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Welcome Addresses in the Keynote Arena
(For all delegates)
Welcome from the Host
Sheikh Aimen Ahmed Al Hosni
CEO
Oman Airports
State of the Industry Address
Olivier Jankovec
Director General
ACI EUROPE
Welcome from ACI Asia-Pacific
Patti Chau
Regional Director
ACI Asia-Pacific
Official exhibition opening & coffee break
Global Leaders Masterclass: Part I
(For all delegates)
Airport chiefs from across the Middle East region come together to discuss key market, operational, and developmental forces driving change.
Moderator
George Karamanos
Managing Director
KPI Aviation Marketing Solutions
Global Leaders:
“Growing gateways to beauty and opportunity:” OAMC’s five-year strategic plan. The OAMC’s five-year strategy sets out the purpose, vision and mission for the company and outlines the strategic roadmap to support achieving the national objective of diversifying the economy by establishing a strong aviation sector. The central focus of Strategy2020 between 2016-2020 is to open new Muscat Airport, to strengthen Muscat as a Hub Airport in the region and to foster Salalah, Sohar and Duqum Airport as a touristic and business trade destination. OAMC is using this strategy by actively living the company’s purpose to grow Oman’s gateways to beauty and opportunity by connecting Oman to the rest of the world, thereby contributing to prosperity and well-being of the Sultanate of Oman and its people.
Sheikh Aimen Ahmed Al Hosni
CEO
Oman Airports
In order to maintain its “focus on high growth regions which enable TAV to outpace global trends and European counterparts” is TAV looking to step-up its “smart growth” strategy, in particular in terms of increasing “acquisition opportunities” and growing the contribution of TAV service companies?
Dr Sani Şener
President and CEO
TAV Airports
Just a brief disruption for a disruptor? How optimistic is Hamad International Airport that it can both maintain its position, and then re-grow after the current political situation subsides? World Cup 2022: how does the hosting of this major event translate into a lasting dividend for a hub airport?
Badr Mohammed Al Meer
Chief Operating Officer
Hamad International Airport
Lunch break
Security Leaders’ Symposium (with special reference to Aviation Security Assistance and Capacity Building Strategy and the Development of State Improvement Plans)
First Working Session
Moderator:
David Trembaczowski-Ryder
Head of Aviation Security
ACI EUROPE
Defining Presentations:
The current threat and risk environment demands that aviation security remain among the highest of priorities for States and the global international community. This opening presentation will set the scene by providing a global view of security threats and challenges, and the work being undertaken by ICAO, States and Industry relating to the strengthening the implementation of standards, audit, oversight and capacity building
Sylvain Lefoyer
Deputy Director, Aviation Security and Facilitation, Air Transport Bureau
ICAO
Defining Presentation from an EU Perspective
Henrik Hololei
Director General DG Move
European Commission
Panellists:
Dave Gordner
TSA Attaché to the European Union
Transportation Security Administration
Wilfried Covent
Chair, ACI EUROPE Aviation Security Committee and Senior Security Expert
Brussels Airport Company
Ian Gilchrist
Head, Aviation Security Unit
Qatar Civil Aviation Authority
Jennifer Sullivan
Director, Corporate Safety and Security
Greater Toronto Airports Authority
Alaudeen Al Ali
Senior Security Manager
Oman Airports
Coffee break
Risk assessment and management: The Insider Threat
Second Working Session
Moderator:
John Lamond
General Manager, Safety, Security & Business Continuity
Airport Authority Hong Kong
Speakers:
Understanding and mitigating the risk of insider threats in an airport environment. Many airports have focused their security efforts in strengthening the passenger and baggage screening processes. However, in the current globalized terrorist arena, addressing the complex risks posed by insider threats is crucial to ensure the integrity of a holistic airport security system, the safety of passengers and the continuity of aviation operations. This presentation deliberates on the nature of the different risks posed by insiders, and considers different approaches for curbing this type of threat.
Jose Mendes
Senior Advisor - Safety, Security & Regulatory Affairs
Bahrain Airport Company
Is it time to reboot aviation security? “We must change the balance and shift to investing in the personnel behind our airport operations. We have enough sophisticated technology, we must now invest in people.”
Daniel Burkard
Deputy Airport Director
Moscow Domodedovo Airport
Introduction to the Aviation Insider Threat Recognition and Prevention – AITRAP – co-funded by the Internal Security Fund of the European Union
Catherine Piana
Director General
ASSA-I – Aviation Security Services Association – International
Global Leaders Masterclass: Part II
Part II
Airport chiefs come together to discuss key market, operational, and developmental forces driving change.
Moderator
George Karamanos
Managing Director
KPI Aviation Marketing Solutions
Global Leaders:
Drawing on the extensive regional and international expertise of its shareholders in airport operation and construction, Airport International Group has invested nearly $1 billion in the rehabilitation of Queen Alia International Airport facilities through two phases opening in 2013-16. Have these developments had the desired effect with airline customers and travellers? The corporate plan “to increase capacity even further to 16 million passengers” would represent a doubling in traffic. How does AIG aim to achieve this?
