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Marriott Hotel City West
Munich, Germany
December 11-13, 2024

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Wednesday, December 11
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Registration, coffee & networking
  • Wednesday, December 11:  8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Wednesday, December 11
9:00 AM - 9:10 AM
GAD Organiser's welcome
  • Wednesday, December 11:  9:00 AM - 9:10 AM
Track(s) 
Wednesday, December 11
9:10 AM - 9:20 AM
Host’s Opening Address
  • Wednesday, December 11:  9:10 AM - 9:20 AM
Setting strategic priorities to future proof airport businesses in uncertain times....
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Track(s) 
Wednesday, December 11
9:30 AM - 9:50 AM
The Analyst’s Outlook
  • Wednesday, December 11:  9:30 AM - 9:50 AM
Evaluating the performance of the aviation sector from recovery to the new normal...
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Keynote
Andrew Lobbenburg
Head of European Transport Equity Research
Barclays
Track(s) 
Wednesday, December 11
9:50 AM - 10:30 AM
Panel: Global Airport Development State of the Industry
  • Wednesday, December 11:  9:50 AM - 10:30 AM
What are the strategic implications of the recent movement in the market and what does it tell us about the re-birth of the sector and the new priorities of strategic global operators?...
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Panelist
Daniel Bircher
Managing Director
Zurich Airport International
Track(s) 
Wednesday, December 11
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Fireside Chat: To be announced
  • Wednesday, December 11:  10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Track(s) 
Wednesday, December 11
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Refreshments & networking break
  • Wednesday, December 11:  11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Track(s) 
Wednesday, December 11
11:30 AM - 11:50 AM
Presentation: Global airport investment strategy & practice
  • Wednesday, December 11:  11:30 AM - 11:50 AM
Track(s) 
Wednesday, December 11
11:50 AM - 12:30 PM
Panel: The Aviation demand management debate
  • Wednesday, December 11:  11:50 AM - 12:30 PM
Examining the shift towards curtailing traffic growth: how are governments and operators quantifying and evaluating the highly nuanced positive and negative impacts of aviation on local, regional and national economies and communities? What options are available for responsible growth?...
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Moderator
Max Groot
Publisher & Managing Editor
Momberger Airport Information
Panelist
Nick Platts
Managing Director
Luton Rising
Track(s) 
Wednesday, December 11
12:30 PM - 12:50 PM
Presentation: To be announced
  • Wednesday, December 11:  12:30 PM - 12:50 PM
Track(s) 
Wednesday, December 11
12:50 PM - 1:00 PM
Presentation: Airlink
  • Wednesday, December 11:  12:50 PM - 1:00 PM
Track(s) 
Wednesday, December 11
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Lunch & networking break
  • Wednesday, December 11:  1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Track(s) 
Wednesday, December 11
2:00 PM - 2:45 PM
Panel: How do we keep airports profitable in a changing environment?
  • Wednesday, December 11:  2:00 PM - 2:45 PM
Panelist
Amit Rikhy
President & CEO
CAG Holdings
Panelist
Anne Delahaye
MD, Head of Airport Group
Crédit Agricole CIB
Panelist
Burcu Geris
Deputy CEO, CFO
TAV Airports Holding
Track(s) 
Wednesday, December 11
2:45 PM - 3:15 PM
Panel: Identifying the global trends threatening airport volumes, profit and risk
  • Wednesday, December 11:  2:45 PM - 3:15 PM
Panelist
Michael Stanton-Geddes
Director, Economics & Competition     
ACI EUROPE
Track(s) 
Wednesday, December 11
3:15 PM - 3:45 PM
1:1 meetings
  • Wednesday, December 11:  3:15 PM - 3:45 PM
Get business done at GAD - use this time to secure two 1:1 meetings with prospective business partners. Use the GAD networking app,...

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  • Networking
Track(s) 
Refreshments & networking break
  • Wednesday, December 11:  3:15 PM - 3:45 PM
  • Networking
Track(s) 
Wednesday, December 11
3:45 PM - 4:25 PM
A: Panel: Reviewing the impact of 30 years of private participation in airports
  • Wednesday, December 11:  3:45 PM - 4:25 PM
Considering how the changing profile of financial investors and their investment criteria has shaped the business and practices of today’s airport business?...
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Panelist
Beata Sperling-Tyler
Associate Director
M&G Investments
Panelist
Xavier Hürstel
Deputy Chief Executive Officer Development Operations
Groupe ADP
Track(s) 
Wednesday, December 11
3:45 PM - 4:30 PM
B: Panel: How do you structure concessions to attract investment, gain expertise & ensure delivery for airport developments in more challenging contexts?
  • Wednesday, December 11:  3:45 PM - 4:30 PM
With large numbers of airports in developing and emerging market economies needing development, how can we re-think the approach to those assets/projects and consider hybrid partnership models, financial structures, the transfer of expertise and appropriate KPIs to ensure quality delivery where it is most needed?...
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Moderator
Alexandre Leigh
Global Sector Lead for Airports, Transaction Advisory Services-PPP
IFC
Panelist
Mr.  Ashish Aggarwal
Strategy
GMR Group
Panelist
Askin Demir
CEO
Dakar Airport
Track(s) 
Wednesday, December 11
4:25 PM - 5:00 PM
A: Panel: Investment trends in Airport Infrastructure
  • Wednesday, December 11:  4:25 PM - 5:00 PM
Track(s) 
Wednesday, December 11
4:30 PM - 5:20 PM
B: Panel: Concessions Performance: Balancing KPIs, Strategy, and Long-Term Success
  • Wednesday, December 11:  4:30 PM - 5:20 PM
Intricacies of achieving operational excellence in concessions by defining balanced performance KPIs and strategies for sustainable success.Reliable performance indicators, realistic measurement expectations, and how to align incentives, rewards, and penalties. Reflecting on a decade of concession models: lessons learned, adapting to evolving stakeholder dynamics, and responding to external market forces....
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Moderator
Chris Chalk
Aviation Practice Leader, Mott MacDonald and Chairman, British Aviation Group
Mott MacDonald
Panelist
Eric Fleurisson
MD
Bouygues Construction Airport Concessions
Panelist
Giovanni Cavallaro
CFO
Aeroporti di Roma
Panelist
Jody Aldcorn
Partner
McCarthy Tetrault
Track(s) 
Wednesday, December 11
5:00 PM - 5:20 PM
A: Presentation: What’s in the global airport deal pipeline?
  • Wednesday, December 11:  5:00 PM - 5:20 PM
An update on private-sector participation, ownership models, current and upcoming primary & secondary deals in airports around the world....
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Speaker
Curtis Grad
President & CEO
Modalis
Track(s) 
Wednesday, December 11
5:20 PM - 6:30 PM
1:1 meetings
  • Wednesday, December 11:  5:20 PM - 6:30 PM
Get business done at GAD - use this time to secure three 1:1 meetings with prospective business partners. Use the GAD networking...

