ACI EUROPE and ACI-ASIA PACIFIC present The Airport Development and Environment Conference Incorporating an Airport Carbon Accreditation Workshop

Conference Theme Announced:

“Developing airports sustainably”

This conference will blend outstanding case studies of sustainable airport expansions, with unique insight from real environmental experts to show how airports can further improve their efforts in this field, and attain their licence to grow.

Conference programme for Tuesday 5 October 2010

09.00 – 10.30

Opening Session

Welcome Address :

Morgan Foulkes, Director of Policy, ACI EUROPE

Keynote Addresses:
Planning a development strategy for Italian airports network

Guilio De Carli, CEO,
One Works SpA

Dubai Airports continues to expand Dubai International, and also recently launched operations at Dubai World Central-Al Maktoum International, which will eventually become the world’s largest airport. How did they plan and deliver their infrastructure, and how important was environmental sustainability to their vision?

Paul Griffiths, CEO, Dubai Airports (to be confirmed)

10.30 – 11.15
Networking coffee break on the exhibition floor

First Working Session

11.15 – 12.45

First Working Session
How to address current obstacles to airport development, modernisation and expansion looking at physical and environmental capacity constraints, financial resources, planning and regulatory constraints

Panel discussion:

Chairman: Ad Rutten, Executive VP and COO, Schiphol and President, ACI EUROPE

Panellists:

Holger Linkweiler, Managing Director, HOCHTIEF AirPort and HOCHTIEF AirPort Capital
Feride Gokalp, Deputy General Manager, TAV Construction
Curtis Grad, CEO, Airport International Group
European Commission speaker to be confirmed
More panelists to be announced

12.45 – 14.15
Networking Lunch on the exhibition floor

Second Working Session

14.15 – 15.45

Second Working Session
Outstanding case studies of sustainable airport development

Chairman’s Introduction: With a vision of zero carbon dioxide emissions – the Stockholm-Arlanda case study

Jenny Svärd, Environmental Manager, SWEDAVIA Stockholm-Arlanda and Stockholm-Bromma

How was the new Enfidha International Airport in Tunisia delivered with sustainability in mind?

Umit Kazak, Managing Director, TAV Construction

What innovations is Fraport bringing to its new Terminal 3 development?

Peter Marx, Vice President of Environmental Management, Fraport and Vice-Chairman of the ACI EUROPE Environmental Strategy Committee

Proving aesthetic beauty and green terminal design are not mutually exclusive? Examples from around the world.

Speaker to be confirmed

16.00 – 17.00

Networking on the exhibition floor and business meetings in dedicated area. Facilitated by an easy to use online system that before travelling to Istanbul allows delegates to search for other delegates attending, and arrange meetings with them at the event. Coffee will also be served on the exhibition floor during this period.

Conference programme for Wednesday 6 October 2010

Third Working Session

09.00 – 10.30

Third Working Session
Innovative approaches and considerations to assist enhanced environmental results at airports and to communicate achievements

Chairman’s introduction:

Holger Linkweiler, Managing Director, HOCHTIEF AirPort and HOCHTIEF AirPort Capital

How will developments by airlines and aircraft manufacturers in terms of fuels and other elements impact airport planning, and the facilities and services that airports need to offer on the ground?

Paul Nash, Head of New Energies, Environmental Affairs – GDD, AIRBUS

Carbon neutral growth planning: What are the techniques that can be used to identify carbon and energy savings in existing operations to balance expansion impacts?

Callum Thomas, Professor of Sustainable Aviation, The Manchester Metropolitan University

Offsetting strategies and sustainability issues: how to make it work?

Senior representative, WWF International

10.30 – 11.15
Networking coffee break on the exhibition floor

Individually Tailored Conference Programmes

11.15 – 12.45

Fourth Working Session
Mobility and Surface Access

Chairman:

Mike Jackson, Technical Director, Aviation, Scott Wilson

Findings from a new study on how to reconcile airports’ expansion with citizens’ quality of life – relating to climate change

Bengt Christenson, Secretary General, ARC

How can airports do more to deliver an integrated transport approach?

Joost Wagemakers, Senior Advisor Airport Development, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol

The future of intermodality

European Commission speaker to be confirmed

12.45 – 13.45
Lunch on the exhibition floor

NEW 13.45 – 14.30

13.45 – 15.15

Airport Carbon Accreditation Workshop

Moderated by Leonie Dobbie, Head Sustainable Aviation and Airports, WSP Environmental, with support from the Airport Carbon Accreditation Help Desk Team.

The purpose of this workshop will be to practically assist airports contemplating or applying for accreditation under the scheme at whatever level. It will first outline the strategic and cost-benefits of participation, then work through the process of application from preparing a carbon footprint, through how to choose a verifier, what is meant by airport carbon management, what to do when developing a stakeholder engagement plan, what offsets to use and how, if seeking carbon neutrality. To this end, it is intended to work through a carbon footprint calculation tool specifically developed for the scheme. The workshop will be run by the Administrators of the scheme, in conjunction with ACI EUROPE and other airports participating in the scheme. During or after the workshop, provision will be made for one-to-one consultation with interested airports. The workshop is open to any ACI EUROPE airport at no charge.