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Barcelona, Spain: 26-28 June 2023
The most important global gathering of airport leaders.
The IX Airport Sector Meeting held in Barcelona presents a cutting-edge conference program that brings together senior executives from airports, airlines, companies in the sector and other aviation and non-aviation stakeholders from around the world. From aviation innovators and disruptors to policy heavyweights and global policy makers, conference attendees will benefit from the valuable perspectives of a diverse group of experts, commenting on issues of the utmost importance to aviation, as it continues. recovering and planning for the future. From aviation innovators and disrupters to political heavyweights and global policy chiefs, meeting attendees will benefit from valuable perspectives from a diverse group of experts, commenting on issues of paramount importance to aviation as it continues to recover and plan for the future.









18:30 – 20:30 Welcome Ceremony
09:30 – 09:30 Official Opening Ceremony
09:30 – 10:00 The State of the Industry
10:00 – 10:30 The Presidents’ Political Playbooks
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 – 12:00 Opening Panel: Airport Leaders Symposium.
Moderated by Mark Pilling, Managing Director, AMP Mark Pilling Ltd
12:00 – 12:45 Thematic Session: “Can the industry really work together?”
Moderated by Andrew Charlton, Managing Director, Aviation Advocacy
Panelists:
12:45 – 13:00 Special topic: Ukrainian airports: one year later
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch
13:15 – 14:00 Press conference
14:00 – 14:15 World Economic Forum Presentation: Airports of Tomorrow (WEF)
14:15 – 15:15 Thematic session: Not if, but when? Decarbonization: The Global Timeline
Moderated by Kata Cserep, Vice President and Global Managing Director, Airports, ICF
Panelists:
15:15– 15:30 Special speech: Recovery, resilience and sustainability of aviation, the EUROCONTROL strategy Raúl Medina Caballero, Managing Director, EUROCONTROL
3:30 PM – 4:15 PM Thematic session: The infrastructure revolution: Airport Cities, Vertiports, Enerports
Moderated by Federico Vagnoni, senior vice president, European specialist advisory practice leader, Marsh Advisory
10:00 – 10:05 Welcome
10:05 – 10:20 Keynote address: Zurab Pololikashvili, Secretary General, World Tourism Organization (UNWTO).
10:20 – 11:10 Thematic Session: “CX through the lens of sustainability”.
Moderated by Mei Mei Song, Director of Brand and Product Transformation, Plaza Premium.
Panelists:
11:10 – 11:45 Coffee break
11:45 – 12:00 The Future Airports Vision, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
12:00 – 12:45 Thematic Session: “Investing in airports – the new paradigm”.
Moderator: Michael Stanton-Geddes, Director Economics and Competition, ACI EUROPE
Panelists:
12:45 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 15:00 The Importance of People: Preparing the Global Workforce for the Future.
Moderator: Angela Gittens, AMPAP Program Ambassador
Panelists:
15:00 – 15:15 Closing speeches and delivery ceremony.
15:30 Transportation from the Convention Center (FIRA) to the airport.
16:00 Visit to JB Barcelona-El Prat Airport.
18:00 End of tour.