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Schedule

All activities take place at the Grand Hyatt Seattle unless otherwise specified.

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Wednesday, 20 September

15:00 - 19:00

Registration Open

18:00 - 20:00

Welcome Reception
Sponsored by 321 Precision Conversions

Thursday, 21 September

8:30 - 17:00

Registration Open

9:00 - 9:10

Welcome Remarks

9:10 - 9:50

Cargo Market Update
Speaker: Tom Crabtree, Managing Director, Trade and Transport Group

9:50 - 10:30

Fireside Chat
Moderator: John Feren, Partner, SplitRock Aviation
Speaker: Gordon Olafson, President, Northernaire Consultants

10:30 - 11:00

Morning Break

 11:00 - 11:45

OEM Panel
Moderator: Stephen Rimmer, Chief Executive Officer, Altavair LLC
Speakers:
Darren Hulst, Vice President - Commercial Marketing, Boeing
Crawford Hamilton, Head of Freighter Marketing, Airbus

11:45 - 12:30

Narrow-body Investments
Moderator: Yves Germeaux, Head of Corporate Finance and Aviation Finance, ATOZ Aviation Finance
Speakers:
Robert Convey, Senior Vice President Sales & Marketing, Aeronautical
Richard Greener, Head of Cargo, AerCap Cargo
Zygimantas Surinas, Chief Executive Officer, SmartLynx Airlines
Zachary T. Young, Director of Sales, Precision Aircraft Solutions

12:30 - 13:45

Lunch 

13:45 - 14:30

Wide-body Investments
Moderator: Stephen Fortune, Principal, Fortune Aviation Services
Speakers: 
Mike Berger, Chief Strategy Officer, Air Transport Services Group
Yaacov Berkovitz, Vice President and General Manager, Conversions and Upgrades Division, IAI - Aviation Group
Jordi Boto, Chief Executive Officer, Elbe Flugzeugwerke GmbH
Brian McCarthy, Vice President of Sales & Marketing, Mammoth Freighters

14:30 - 15:15

Finance Panel
Moderator: Radha Tilton, Managing Director, Goldman Sachs 
Speakers: 
Kara Levine, Senior Appraiser, ICF

15:15 - 16:00

Lessors & Investors 
Moderator: Gary Fitzgerald, Chief Executive Officer, Stratos
Speakers:
John Lynch, Senior Vice President, Head of Freighters, BBAM Aviation Services Switzerland
Michael Steen, Executive Vice President & Chief Commercial Officer, Atlas Air

16:00 - 17:00

Operators Panel
Moderator: Mylène Scholnick, Senior Manager, Head of Fleet Transactions and Management, Amazon Air
Speakers: 
Dave Andrew, Chief Executive Officer, ASL Aviation Holdings
Scot Struminger, Executive Vice President & Chief Executive Officer, FedEx Express Aviation

17:00 - 17:05

Closing Remarks

17:15 - 18:30

Cocktail Hour
Sponsored by Air Transport Services Group

19:00 - 21:00

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