NTSB Press Release
National Transportation Safety Board
Office of Public Affairs
Final Agenda for NTSB's General Aviation Safety Forum Announced
Agency also releases promotional video about the forum
June 13, 2012
WASHINGTON - The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) today released the final agenda including speaker names, affiliations, and biographies for the forum on General Aviation Safety: Climbing to the Next Level, scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday, June 19 & 20. Representatives from government, industry and academia will serve as panelists during the forum and will discuss key safety topics including pilot training and performance, pilot access to and use of weather-related information, and aircraft design, certification, and maintenance.
Panelists will also share information about new technologies that may be beneficial in preventing future accidents.
In addition to the agenda announcement, the NTSB has released a promotional video highlighting the major issues to be discussed at the forum. The video may be viewed here:
The forum, being held at the NTSB Conference Center and Board Room in Washington DC, is free and open to all; no registration is required.
The entire two-day event will be webcast live. An archive of the webcast will be available on our website for three months following the event.
Organizations and/or individuals can submit input for consideration as part of the forum's archived materials. Submissions should directly address one or more of the forum's eight topic areas (identified by the panel titles) and should be submitted electronically as an attached document to: gasafetyforum@ntsb.gov. The deadline for receipt is September 1, 2012. Input received will be entered into the Safety Board's public docket on this forum.
Follow us on twitter at @NTSB. The hashtag for the forum is #GASafety.
NTSB Media Contact:
Office of Public Affairs
490 L'Enfant Plaza, SW
Washington, DC 20594
(202) 314-6100
Keith Holloway
keith.holloway@ntsb.gov
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of transportation accidents, promoting transportation safety, and assisting victims of transportation accidents and their families.
