Public Policy Committee Meeting

05 January 2016Cityview AB, Manchester Hyatt (San Diego, CA) Chaired by: Mary Snitch, VP Public Policy

Agenda

• Welcome Mary Snitch

• 2016 Key Issues Review Sam Magill

• Congressional Visits Day Tim Dominick Program Agenda Next Steps for Planning

• Follow-on Programming 2016 State Aerospace Events Steve Sidorek Forum Integration Sandy Coleman Engagement Activities Phil Hattis

• Honors & Awards Dennis Granato 2016 Public Service Award 2017 Durand Lectureship Award

• Adjourn 2

2016 Key Issues

Sam Magill, Co-chairPublic Police Key Issue Development WG05 January 2016

A&D Funding and Procurement

• Related Issues: Funding Instability Reauthorize FAA Funding for the FAA Office of Commercial Space Transportation Reauthorize NASA

• Recommendations: Appropriate 2017 Defense funding within the caps established by the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 no

later than 30 September 2016. Employ sound budgetary principles for the long-term development and manufacturing of complex

aerospace systems and architecture necessary to accomplish strategic national goals. Provide long-term reauthorization with adequate funding for the FAA in order to meet program

requirements. This is also instrumental in providing certainty and stability for the aviation marketplace and workforce. Reauthorization should include adequate funding to successfully implement NextGen, commercial space transportation operations, safely integrate UAS into the NAS, and complete priority FAA modernization initiatives.

Provide adequate funding and ample resources for the FAA Office of Commercial Space Transportation in order to keep pace with the continued progress of the commercial space industry.

Provide long-term reauthorization with adequate funding for NASA in order to meet program requirements and maintain our nation’s leadership in space exploration, research, and technology.

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A&D Competitiveness and Security

• Related Issues: FAA Modernization and Reform Act Integration of UAS into NAS Space Traffic Management Export-Import Bank Board Appointments

• Recommendations: Provide long-term reauthorization with adequate funding for the FAA in order to meet program

requirements. This is also instrumental in providing certainty and stability for the aviation marketplace and workforce. Reauthorization should include adequate funding to successfully implement NextGen, commercial space transportation operations, safely integrate UAS into the NAS, and complete priority FAA modernization initiatives.

Prioritize FAA Modernization and Reform initiatives to expedite streamlining of the FAA certification process and incorporate continuous improvement processes.

Take appropriate action in the current fiscal environment to identify the lead authority for Space Traffic Management and Congress authorize adequate resources for its implementation.

Quickly confirm the President’s three appointments to the Ex-Im Bank Board so U.S. aerospace companies can remain competitive in the global market.

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A&D Workforce Enhancement

• Related Issues: Workforce Preparation Maintaining and Retaining a Skilled Workforce Integrating New Knowledge into the Workforce Foreign Professionals in STEM Fields

• Recommendations: Continue to pass legislation that enhances the pipeline of STEM-educated workers into the U.S. economy. Enhance NSF Graduate Research Fellowship funding. Appropriate funding for NASA through reauthorization to provide financial stability for research grants and/or

fellowships. Provide tax incentives for industry to participate in STEM programs and training and development programs

for the incoming, existing, and transitioning workforce, e.g., internships, apprenticeships, and tailored courses. Pass STEM visa legislation similar to that considered in the 112th Congress to encourage the retention of

foreign professional STEM workers in U.S. industry. Direct more exchange between government, industry, and academia in the A&D sector via inter-government

personnel agreements, and provide incentives for stakeholders to participate in these activities. Develop programs that enable integration of emerging A&D fields into the knowledge base and competency of

the existing workforce, including the skills necessary to complete end demonstrations of new technologies.

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PPC Update for CMC

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PPC Restructured: Formed around strategic work groupsKey Issues (KI) CVDForum Integration States AdvocacyEngagement Activities Honors & Awards

Benefits:• Expanding AIAA Public Policy visibility• PPC more responsive and policy message throughout AIAA (forums, programs, etc.)• Strengthening messaging and member participation around A&D policy issues

Challenges:• Leveraging CM government operations resources and engagement• CM policy inputs (timing, topics, specificity)

Goal:• Create mutually beneficial relationships on policy issues at both the national and state/local levels

Co-sponsorship Review Committee (CRC)

• Purpose of the Committee To review, assess, and decide on requests for co-sponsorship. This includes both when AIAA co-

sponsors another organization’s event and when another organization co-sponsors an AIAA event. AIAA will consider nominations for co-sponsorship for events hosted by like-minded organizations where

such events enhance our strategic objectives and are framed in terms of a long-term partnership. Not all co-sponsorship arrangements will be vetted by the Co-sponsorship Review Committee. The AIAA

President and Executive Director reserve the right to consider and approve some arrangements at their discretion.

