Proceedings of the
18th North American Airport Wildlife Management Conference
Kelowna, British Columbia
September 12-14, 2023
Tuesday, September 12, 2023
Opening remarks and welcome by Bird Strike Association of Canada
Welcome – Kelowna International Airport – Sam Sammadar, CEO
Keynote Speech – Richard Cannings, MP.
Technical Session 1: Radar Applications 1
–T1P1: Bradbeer & Follett: Using avian radar to identify, predict and respond to flocking waterfowl hazards
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–T1P2: Allard & Brown: Avian radar data integration and complementarity with field observations
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Panel Discussion: Raising the bar: Airport wildlife management above and beyond the regulations
—-David Bradbeer (AWildlife Program Specialist, Vancouver International Airport), Cathy Boyles (Wildlife Administrator, Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport), Jeff Kolodzinski Supervising Wildlife Biologist, The Port Authority of NY & NJ) Audio
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BSAC Presidential Address
Technical Session 2: Data & Risk
–T2P3: Nicholson et al: Line of sight: Simulated aerial avian predators can reduce problematic bird flyovers of airfields
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–T2P4: Mendonca & Garcia: An analysis of wildlife strike data from the 30 busiest commercial airports in Brazil
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–T2P5: Gagnon et al: Why wildlife data matters to all sized airports
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Technical Session 3: Design & Operation
–T3P6: Ibanez & Pilon: Bird strike threat on jet airliners: Current protection and prevention techniques, focus on certification requirements.
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–T3P7: Macdougall & Pilon: Influence of take-off power on bird ingestion threat
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Wednesday, September 13, 2023
Special Presentation: Graham Martin – A Bird’s Eye View
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Awards & Sponsor Recognition
—Bruce Mckinnon Award
Vendor Presentations
— Accipiter Radar
—Aerium Analytics
—Bioseco Canada
—Falcon Environmental
—Robin Radar
Technical Session 4: Panel Discussions: Current and future airport wildlife management challenges
Panel 2: Small airports and wildlife: What’s a manager to do?
— * Edith Senechal (Environmental Coordinator, Transportation, Kativik Regional Government, Kuujjuaq, Quebec), Mike Leonard (Supervisor, Airport Operations, Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport), Steve Smith (Manager, Kamloops International Airport)
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Panel 3: Global climate change and species shifts: Current impacts and planning for the future
—Lilian Sales Macedo (Postdoctoral Researcher, RedNet Canada, University of British Columbia-Kelowna). Nick Atwell (Senior Natural Resources & Wildlife Manager, Port of Portland), Jeff Follett (CEO, Avisure)
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Technical Session 4: Hazards at Airports
(TS4P8) de Ronde: Project Winchell – Royal Air Force
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(TS5P9) Handrigan & Nohara::The use of Slew-to-Cue PTZ cameras integrated with avian radar for aviation safety at airports
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(TS4P10) Ntampakis:: Preventive wildlife strike strategy implemented at the airports operated by Fraport Greece during the COVID-19 pandemic
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Technical Session 5: Radar Applications 2
(TS5P11) Gong:: Formation wing-beat modulation (FWM) effect in radar signals of bird flocks: Theory and implication
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Panel 4:Hazard detection, standardized warnings, and avoiding hazards: Lessons from mitigating wind shear—Richard Dolbeer (Science Advisor, USDA Wildlife Services), Isabel Metz (Research Associate, DLR’s Institute of Flight Guidance), Kurt Roberts (Airplane Safety Engineer, Boeing Company)
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Thursday, September 14, 2023
US Military breakout sessions
Special tribute to Luit Buurma 1948-2023 by Arie Dekker
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Technical Session 7: Risk & Assessment
T9P13: Battistoni: Do investigations contribute to wildlife strike prevention?
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T8P14: Harmon & Armstrong: Making the grade: using wildlife hazard management program evaluation report card (PERC) tool
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T8P15: Allard: A data-driven, simple and universal wildlife risk assessment
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Technical Session 8: Integration
T7P16: Dolbeer & Begier: Integration of bird-detecting radar into the tower and cockpit: An urgent need
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T7P17: Metz: Wildlife, urban air mobility and air traffic control – What’s the matter?
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T8P18: Henshaw & Metz: An integrated approach to wildlife hazard management
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Technical Session 9: General
T9P19: Gagnon: Biosecurity – how to keep everyone safe from the invisible
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T9P20: Drennan et al.: Applying UAS technologies at night to identify hazardous wildlife species to aviation operations
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T9P21: Lisa Harmon et al: Advanced air mobility: Looking at new technologies, persistent wildlife challenges, and applying lessons learned
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Closing Remarks
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