Kjeld Binger
CEO Airport International Group
Operator of Queen Alia International Airport
Explain the scope and timescale of the Delhi Airport Expansion and the recently announced “greenfield airport” at Mopa in North Goa. Besides Hyderabad Airport, GMR also operates Cebu International Airport, Philippines, and has been selected to develop, operate and manage the new airport serving Heraklion in Greece. What is expectation of these overseas investments and what is the future vision for GMR’s place in the world of major airport groups?
P S Nair
CEO - Corporate
GMR Airport Developers Ltd
Bahrain’s $1bn Airport Modernization Program has the aim of elevating the airport’s infrastructure and services in line with the highest levels of safety, security, technology and environmental standards.” In what way will the new terminal meet these goals? The new BIA facilities will offer enough capacity for 50% growth on current levels – what is the growth strategy?
Mohamed Yousif Al Binfalah
CEO
Bahrain Airport Company
Coffee break
Airports and cybersecurity – united? proactive? prepared? Or none of the above?
Third Working Session
Moderator:
John McCarthy
Cyber Security Expert
Servicetec
Speakers:
The SITA Community Cyber Threat Center (CCTC), launched in 2017, is working to support a community-wide response by promoting the proactive and timely exchange of cyber threat information between its members. How is it helping airports to better detect, analyse, respond, and report on cybersecurity incidents?
Maliha Rashid
Head of Cybersecurity - Middle East, India and Africa
SITA
The 10th edition of ICAO’s Annex 17 – Standards and Recommended Practices for international aviation security – became applicable in August and contains new standards on cybersecurity. How will this help airports, and how widely and quickly are the new recommendations likely to be adopted?
Sylvain Lefoyer
Deputy Director, Aviation Security and Facilitation, Air Transport Bureau
ICAO
In June, Kiev Boryspil Airport was severely affected by a global cyber-attack. How serious were the consequences? Was safety comprised? How quickly did Boryspil recover, and what measures were put in place to prevent a repeat attack?
Dmytro Verbovskyi
Head of IT
Boryspil International Airport State Enterprise
Lunch Break
Future-proofing security for the next, unexpected threats
Fourth Working Session
Moderator:
Nina Brooks
Head, Security
ACI World
Speakers:
Advancing the concept of the contactless passenger journey, Vision-Box has introduced the biometric Seamless Gateway concept in collaboration with Amsterdam Airport Schiphol. What are the next steps in the roll-out of this “single token” move to make passenger experience and border control fully non-stop?
Antonio Cruz
Chief Technology Officer
Vision-Box
Managing the human dimension of real and perceived active threat situations: Recent terrorist events have seen huge volumes of data coming in via social media, the failure of traditional communications channels versus public expectation for timely communication, and airport personnel impacted as they are asked to stay at the airport and lead a response. This paper is a review of the lessons learned from the 2017 Ft. Lauderdale Shooting, the mass evacuations triggered by false alarms at LAX and JFK, combined with new data, based upon the broad use of technology to manage all of the communications across Texas and the Houston-area airports after Hurricane Harvey.
Michael Cardarelli
Director, Transportation Practice
Everbridge
An extensive add-on to the ‘single token’ environment: Bringing together the needs of airports, airlines, and immigration services as never before, FlyToGate promises speedy and accurate interaction at each touch point, combined with the power to analyse passenger data movement – a unique system catering to governments, private airports and airlines.
Fabrice Godeau
Managing Director
IER
Defend the claim: “Airports around the world are looking to modernise legacy Computed Tomography (CT) scanning technology and implement real-time tomography for hold baggage screening. This innovative solution to security screening has proven to lower operational costs, increase throughput and security, and better equip airports for their future needs.
Steve Buchan
Senior Director, Business Development
Rapiscan Systems
The future for air cargo security – the TSA Case study: Last month Smiths Detection’s IONSCAN 600 became the first explosives trace detection system to be ‘Approved’ on the TSA Air Cargo Screening Technology List (ACSTL). Introduced in 2016, the ACSTL standards require significantly higher levels of explosives detection capability. IONSCAN 600, which can detect minute quantities of explosives, as well as narcotics such as fentanyl, will also soon be evaluated for trace detection at US airport checkpoints.
Joachim Petry
Capability Manager Air Cargo Screening
Smiths Detection
Keynote Finale
In the Keynote Arena
Keynote speaker
Extending Airport Capacity with Hyperloop
With speeds 2-3 times faster than high-speed rail, Hyperloop offers an opportunity to link regional airports with inter-airport transport times comparable to terminal transfers, as well as connect the airport with urban centers. How will the Hyperloop impact commercial considerations for future airport planning and development, and what are the plans for its introduction into the Middle East and India
Harj Dhaliwal
Managing Director of Middle East and India
Hyperloop One
Oman’s first low-cost carrier plays an instrumental role within ASAAS’ tourism/transportation investment strategies, themselves a key component of Oman’s diversification agenda
Sheikh Khalid bin Hilal Al Yahmadi
CEO, Muscat National Development & Investment Company (ASAAS)
Chairman, Salam Air
Airport Exchange Video Highlights:
Highlights from 2019, hosted by Abu Dhabi Airports
Highlights from 2018, hosted by Avinor, Oslo
Highlights from 2017, hosted by Oman Airports, Oman