SPEAKERS PRESENTATIONS

 

Monday May 3, 2004
08:00

Breakfast-Speaker – Michael Allen, CEO, Back Aviation Solutions

09:00

Plenary Session – Introduction by Bob Booth

09:10
WelcomeAni Luxner, Dir. Marketing, Aviation Week
09:15

Marshall Sinick - Conference Chairman, Partner, Squire, Sanders & Dempsey LLP

9:30

Keynote-Speaker: Fernando Souza Pinto, CEO,
TAP Air Portugal
"Air Transport in Europe - A Brazilian experience"

10:00

“The Low Cost Airlines Phenomenon” John N. Selvaggio, CEO, SONG

10:30

Coffee Break

10:45

“The Regional Airline Panel” (Sponsored by Boullioun Aviation) Moderator: Brian Evison - Boullioun Aviation – