SUNDAY 12th January

Registration from 16:00 – Shelbourne Hotel

12:00 until late | Engine Lease Finance welcome bar
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18:00 | Reception Event
at The Mansion House, Dawson Street – Registration also available
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MONDAY 13th January

All day rolling coffee breaks

08:50 | Opening of conference – Chairman Opening Remarks

09:00 | Global Market Overview
Rob Morris, Global Head of Consultancy, Cirium Ascend Consultancy

09:45 | AirBaltic CEO Keynote

10:10 | Keynote
Steven Udvar-Házy, Executive Chairman, Air Lease Corporation

10:45 | KPMG Aviation Leaders Report

11:15 | Fireside Chat
Peter Barrett, CEO, SMBC Aviation Capital

11:45 | Leasing CEO Panel
Panel: James Meyler, CEO, Orix Aviation / Firoz Tarapore, CEO, DAE / Mike Inglese, CEO, Aircastle Advisor LLC / Norm Liu, President & CEO, Nordic Aviation Capital

12:30 | Fireside Chat
Andy Cronin, CEO, Avolon

13:05 | Lunch
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13:55 | ABS Panel
Moderator: Julian Dunphy, Head of Structured Finance   Fiduciary – Ireland, MAPLES
Panel: Niels Jensen, Partner, Vinson & Elkins / Oktay Veliev, Senior Vice President/Manager, Structured Finance Group, Moody’s / Joe Samples, Director- Aviation Services, Pivotal Corporate / Kalash Pandey, Managing Director, Goldman Sachs / Yezdan Badrakhan, MD, Head of Non-Flow ABS, MUFG/ Robert Sheldon, Head of Global Transportation ABS – Co-Head Global Transportation Finance, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. / Serge Gabovich, Managing Director, Mizuho Americas / John McInerney, Managing Director, PAFS Ireland Ltd 

14:40 | Keynote: CEO to CEO
John Plueger, CEO, President, Air Lease Corporation with Anko Van Der Werff, CEO of SAS

15:10 | Airline CFO/Treasurer panel
Moderator: Gerry Laderman, Averill Aviation
Panel: Ansar Hussain, VP | Corporate Finance & Group Treasurer, Virgin Atlantic / Meghan Montana, Senior Vice President, Treasurer, American Airlines

15:55 | TBD

16:25 | Leasing & Asset Manager Panel
Moderator: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
Panel: Paul O’Dwyer, CCO, ORIX Aviation / Christian Schloemann, Managing Director, GOAL Aircraft Leasing / Dan Stone, EVP Aircraft Investor Services, DAE Capital / Gary Fitzgerald, CEO,Stratos

17:10 | AWG Panel
Moderator: Jeffrey Wool, Secretary General, Aviation Working Group (AWG)

18:15 | End of day one – chairman’s closing remarks

18:25 | Pre-Awards drinks at the Engine Lease Finance Bar
at the Shelbourne Hotel

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19:30 | Aviation 100 Global Leaders Awards
at The RDS Hall 1, Merrion Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin
by invitation only
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Followed by
Special edition: The Legends Awards Section
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After award drinks at the Engine Lease Finance Bar
At the Shelbourne Hotel
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TUESDAY 14th January

All day rolling coffee breaks

08:50 | Opening of conference day 2 – Chairman Opening Remarks

08:50 | Supported Finance Panel Part One – Europe
Moderator: Youngha Kim Global Head of ECA Aviation Finance at J.P. Morgan
Panel: Camille Plattard, Head of Unit – Aeronautics/Defence,  bpifrance  / Thomas Kolberg, head of Aerospace, Euler Hermes Aktiengesellschaft Exportkreditgarantien der Bundesrepublik Deutschland / Pat Cauthery, Head of Aerospace & Defence, UK Export Finance (UKEF) / Jonathan Dufeu, Credit Specialties – Global Balthazar Finance Leader, Co Head – Political Risks & Structured Credit, Marsh Specialty

09:30 | Supported Finance Panel Part 2 – Americas
Moderator: Youngha Kim Global Head of ECA Aviation Finance at J.P. Morgan
Panel: David Fiore, VP Transportation Division, Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM) /  Bob Morin, Managing Director, Transaction and Business Development Leader, Aircraft Finance Insurance Consortium, Marsh USA Inc / André Rüttimann, Head of Export Credit Department, BNDES

