Schedule

All activities will take place at the Westin Tokyo unless otherwise specified.

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Tuesday, 13 May

9:30 - 15:15	ISTAT Workshop Sponsored by PwC Separate registration required. Learn More Introduction to Aircraft Valuation Bryson Monteleone, Senior Advisor, PwC Ireland Insurance for Airlines, Lenders and Lessors: Key Topics Marcel Chad, Chairman of Aviation and Space, Price Forbes Legal: Cape Town Convention, Enforcement and Repossession Issues Tejaswi Nimmagadda, Partner, Tiang & Partners Q&A with Robert Martin Moderated by Paul Sheridan, Leader, Aviation Finance Advisory Services, PwC Ireland Tax: JOL and JOLCO Considerations Hiroshi Takagi, Partner, PwC Japan Tax: International Tax Issues Carol O'Flynn, Director, PwC Ireland
9:30	Tsukiji Fish Market and Sushi Making Class Separate registration required. Learn More Tokyo West Walking Tour Separate registration required. Learn More
15:00 - 19:30	Registration Open Sponsored by Hanwha Aviation Galaxy Foyer
16:30 - 17:30	ISTAT Rising Executives Event Sponsored by Avolon Kusunoki
18:00 - 21:00	Welcome Reception Sponsored by Clover Aviation Capital Galaxy A Ballroom + Foyer