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  • Networking
Track(s) 
GAD World 30 year anniversary reception
  • Wednesday, December 11:  5:20 PM - 6:30 PM
  • Networking
Track(s) 
Thursday, December 12
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
Coffee & networking
  • Thursday, December 12:  8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
Track(s) 
Thursday, December 12
9:00 AM - 9:05 AM
GAD organiser’s welcome
  • Thursday, December 12:  9:00 AM - 9:05 AM
Track(s) 
Thursday, December 12
9:05 AM - 9:20 AM
CAPA Insight: The airport business landscape in 2025
  • Thursday, December 12:  9:05 AM - 9:20 AM
Track(s) 
Thursday, December 12
9:20 AM - 9:40 AM
Presentation: The Airline business review
  • Thursday, December 12:  9:20 AM - 9:40 AM
How are supply chain, political and environmental factors impacting airline strategy, growth & profitability?...
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Track(s) 
Thursday, December 12
9:40 AM - 10:20 AM
CEO panel: Managing an Airport business in the decarbonisation age
  • Thursday, December 12:  9:40 AM - 10:20 AM
Considering the modern airport business: how are Airport leaders managing the conflicting challenges of labour, competition, digitalization and fluctuating traffic volumes....
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Track(s) 
Thursday, December 12
10:20 AM - 11:00 AM
Panel: The Evolving Role of the Airport CEO: A Vision for 2030
  • Thursday, December 12:  10:20 AM - 11:00 AM
As rapidly as airports are changing, the profile of the airport CEO is likely evolving even faster.  Whereas airport leaders were historically “operators”, they are now increasingly business, commercial, and financial executives who are focused on optimizing the value of their assets and generating attractive shareholder returns.  Increasingly, airport CEOs...
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Moderator
Michael Bell
Senior Client Partner, Aviation & Aerospace Practice
Korn Ferry
Track(s) 
Thursday, December 12
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
1:1 meetings
  • Thursday, December 12:  11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Get business done at GAD - use this time to secure two 1:1 meetings with prospective business partners. Use the GAD networking...

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  • Networking
Track(s) 
Refreshments & networking break
  • Thursday, December 12:  11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
  • Networking
Track(s) 
Thursday, December 12
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
A: Presentation: The economics of airports – Traffic, Costs, Revenues and Regulation
  • Thursday, December 12:  11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
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Co-Presenter
Patrick Lucas
Principal and Founder
Airport Economics Consulting Inc
Co-Presenter
Rafael Echevarne
Director General
ACI-LAC
Track(s) 
B: Panel- Middle East focus- To be announced
  • Thursday, December 12:  11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
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Track(s) 
Thursday, December 12
12:00 PM - 12:25 PM
A: Fireside Chat: To be announced
  • Thursday, December 12:  12:00 PM - 12:25 PM
Track(s) 
Thursday, December 12
12:00 PM - 12:35 PM
B: Panel- Southeast Asia focus- To be Announced
  • Thursday, December 12:  12:00 PM - 12:35 PM
Track(s) 
Thursday, December 12
12:25 PM - 1:05 PM
A: Panel: Delivering airport projects in the US
  • Thursday, December 12:  12:25 PM - 1:05 PM
Exploring the latest models helping US airports navigate the challenges of funding constraints, project delivery expertise and conflicting stakeholder interests to get necessary infrastructure projects done....
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Track(s) 
Thursday, December 12
12:35 PM - 1:05 PM
B: Presentation: To be announced
  • Thursday, December 12:  12:35 PM - 1:05 PM
Track(s) 
Thursday, December 12
1:05 PM - 2:15 PM
Exclusive VIP lunch tables
  • Thursday, December 12:  1:05 PM - 2:15 PM
Exclusive Airport CEO/CFO Lunch: An exclusive networking opportunity for C-Suite representatives from airports to meet their global peers and share expertise...

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  • Networking
Track(s) 
Lunch & networking break
  • Thursday, December 12:  1:05 PM - 2:15 PM
  • Networking
Track(s) 
Thursday, December 12
2:15 PM - 2:50 PM
A: Panel: Are we heading from capacity crunch to a surfeit of slots?
  • Thursday, December 12:  2:15 PM - 2:50 PM
As new airport infrastructure expands across the globe, the aviation industry faces a shifting landscape where growing capacity meets new...

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Speaker
Diogenis Papiomytis
GM Strategy & Business Plan
Matarat Holding
Track(s) 
B: Panel: Demystifying AI
  • Thursday, December 12:  2:15 PM - 2:50 PM
How do we better understand the power of generative AI, identify the most impactful use cases for airports and get...

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Track(s) 
Thursday, December 12
2:50 PM - 3:30 PM
A: Panel: Identifying the bedrocks of a successful growth strategy
  • Thursday, December 12:  2:50 PM - 3:30 PM
How have airports harnessed strategic aeronautical relationships to not only drive traffic growth, but also gear up revenues and valuations?...
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Panelist
Satyaki Raghunath
COO
Bangalore International Airport Ltd
Panelist
Vincent Hodder
Leeds Bradford Airport
Track(s) 
The technology safe space
  • Thursday, December 12:  2:50 PM - 3:30 PM
A collaborative deep dive session to get your tech questions answered and empower you to ask the right questions of...

