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
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| 18:00 - 20:00 |
Welcome Reception
Sponsored by 321 Precision Conversions
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Thursday, 21 September
| 8:30 - 17:00 |
Registration Open
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| 9:00 - 9:10 |
Welcome Remarks
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| 9:10 - 9:50 |
Cargo Market Update
Speaker: Tom Crabtree, Managing Director, Trade and Transport Group
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| 9:50 - 10:30 |
Fireside Chat
Moderator: John Feren, Partner, SplitRock Aviation
Speaker: Gordon Olafson, President, Northernaire Consultants
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| 10:30 - 11:00 |
Morning Break
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| 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
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| 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
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| 12:30 - 13:45 |
Lunch
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| 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
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| 14:30 - 15:15 |
Finance Panel
Moderator: Radha Tilton, Managing Director, Goldman Sachs
Speakers:
Kara Levine, Senior Appraiser, ICF
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| 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
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| 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
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| 17:00 - 17:05 |
Closing Remarks
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| 17:15 - 18:30 |
Cocktail Hour
Sponsored by Air Transport Services Group
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| 19:00 - 21:00 |
Networking Dinner
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