October 28 - 29, 2025
| The Westin San Antonio North, San Antonio, TX
CONFERENCE DAY ONE | OCTOBER 28
Main Track
7:30 am - 9:00 am
Registration & Networking
8:50 am - 8:55 am
CHAIRMAN’S OPENING REMARKS
Lieutenant General (Ret’d) Anthony J. Rock -
Inspector General U.S. Air Force (2016 –2017),
US Air Force
Lieutenant General (Ret’d) Anthony J. Rock
Inspector General U.S. Air Force (2016 –2017)US Air Force
9:00 am - 9:30 am
MOVING TO A MISSION OVER FUNCTION MINDSET
Major General Clark Quinn -
Deputy Commander for Air Education and Training Command (AETC),
US Air Force
- Overseeing a command that is organized to see across functional boundaries, informed by functional authorities from a policy perspective, a strategy perspective, and a resourcing perspective
- The role of the Centers of Excellence
- How industry can help AETC move towards this new mindset
Major General Clark Quinn
Deputy Commander for Air Education and Training Command (AETC)US Air Force
8:55 am - 9:00 am
Boeing Welcome Remarks
Sponsored by: The Boeing Company
9:30 am - 10:00 am
INDUSTRY INSIGHT SESSION – HOSTED BY BOEING
Sponsored by: The Boeing Company
10:00 am - 10:30 am
INITIAL PILOT TRAINING (IPT) MODEL
- The role that the University of North Dakota Aerospace Foundation flight training program in Arizona and the Brunner Aerospace flight training program in Texas have played for the IPT model and if that will expand
- Results from the first cohort
- Requirements that need to be met for the program to grow and succeed
10:30 am - 11:00 am
NETWORKING COFFEE BREAK IN THE EXHIBITION HALL
11:00 am - 11:30 am
ADVANCED TRAINING SYSTEMS FOR THE US NAVY
Captain Brian Higgins -
Assistant Chief of Staff and Head of Facilities and Simulation,
US Navy
- How the US Navy is upgrading current systems with new technology to enhance training and better prepare the 21st century warfighter
- Lessons learned from the implementation of simulation training and steps taken to improve upon those lessons
- How industry can help the modernization of US Navy pilot training
Captain Brian Higgins
Assistant Chief of Staff and Head of Facilities and SimulationUS Navy
11:30 am - 12:00 pm
TRANSFORMING FLYING TRAINING THROUGH COMPETENCY MAPPING
Christy Stephens -
Lead Instructional Systems Designer, 19th Air Force,
US Air Force
- Defining what individual competency mapping is and why it is important to AETC
- Why adaptive learning is the future of training at AETC
- How industry can get involved in advancing adaptive learning at AETC
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
INDUSTRY INSIGHT SESSION – HOSTED BY IPERFORMX
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
LUNCH AND NETWORKING IN THE EXHIBITION HALL
1:30 pm - 2:00 pm
HOW NATO FLIGHT TRAINING EUROPE IS IMPROVING FLYING CAPACITY ACROSS THE ALLIANCE
Jason Hawker -
Principal Officer, NATO Flight Training Europe,
NSPA
- Training in contentious times as conflicts heighten in Ukraine and the Middle East
- Results from the new syllabus and three-dimensional environment training
- Creating synthetic environments to create environments happening in current conflicts
2:00 pm - 2:30 pm
INDUSTRY INSIGHTS SESSION HOSTED BY KF AEROSPACE
- Understanding the different training situations for air dominance
- Defining what air dominance is
- Discussing the unique training curriculum for air dominance training
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
LUNCH AND NETWORKING IN THE EXHIBITION HALL
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm
HOW UNMANNED PLATFORMS ARE HELPING ADVANCE FLIGHT TRAINING
Colonel Peter Lee -
Commander, 12th Flying Training Wing,
US Air Force
- Understanding how unmanned and manned aircraft work together
- Challenges of training with unmanned aircraft
- How instructors are getting up to speed on training with unmanned aircraft
4:00 pm - 4:30 pm
FUTURE LONG RANGE ASSAULT AIRCRAFT TRAINING
- Integrating emerging technology into training for the long range assault aircraft
- Understanding the steps needed to train both instructors and staff for new aircraft
- Initial feedback on training from soldiers and what is needed for advancing training for the long range assault aircraft
4:00 pm - 4:05 pm
CHAIRMAN’S CLOSING REMARKS AND END OF CONFERENCE DAY ONE
Lieutenant General (Ret’d) Anthony J. Rock -
Inspector General U.S. Air Force (2016 –2017),
US Air Force
Lieutenant General (Ret’d) Anthony J. Rock
Inspector General U.S. Air Force (2016 –2017)US Air Force