• Committee membership The CRC shall have 4 members, comprised of representatives from appropriate Standing Committees.

These Standing Committees include the International Activities Committee, Public Policy Committee (John Rose is the rep), Region and Section Activities Committee, and Technical Activities Committee.

• Conferences reviewed: DLR Advanced Satellite Multimedia Systems Conference Space Simulation Conference Space Simulation Conference International Conference on Environmental Systems

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2016 Congressional Visits Day Program

Tim Dominick, Co-chairPublic Policy Congressional Visits Day Program WG05 January 2016

CVD 2016

• Event Date: Wednesday, 16 March, on Capitol Hill• CVD brings together passionate aerospace

professionals and students for a day of advocacy and awareness with their congressional representatives Promotion of the Institute’s Key Issues

• Agenda: Evening Prior – State team meet-up (details TBD)

0730-0900 – AIAA sponsored breakfast for participants 0900-1700 – CVD meetings take place 1730-1930 – AIAA sponsored happy hour (location TBD)

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CVD 2016 (cont.)

• Webinars will be offered to bring participants up to speed on event details and the Key Issues Training sessions to commence in late January

• PPC is offering limited subsidies ($10k) to assist members in their efforts to attend Member Participation Program applications due 31 January Local sections may also offer assistance under the Section’s

“Category 3” funds

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Registration: www.aiaa.org/cvd2016

Follow-on Programming

Steve Sidorek, ManagerPublic Policy and Government Relations05 January 2016

2016 State Aerospace Events

Mark Your Calendars

• FL Space Day 03 February in Tallahassee Sandy to attend AIAA is a Bronze Sponsor

• VA Aerospace Day 03 February in Richmond AIAA is a Silver Sponsor

• GA Aerospace Legislative Breakfast 09 February in Atlanta Atlanta/Savannah Sections

are the primary sponsor

• CA Aerospace Week 29 February – 01 March in

Sacramento Sandy to attend AIAA is the Lead Organizer

• AL Aerospace Day Late February (likely) in

Birmingham• CO Aerospace Day

21 March in Denver Rocky Mtn. Section to have

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Virginia AeroSpace Day

• 03 February in Richmond• Scheduled Event Activities:

NASA and industry to hold separate briefings with members and staff of the General Assembly– Caucus and committee briefings– Stakeholder meetings with Lt. Governor and several

cabinet members Aerospace Executive Roundtable Legislative reception and exhibition at the Library of Virginia

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Georgia Aerospace Legislative Breakfast

• 09 February in Atlanta• Coordinated by the Georgia Aerospace Policy Working

Group in conjunction with the Center of Innovation for Aerospace

• Lt. Governor Casey Cagle will give the welcome in his role as an Executive Board member of the Aerospace States Association

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California Aerospace Days

• 29 February – 01 March in Sacramento• Tentative Event Activities:

Joint Aerospace Select Committee hearing on Women in STEM, Women in Engineering– Sandy will be a witness

Networking reception with lawmakers and stakeholders Exhibitions on West Capitol Steps LA and SD EDC press event on release of economic study Issue-specific briefings

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Colorado Aerospace Day

• 21 March in Denver• Organizers: Colorado Citizens for Space

Exploration and the Colorado Space Business Roundtable

• Scheduled Event Activities: Joint Resolution ceremonies Breakfast, lunch, and afternoon receptions Visits with House and Senate offices Organization and company displays in the foyer Panel discussion in the Old Supreme Court Chambers

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Forum Integration

Sandy Coleman, Co-chairPublic Policy Forum Integration WG05 January 2016

Revised Forum Organizing Structure

20Craig Day (AIAA Staff POC)craigd@aiaa.org or 703-264-7518

Upcoming Meetings and Events

• AVIATION Forum 2016: 13-17 June, Washington

Hilton, Washington, DC 2017: 05-09 June, Sheraton

Denver, Denver, CO 2018: 25-29 June, Hyatt

Regency, Atlanta, GA

• Propulsion & Energy Forum 2016: 25-27 July, Salt Palace

Convention Center, Salt Lake City, UT

2017: 10-12 July, Hyatt Regency, Atlanta, GA

• SPACE Forum 2016: 13-16 September, Long

Beach Convention Center, Long Beach, CA

2017: 11-14 September, Hyatt Regency, Orlando, FL

2018: 27-30 August, Hyatt Regency, New Orleans, LA

• SciTech Forum 2017: 09-13 January, Gaylord

Hotel, Grapevine, TX 2018: 08-12 January, Gaylord

Palms, Orlando, FL

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Upcoming Meetings and Events (cont.)

