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4-6 November 2024 | The Ritz-Carlton, Millenia Singapore
Schedule
Tuesday 5th November 2024 – Day 1
Level 1 – Grand Ballroom
08:00 | Registration Open/Morning refreshments
Rolling all day breaks in conference foyer
08:40 | Opening of conference – Chairperson
Rolls Royce & Partners Finance
08:45 | Sector Overview
09:20 | JOL & JOLCO Panel
Moderator: Simon Collins, Partner, Watson Farley & Williams
10:05 | Airline Fuel Hedging
Energy Prices, Concepts overview, tactics & strategies
Robert J. Kokonis, President & Managing Director, AirTrav Inc
10:35 | The supply demand imbalance and its impact on lease demand and rentals
Barry Flannery, Chief Commercial Officer, SMBC Aviation Capital
11:05 | Capital Markets Panel
Moderator: Phillip Durham, Partner, Holland and Knight
Panel: Jeff Silverman, Director Opportunistic and Private Credit, Natalliance / Katie Chen, Senior Director, Fitch Ratings
11:50 | Keynote
Steven Townend Chief Executive Officer, BOC Aviation
12:15 | Lessor CEO Panel
Moderator: Robert Martin, Former CEO, BOC Aviation
Panel: Norm Liu, President & CEO, Nordic Aviation Capital
13:05 | Lunch
13:55 | Supported Finance Panel – ECAs and alternatives for the APAC region
Moderator: George Paterson, Partner, Norton Rose Fulbright LLP
Panel: Gemma Bae, Head of SEF Americas, ING Bank / Bob Morin, Managing Director – Transaction and Business Development Leader, Aircraft Finance Insurance Consortium / Marsh USA Inc / Jonathan Dufeu, Credit Specialties – Global Balthazar Finance Leader & Co Head – Political Risks & Structured Credit, Marsh Specialty / Olaf Sachau: Itasca External Consultant – Lessor Origination & Capital Markets
14:45 | Fireside chat
Robert Korn, Carlyle Aviation Partners
15:05 | Asset management panel
Moderator: James Bradley, Partner, Morgan Lewis
Panel: Geraint Sampson, MUFG
15:45 | Asia market overview: The financial health of APAC airlines and lessors and the outlook for 2024
Panel: Katie Chen, Senior Director, Fitch Ratings / Timothy Ross, Head of Investor Relations, BOC Aviation
16:30 | Manufacturer Aircraft supply and Lessor content
Valuations, interest rates, lease rates, supply and demand, escalation fees
17:10 | Air Freight / Cargo Aircraft Market Panel
Conversion / New freighters / P2F / narrowbody freighters Vs narrowbody belly space on existing flights, ACMI & the health of the market
Panel: Boon Keng Tan, SVP & Head, Aircraft Leasing, ST Engineering
17:50 | Regional Aircraft Specialist Leasing & finance Panel
The growing footprint of regional aircraft leasing specialisation
18:30 | Chairman closing remarks – close of day one
Rolls Royce & Partners Finance
19:45 | 11th Airline Economics – Aviation 100 Asia Pacific Awards
Level 1 – Grand Ballroom
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Wednesday 6th November 2024 – Day 2
Level 1 – Grand Ballroom
08:00 | Registration Open/Morning Refreshments
Rolling all day breaks in conference foyer
08:50 | Opening of conference day 2
Chairs opening remarks for day 2
08:55 | APAC leasing market health – Lease rates and valuations drilldown
Mike Yeomans, Director – Valuations & Consulting, IBA
09:35 | Engine Leasing & Investment Panel
Moderator: David Tokoph, President & CEO, MBA Aviation
Panel: Roger Welaratne, Chief Commercial Officer, SMBC Aero Engine Lease. / Kevin Li, Managing Director, MTU Maintenance Singapore Pte Ltd./ Shih Shiuan Tan, SVP & Head, Engine Leasing, ST Engineering
10:10 | Airline Panel
Panel: Riyaz PeerMohamed, Chief Aircraft Acquisition and Financing Officer, IndiGo
10:50 | ABS Panel
Moderator: Eoin O’Leary, Of Counsel, Maples
Panel: John McInerney, Managing Director, PAFS Ireland Ltd / Yezdan Badrakhan, MUFG
11:30 | Lessor financing panel
Leading lessors are quizzed on their financing strategies
Moderator: Matt Hedigan, Partner, Walkers
Panel: Mounir Kuzbari, Co-CEO, Novus Aviation Capital/ Chan Muisin, Head of Treasury, BOC Aviation / Paul Wong, Head Aviation Finance & VP/DGM, ST Engineering / Shirley Hsu, Director, Non- Bank Financial Institutions, Fitch Ratings
12:10 | Aviation Banking Panel – APAC Focus
Moderator: Richard Williams, Partner, Watson Farley & Williams
Panel: Joeri van de Moosdijk, APAC Lead Aviation, ING Bank / Arnaud Fiscel, Head of Transportation, Corporate Banking Department, Bank of China (UK) / Richard Finlayson, Managing Director, Loans & Structured Credit, Deutsche Bank Sydney / Winfield Wong, CEO, Cathay United Bank
13:05 | Lunch
14:00 | Widebody Trading, leasing, finance & asset management
Panel: Hani Kuzbari, Co-CEO, Novus Aviation Capital / Donal O’Neill, MD East Asia & Oceania , Avolon
14:40 | Korean Aviation Finance Market update
The Junior loan market & Equity market in Korea
James Choi, CEO, KACS | Korea Aero Capital Solutions / H.K. Helen Sohn, Partner, YOON & YANG LLC
15:10 | Aviation Working Group – EU taxonomy, Cape Town Convention, and other Key Industry Issues
Moderator: Jeffrey Wool, secretary general, AWG
15:40 | Trading and Investing in mid-life to late life Aircraft & Engines
Panel: Paul O’Dwyer, Chief Commercial Officer & Executive Director, ORIX Aviation Management ME Ltd / Neha MISHRA, President/CEO-CTO, Aeroconsultant / Marie Ryan, Head of Commercial Insights, Avolon
16:20 | Lessor Ratings fireside Chat
16:50 | ESG & SAF Panel
Panel: Hugo Kanters, Global Head Aviation Finance, ING Bank / Hugo Kanters, Global Head Aviation Finance, ING Bank / Michael Halaby, Managing Director, MUFG
17:50 | Chairs closing remarks
Wednesday 6th November 2024
Future Global Leaders Academy
Jr Ballroom – Level 3
Supported by:
08:55 | Airline Economics Leasing School – Chairman opening remarks
09:00 | Cayman Orphan Structures 101
09:40 | Asset transition and/or asset due diligence and/or technical asset management
10:20 | Essential Action for Lessors and Lenders on a Default
Watson Farley & Williams
11:40 | The modern lessor’s toolkit. Moving beyond Excel
12:20 | Corporate Reporting for Lessors
13:00 | Lunch
14:05 | Aviation SAF / ESG
Candice Tan, Lead ESG ratings analyst for Sustainable Fitch / Aurelia Britsch, Global Head of Climate Research at Sustainable Fitch
14:45 | Risk Management
15:25 | Aircraft as an investable asset class
Fong Chee Wai, Chief Risk Officer, Cathay United Bank (Singapore)
16:00 | PDP Financing 101
16:35 | Airline Credit Risk
17:15 | END OF SESSION