Wednesday, 14 May

8:00 - 17:30	Registration Open Sponsored by Hanwha Aviation Galaxy Foyer
8:30 - 17:00	MTG Space Sponsored by Unical Aviation, Inc. Sakura The Hub: Central Gathering and Exhibit Space Star Ballroom Jet Fuel Café: Specialty Coffee Bar Sponsored by Pratt & Whitney Ice Cream Station Sponsored by Willis Lease Finance Corporation Airline Lounge Sponsored by Embraer Kaede
9:00 - 9:15	Opening and Welcome Remarks Galaxy Ballroom Speakers: Gerry Laderman, ISTAT President, Former Chief Financial Officer, United Airlines Michael Littleton, ISTAT Asia Committee Chair, ISTAT Board Director, Head of Aircraft Trading, SMBC Aviation Capital
9:15 - 9:45	Fireside Chat with All Nippon Airways (ANA) Offered in Japanese with translation to English Speakers: Shinichiro Watanabe, Senior Managing Executive Officer, Head of Transportation Business Unit, SMFL Hidekazu Yoshida, Member of the Board, Executive Vice President, Procurement & Facilities, All Nippon Airways (ANA)
9:45 - 10:25	JOLCO Panel Offered in English with translation to Japanese Moderator: Ali Ben Lmadani, Chief Executive Officer, ABL Aviation Speakers: Mark Cezar, Chief Finance Officer, Cebu Pacific Nirmal Govinda Das, Senior Vice President - Group Treasury & Risk, Emirates Murat Seker, Chief Financial Officer, Turkish Airlines
10:25 - 10:40	Morning Break Sponsored by Airbus, AVITAS, BeauTech Power Systems, CFM International, MRO Japan, NTE Aviation, LLC, PGA Aviation LLC, Regio Lease and Tokyo Century Corporation. Galaxy A Ballroom + Foyer
10:40 - 11:10	State of the Industry Offered in English with translation to Japanese Rob Morris, Global Head of Consultancy, Cirium Ascend Consultancy
11:10 - 11:40	OEM Panel Moderator: Barry Flannery, Chief Commercial Officer, SMBC Aviation Capital Speakers: Sinead Cormican, Head of Leasing Customers, Airbus Darren Hulst, Vice President - Marketing, Boeing Luke Mallows, Senior Vice President of Marketing & Lessors, Rolls-Royce Christophe Poulain, Senior Vice President of Commercial Strategy & Marketing, Safran Aircraft Engines
11:40 - 12:05	Fireside Chat with Cebu Pacific Air Mary Prettyman, ISTAT Immediate Past President, Head of Marketing, Pratt & Whitney Mike Szucs, Chief Executive Officer, Cebu Pacific Air
12:05 - 13:30	Lunch Galaxy Ballroom A & Foyer, Mai, Ryutenmon
13:30 - 13:40	ISTAT Appraiser Program Update Speaker: Olga Razzhivina, Director, Oriel
13:40 - 14:20	Appraisers Panel Moderator: John Cunningham, Senior Vice President Commercial, Genesis Speakers: Simon Finn, Senior Vice President, MUFG Bank Olga Razzhivina, Director, Oriel Mike Yeomans, Director of Valuations, IBA Group David Yu, PhD, CFA, Chairman, Finance Professor, Pan Pacific Airlines, New York University
14:20 - 15:00	Engine Panel Moderator: Andrew Beer, Executive Vice President of Airline Marketing (APAC), SMBC Aviation Capital Speakers: Julie Dickerson, Chief Executive Officer, Shannon Engine Support Ltd. Richard Hough, Chief Executive Officer, elfc Abdol Moabery, Chief Executive Officer, GA Telesis Roger Welaratne, Managing Director, SAEL
15:00 - 15:30	Fireside Chat with oneworld Alliance Speakers: Simon Hanson, Chairman, Asia Pacific & Middle East, Avolon Nat Pieper, Chief Executive Officer, oneworld Alliance
15:30 - 16:10	Debt Capital Markets and Bankers Moderator: Mui Sin Chan, Head of Treasury, BOC Aviation Limited Speakers: Mildred Chua, Managing Director & Global Head - Syndication & Loan Solutions, Institutional Banking Group, DBS Bank Augusto King, Co-Head of Debt Capital Markets (Asia Pacific), MUFG Yoshifumi Sakuragi, Senior Vice President of Marketing, PK AirFinance Joseph Shanahan, Head of Aviation, Citi Vinodh Srinivasan, Managing Director & Co-head of Structured Credit Group, Mizuho Securities
16:10 - 17:00	Leasing Company Executive Panel Offered in Japanese with translation to English Moderator: Takahiro Kawaguchi, Partner, K&L Gates Speakers: Mahoko Hara, Executive Chair, Aviation Capital Group Noriyuki Hiruta, Chairman, SMBC Aviation Capital Yasuyuki Kusakari, Chairman, Jackson Square Aviation Takayuki Sakakida, Chairman, Aircastle
17:00	Closing Remarks Joey Zhao, ISTAT Asia Committee Member, Head of Asia-Pacific, Ex-Japan, ABL Aviation
17:00 - 18:00	Women@ISTAT Sponsored by Avolon Moderator: Anna Bury, Head of Transaction Legal - Asia Pacific, Avolon Speakers: Julie Dickerson, Chief Executive Officer, Shannon Engine Support Ltd. Moushumi Kirtania, Senior Vice President & Regional Manager, APAC & China, Carlyle Aviation Partners
18:00 - 21:00	Networking Dinner: Taste of Japan Sponsored by GA Telesis Galaxy Ballroom + Foyer
21:00 - 23:00	After Party Blue Note Place 4 Chome-20-4 Ebisu, Shibuya, Tokyo 150-0013, Japan

