• Rob Gilchrist welcomes all to the planning conference.
  • Co-chair Ed Davis starts the discussion about the 2008 International Conference.
  • Co-chair Pat Mitchell goes over the training and technical presentations for 2008.
  • Ron Fox, Eric Peterson, Jim Valentine and Andy Scheuster all agree, the International conference is in good hands.
  • The entire committee begins the tour of the Seattle Renaissance Hotel.
  • Technical committee co-chair Ken Perez goes through the plan for paper submissions.
  • Jim Valentine, Ron Fox, Pat Mitchell, Ed Davis, Eric Peterson, Robert Zimmerman and Ryan Kwaterski go over the conference budget.
  • Just a sample of the food for the 2008 conference.
  • Vendor coordinator Bill Griffiths lays out the plans to involve vendors next year.
  • Ryan Kwaterski gives a presentation on the 747 Dreamlifter.
  • Seattle SAWE thanks GEC, Altair and Intercomp for sponsoring the coffee breaks.
  • Boeing Weight Engineering Chief Engineer Shelly Ganje provided an excellent presentation on the 787 Dreamliner.
  • Boeing engineer Phil Wenzel spoke about the weight challenges involved with the 747-400 passenger-to-freighter conversion program.
  • Friday night found SAWE at a Mariner's baseball game!
  • Dave Anderson provided Saturday's first training session on airline fuel conservation.
  • Saturday's afternoon training session on Structural Considerations in Mass Properties was taught by Brett Anderson.

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