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IX Sectorial Meeting: Airports

Aimed at senior executives in the airport industry worldwide.

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.

Speakers

Maurici Lucena
President of AENA.
Javier Marín
Executive Vice President of AENA and President of the Airports Council International Europe (ACI Europe);
Luis Gallego
CEO, IAG.
Olivier Jankovec
General Manager, ACI EUROPE;
Luis Felipe de Oliveira
Director General, ACI World.
John Holland-Kaye
CEO, Heathrow Airport.
Raúl Medina Caballero
General Manager, EUROCONTROL.
Elena Mayoral
Managing Director, Airports, Aena.
Jorge Rosillo
General Manager, Aeropuertos Ecológicos Galápagos, Corporación America.

Monday, June 26th

18:30 – 20:30 Welcome Ceremony

Tuesday, June 27th

09:30 – 09:30 Official Opening Ceremony

  • Maurici Lucena Betriu, Presidente y Consejero Delegado de Aena
  • High-level representative of the Government of Spain

09:30 – 10:00 The State of the Industry

  • Olivier Jankovec, Director General, ACI EUROPE and Luis Felipe de Oliveira, Director General, ACI WORLD

10:00 – 10:30 The Presidents’ Political Playbooks

  • Javier Marín, Executive Vice President of Aena and President of ACI EUROPE
  • Sheikh Aimen bin Ahmed Al Hosni, Executive Director, Oman Airports and ACI World President
  • Interviewed by Mark Pilling, Managing Director, AMP Mark Pilling Ltd;

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

  • Aletta von Massenbach, CEO, Berlin Brandenburg Airport
  • Candace McGraw, executive director, CVG Airport and global vice president, ACI
  • Alex Gitari, Managing Director and CEO, Kenya Airports Authority
  • John Holland-Kaye, managing director, Heathrow Airport
  • Lee Seow Hiang, Director Ejecutivo, Grupo del Aeropuerto de Changi
  • Mónika Infante, Executive Director, Aeropuertos Dominicanos Siglo XXI (Aerodom)

12:00 – 12:45 Thematic Session: “Can the industry really work together?”
Moderated by Andrew Charlton, Managing Director, Aviation Advocacy

Panelists:

  • Filip Cornelis, Director of Aviation, DG MOVE, European Commission
  • Nicolas Notebaert, CEO of VINCI Concessions and President of VINCI Airports, Vice President of ACI EUROPE
  • Luis Gallego, Chief Executive Officer, IAG
  • Simon Hocquard, Managing Director, CANSO
  • Janis Balkens, regional managing director, airport operations: new and emerging markets, Dnata
  • David Pekoske, TSA Administrator

12:45 – 13:00 Special topic: Ukrainian airports: one year later

  • Oleksiy Dubrevskyy, executive director of Kiev Boryspil Airport

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:

  • José Ramón Bauzá Días, Member of the European Parliament, Renew Europe Coordinator of the Committee on Transport and Tourism
  • Marc Hamy, Vice President Corporate Affairs, Airbus
  • Haldane Dodd, Executive Director, ATAG
  • Jonas Abrahamsson, Managing Director, Swedavi
  • Alex Kueper, vice president EMEA, Neste
  • Sean Donohue, executive director, DFW International Airport

15:15– 15:30 Special speech: Recovery, resilience and sustainability of aviation, the EUROCONTROL strategy Raúl Medina Caballero, Managing Director, EUROCONTROL

  • Raúl Medina Caballero, General Manager, 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

  • Andrea Wu, Managing Director, Urban-Air Port Ltd.
  • Hyeong Jung Yoon, CEO, Korea Airports Corporation
  • Fethi Chebil, CEO and founder, Vports
  • Andreas Boschen, Executive Director, SESAR Joint Undertaking 3
  • Elena Mayoral, General Manager – Airports, Aena

Wednesday, June 28th

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:

  • Edward Arkwright, deputy chief executive officer, Groupe ADP
  • Geoffrey Culbert, managing director, Sydney Airport
  • Inna Ratieva, Director of Global Business Development, NACO
  • Kadri Samsunlu, CEO, Greater Istanbul Airport
  • Jorge Rosillo, General Manager, Galapagos Ecological Airports, Corporación América

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:

  • Miguel Rodera Onaderra, Director of Asset Management, Ferrovial Airports
  • David Stanton, Co-Chairman and Managing Director, Ontario Airports Investments Limited
  • Khaled Alhamash, chief operating officer and vice president of strategy and corporate governance, Matarat Holding
  • Andrew O’Brian, president and CEO of Centerline Airport Partners, Inc;

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:

  • Candace McGraw, executive director, CVG Airport and global vice president, ACI
  • Fernando Vistrain Lorence, Chief Executive Officer, PAC Kingston Airport Limited
  • David Silk, Director, Aviation, UK Department for Transport (DfT);
  • Max Heinemann, co-CEO and owner of Gebr. Heinemann
  • Jost Lammers, CEO and chairman of the board of Munich Airport

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.