Thursday, 15 May

8:30 - 17:00	Registration Open Sponsored by Hanwha Aviation Galaxy Foyer
8:30 - 17:00	MTG Space Sponsored by Unical Aviation, Inc. Sakura The Hub: Central Gathering and Exhibit Space Star Ballroom Jet Fuel Café: Specialty Coffee Bar Sponsored by Pratt & Whitney Ice Cream Station Sponsored by Willis Lease Finance Corporation Airline Lounge Sponsored by Embraer Kaede
9:00 - 9:05	Welcome Remarks Galaxy Ballroom Robert Martin, ISTAT Asia Committee Vice Chair, Independent Investor
9:05 - 9:35	Fireside Chat with SMBC Aviation Capital Speakers: Peter Barrett, Chief Executive Officer, SMBC Aviation Capital Marilyn Gan, Senior Vice President and Head of Asia Pacific, Vmo Aircraft Leasing
9:35 - 10:15	Small Narrowbody Panel Moderator: Jamie Baker, Managing Director, JP Morgan Speakers: Ron Baur, President, Azorra Jeff Chatfield, Executive Chairman, Avation PLC Zuzana Hrnkova, Vice President Marketing, ATR Mark Hughes, Chief Commercial Officer, Falko Michał Nowak, Global Head of Airline Marketing, Embraer
10:15 - 10:35	ISTAT Foundation & Airlink Update Kristen Chmielewski, ISTAT Foundation Chair, Partner, GC Aero Law
10:35 - 11:05	Morning Break Sponsored by Airbus, AVITAS, BeauTech Power Systems, CFM International, MRO Japan, NTE Aviation, LLC, PGA Aviation LLC, Regio Lease and Tokyo Century Corporation. Galaxy Ballroom A + Foyer
11:05 - 11:45	Airline Financing Panel Moderator: Gerry Laderman, ISTAT President, Former Chief Financial Officer, United Airlines Speakers: Okan Baş, Senior Vice President – Finance, Turkish Airlines Eric Harder, Vice President and Treasurer, United Airlines Markus Ohlert, Head of Aircraft Finance & Financial Fleet Management, Lufthansa Group Riyaz PeerMohamed, Chief Aircraft Acquisition and Financing Officer, IndiGo
11:45 - 12:25	Asia Risk Update Moderator: Vasgen Edwards, Managing Director of Capital Markets and Outreach, Boeing Speakers: Francois Collet, Head of Trading and Asset Management, Airbus Simon Collins, Partner, Watson Farley & Williams Ajay Kumar, Managing Partner, KLA Legal Adeline Lim, Executive Vice President of Portfolio Risk Management, SMBC Aviation Capital
12:25 - 13:55	Lunch Galaxy Ballroom A & Foyer, Mai, Ryutenmon
13:55 - 14:25	Driving Sustainable Aviation in Asia Offered in English with translation to Japanese Moderator: David Swan, Chief Operating and Sustainability Officer, SMBC Aviation Capital Speakers: Shuichi Horie, Head of Biomass Energy Unit, Energy Innovation Initiative SBU, Sumitomo Corporation Yasuhiro Kito, Deputy Directory, Agency for Natural Resources and Energy, Ministry of Economic, Trade and Industry Alisa Schackmann, Chief of Staff & Sustainability Lead, Boeing Japan
14:25 - 14:55	Operating Lease and JOL Panel Offered in English with translation to Japanese Moderator: Paul O'Dwyer, Chief Commercial Officer, ORIX Aviation Speakers: Patrick Halluin, Vice President of Fleet Transactions, Air France Alvin Limqueco, Senior Vice President - Chief Supply Chain Offier, Philippine Airlines Christine Rovelli, Senior Vice President, Finance & Fleet Management, Finnair
14:55 - 15:25	Fireside Chat with ORIX Aviation Offered in English with translation to Japanese Speakers: Takamasa Marito, Joint General Manager, Global Head of Marketing, Tokyo Century Corporation James Meyler, Chief Executive Officer, ORIX Aviation
15:25 - 15:55	Afternoon Break Sponsored by Airbus, AVITAS, BeauTech Power Systems, CFM International, MRO Japan, NTE Aviation, LLC, PGA Aviation LLC, Regio Lease and Tokyo Century Corporation. Galaxy Ballroom A + Foyer
15:55 - 16:45	Global Lessor CEO Panel Offered in English with translation to Japanese Moderator: Robert Martin, ISTAT Asia Committee Vice Chair, ISTAT Board Director, Independent International Investor Speakers: Andy Cronin, Chief Executive Officer, Avolon Edward O'Byrne, Chief Executive Officer, AviLease Firoz Tarapore, Chief Executive Officer, DAE Capital Steven Townend, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, BOC Aviation
16:45 - 16:50	Closing Remarks Valerie Tay, ISTAT Asia Committee Member, Managing Director Asia, Sky Leasing
17:00 - 18:00	Happy Hour Galaxy Ballroom A + Foyer