Christopher DiPrima
Chris is the acting manager of airport planning at San Francisco International Airport, where he has worked for nine years. His expertise spans landside, terminal, and airside planning, contributing to SFO's long-term airport development plan and lease and use agreement. Growing up near O'Hare International Airport, aviation has always been a part of his life—he even took his first commercial flight at eight weeks old, fostering a lifelong passion for the industry.
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1 - Aviation security, technology, process and people - 15:45 - 16:30
Panel discussion: Innovating security checkpoints for the passenger experience of the future
The US Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate is advancing aviation screening for passengers and officers by reducing wait times, meeting the needs of travelers with limited mobility and developing new concepts of operations to address the growing number of travelers. Changing the current checkpoint concept will have profound implications for government, airports, airlines and industry. We will discuss transformative and foundational research and development underway, future concepts already being explored, and the challenges and opportunities the world face transitioning research and development into reality.
The audience will learn:
- Moving away from a checkpoint model is possible and the foundational development to enable a dispersed screening environment is underway
- Changing the current checkpoint concept of operations creates broad opportunities for a collaborative business model between airlines, airports and government
- Disjointed regulatory environments hinder the art of the possible, requiring regulators and government stakeholders to streamline efforts
