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Schedule

Sunday 8th September 2024

18:45 | Reception Event

Monday 9th September 2024

08:50 | Chairman opening remarks
Laura Johnson, Sales & Trading Director, Rolls-Royce & Partners Finance

09:00 | The European airline market overview
Rob Morris, Global Head of Consultancy, CIRIUM Ascend Consultancy

09:40 | Lessor Panel
Moderator: Manuela Krach, Partner, Morgan Lewis
Panel: David Taylor, COO, ABL Aviation / Mamoun Kuzbari, CCO, Novus Aviation Capital / Winnie Liu, President & CCO, CALC / Karl Griffin, CEO, Genesis ​ ​

10:20 | Fireside Chat
Edvinas Demenius, CEO, SmartLynx Airlines With Debra Erni, Partner, Holland and Knight

10:40 | Engine Lease Challenges: Impact on Values & Rates – An Appraiser’s Insights
David Archer, Director Valuations Europe, mba Aviation

11:10 | Sustainability related costs in aviation, a value chain overview
Moderator: Maxime Meijers, co-founder, Estuaire
Panel: Vincent Caufourier, Head of Aviation Advisory, Societe Generale / Anne-Cécile Dieudonné, Product Marketing & Sustainability Director, ATR

11:50 | Engine Leasing and Investment Panel
Moderator: Debra Erni, Partner, Holland and Knight
Panel: Bobby Janagan, CEO, Rolls Royce & Partners Finance / Roger Welaratne, Managing Director & CEO, SMBC Aero Engine Lease / Dan Coulcher, SVP & Chief Commercial Officer EMEA, Willis Lease Finance Corporation / Jeff Lewis, CEO, Hanwha Aviation

12:30 | Airline Fuel Hedging
Energy Prices, Concepts overview, tactics & strategies
Gus Majed, Group CEO and Founder, Paratus

13:05 | Lunch

14:00 | Aircraft Transition & Repossession
Moderator: Ben Hughes, Chief Strategy Officer, Rolls-Royce & Partners Finance
Panel: Peter Walter, Director – Technical and Asset Management, IBA Group / Neha Mishra, President/CEO-CTO, Aeroconsultant / Enda Swan, Head of Technical and Engine OEM, Avolon / Rob Watts, Director of Consulting, ACC Aviation

14:40 | The Aviation ABS market
Robert Cassidy, Senior Manager, PAFS Ireland Limited with Javier Meireles, CFO & Chief Operating Officer, Carlyle Aviation Partners

15:10 | Rethinking Sustainability-Linked Loans in the Aviation Sector – how can banks drive true ambition
Moderator: John Pearson, Partner, Vedder Price
Panel: Frank Wulf, Global Head Aviation, NordLB / Ryan Opeka, Chief Operating Officer-Chief Legal Officer, Jackson Square Aviation/ Hui Ling Teo, Founder, Hui Ling Law / Özlem Ayata, Director, Global Aviation Finance Office, MUFG

15:50 | Main Banking Panel
Moderator: Jonathan Dufeu, Credit Specialties – Global Balthazar Finance Leader, Co-Head Political Risks & Structured Credit, Marsh Specialty
Panel: Kristian Bogdanov, Relationship Manager, Transportation Finance, Bank of China / Mi Zhou, Director, Origination – EMEA ,Global Aviation Finance Department , MUFG / Kalash Pandey, Managing Director, Goldman Sachs / Richard Moody, Global Head, HCOB Aviation Capital

16:30 | ESG / Sustainability & SAF Panel
Moderator: Conor Murphy, Head of Portfolio Management, MUFG
Panel: Gordon Grant, CTP Vice President, Head of ESG, Aviation Capital Group / Andrew Williams, Partner, Norton Rose Fulbright / Jennifer Stanley, ESG Manager, IBA Group / Thomas Sweeney, Valuations analyst, Cirium Ascend Consultancy / Dom Weeks, Head of External Affairs & Marketing, ZeroAvia  

