A lifelong aviation enthusiast who joined&nbsp;AIN&nbsp;in 2007, Curt came to&nbsp;the publication&nbsp;from the broadcast industry where he was a national science and technology television reporter and producer. He writes on the FBO field, aviation finance, and sustainable aviation and occasionally contributes to&nbsp;AIN&nbsp;sister publication&nbsp;Business Jet Traveler. Curt was a member of the AINtv reporting staff that won the 2008 Aerospace Journalist of the Year award for Best Airshow Daily. That same year, he was a finalist for another AJOYA award. He earned an AJOYA for Best Business Aviation Submission in 2018 and was a finalist in that category in 2021. He received the National Air Transportation Association’s&nbsp; Aviation Journalist Award in 2012 and won a Pegasus Sapphire Business Aviation Award for outstanding journalism in 2021.
Before joining AIN, Curt worked with&nbsp;Consumer Reports’ television division, CRTV, and for several local television news staffs. An honors graduate of the State University of New York at Stony Brook, he earned a master’s degree in broadcast journalism from Boston University in 1995. Curt lives in New York State with his wife and two young sons.

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Curt Epstein

This year Schedulers and Dispatchers attracted 125 first-time attendees, and to help them get the most out of the conference, organizers offered several orientation tools. In the weeks before the show, a series of webcasts described what attendees should expect at the show and presented tips for success.
The committee also offered a pre-conference preparation guide that contained, in addition to basic pointers such as not forgetting to bring plenty of business cards or to wear comfortable shoes, a list of exhibitors. Newcomers were encouraged to make a list of those companies they would gain the most benefit in visiting.
“I was impressed, especially with the pre-preparation,” said LuAnn Zimmerman, a scheduler for Kimberly Clark and a first time S&amp;D attendee. “The telephone conference that we had so we knew exactly what to bring and what not to bring and what the conference was about was key to knowing what was going to happen before I got here so I could plan my days better.”
Newly revived this year was the voluntary “wingman” program, where some first-time show visitors were paired with veteran attendees who agreed to escort them and provide advice. The partners made contact before the show and the pairs met at the first-time attendees orientation session held the evening before the conference began.

First-time S/D Conferene Attendee Guidance

This year Schedulers and Dispatchers attracted 125 first-time attendees, and to help them get the most out of the conference, organizers offered several or

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