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Track(s) 
Thursday, December 12
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Refreshments & Networking break
  • Thursday, December 12:  3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Track(s) 
Thursday, December 12
4:00 PM - 4:45 PM
Panel: The Future of Airport Retail and Non-Aeronautical Revenue: Adapting to New Consumer Dynamics
  • Thursday, December 12:  4:00 PM - 4:45 PM
Airports are no longer just hubs for transportation but also key centres for commerce. This panel will explore the future of airport retail and how non-aeronautical revenue streams are becoming increasingly crucial for airport sustainability. The shifting consumer behaviour, the latest trends in airport retail, and how airports can develop...

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    Track(s) 
    Thursday, December 12
    4:45 PM - 5:30 PM
    Panel: Keeping up with the Experience Generation
    • Thursday, December 12:  4:45 PM - 5:30 PM
    To what extent can airport commercial models adapt to rapidly changing customer needs and trends to continue to delight the customer and raise the bar on revenue generation?...
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    Track(s) 
    Thursday, December 12
    5:45 PM - 7:30 PM
    Trip to Munich Christmas Market
    • Thursday, December 12:  5:45 PM - 7:30 PM
    Friday, December 13
    8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
    Coffee & Networking
    • Friday, December 13:  8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
    Track(s) 
    Friday, December 13
    9:05 AM - 9:25 AM
    Presentation: Quantifying financial impact of an airport’s Net Zero strategy
    • Friday, December 13:  9:05 AM - 9:25 AM
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    Friday, December 13
    9:25 AM - 10:05 AM
    Panel: Hydrogen-Powered Aviation: Paving the Way to a Low-Carbon Future
    • Friday, December 13:  9:25 AM - 10:05 AM
    As the aviation industry intensifies efforts to reduce carbon emissions, hydrogen stands out as one of the most promising pathways toward sustainable air travel. With the goal of bringing a low-carbon commercial aircraft to market by 2035, this panel will explore the transformative potential of hydrogen in aviation. Industry leaders...

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      Friday, December 13
      10:05 AM - 10:40 PM
      Panel: Establishing a Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) ecosystem: key strategies for growth and adoption
      • Friday, December 13:  10:05 AM - 10:40 PM
      The industry is pivoting toward Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) as a cornerstone of its decarbonization efforts. But to make SAF adoption a reality, it requires an ecosystem that can scale production, secure financing, and streamline offtake agreements. This panel will explore the full spectrum of establishing an SAF ecosystem. We’ll...
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      Friday, December 13
      10:40 AM - 11:15 AM
      Panel: How do you make money out of small airports?
      • Friday, December 13:  10:40 AM - 11:15 AM
      Achieving the right market conditions to deliver ROI from small and regional airports, combining the right regulatory framework with asset bundling and dynamic commercial strategies ...
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      Track(s) 
      Friday, December 13
      11:15 AM - 11:45 AM
      Refreshment break
      • Friday, December 13:  11:15 AM - 11:45 AM
      Track(s) 
      Friday, December 13
      11:45 AM - 12:25 PM
      Panel: Developing a feasible operating environment and business model for AAM
      • Friday, December 13:  11:45 AM - 12:25 PM
      How is the AAM ecosystem is evolving? How will these assets be traded and financed...
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      Panelist
      Joyce Abou Moussa
      Deputy to the director of International development
      Groupe ADP
      Track(s) 
      Friday, December 13
      12:25 PM - 1:00 PM
      Setting the industry standard: Wider adoption of ESG Frameworks
      • Friday, December 13:  12:25 PM - 1:00 PM
      Track(s) 
      Friday, December 13
      1:00 PM - 2:15 PM
      Networking lunch & final business card exchange
      • Friday, December 13:  1:00 PM - 2:15 PM
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