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The Americas’ leading online virtual conference for airport stakeholders. Share expertise and forge partnerships with 200+ airport leaders, airlines, regulators and investors or upgrade to a GAD World Pass.

2020 Past Speakers

Bob Aaronson
Board Member, Connecticut Airport Authority

Ann-Marie Aguilar
Senior Vice President; EMEA Region, International WELL Building Institute

Jody Aldcorn
Partner, McCarthy Tétrault

Niclas Andersson
Expert Associate Partner, Design, McKinsey & Company

Juan Angoitia
Senior Managing Director, Ardian

José Barreto de Andrade Neto
Manager of the Economic Regulation Branch, ANAC

Tim Bath
MD, Head Of Infrastructure, Power & Renewables, PJ Solomon

Georg Baust
Associate Partner, Lufthansa Consulting

Stephane Beaulieu
Partner, Canada/Japan, Modalis

Adriana Bejarano Carrillo
Head of Environmental, Health and Safety, Aeris Holding CR, CCR Airports

Mar Beltran
Board Director, Globalvia

Peter Bianconi
Partner, Canada, Modalis

Daniel Bircher
CEO, Zurich Airport International Asia

Riccardo Boin
Partner, McKinsey & Company

Jaap Bouwer
Expert, Travel, Logistics & Infrastructure practice, McKinsey & Company

Alain Breuer
Director, LUX Hub Management, Cargolux Airlines

Elizabeth Brown
President, OSI Inc/TBI US Inc

Krystal Brumfield
Board Member, Airport Minority Advisory Council

Wolfgang Bublitz
Associate Partner, Lufthansa Consulting

Kevin Bumen
Chief Commercial Officer, San Francisco International Airport

Amy Burr
Managing Director of Operations & Partnerships, Jetblue Technology Ventures

Joseph Butler
Regional Solutions Director, Aviation, Asia Pacific, Jacobs

Matthew Butters
Aviation Director, Pascall+Watson

Juan Camargo
Managing Director, OMERS

James Campbell
PPP Project Director, Bermuda Airport Authority

Julian Carlson
Director, Pascall+Watson

Fernando Carrandi
Director, Investments & Airport Operations, Agunsa

George Casey
Chair and CEO, Vantage Airport Group

Christina Cassotis
CEO, Allegheny County Airport Authority

Arvind Chandrasekhar
Associate Partner, Head of the Solution Group Network and Fleet Management, Lufthansa Consulting

Henry Cisneros
Chairman & Co-CIO, American Triple I Partners

Yuval Cohen
Principal / Director, Jacobs

Clive Condie
Airport Operating Partner, Ardian

Louise Congdon
Managing Partner, York Aviation

Rick Cotton
Executive Director, The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey

Kata Cserep
Vice President & Global Managing Director, Airports, ICF International

Kim Day
CEO, Denver International Airport

Lorenzo Di Loreto
Regional Sales Director, Munich Airport

Raul Diaz
General Manager, Aeropuertos Andinos del Peru

Catrin Drawer
Associate Partner, Head of Regions; Africa, Indian Ocean, Iraq & Jordan, Lufthansa Consulting

Rodolfo Echeverria
Country Head Infrastructure & LATAM Head of Airports, KPMG Chile

Ron Factor
President & COO, Airis

David Feldman
Managing Partner, Exambela Consulting

Patrick Folley
Operations Director - Aviation, Jacobs

Ricardo Fonseca
Regulatory Policy Director, SAC Brazil

Arturo Garcia-Alonso
Operations, AVPORTS

Andrew Gibson
Global Solutions Director - Aviation, Jacobs

Ronei Glanzmann
National Secretary, SAC

Moira Goulmy
Senior Capital Projects & Infrastructure Expert, McKinsey & Company

Curtis Grad
President & CEO, Modalis Infrastructure Partners

Luisa Grasshoff
Consultant, Lufthansa Consulting

Tony Griffin
SVP. Consulting, ASM Global

Subodh Gupta
Head - Mergers & Acquisitions - Investment Banking, Edelweiss Financial Services Limited

Manuel Gutierrez
Chief Commercial Officer, Asur

Jonathan Hanna
Director, Operations, Lynden Pindling Int’l Airport

Kimberly Hardy
Director of MWBE Participation, The New Terminal One at JFK, CAG Holdings

Patrick Heck
Vice President, Business Development, Vantage Airport Group

George Hohlacov
Director of Airport Planning, Denver International Airport

Mona Holtkoetter
Manager of Market Solutions, International WELL Building Institute

Robert Hoxie
Managing Deputy Commissioner - Chief Development Officer, City of Chicago Department of Aviation

Roel Huinink
President & CEO, JFK International Air Terminal

Serkan Kaptan
Deputy CEO, TAV Airports Holding

Shawn Kinder
Senior Advisor, PJ Solomon

John Kirby
VP, Network Planning, Spirit airlines

Hock Lye Lee
Director & Head, Changi Airports International

Seth Lehma
Senior Director, Global Infrastructure & Project Finance, Fitch Ratings

Alexandre Leigh
Global Sector Lead for Airports – PPP Advisory, IFC

Holger Linkweiler
Managing Director, AviAlliance

Lee Lipton
Senior Vice President, Aviation Strategy, ASM Global

Fernando Lopez-Calleja
Partner & Managing Director, Airport QM

Michael Martin
Senior Vice President (Consultancy), daa International

Stephen Martin
Chief Commercial Officer, Vantage Airport Group

Nigel Mayes
Senior Vice President, ASM World Route Development Consultants

Rosario Mazza
Director, Ardian

Mike McElvaney
Director, Jacobs

Khair Mirza
Partner, Modalis

Aidan Mooney
Vice President, Consulting, ASM Global

Mark Morehouse
Managing Director, Oppenheimer & Co.

