21ST CENTURY AIRPORTS:

‘THERE IS NOTHING LIKE A

DREAM TO CREATE THE FUTURE’

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WELCOME RECEPTION AT THE MUSÉE D’ORSAY

19:30 – 22:30

Media Partner: Air Transport News

DAY ONE - THURSDAY 19 JUNE 2008

09:00-10:15....... General Assembly

10:15-10:45....... Official opening of the exhibition and refreshment break

10:45 OPENING SESSION

WELCOME ADDRESSES

Olivier Jankovec, Director General, ACI EUROPE

Dr Yiannis Paraschis, Chief Executive, Athens International Airport, President, ACI EUROPE

WELCOME ADDRESS FROM THE HOST

Pierre Graff, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Aéroports de Paris

NEW SPEAKER ANNOUNCED: French State Secretary for Transport to address the Annual Congress

Dominique Bussereau, Secretary of State, to the Minister of State, Minister of                             Ecology, Sustainable Development and Planning, in charge of Transports

Growth, Environment and Security hassle – The desire to strategically integrate the New Realities into the European Air Transport System – Together

Peter Hartman, President KLM and AEA Chair (Association of European Airlines)

The future of aviation

Louis Gallois, CEO, EADS

12:30.................. Networking lunch

13:45 FIRST WORKING SESSION

PANEL DISCUSSION: GROWTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT – METING THE CHALLENGE AS

AN INDUSTRY

Chairman: Prof. Callum Thomas, Chair of Sustainable Aviation, Manchester Metropolitan University.

Participants:

Daniel Calleja, Director Air Transport, European Commission

David McMillan, Director General, Eurocontrol

Michel Wachenheim, Directeur de Cabinet du Secrétaire d’Etat français au Transport

Lars Rekke, Director General, LFV (Swedish Airports)

Julia Haake, Head of Corporate Partnership, World Wildlife Fund (WWF)

New Speaker Announced - Jill Brady, General Counsel, Virgin Atlantic Airways 

15:15.................. Refreshment break

16:00 SECOND WORKING SESSION

PANEL DISCUSSION: HOW AIRPORTS CAN FURTHER THEIR PLACE IN THE HEARTS

OF TRAVELLERS

Chairman: Alan Lamond, Aviation Director, Pascall & Watson Architects

Participants

Wesley Peterson, VP European Airline and Tour Operator Partner Services, Expedia

Kerrie Mather, CEO, Macquarie Airports

Richard Gooding, CEO, London City Airport

Marc Rochet, CEO, L’Avion

17:15.................. Close of day one

19:30 GALA DINNER AT LA CONCIERGERIE

The Gala Dinner will host the ACI EUROPE Best Airport Awards 2008 ceremony and we are delighted to announce the presence of Jacques Barrot, Vice-President of the European Commission in charge of transport.

DAY TWO - FRIDAY 20 JUNE 2008

09:00 THIRD WORKING SESSION PANEL DISCUSSION: MODERNISING AIRPORT -

AIRLINE RELATIONSHIPS

Chairman: Dan Michaels, Aerospace Correspondent, The Wall Street Journal Europe

Participants

François Rubichon, Deputy Chief Executive, Aéroports de Paris

New Speaker Announced -

John Hanlon, Secretary General, ELFAA (European Low Fares Airline Association)

Ulrich Schulte-Strathaus, Secretary General, AEA (Association of European Airlines)

Pierre Régis, Managing Director, Aéroport International de Marseille

New Speaker Announced - Michael Eggenschwiler, CEO, Hamburg Airport

10:30.................. Refreshment break

11:15 FOURTH WORKING SESSION ESSENTIAL FUTURE AIRPORT INNOVATION AND CONSUMER DEMANDS

Chairman’s Introduction:

Aviation trends and research analysis, including all-business class airlines, business jets and low cost carriers

Dr Kostas Iatrou, Editor, Air Transport News

What is Schiphol’s ‘2011 Vision’ for passenger processing – is this really the prototype for al airports?

Gerlach Cerfontaine, President and CEO, Schiphol Group

What is the French DGAC’s vision of optimal passenger processing?

Patrick Gandil, Director General, French DGAC

Essential airport innovation and consumer demand

Louis de Rostolan, Chief Operating Officer, Lagardère Services

What are the key technological innovations that will change airport advertising?

Jean-Charles Decaux, Co-Chief Executive Officer, JCDecaux Airport

PRESENTATION BY 2009 ANNUAL CONGRESS HOST

Geoff Muirhead, Group Chief Executive, The Manchester Airports Group plc

CONFERENCE CONCLUSIONS

Dr Yiannis Paraschis, Chief Executive, Athens International Airport,

President, ACI EUROPE

13:15.................. Networking lunch

15:00 Tour of Charles de Gaulle Airport:  On registering for the event you will be sent further information regarding the airport tour.  Please ensure that you have indicated your intention to participate by Friday 23 May 2008.

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