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Schedule

All activities will take place at the InterContinental Miami unless otherwise specified.

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Wednesday, 30 April

15:00 - 19:00

Registration Open
Bayfront/Sevilla Foyer
Sponsored by C-Cubed Aerospace

18:00 - 20:00

Welcome Reception
SkyLawn

Thursday, 1 May

8:30 - 17:00

Registration Open
Bayfront/Sevilla Foyer
Sponsored by C-Cubed Aerospace.

9:00 - 9:10

Welcome Remarks
Bayfront
Gerry Laderman, ISTAT President, Former Chief Financial Officer, United Airlines

9:10 - 9:40

Keynote
Fred Smith, Former Chief Executive Officer, FedEx

9:40 - 10:25

Operators Panel
Moderator: Tom Crabtree, Managing Director, Transport Research Advisory
Speakers:
Mike Berger, Chief Executive Officer, ATSG
Jason Berry, President, Horizon Air
Dave Davis, President and Chief Financial Officer, Sun Country Airlines

10:25 - 10:45

Morning Break
Sevilla
Sponsored by 7Air, AVITAS, Boeing and IAI Aviation Group.

 10:45 - 11:30

Lessors Panel
Moderator: Matthew Hoesley, Chief Commercial Officer, Altavair
Speakers: 
Dave Andrew, Chief Executive Officer, ASL Aviation Holdings
Eamonn Forbes, Chief Commercial Officer, Titan Aviation Leasing
Marc Iarchy, Partner, World Star Aviation
John Lynch, Senior Vice President, Head of Freighters, BBAM Aircraft Leasing & Management

11:30 - 12:15

Narrow-body and Regional Freighters 
Moderator: Jaime Alvarez, Senior Director of Cargo, Copa Airlines
Speakers: 
Robert Convey, Senior Vice President Sales & Marketing, Aeronautical Engineers 
Donald Kamenz, Vice President of Marketing and Sales, Jetstream Aviation Capital
Nicole Sarno, Head of Global Freighter Marketing, Embraer
Gary Warner, President, 321 Precision Conversions

12:10 - 13:45

Lunch
Sevilla
Sponsored by Rolls-Royce

13:45 - 14:30

Financing Freighters: Production vs. Conversion
Moderator: Artem Gonopolskiey, Chief Financial Officer, Atlas Air Worldwide
Speakers:
Eric Dollman, Executive Director, HALO AirFinance
Andres Fabre, Chairman, MAS Cargo
Robert Jack, Senior Managing Director and Cofounder, Volofin Capital
Pascal Picano, Member of the Board of Directors, Avia Solutions Group

14:30 - 15:15

Airbus vs. Boeing
Moderator: Bruce Dankberg, Director of Aircraft Configuration and Performance Analysis, Altavair
Speakers: 
Crawford Hamilton, Head of Freighter Marketing, Airbus
Darren Hulst, Vice President - Commercial Marketing, Boeing

15:15 - 15:30

Afternoon Break
Sevilla
Sponsored by 7Air, AVITAS, Boeing and IAI Aviation Group.

15:30 - 16:15

Appraisers Panel
Speakers: 
George Dimitroff, Head of Valuations, Cirium Ascend Consultancy
Douglas B. Kelly, Senior Vice President - Asset Valuation, AVITAS
Kara Levine, Manager, ICF
Lindsey Webster, Senior Vice President - Asset Valuations, mba Aviation

16:15 - 17:00 

Wide-body Freighters
Moderator: Jep Thornton, ISTAT Freighter Forum Committee Vice Chair, Partner, Aerolease Aviation LLC
Speakers: 
Yaacov Berkovitz, Executive Vice President and General Manager, IAI 
Kevin Burkhart, Vice President, Aircraft Acquisitions & Fleet Planning, FedEx Express
Rich Greener, Senior Vice President & Manager Commercial Cargo, AerCap Cargo
Joseph Mozzali, Chief Executive Officer, Amerijet 

17:00

Closing Remarks

17:00 - 18:30

Happy Hour
SkyLawn
Sponsored by Embraer

19:00 - 21:00

Networking Dinner
Sponsored by AEI and Collins Aerospace

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