Simon Morris
Senior Vice President, Skylark Consulting Group

Steven Morris
Senior Vice President, Aviation, Hill International

Nitesh Naidoo
Project Director, Pascall+Watson

David Narefsky
Partner, Mayer Brown LLP

Martin Neuser
Consultant, Lufthansa Consulting

Gerald Ong
Director, Aviation Marketing, Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad

Norbert Onkelbach
Chief Commercial Officer, Lima Airport Partners

Michelle Ottey
Head of Transaction Advisory Services in PPPs for the Caribbean, IFC

Carlos Ozores
Principal, ICF International

Hersh Parekh
Director of Government & community Relations, The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey

Sammy Patel
Vice President, Commercial Development, Vantage Airport Group

Tiago Pereira
Deputy Director, ANAC

Kristof Philips
Chief Operating Officer, TCR International

Elena Plaumann
Consultant, Expert Operations, Lufthansa Consulting

Matthias Poeter
former CEO, Aeroportos do Sudeste do Brasil

Satyaki Raghunath
Chief Strategy & Development Officer, Bangalore International Airport Ltd.

Bhaskar Rao
Chief Financial Officer, Bangalore International Airport

Filipe Reis
Regional Director Airport, Passenger, Cargo and Security- The Americas, IATA

Craig Richmond
Former CEO, Airport Authority

Robin Riedel
Partner, McKinsey & Company

Amit Rikhy
President & CEO, CAG Holdings

Jorge Roberts
Chief Executive Officer, AvPorts

Benoit Rulleau
Co-CEO Kansai Airports, VINCI Airports

Patricia Ryan
President, DSI

Glen Ryniewski
Assistant Commissioner of Concessions, O'Hare and Midway International Airports, Chicago Department for Aviation

Junya Saito
Manager Airport Project Section, Airport & Transportation, Sojitz

Jeff Scheferman
Executive Vice President, North America, CCR Airports

John Schmidt
Partner, Mayer Brown LLP

Pierre-Hugues Schmit
Chief Commercial & Operational Officer, VINCI Airports

Nirali Shah
Director, Innovation, Partnerships, Vantage Airport Group

Parm Sidhu
Airport General Manager, City of Abbotsford

Frode Skulbru
Partner, Canada/Norway, Modalis

Marlon Smith
Managing Partner, JLC Infrastructure

James Speed
Director, Pascall+Watson

Beata Sperling-Tyler
Associate Director, Infrastructure Ratings, S&P Global Ratings

Stewart Steeves
Senior Executive & CEO, LaGuardia Gateway Partners, Vantage Airport Group

David Stroud
Managing Director, ASM Global Route Development

Darrell Swanson
Electric Aviation Strategic Advisor, Swanson Aviation Consultancy

Silvio Tano
CEO, Total Airport Services

David-Olivier Tarac
Managing Director, ADP International, Americas

Chris Tarry
CEO, CTAIRA

Brent Tasugi
Principal, Infrastructure Equity, AMP Capital

Derek Thielmann
Project Director Design & Construction, LaGuardia Gateway Partners

Mark Thorpe
CEO, Ontario International Airport Authority

Kathrin Thyssen
Associate Consultant, Design Thinking Coach, Lufthansa Consulting

Dennis Uderhardt
Associate Consultant, Expert Resource Management, Lufthansa Consulting

Chris Van Note
President & Senior Airport Consultant, Van Note International

Robert van Snik
Senior Director, Commercial Development, Vantage Airport Group

Julien Vialade
Principal, BCG

Sascha Vogel
Consultant, Expert Airport Management, Lufthansa Consulting

Tom Walsh
Director, Jacobs

Barry Weekes
former Design Director for Heathrow Airport, Independent

Denitza Weismantel
Senior Vice President, Fraport AG

Christine Weydig
Director of Environmental & Energy Programs, The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey

Kevin Willis
Director, Office of Airport Compliance and Management Analysis, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)

Andy Wilson
Aviation Director, Hill International

2021 Sponsors and Partners

HOST PARTNER:
• The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey

CO-SPONSOR:
• Vantage Airport Group

FINANCIAL ADVISORY SPONSOR:
• PJ SOLOMON

ASSOCIATE SPONSORS:
• CCR USA
• Fitch Ratings
• Hill International
• Jacobs
• Mayer Brown

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• AirportIR

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