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Schedule

Sunday 8th September 2024

18:45 | Reception Event

Monday 9th September 2024

08:50 | Chairman opening remarks
Rolls-Royce & Partners Finance

09:00 | The European airline market overview
Rob Morris, Global Head of Consultancy, CIRIUM Ascend Consultancy

09:40 | Lessor Panel
Moderator: Manuela Krach, Partner, Morgan Lewis
Panel: Mike Poon, CEO, CALC / Ali Ben Lmadani, CEO, ABL Aviation / Mamoun Kuzbari, CCO, Novus Aviation Capital / Paul O’Dwyer, Chief Commercial Officer & Executive Director, ORIX Aviation Management​ ​

10:20 | Keynote Fireside Chat
Edvinas Demenius, CEO, SmartLynx Airlines

10:40 | Engine Lease Challenges: Impact on Values & Rates – An Appraiser’s Insights
David Archer, Director Valuations Europe, mba Aviation

11:10 |The importance of monitoring the non-CO2 effects of aviation
Moderator: Maxime Meijers, co-founder, Estuaire
Panel: Vincent Caufourier, Head of Aviation Advisory, Societe Generale / Anne-Cécile Dieudonnée, Product Manager & Sustainability Director, ATR

11:50 | Engine Leasing and Investment Panel
Moderator: Debra Erni, Partner, Holland and Knight
Panel: Bobby Janagan, CEO, Rolls Royce & Partners Finance / Roger Welaratne, Managing Director & CEO, SMBC Aero Engine Lease / Dan Coulcher, SVP & Chief Commercial Officer EMEA, Willis Lease Finance Corporation / Jeff Lewis, CEO, Hanwha Aviation

12:30 | Fireside Chat
Moderator: Crispin Maunder, Chairman, LCI
Panel: Fred Browne, CEO, Aergo Capital / David Power, Aergo Capital

13:05 | Lunch

14:00 | Aircraft Transition & Repossession
Moderator: Ben Hughes, Chief Strategy Officer, Rolls-Royce & Partners Finance
Panel: Peter Walter, Director – Technical and Asset Management, IBA Group / Neha Mishra, President/CEO-CTO, Aeroconsultant / Enda Swan, Head of Technical, Avolon / Rob Watts, Director of Consulting, ACC Aviation

14:40 | Rethinking Sustainability-Linked Loans in the Aviation Sector – how can banks drive true ambition
Moderator: John Pearson, Partner, Vedder Price
Panel: Frank Wulf, Global Head Aviation, NordLB / Ryan Opeka, Chief Operating Officer-Chief Legal Officer, Jackson Square Aviation/ Hui Ling Teo, Founder, Hui Ling Law / Özlem Ayata, Director, Global Aviation Finance Office, MUFG

15:20 | Main Banking Panel
Panel: Arnaud Fiscel, Head of Transportation, Corporate Banking Department, Bank of China (UK) Limited / Mi Zhou, Director, Origination – EMEA ,Global Aviation Finance Department , MUFG / Kalash Pandey, Managing Director, Goldman Sachs / Richard Moody, Global Head, HCOB Aviation Capital

16:00 | ESG / Sustainability & SAF Panel
Panel: Gordon Grant, CTP Vice President, Head of ESG, Aviation Capital Group / Richard Evans, Senior Consultant at Ascend by Cirium / Michael Halaby, Managing Director – Head of Aviation Advisory – Global Aviation Finance Office, MUFG Bank / Ulrike Ziegler, President of the Board of Directors, IMPACT on Sustainable Aviation / Andrew Williams, Partner, Norton Rose Fulbright / Jennifer Stanley, ESG Manager, IBA Group

16:45 | Leasing and Asset Manager Panel
Moderator: Chris Knight, Counsel, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Panel: Joram Peerbolte, Chief Operating Officer & General Counsel, TrueNoord / Jason Bewley, Head of Business Development, STRATOS / Eamonn Forbes, CCO, Titan Aviation Leasing / Dimitrios Kotinis, Head of Investments, Altavair

17:30 | Closing remarks
Rolls-Royce & Partners Finance

18:00 | Reception & Annual Dinner
The Great Hall, Guildhall, London
Dinner from 19:00

The 40Under40 Awards / Aviation 100 European Awards / SAF/AAM & Carbon Trading Awards

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08:55 | Chairs opening remarks
Rachel Horgan, Director, KPMG

09:00 | Airline Fleet Planning
Ronan Murphy, Director, Alton Aviation Consultancy

09:35 | Aircraft Repossession
Andrew Harper, Counsel, Reed Smith & Thor Maalouf, Partner, Reed Smith

10:10 | Airline Credit / Historic Distress Modelling the Future Learning from the Past
Konrad Blocher, VP Sustainability & Strategy, mba Aviation

10:45 | The Need of Digitalising in Aviation & The Importance of Records Management in Life Cycle of Aircraft
Neha Mishra, President/CEO-CTO, Aeroconsultant with Rohit Kumar, Managing Director & CCO, Aeroconsultant

11:20 | TBD
Rachel Horgan, Director, KPMG

11:55 | JOL & JOLCO Market Update
Elliot Milton, Partner, Walkers

12:25 | The Carbon Project Landscape
Moderator: Edit Kiss, Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Integrity Capital Advisers
Panel: Charles Bedford, Chief Impact Officer, Carbon Growth Partners / Ronan Carr, Lead Analytical Officer, BeZero Carbon

13:05 | LUNCH

14:00 | Reducing emissions in aviation: intersection of technological advancement and carbon as a commodity
Panel: Adelfio Ronci, Director Environmental Products, ICE / Simon Crooks, Founding Partner, Vuelta Carbon / Steve Gillard, Regional Director UK, Middle East and International Defence Sustainability, Boeing

14:40 | How to resolve international aviation disputes efficiently and effectively: litigation vs. arbitration, the Hague Court for Arbitration in Aviation and how to choose from the growing ‘menu’ of available options
Moderator: Peter Morton, Partner, K&L Gates
Panel: Ana Urien, Head of Legal, Stratos / Donal Hanley, Associate Professor (Professional) and Associate Director, Institute of Air and Space Law, McGill University & HCAA Advisory board / Terence Black, Principal, APF Advisors & HCAA Advisory board

15:30 | Essential Action for Lessors and Lenders on a Default
Abi Carter, Senior Associate, Watson Farley & Williams LLP / Michael Keightley, Senior Associate, Watson Farley & Williams LLP / Natasha Collins, Senior Associate, Watson Farley & Williams LLP

16:25 | Structuring Through Investment Hubs
Donna Ager, Partner, Walkers

17:00 | CLOSING REMARKS
Rachel Horgan, Director, KPMG

Tuesday 10th September 2024

08:50 | Chairman opening remarks

09:00 | Sanctions Update
Panel: Bree Taylor, Partner, Alius Law

09:35 | Lease rates & Valuations
Aircraft & Engine production problems and the effect on the market & the effect on lease rates and valuations and the wider global implications
Moderator: Denis Hogan, Managing Director, Alton Aviation Consultancy
Panel: Rob Morris, Global Head of Consultancy, Cirium Ascend Consultancy / Kane Ray, Head of General Aviation and Aftermarket, IBA / Gary Crichlow, Head of Commercial Analysts, Aviation Values / Marie Ryan, Head of Commercial Insights, Avolon

10:15 | The Aviation ABS market
Robert Cassidy, Senior Manager, PAFS Ireland Limited with Javier Meireles, CFO & Chief Operating Officer, Carlyle Aviation Partners

11:00 | Regional Aircraft Specialist Leasing, Trading & finance panel
The future of regional aircraft market and the impact of government actions within Europe
Moderator: Matthew Leigh, Partner, Smith Gambrell & Russell
Panel: Raphael Haddad, President, Jetcraft Commercial / Guillaume Huertas, Head of Leasing & Asset Management, ATR / Anne-Bart Tieleman, CEO, TrueNoord / Basil Gygax, Head of Customer Finance EMEA, Embraer Commercial Aviation / Rishi Majithia, Head of Investment, MONTE / Mark Dunnachie, SVP Commercial, ACIA Aero Leasing

11:45 | Airline Fireside chat
Moderator: Randeep Bubbra, Partner, Watson Farley & Williams

12:20 | Aviation Climate-Aligned Finance & RMI
Panel: Yann Sonnallier, Global Head of Aviation Finance, Societe Generale / Patrick Moore, Partner, Watson Farley & Williams / Jonathan Howard, Managing Director, Standard Chartered

13:00 | Lunch

14:00 | Advanced Air Mobility Panel
Moderator: Henri Courpron, Vice Chairman, Seabury Aviation Partners
Panel: Nigel Leishman, Chief Commercial Officer, LCI Aviation / Juliana Carolina Kiraly Thomaz Rodrigues, Head of Business Development, Europe, Eve Air Mobility / TBC, Joby Aviation / TBC, Vertical Aerospace 

14:40 | Capital Markets Panel
Moderator: Donna Ager, Partner, Walkers
Panel: Nigel Leishman, Chief Commercial Officer, LCI Aviation / Juliana Carolina Kiraly Thomaz Rodrigues, Head of Business Development, Europe, Eve Air Mobility / TBC, Joby Aviation / TBC, Vertical Aerospace

15:25 | Leasing & Asset Manager Panel
Moderator: John Duffy, Chief Commercial Officer, SKY Aero Management Limited
Panel: Tom Light, Portfolio Manager, Muzinich & Co. Limited / Martin Browne, CEO, IAT Leasing / Finnian O’Neill, CIO, ABL Aviation / Camille Pousseur, Marketing Director, Stratos

16:05 | The Hague CAA panel
Moderator: David Power, Executive Chairman, Aergo Structured Products
Panel: Philip Shepherd KC, Advisory Board, Haguee CAA / Michael Greenop, Senior Associate, WilmerHale / Patrick Brophy, Counsel, O’Melveny & Myers / William Glaister, Advisory Board, Haguee CAA

16:45 | Widebody Focused Commercial Aviation Finance & Investment panel
Moderator: Gwen Edwards, Partner, CMS
Panel: Tasos Michael, CEO, Inception Aviation Holdings Limited/ Omar Mian, Senior Director – Europe & Leasing, Boeing Capital Corporation / Olga Razzhivina, Senior ISTAT Appraiser, ORIEL

17:25 | Journey to Net Zero – Challenges and opportunities this decade
Carbon Credits and CORSIA.
Panel: Isaiah Cox, CEO, WheelTug / Adam Durant, CEO & Founder , Satavia / Paulina Rakowska, Senior Originator, EDF Trading

18:00 | Closing remarks