ACI EUROPE and ACI-ASIA PACIFIC present The Airport Operations Conference

Conference Theme Announced:

“Addressing regulation and safety challenges, through enhanced stakeholder collaboration”

This conference will assess the main criteria for delivering improved airport operations and address all issues impacting airport safety and efficiency.

Confirmed speakers include:

Graham Lake, CEO, CANSO

Joe Sultana, Deputy Director CFMU , EUROCONTROL

Murat Oernekol, Chief Operating Officer, TAV Airport Holdings

Ian Witter, Head of Airside Assurance, BAA Airside Operations

Phil McLauchlan, Managing Director, Qinetiq

Ad Rutten, Executive Vice President and COO, Schiphol and President, ACI EUROPE

Olivier Jankovec, Director General, ACI EUROPE

Dr. Holger Schulz, Managing Director, airsight

Stefan Mauel, Head of Infrastructure Airside, Traffic and Terminal Management, Airport Expansion, Fraport AG

Key issues to be addressed by leading industry experts include:

What were the operational challenges and lessons learned from the recent volcanic incident?

What did the aviation industry do well and what could have been done better?

Human Factors and Safety Management Systems

Runway Safety enhancements in the areas of excursions, incursions and confusion
The ENAV plan for the prevention of runway incursions
Best strategies for Reporting, Just Culture, competency and training issues
Report from the Turkish Airlines crash at Amsterdam Schiphol in February 2009 – Hear the Airline and Airport Perspectives

SES/SESAR and Airports

Airports within the SESAR-JU: Where do we stand?
The ATM - Airport Interface, where are we, where do we need to go and what will change?
Airport Performance under the regulatory performance Scheme of SES- II
The Role of the new Network Manager within the SES Framework

Enhanced safety strategies for airfield operations

Birdstrike risk management - using risk assessment to reduce the risk from birds
"Mivotherm" – Automatic System for recognizing, identifying and quantifying birds
Prevent Runway Incursions and the role of Runway Status Lights (RWSL)

Regulatory Issues

Including:

Creating the new regulatory system: Update on the EASA Aerodrome Rulemaking Process
The ICAO annex 14 Implementation study by EASA
The new ICAO PANS-AGA - PANS-Aerodromes Study Group (PASG)