Official Opening Party

Conference delegates are invited to attend the Official Opening Party for an evening of relaxed networking and socialising. The Airport Exchange exhibition will be officially opened by Olivier Jankovec, Director General, ACI EUROPE and Dr Rainer Schwarz, CEO, Berlin Airports and delegates will be treated to cocktails and canapés whilst enjoying an exclusive preview of the exhibition, with live entertainment from the renowned 18 piece Blue Baba Swing Bigband.

Tuesday 28 October 2008

09:00 - 10:00 – Opening Session

Welcome address:

Morgan Foulkes,
Director of Policy,
ACI EUROPE

Risks and opportunities for carbon management at airports

Peter Sharratt,
Managing Director,
WSP Environment and Energy

Carbon Management and Sustainability

Dr Peter Marx, Vice President, Environmental Management, Fraport

 

10:00 - 10:45 - Networking coffee break

Presentations from three airports that have set carbon neutrality as their ultimate goal

Efficient carbon management – the LFV definition

Lena Wennberg, Environment Strategy Manager, LFV Group Swedish Airports and Air Traffic Services

Towards Carbon Neutrality – the Manchester Experience

Dr Tim Walmsley, Environment Manager, Manchester Airport

The Key Drivers for carbon efficiency – Schiphol Group

Dan Vroonhoven, Head of Climate Change, Schiphol Group

What led these airports to focus on carbon efficiency? How did this come to be translated into the goal of carbon neutrality?

Are their carbon and sustainability management programmes bringing or likely to bring improved or additional operational and business benefits in terms e.g. of cost savings in utility services and maintenance, capital expenditure (investment) in the short, medium or long terms?

Has their proactive stance on carbon, energy and sustainability management helped to influence the airport design and planning process and build their business reputation?

Has it helped to enable future operations?

 

12:15 - 13:45 - Networking lunch break on exhibition floor

Presentations and discussion from three airports that are addressing the climate change (carbon) agenda:

Dr Graham Earl,
Head of Climate Change,
BAA

Inger Seeburg Sturm,
General Environmental Manager,
Copenhagen Airport

Elizabeth Leavitt,
Director of Environment,
Port of Seattle Airport

To date, most airports have tended to address the political (external) carbon agenda through tactical responses such as energy conservation, renewable energy, green building design, and climate change programmes. Are European airports capable of setting their own agenda to address their future operational and capacity requirements (strategic response)? What are the issues and challenges in so doing? What needs to be done and who are the main strategic partners?

 

15:15 - 16:00 - Networking coffee break

Question Time – Your questions to the panel

Tero Taskila,
Chief Strategy Officer,
Gulf Air

Chris Cain,
Project Director,
Newquay Cornwall Airport

David Bishop,
Policy Manager,
Airport Operators Association, UK

Olav Mosvold Larsen,
Senior Executive Advisor,
AVINOR A/S

Questions to consider:

Why should airports be concerned about climate change?

Will being more carbon efficient guarantee their future development?

What is their vision of a carbon efficient / carbon neutral airport?

Are airports credibly addressing the carbon agenda?

How can procurement strategies contribute to environmental performance?

 

Presentations and discussion from some key strategic partners at airports

An airport has direct ownership or control account of a relatively small proportion of its total carbon footprint with e.g. carbon emissions from aircraft, ground handling, and surface transport contributing a much greater burden. How can airports guide and influence their subcontractors, close partners and suppliers, tenants, customers and government agencies to reduce or contain their carbon emissions. Do these partners see this as a priority. If so, what actions are they taking to reduce the environmental footprint of their activities? If not, why are they not addressing the climate change issues?

A better understanding of airport surface access emissions

Roger Jones,
Principal Group Manager, Major Projects, Resources and Performance,
West Sussex, County Council

Eddy Robles,
Managing Director,
Airport Emission Control

David Bricknell, Chief Operating Officer, Airportsmart

Erich Sixt,
CEO of the Managing Board,
Sixt

 

10:30 - 11:15 - Networking coffee break

Airport infrastructure development is not merely about exiting architecture or facilitating passenger and cargo operations. It is also about adapting that infrastructure to the climate and developing integrated management tools and processes to manage energy, water and waste and operating in a more sustainable way. Two airport companies, and two architects provide us with their vision of the future carbon efficient and sustainable airport.

Airport Berlin Brandenburg International–BBI

BBI bills itself as the green airport because of its general environmental approach to planning and operation, which includes the use of heat recycling and regenerative energy systems.

Dr Rainer Schwarz, CEO, Berlin Airports

An architects look into the future of airport planning and design, addressing the tools and techniques that could bring a real step change in sustainability within reach.

Richard Spencer, Principal, HOK London

Conference Conclusions and the Way Ahead

Peter Sharratt, Managing Director, WSP Environment and Energy.

 

12:45 - 14:00 - Networking lunch break on exhibition floor