Schedule

All activities will take place at Grand Hyatt Hong Kong unless otherwise specified.

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Tuesday, 7 May

9:30 - 14:30	ISTAT Workshop Salon 1 & 2 \| Mezzanine Level Sponsored by PwC
13:00 - 17:00	HAECO Tour - SOLD OUT Meet in hotel lobby for bus pickup Sponsored by HAECO
15:00 - 17:30	Registration Open Lobby Sponsored by Hanwha Aviation
17:00 - 18:00	ISTAT Rising Executives Event Salon 1 & 2 \| Mezzanine Level Sponsored by Avolon
18:00 - 20:00	Welcome Reception Grand Ballroom - Lobby Level Sponsored by Clover Aviation Capital

Wednesday, 8 May

8:00 - 17:30	Registration Open Lobby Sponsored by Hanwha Aviation
9:00 - 17:00	MTG Space Poolhouse \| Level 11 Sponsored by Aviator Capital The Hub: Central Gathering and Exhibit Space Grand Ballroom Foyer Jet Fuel Café: Specialty Coffee Bar Sponsored by Boeing Ice Cream Station Sponsored by Willis Lease Finance Corporation Airline Lounge Salon 3 & 4 \| Mezzanine Level Sponsored by Embraer
9:00 - 9:10	Opening Remarks Grand Ballroom - Lobby Level Speakers: Mary Prettyman, ISTAT President, Head of Marketing, Pratt & Whitney Marilyn Gan, ISTAT Asia Chair, Senior Vice President and Head of Asia Pacific, Vmo Aircraft Leasing
9:10 - 9:25	Welcome to Hong Kong Speaker: Michael Wong Wai-lun, Deputy Financial Secretary, Hong Kong SAR
9:25 - 9:40	Aircraft Leasing in Hong Kong: An Update from the Transport Logistics Bureau Speaker: Joan Hung, Deputy Secretary for Transport and Logistics, Transport Logistics Bureau
9:40 - 10:10	Fireside Chat Moderator: Sarah Aoun, Head of Capital Markets, Airbus Speaker: Nathaniel Pieper, Chief Executive Officer, One World Alliance
10:10 - 10:50	The SAF Opportunity for Asia Moderator: David Swan, Chief Operations & Sustainability Officer, SMBC Aviation Capital Speakers: Takehiro Kawahara, Aviation Specialist, Bloomberg New Energy Finance Shigeru Komori, Energy Innovation Initiative, Sumitomo Corporation Ee Pin Lee, Key Account Manager, Neste Jean-Pierre Stainnack, Senior Vice President Sales North Asia, Airbus
10:50 - 11:10	Morning Break Sponsored by Airbus, AVITAS, BeauTech Power Systems, CALC, CFM International, Mammoth Freighters, PGA Aviation LLC, Regio Lease and SMBC Aviation Capital.
11:10 - 11:20	ISTAT Foundation Update
11:20 - 12:20	Airline C-Suite Panel Moderator: Gerry Butler, Chief Commercial Officer, CALC Speakers: Robert Fanning, Vice President, Fleet Transactions & Strategic Sourcing, Frontier Stanley Hui, Board of Directors, Greater Bay Airlines Mike Szucs, Chief Executive Officer, Cebu Pacific
12:20 - 13:50	Lunch Tiffin & Grand Hyatt Steakhouse \| Lobby Level
13:50 - 14:30	Airbus and Boeing Debate Moderator: Ian Reid, Former Senior Financial Advisor, Philippine Airlines Speakers: Sinead Cormican, Head of Leasing, Airbus Alexander Philip, Managing Director of Marketing for Global Leasing, Boeing
14:30 - 14:40	ISTAT Appraisers Program Update Stuart Rubin, Chair, ISTAT Appraisers Program, Senior ISTAT Appraiser, Principal, ICF International
14:40 - 15:20	Appraisers Panel Moderator: Stuart Rubin, Chair, ISTAT Appraisers Program, Senior ISTAT Appraiser, Principal, ICF International Speakers: Olga Razzhivina, Director, Oriel Bryson Monteleone, Senior Advisor, Aviation Finance Advisory Services, PwC Ireland Amit Tyagi, Chief Intelligence Officer, Acumen Aviation Jian Zhu, Engagement Manager, Alton
15:20 - 15:45	Afternoon Break Sponsored by Airbus, AVITAS, BeauTech Power Systems, CALC, CFM International, Mammoth Freighters, PGA Aviation LLC, Regio Lease and SMBC Aviation Capital.
15:45 - 16:15	China In the New World Order Moderator: Haiyan Zheng, Chief Commercial Officer, Clover Aviation Capital Speakers: Karen Mak, Deputy Head of Financial Services and Fintech, InvestHK Clarence Leung, Asset Finance and Leasing Tax Partner, PwC Wilson Liu, Vice President, Hainan Airlines Tao Wang, Managing Director, Shipping and Aviation Leasing, CCB Leasing
16:15 - 16:55	Asian Capital Markets Moderator: Muisin Chan, Head of Treasury, BOC Aviation Speakers: Andrew Chan, Head of AEJ Bond Syndicate, Goldman Sachs Adrian Khoo, Head of DCM Asia Pacific, Citi Sunil Detaramani, Executive Director Asia Debt Syndicate, JP Morgan Chase Vinodh Srinivasan, Managing Director, Co-head of the Structured Credit Group, Mizuho
16:55 - 17:00	Closing Remarks
17:30 - 18:45	Women@ISTAT Chief Executive Suite 1 & 2 \| Level 5 Sponsored by Avolon Speakers: Pattra Boosarawongse, Group Chief Financial Officer, AirAsia Tanya Orr, Head of Fleet Strategy, Air New Zealand
19:00 - 21:00	Networking Dinner Sponsored by GA Telesis The Arches at the Murray