10:15 | Airline Fuel Hedging
Gus Majed, Group CEO and Founder, Paratus

10:55 | Banking Panel
Moderator: Helane R Becker, Managing Director, TD Cowen/ TD Securities (USA)
Panel: Arnaud Fiscel, Head of Transportation, Corporate Banking Department, Bank of China (UK) Limited / Kalash Pandey, Managing Director, Goldman Sachs / Joseph Shanahan, Managing Director- Head of Aviation, Citi / Laurent Delvart, Global Aviation Sectorial Coverage Coordinator, Crédit Agricole CIB / Olivier Trauchessec, Head of Global Aviation, MUFG / Andrew Waddington, Managing Director, Mizuho Americas

11:40 | Keynote – 2025 Outlook Paper
Jim Morrison, Chief Risk Officer, Avolon

12:15 | Lessor CEO Panel
Panel: Ryan McKenna, Chief Executive Officer, Griffin Global Asset Management / Thomas  Baker, CEO, Aviation Capital Group / Greg Conlon, CEO, High Ridge Aviation

13:00 | Lunch
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14:00 | Airline Restructuring
Michael Cox, Vice Chairman, Seabury Aviation Partners with Kelly DiBlasi, Partner, Weil, Gotshal and Manges

14:20 | Manufacturer Panel
Market/recession implications, single-aisle trends, widebody demand, medium-term market outlook
Moderator: David Houlihan, President, DAE Capital
Panel: Rodrigo Silva e Souza, President Global Marketing, Embraer Commercial Aviation, Embraer Commercial Aircraft / Guillaume Huertas, Head of Region, EMEA, ATR / Sinead Cormican, Head of Leasing, Airbus

15:00 | Fireside chat
Robert Korn, CEO, Carlyle Aviation Partners

15:20 | Engine Investment, management and leasing
Moderator: Patrick Moore, Partner, Watson Farley & Williams
Panel: Dan Coulcher, SVP & Chief Commercial Officer EMEA, Willis Lease Finance Corporation / Roger Welaratne, CEO, SMBC Aero Engine Lease / Patrick Biebel, Managing Director, MTU Maintenance Lease Services / Richard Hough, President & CEO, Engine Lease Finance / Jeff Lewis, CEO, Hanwha Aviation

16:00 | Fireside chat
John Evans, CEO & founder, Azorra

16:20 | Capital Markets Panel
Moderator: Niels Jensen, Partner, Vinson & Elkins
Panel: Matt Simonetti, Managing Director, Citi Vijay Jethwa, Executive Director, Mizuho Americas / Rafael  Kuhn, Managing Director – Head of Aviation Capital Markets and Head of Debt Private Placements · Deutsche Bank / Tom Joyce, MD, Capital Markets Strategist, MUFG / Vinodh Srinivasan, Managing Director, Mizuho Americas

17:00 | Low Cost Airline Panel
Moderator: Hugh McGrath, Managing Director, Head of Corporate Services, Ireland, IQ-EQ
Panel: Robert Neal, Chief Financial Officer, Allegiant Air / Owain Jones, Executive Vice President and Group Chief Corporate Affairs Officer, Wizz Air / Riyaz PeerMohamed, Chief Aircraft Acquisition and Financing Officer, IndiGo / Dave Davis, President & CFO, Sun Country Airlines

17:40 | Airline Rating Panel
Panel: Peter Trombetta, VP-Senior Analyst, Moody’s

18:20 | Chairman’s closing remarks

18:45 | Networking Drinks
@ The ELFC Shelbourne Bar
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WEDNESDAY 15th January

All day rolling coffee breaks

08:00 | Registration Open/Morning refreshments

08:45 | Opening of conference – Chairman Opening Remarks

08:50 | Lessor Rating Panel & the impact of the same in the current aviation ABS market
Panel: Michael Dodge, Senior Director – Financial Institutions Group, KBRA Europe / Inna Bodeck, VP-Sr Credit Officer, Financial Institutions Group/ Igor Koyfman, Director, S&P Global / Giyora Eiger, VP -Senior Credit Officer – U.S. Corporate ABS New Ratings, Moodys / David Petu, Managing Director, Morningstar DBRS

