2025 Conference Seminar Schedule

Sem# 

Track #1 Room C 

Track #2 Room D 

Track #3 Room E 

Track #4 Room F 

Track #5 Room G 

Cadet Program Track Rooms A & B 

1 

1130 

2024-25 Air Operations      Update 

(Maj Robert Call) 

A Hand, A Heart, and A Listening Ear 

(Col Elizabeth Sydow, 

Lt Col Patricia Fisk-Moody) 

StellarXPlorers: It is Not Rocket Surgery  

(1st Lt Yelena McManaman) 

How to Get Cadets in the Door and Keep Them 

(Maj Scott Stevens, 2d Lt Ellen Major) 

Cadet Programs 

2 

1300 

Enhancing Civil Air Patrol Cadet and Senior Member Training through Private Pilot Ground School Courses  

(Lt Col Jeremy Browner, 1st Lt Reg Weaver) 

Innovation Team 

(NHQ Staff) 

How your computer works, hardware and software from the inside 

(1st Lt Ronald Dees) 

How to survive the SUI 

(Lt Col Christopher Duemmel 

Cadet Programs 

3 

1400 

Primary Flight Instruction for Civil Air Patrol Cadets in CAP Cessna C-172 Aircraft  

(Lt Col Jeremy Browner, 1st Lt Reg Weaver) 

Command/Leadership 

(Lt Col Tom Conroy, Lt Col Richard Tedesco 

How to plan an event from start to finish? 

(1st Lt Elaine Kaempf, C/Lt Col Cameron Brown) 

Enhancing Volunteer Efficiency with Microsoft AI Tools  

(1st Lt Brandon Noel, C/CMSgt Jonah Wang) 

The Civil Air Patrol PAO - A View from Behind the Lens 

(Capt Glenda Engstrom, Maj Brent Wooters) 

Cadet Talent Show 

4 

1500 

The Blanik is Back! Restarting Glider Operations in Eastern North Carolina  

(Lt Col Jeremy Browner) 

Space Economics: Take Materials to Space or Make it There 

(Lt. Col. Donald Piasecki) 

Building SAR capacity at the Squadron level 

(SMSgt Timothy Beckman) 

How to be an effective Squadron Education and Training Officer 

(Maj Chad Hooper) 

Cadet Wings Panel: Investing in the Next Generation of Pilots 

(Capt Barbie Emaus, 1st Lt Jenny Fitzpatrick) 

CAC Meeting (Part 1) 

5 

1600 

NCWG sUAS Program Overview and the Process of Becoming a CAP sUAS Technician or MP 

(Capt Ralph Newcomb) 

Guidance and Control Systems: The Unsung Heroes of Space Flight (1st Lt Andrew Rosner) 

Role of a Squadron IT Officer 

(Maj Christine Weber, Chip Cool) 

FAAST presentation on Landings 

(Lt Col Jong Lee) 

Leadership is a Mindset Not a Position 

(Maj Brent Wooters) 

CAC Meeting (Part 2)