       Ford von Weise; Director, Global Head Aircraft Finance, Citi Private Bank, New York, NY

          2:45-3:00pm           Coffee Break

          3:00-3:45pm            GENERAL SESSION:

                                        FAA – From Stone-Age to Digital Signatures

                                        David D. Warner:  Shareholder, Lane Powell PC, Moderator

                                        Panelists:

                                        Debbie Mercer Erwin; President, Wright Brothers Aircraft Title, Oklahoma City, OK

                                        Bruce Marshall; Executive VP & General Counsel, AIC Title Service, Oklahoma City, OK

          3:45-4:30pm            BREAK-OUT SESSIONS: 

                                        #1 – The Future of the Light Aircraft Market (Town-Hall format)

                                         Tom Haines; SVP, AOPA, Frederick, MD

                                        #2 – The Changing World of Aircraft Leasing -

                                         (FASB Changes and Their Impact on Aircraft Lending)

                                         Glenn Hediger; CPA, President, Aviation Financial Consulting, LLC, Fairfax, VA

                                         John Hoover; Partner, Cooley, LLP, Washington, DC

          6:30-7:30pm          COCKTAIL RECEPTION

          7:30pm                  DINNER & Auction, proceeds benefit NAFA’s Scholarship Fund

Friday, May 13

          7:00-9:30am           NETWORKING BREAKFAST