The NextGen Institute held their Annual Public Meeting Friday in the Atrium of the U.S. Department of Transportation in Washington D.C. NextGen – Successes and Challenges: Building a Path to the Future was the title of the three-hour forum that featured the likes of John Porcari, Deputy Secretary of Transportation, U.S.DOT and Michael Huerta, FAA Administrator. 
Other keynote speakers included Congressman Rick Larsen, Ranking Member of the House Aviation Subcommittee (D-Wash.), Alaska Lt. Governor Mead Treadwell, Marion Blakey, former FAA Administrator and current President and CEO for the Aerospace Industries Association and Pete Bunce, President of GAMA. There was a special gathering prior to the event that also included House Aviation Subcommittee Chairman Frank LoBiondo (R-New Jersey).
(Captain Lee Moak, at the podium, introduces the panel, from left, Marion Blakey, Pete Bunce, 
Dr. Gerald Dillingham, Gene Hayman and Dr. Karlin Toner. – At right, FAA Administrator, Michael Huerta at the podium. Photos by Kim Stevens)
Dr. Gerald Dillingham, Gene Hayman and Dr. Karlin Toner. – At right, FAA Administrator, Michael Huerta at the podium. Photos by Kim Stevens) Other notables participating included Denver Mayor Michael Hancock, Captain Sean Cassidy, 1st Vice President of the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA), Captain Lee Moak, President of ALPA, Dr. Gerald Dillingham, Director, Civil Aviation, General Accountability Office, Gene Hayman, Vice President, Space and Aviation Solutions, L-3 National Security Solutions, Dr. Karlin Toner, Director Joint Planning and Development Office, Peter Dumont, President and CEO, Air Traffic Control Association and Donald Forest, President, National Center for Advanced Technologies.