17:15 | Leasing and Asset Manager Panel
Moderator: Chris Knight, Counsel, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Panel: Joram Lietaert Peerbolte, Chief Operating Officer & General Counsel, TrueNoord / Jason Bewley, Head of Business Development, STRATOS / Eamonn Forbes, CCO, Titan Aviation Leasing / Frank O’Hagan, Head of Marketing, Altavair

18:00 | Closing remarks
Laura Johnson, Sales & Trading Director, Rolls-Royce & Partners Finance

12:00 until late | The Westminster Arms – Networking Pub

18:00 | Reception & Annual Dinner
The Great Hall, Guildhall, London
Dinner from 19:00

The 40Under40 Awards / Aviation 100 European Awards / Sustainability Awards

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08:55 | Chairs opening remarks
Rachel Horgan, Director, KPMG

09:00 | Airline Fleet Planning
Ronan Murphy, Director, Alton Aviation Consultancy

09:35 | Aircraft Repossession
Andrew Harper, Counsel, Reed Smith & Thor Maalouf, Partner, Reed Smith

10:10 | Airline Credit / Historic Distress Modelling the Future Learning from the Past
Konrad Blocher, VP Sustainability & Strategy, mba Aviation

10:45 | The Need of Digitalising in Aviation & The Importance of Records Management in Life Cycle of Aircraft
Neha Mishra, President/CEO-CTO, Aeroconsultant with Rohit Kumar, Managing Director & CCO, Aeroconsultant

11:20 | Financial Reporting for Aviation Assets
Rachel Horgan, Director, KPMG

11:55 | JOL & JOLCO Market Update
Elliot Milton, Partner, Walkers

12:25 | The Carbon Project Landscape
Moderator: Edit Kiss, Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Capital Continuum Advisers
Panel: Charles Bedford, Chief Impact Officer, Carbon Growth Partners / Ronan Carr, Lead Analytical Officer, BeZero Carbon

13:05 | LUNCH

14:00 | Reducing emissions in aviation: intersection of technological advancement and carbon as a commodity
Moderator: Randeep Bubbra, Partner, Watson Farley & Williams
Panel: Adelfio Ronci, Director Environmental Products, ICE / Simon Crooks, Founding Partner, Vuelta Carbon / Mark Stolze, Regional Director of Sustainability Engagement, Boeing

14:40 | Navigating Carbon Risk for Lessors
Dan Barry, Chairman, SparkChange with Kerri Moss, Strategic Advisor, SparkChange & Head of Partnerships, Impetus Carbon

15:10 | How to resolve international aviation disputes efficiently and effectively: litigation vs. arbitration, the Hague Court for Arbitration in Aviation and how to choose from the growing ‘menu’ of available options
Moderator: Peter Morton, Partner, K&L Gates
Panel: Ana Urien, Head of Legal, Stratos / Donal Hanley, Associate Professor (Professional) and Associate Director, Institute of Air and Space Law, McGill University & HCAA Advisory board / Terence Black, Principal, APF Advisors & HCAA Advisory board / Nicholas Craig KC, Barrister, 3 Verulam Buildings

16:00 | Essential Action for Lessors and Lenders on a Default
Abi Carter, Senior Associate, Watson Farley & Williams LLP / Michael Keightley, Senior Associate, Watson Farley & Williams LLP / Natasha Collins, Senior Associate, Watson Farley & Williams LLP

16:50 | Structuring Through Investment Hubs
Donna Ager, Partner, Walkers

17:30 | CLOSING REMARKS
Rachel Horgan, Director, KPMG

Tuesday 10th September 2024

08:50 | Chairman opening remarks
David Taylor, COO, ABL Aviation

09:00 | Sanctions Update
Panel: Bree Taylor, Partner, Alius Law

09:35 | Lease rates & Valuations
Aircraft & Engine production problems and the effect on the market & the effect on lease rates and valuations and the wider global implications
Moderator: Denis Hogan, Managing Director, Alton Aviation Consultancy
Panel: Rob Morris, Global Head of Consultancy, Cirium Ascend Consultancy / Kane Ray, Head of General Aviation and Aftermarket, IBA / Marie Ryan, Head of Commercial Insights, Avolon