Thursday, 9 May

8:30 - 17:00	Registration Open Lobby Sponsored by Hanwha Aviation

9:00 - 17:00	MTG Space Poolhouse \| Level 11 Sponsored by Aviator Capital The Hub: Central Gathering and Exhibit Space Grand Ballroom Foyer Jet Fuel Café: Specialty Coffee Bar Sponsored by Boeing Ice Cream Station Sponsored by Willis Lease Finance Corporation Airline Lounge Salon 3 & 4 \| Mezzanine Level Sponsored by Embraer
9:00 - 9:05	Welcome Remarks Grand Ballroom
9:05 - 9:45	Asia Through Adam's Eyes Adam Pilarski, PhD, Senior Vice President, Consulting, AVITAS Inc.
9:45 - 10:15	Fireside Chat Moderator: Simon Hanson, Chairman, Asia Pacific & Middle East, Avolon Speaker: Dinh Viet Phuong, Chief Executive Officer, Vietjet
10:15 - 10:55	Airline C-Suite Financing Panel Moderator: Valerie Tay, Managing Director, Asia, Sky Aviation Leasing Speakers: Mark Cezar, Chief Financial Officer, Cebu Pacific Tian Chao, Deputy Chief Financial Officer, Spring Airlines Riyaz Peermohamed, Chief Aircraft Acquisition and Financing Officer, IndiGo
10:55 - 11:35	Cargo Panel Moderator: Lewis Sutherland, Chief Commercial Officer, Deucalion Aviation Speakers: Eamonn Forbes, Chief Commercial Officer, Titan Aviation Leasing Matt Hoesley, Chief Commercial Officer, Altavair Laura Ivaskaite, Head of Asset Management, Smartlynx
11:35 - 12:15	Geopolitical Risks Impacting Aviation Moderator: Tony Tyler, Former Chief Executive Officer, IATA Speakers: Stephen Barnes, Chief Risk Officer, BOC Aviation Katie Chen, Senior Director, Fitch Ratings Aoife Hafner, Head of Portfolio Risk Management, SMBC Aviation Capital Rob Morris, Global Head of Consultancy, Cirium
12:15 - 12:55	Finance Panel Moderator: Nat Vilasdechanon, ISTAT Asia Committee Member, Counsel, Clifford Chance Speakers: Pierre Briens, Co-Head of Transportation Capital Markets APAC, BNP Paribas Wendy Chai, Head of Treasury, AerDragon Aviation Leasing Martin Harris, Managing Director, Head of Aviation, Asia Pacific, HSBC Bertrand Rovetto, Managing Director, Aviation Finance, Crédit Agricole CIB
12:55 - 14:00	Lunch Tiffin & Grand Hyatt Steakhouse \| Lobby Level
14:00 - 14:40	Power Panel Moderator: Andy Shankland, Managing Director, Seabury Aviation Speakers: Andrew Coleman, General Manager, Aviation Software, GE Digital Jaime Nieto, Chief Commercial Officer, Rolls-Royce & Partners Finance Simon Smith, Director and General Manager, HAECO Engine Services (Xiamen)
14:40 - 15:20	Lessor Fireside Chat Moderator: Marilyn Gan, ISTAT Asia Chair, Senior Vice President and Head of Asia Pacific, Vmo Aircraft Leasing Speaker: Steven Townend, Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director, BOC Aviation
15:20 - 15:50	Afternoon Break Sponsored by Airbus, AVITAS, BeauTech Power Systems, CALC, CFM International, Mammoth Freighters, PGA Aviation LLC, Regio Lease and SMBC Aviation Capital.
15:50 - 16:30	Trading Panel Moderator: Sarah Conway, Aircraft Leasing and Finance Specialist Speakers: Barbara FitzGerald, Senior Vice President - Portfolio Management & Origination, High Ridge Aviation Michael Littleton, Head of Aircraft Trading, SMBC Aviation Capital Paraic Quinn, Head of Capital Markets & Trading, Avolon
16:30 - 17:30	CEO Panel Moderator: Robert Martin, ISTAT Asia Committee Member, Independent Investor Speakers: Robert Korn, Chief Executive Officer, Carlyle Aviation Partners Ted O'Byrne, Chief Executive Officer, AviLease Mike Poon, Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer, CALC Firoz Tarapore, Chief Executive Officer, DAE Capital
17:30 - 17:35	Closing Remarks
17:35 - 19:00	Closing Happy Hour The Grill (Outdoors) \| Level 11 Sponsored by KPMG