• DEFENSE Forum 2016: 08-10 March, JHU APL, Laurel, MD

• Aerospace Today and Tomorrow Symposium 2016: 05 May, Kingsmill Resort, Williamsburg, VA

• Aerospace Spotlight Awards 2016: 15 June, Ronald Reagan Building and

International Trade Center, Washington, DC• Executive Roundtable with Senior Government

2016: Late May, Washington, DC

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Engagement Activities

Phil Hattis, Co-chairPublic Policy Engagement Activities WG05 January 2016

Outline

• EAWG mission scope• Some possible focus areas• Candidate engagement mechanisms• Some 2016 goals

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EAWG Mission Scope

• Work across multiple mediums and forums to educate: AIAA members The public Elected officials Key stakeholders

• Focus attention on issues important to sustaining progress and advances in the profession

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Some Possible Focus Areas

• Establish new discourse insertion paths for AIAA issues Increase government focus on aerospace issues

• Facilitate higher-quality reporting after major events, e.g.: The Columbia accident Orbital object collision/ASAT events The airliner losses over the Indian Ocean and Ukraine

• Sustain attention to long-term problems, e.g.: Overcoming aerospace work force aging demographics Assuring aerospace industry access to skilled workers: STEM,

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Candidate Engagement Mechanisms

• Seminars by subject matter authorities Use for interactive issue education for elected officials and staff

• Webinars Applicable for educating or training AIAA members Can be recorded for subsequent reuse

• Social media/blogs To engaging the public (e.g., “ask the experts”), to disseminate news, to provide

issue background, and to get opinion feedback Specialized blogs can help media address aerospace topics of interest

– Could provide access to pre-screened AIAA-member subject matter experts

• Podcasts Can inform public in small bites on aerospace topics of interests Could help draw student interest regarding the profession

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Some 2016 Goals

• Pursue external engagements relevant to the 2016 electoral decision process Highlight aerospace issues that can be impacted by election results (by seminar or

debate?) Identify and disseminate candidate positions on aerospace issues (using social

media?)

• Increase AIAA member engagement in policy discussion Experiment with added engagement approaches (e.g., webinars and social media)

• Increase student and public “touches” by AIAA engagement activity Experiment with new engagement strategies (e.g., blogs and podcasts)

• Devise and track metrics to assess success of above activities

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2016 Public Service Award

Dennis Granato, Co-chairPublic Policy Honors & Awards WG05 January 2016

AIAA Public Service Award

• The Public Service Award honors a person outside the aerospace community who has shown consistent and visible support for national aviation and space goals. Nominees may not be current AIAA members but may be a public figure who is widely known outside of aerospace community, positive public image, a supporter of the aerospace industry who has shown consistent and visible support of national aeronautics and/or astronautics research and development, shown unhesitant willingness to be identified with aerospace programs/supporters, and is not a member of the aerospace community or who has no personal vested interest for advocacy. Because of the unique nature of this annual award, it is generally presented at the Aerospace Spotlight Awards Gala.

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Nomination Summary—Ivey

• Nominee: Kay Ivey• Nominator: Robert La Branche• References: Kurt A. Polzin

Mark S. WhortonTodd May & Patrick ScheuermannMo Brooks Deborah Barnhart

• Draft Citation:

For her public service as a distinguished leader and stalwart supporter of the aerospace industry and profession in Alabama and throughout the nation.

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Ivey—Basis for Award

• Lieutenant Governor, State of Alabama, 2011-Present• Treasurer, State of Alabama, 2002-2010• Director of Government Affairs, Alabama Commission on

Higher Education, 1985-1998• Assistant Director, Alabama Development Office, 1982-

1985• Reading Clerk, Alabama House of Representatives, 1980-

1982• Assistant Vice President, Merchants National Bank, 1970-

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Ivey—Basis for Award

• Service/Contributions to Aerospace Industry Chair, Aerospace States Association, 2014-Present Host, National Aerospace Foreign Direct Investment

Exposition, October 2015 Key Team Member that attracted Airbus to locate A320

final assembly plant in Mobile, AL, 2012 Founder, Alabama Real World Challenge Host, Alabama Aerospace Week, 2011-Present Chair, Job Creating and Military Stability Commission,

2011-Present

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2017 Durand Lectureship in Public Service

Durand Lectureship in Public Service

• The Durand Lectureship, named in honor of William F. Durand, was approved by the Board of Directors in 1983. It is presented for notable achievements by a scientific or technical leader whose contributions have led directly to the understanding and application of the science and technology of aeronautics and astronautics for the betterment of mankind. This lectureship is delivered as the keynote address for the AIAA Public Policy Luncheon during the AIAA Science and Technology (SCITECH) Forum.

