Speaker Schedule
Thursday, February 11, 2027
Speaker Schedule | February 11, 2027
**Please note that dates and times are subject to change.**
(2) Indicates this seminar will be presented twice.
Seminar Room 1 | Rigging - Packing Table | 230 B & C
| Time | Seminar Title | Speaker Name |
|---|---|---|
| 8:00am | ||
| 9:00am | ||
| 10:00am | Packing the Softie Micro | Charlie Markin |
| 11:00am | ||
| 12:00pm | ||
| 1:00pm | ||
| 2:00pm | Packing a Butler Parachute System (2) | Marvin Fortner |
| 3:00pm | ||
| 4:00pm |
Seminar Room 2 | Rigging | 230 D & E
| Time | Seminar Title | Speaker Name |
|---|---|---|
| 8:00am | ||
| 9:00am | Packing the Javelin Odyssey Reserve Container with Tips and Tricks | Tom Parker & Shauna Finley |
| 11:00am | FAA DPRE & Master Rigger Open Forum | Moderator: Abbie Mashaal. Panel: Kirk Smith, Andi Paulsen, Kevin Gibson, Tom Parker, Pablito Perazzoli, Nancy La Riviere, Sandy Reid, Johannes Oosterveer |
| 1:00pm | Basic Introduction to Lockstitch Industrial Sewing Machines (2) | Terry Urban |
| 2:00pm | ||
| 3:00pm |
Seminar Room 3 | Skydiving & Fireside Chats | 230 G
| Time | Seminar Title | Speaker Name |
|---|---|---|
| 8:00am | ||
| 9:00am | Fireside Chat: Guest Pending | Moderator: James La Barrie |
| 11:00am | Canopy Task Force Update (2) | Sherry Butcher |
| 1:00pm | The North Pole Expedition | Documentary with Bill Booth & Norman Kent |
| 2:00pm | ||
| 3:00pm | ||
| 4:00pm |
Seminar Room 4 | Skydiving | 230 F
| Time | Seminar Title | Speaker Name |
|---|---|---|
| 8:00am | Fixing the Problems with Night Jumping (2) | Ebby Boehm |
| 10:00am | McCook Field; Where Jumping From a Perfectly Good Airplane Started | Jim Wilson |
| 12:00pm | Math in Skydiving | Andreas Jankowsky |
| 1:00pm | Canopy Formation (2) | Chris Gay |
| 2:00pm | Falling To An End. How AADs have kept us safer (2) | Karl Meyer |
Seminar Room 5 | Technical | 230 A
| Time | Seminar Title | Speaker Name |
|---|---|---|
| 8:00am | ||
| 9:00am | Form Versus Function | Scott Roberts |
| 10:00am | Space Parachute Engineering at Airborne Systems California (2) | Connor Kelsay |
| 11:00am | ||
| 12:00pm | ||
| 1:00pm | Lions, Tigers, and Paradactyls, Oh My! The Evolution of Parawings | Jim Wilson |
| 2:00pm | ||
| 3:00pm | ||
| 4:00pm |
Seminar Room 6 | Government & Management | 230 H & J
| Time | Seminar Title | Speaker Name |
|---|---|---|
| 8:00am | ||
| 9:00am | De-Escalation Mastery: Calm Any Room in 90 Seconds (2) | Doug Noll |
| 10:00am | Compliance V Education: What 12 Years of Data Actually Says (2) | David DuPlessis |
| 11:00am | ||
| 12:00pm | AI and the 2027 Marketing Playbook | James La Barrie |
| 1:00pm | Road to Becoming a Parachute Rigger Examiner | FAA; Jennifer Lentz, Leslie Thompson, Jimmy Wynne |
| 2:00pm | ||
| 3:00pm | ||
| 4:00pm |