09:30 | Intangible Assets
Panel: Pooja Gardemal, BK Associates / Marjan Riggi, Managing Partner, Stage Wing Inc./ Helane Becker, TD Cowen/ TD Securities (USA) LLC/ Richard Hakes, Partner, ReedSmith / Anne Agnew Correa, Senior Vice President – Airline & Airport Services, mba Aviation

10:10 | Fireside Chat
Ted O’Byrne, CEO, AVILEASE

10:30 | Lessor Finance & Investment Panel
Moderator: David Berkery, Partner, Vinson & Elkins
Panel: Greg Willis, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Air Lease Corporation / John Beekman, Chief Financial Officer, Griffin Global Asset Management / Roy Chandran, Chief Financial Officer, Aircastle Advisor LLC / Mark Wasden, SVP, Moody’s

11:10 | TBD

11:35 | Aircraft leasing – Lease rates – Valuations
Moderator: Olga Razzhivina, Senior ISTAT Appraiser, Oriel
Panel: Jennifer Moulton, Global Head of Sales, DAE Capital / Gary Crichlow, SVP – Appraisals, Airline Economics / Gueric Dechavanne, Vice President, Collateral Verifications / George Dimitroff, Head of Valuations, Ascend by Cirium / David Archer, Director Valuations Europe, mba Aviation  

12:15 | Regional Aircraft Specialist Leasing, Trading & finance Panel
Panel: Ron Baur, President, Azorra / Anne-Bart Tieleman, CEO, TrueNoord / Mark Hughes – Chief Commercial Officer at Falko

13:00 | Lunch
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14:00 | Freighter Panel – Air Freight / Cargo, demand, and aircraft
Moderator: Yves Germeaux, Head of Corporate Finance and Aviation Finance, ATOZ
Panel: Eamonn Forbes · Chief Commercial Officer, Titan Aviation Leasing / Maxim Straus, Executive Vice President & CFO, Cargolux / Christian Mailly, Managing Director, Backbone Freighter Leasing 

14:45 | ESG / SAF / Carbon Trading Panel
Moderator: Paul Briggs, Consultant, Bird & Bird
Panel: Deion McCarthy, Vice President, Fixed Income Investor Relations & Sustainability, DAE Capital / Gordon Grant, Vice President, Head of ESG, Aviation Capital Group / Michael Halaby, Head of Aviation Advisory, MUFG

15:30 | Investing in, trading and leasing mid-life and late-life Aircraft & Engines
Moderator: Ran Ackerman, MK Aviation
Panel: Rob Watts, Director of Consulting, ACC Aviation / Lisa Lyons, Head of Trading and Investor Marketing, DAE Capital

16:15 | JOL & JOLCO Panel
Moderator: Olivia Matsushita, partner at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, Tokyo
Panel: Spike Fulford, VP, Aviation Finance, MUFG / Umid Sharipov, Managing Director, ABL Corporation Japan

17:00 | End day 3 chairman’s closing remarks and acknowledgements

Until very late Drinks at the Engine Lease Finance Bar – Open Networking to all
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All day on Wednesday 15 January 2025

Taking place at the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, 6 Kildare Street, Dublin

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09:00 | TBD

09:45 | Deep-Dive ABS Market session
Serge Gabovich, Managing Director, Mizuho Americas

10:45 | TBD

11:25 | Default & Repossession
Bree Taylor, Partner, Alius Law

12:15 | Airline Fuel Hedging
Energy Prices, Concepts overview, tactics & strategies
Robert J. Kokonis, President & Managing Director, AirTrav Inc

13:00 | Lunch

14:00 | TBD

14:40 | Aircraft Repossession
Thor Maalouf, Partner, ReedSmith and Andrew Harper, Counsel, ReedSmith

15:20 | CORSIA Update
Adelfio Ronci, Director Environmental Products, ICE

16:00 | TBD

17:00 | TBD

17:35 | Closing Remarks