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Durand Lectureship Process and Schedule

• Nomination Deadline

01 February 2016

• PPC Recommendation Decision

NLT 15 April 2016

• PPC Recommendation to HAC

30 April 2016

• HAC Presentation to the BoD for approval

06 May 2016

Note: Annual schedule will be dependent on the Spring Board meeting schedule

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Please Remember!

• Need 3 complete nominations to be presented• Nominees not selected will carryover for next

consideration • Not eligible

Current Board members are not eligible until term ends PPC members also not eligible until 12 months after

term of service on PPC

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Durand Lectureship—Past Winners

• Ronald Sega

2016• Michael Wynne

2015• Scott Pace

2014• John R. “Jack” Dailey

2013• Robert T. Bigelow

2004• Norman R. Augustine

1998• Sheila E. Widnall

1996• A. Richard Seebass

1994• Eugene E. Covert

1992• Konrad K. Dannenberg

1990• Donald P. Hearth

1988• Robert C. Seamans Jr.

1986• Simon Ramo

1984

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Upcoming Honors, Awards, and Elections

Lectureship Nominations due 01 February: Durand Lectureship for Public Service William Littlewood Memorial Lecture Wright Brothers Lectureship in Aeronautics Award

Award Nominations due 01 February include: von Braun Award for Excellence in Space Program Management Haley Space Flight Award George M. Low Space Transportation Award

AIAA Associate Fellow Nominations due 15 April AIAA Associate Fellow References due 15 May AIAA Fellows and Honorary Fellows Nominations due 15

June AIAA Fellows and Honorary Fellows Reference Forms due

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Backup Slides

PPC Organization Chart

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Working Group Scopes

• Key Issue Development Identifies, consolidates, and focuses on the critical political issues that

affect the aerospace industry as a whole Develops the Institute’s key issues (annually), which are approved by the

Board of Directors Develops, reviews, edits, and updates supporting information papers

• Congressional Visits Day Program Plans and conducts the entirety of the CVD experience

– Training activities for the participants– Drafting outreach documents for dissemination to congressional staff– Establishing the agenda for the day– Facilitating follow-up activities with congressional offices

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Working Group Scopes (cont.)

• Forum Integration Ensures that AIAA messages, themes, and key issues relating to public

policy are most effectively integrated into the Institute’s annual forums– Recommends and recruits relevant plenary speakers – Invites relevant policy experts and/or policymakers as forum participants– Designs Forum 360 sessions that incorporate public policy thought leadership– Highlights ongoing public policy activities outside the forums

• States Advocacy Enhances and expands AIAA’s public policy activities to the state and

local levels– Engages and educates members of Congress during the congressional recess to

enhance national efforts– Engages and educates local and state decision makers on the important role of the

aerospace industry both locally and nationally– Engages more AIAA members in public policy activities

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Working Group Scopes (cont.)

• Engagement Activities Educates AIAA members, the public, elected officials, and other key

stakeholders about the breadth of the aerospace profession and what it accomplishes, as well as to focus attention on issues important to sustaining progress and advances in the profession

– Use of online and social media to provide policy alerts, newsletters, and blogs– Webinars addressing focused topics– Seminars and roundtables that engage, educate, and solicit viewpoints– Sessions, forums, and in-person outreach activities at non-AIAA events

• Honors & Awards Nominates exceptional candidates for the annual policy and public

services related awards Solicits nominees from AIAA membership, technical committees, and

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Key Issue Tiers

1. Federal Issues that have a specific ask at

the federal level

2. State Issues that have a specific ask at

the state level

3. Awareness Items for AIAA members or gov’t

decision makers to be aware of Support AIAA forum content

4. Watch Items More development needed

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Federal

State

Awareness

Watch Items

Key Issue Timeline

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May/June• PPC solicits input for key

issues from TAC, Regions, & Sections

• TAC seeks input from TCs & PCs

• TCs/PCs submit summary of proposed issues to TAC

• Region DDPPs solicit input from Regions & Sections

July• TAC Directors review

summary and vet issues• TAC forwards screened and

prioritized issues to PPC and appropriate subcommittees

• PPC solicits key issue input from Corporate Member Committee

August• Region DDPPs forward

screened issues to PPC and appropriate subcommittees

• PPC subcommittees begin key issue vetting of issues received

• PPC & TAC select top-ranked issues

• PPC contacts authors for supporting documentation

September• PPC subcommittees

formalize recommended key issues

• PPC approves selected issues

October• PPC subcommittees,

supported by authors and TAC, write formal issue statements

November• PPC subcommittees and

TAC liaisons approve formal issues

• Revisions worked with authors

• Draft information papers for selected issues

December• PPC-approved issues sent to

AIAA Board of Directors and Corporate Member Committee

January• Board votes on key issues at

SciTech board meeting• Key issues revised as

needed• Information papers finalized

February• Key issues and information

papers sent to printer mid-month