10:15 | Fireside Chat – UK Export Finance
Pat Cauthery, Divisional Head – Aerospace, Defence, Shipping, Space, UK Export Finance / Paul Griffiths, Head of Aerospace & Space Team, Department for Business and Trade

11:00 | Regional Aircraft Specialist Leasing, Trading & finance panel
The future of regional aircraft market and the impact of government actions within Europe
Moderator: Matthew Leigh, Partner, Smith Gambrell & Russell
Panel: Raphael Haddad, President, Jetcraft Commercial / Guillaume Huertas, Head of Leasing & Asset Management, ATR / Anne-Bart Tieleman, CEO, TrueNoord / Basil Gygax, Head of Customer Finance EMEA, Embraer Commercial Aviation / Rishi Majithia, Head of Investment, MONTE / Mark Dunnachie, SVP Commercial, ACIA Aero Leasing

11:45 | Airline Fireside chat
Moderator: Crispin Maunder, Chairman, LCI
Fred Browne, CEO, Aergo Capital / David Power, Aergo Capital

12:20 | Aviation Climate-Aligned Finance & RMI
Moderator: Jonathan Howard, Managing Director, Standard Chartered
Panel: Laurent Floquet, Managing Director – Head of Aviation Finance for EMEA, Societe Generale / Patrick Moore, Partner, Watson Farley & Williams / Jonathan Howard, Managing Director, Standard Chartered / Bernat Antolin, Director, CaixaBank /  Bertrand Dehouck, Head of Transportation, BNP Paribas

13:00 | Lunch

14:00 | Advanced Air Mobility Panel
Moderator: Marc Tembleque-Vilalta, SVP Portfolio Strategy, Avolon
Panel: Nigel Leishman, Chief Commercial Officer, LCI Aviation / Juliana Carolina Kiraly Thomaz Rodrigues, Head of Business Development, Europe, Eve Air Mobility / Drew McEwen, Chief Commercial Officer, AURA AERO / Marjan Schoeke, Market Development Manager, Vertical Aerospace

14:40 | Capital Markets Panel
Moderator: Donna Ager, Partner, Walkers
Panel: Jeff Silverman, Head of Aviation Finance and Private Credit, Natalliance Securities / Matt Simonetti, Managing Director, Citi / Tye Holmes, Head of Aviation Origination EMEA, MUFG

15:25 | Leasing & Asset Manager Panel
Moderator: John Duffy, Chief Commercial Officer, SKY Aero Management Limited
Panel: Tom Light, Portfolio Manager, Muzinich & Co. Limited / Finnian O’Neill, CIO, ABL Aviation / Camille Pousseur, Marketing Director, Stratos

16:05 | The Hague CAA panel
Moderator: David Power, Executive Chairman, Aergo Structured Products
Panel: Philip Shepherd KC, Advisory Board, Haguee CAA / Michael Greenop, Senior Associate, WilmerHale / Patrick Brophy, Counsel, O’Melveny & Myers / William Glaister, Advisory Board, Hague CAA / David Bartlett, Former Director & General Counsel, now Legal Consultant, Apollo, PK AirFinance  

16:45 | Widebody Focused Commercial Aviation Finance & Investment panel
Moderator: Gwen Edwards, Partner, CMS
Panel: Tasos Michael, CEO, Inception Aviation Holdings Limited/ Mher Papyan, Senior Director Customer Finance, Boeing / Olga Razzhivina, Senior ISTAT Appraiser, ORIEL / Mamoun Kuzbari, CCO, Novus Aviation Capital

17:25 | Journey to Net Zero – Challenges and opportunities this decade
Moderator: Chris Brown, Partner, Head of Strategy, KPMG
Panel: Isaiah Cox, CEO, WheelTug / Adam Durant, CEO & Founder, Satavia / Paulina Rakowska, Senior Originator, EDF Trading / Yasar Yetiskin, Manager, Sustainable Aviation, ICF 

18:00 | Closing remarks
David Taylor, COO, ABL Aviation