Daytona Beach, Fla., Oct. 24, 2013 – The Center for Aviation and Aerospace Leadership (CAAL) at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University – Worldwide hosted nearly 200 industry leaders, government officials and academics at the 4th Annual Aviation & Aerospace Industry Manufacturing Summit (AAIMS 2013) in Fort Worth/Alliance, Texas, last week.
Featured speakers included Clayton Jones, recently retired CEO, Rockwell Collins; Gordon England, former secretary of the Navy and deputy secretary of defense under President George W. Bush; Claire Leon, vice president of national programs, Boeing Space and Intelligence Systems; Lillian Zarrelli Ryals, senior vice president and general manager, Center for Advanced Aviation System Development, MITRE; and Robert Spingarn, aerospace and defense analyst, Credit Suisse First Boston.
AAIMS 2013 highlights included sessions on complex adaptive leadership, attracting and retaining women in aerospace, unmanned aerial systems, the future of airports and human capital. STEM education was also a recurring theme. Ralph Coppola provided an overview of the Real World Design Challenge, a national, high school STEM program that Embry-Riddle Worldwide supports.
“The summit presented a wide range of economic, business, finance, policy and educational topics of value to members of the aviation and aerospace industry,” said Robert Mansfield, executive director of CAAL. “These topics provided attendees with perspectives on where the industry is headed over the next five years or so. And it once again provided insights on how aerospace companies can best prosper in the current environment.”
About Center for Aviation and Aerospace Leadership (CAAL)
The Center for Aviation and Aerospace Leadership (CAAL) at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University – Worldwide was founded in 2008 to capture, create and share relevant information on leadership in the aviation and aerospace industry to prepare leaders for tomorrow’s world. Learn more at www.worldwide.erau.edu/caal.
About Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, the world’s largest, fully accredited university specializing in aviation and aerospace, is a nonprofit, independent institution offering more than 40 baccalaureate, master’s and Ph.D. degree programs in its colleges of Arts and Sciences, Aviation, Business and Engineering. Embry-Riddle educates students at residential campuses in Daytona Beach, Fla., and Prescott, Ariz., and through the Worldwide Campus with more than 150 locations in the United States, Europe, Asia and the Middle East. The university is a major research center, seeking solutions to real- world problems in partnership with the aerospace industry, other universities and government agencies. For more information, visit www.worldwide.erau.edu, follow us on Twitter (@ERAUworldwide) and www.facebook.com/EmbryRiddleWorldwide, and find expert videos at http://www.YouTube.com/EmbryRiddleUniv.
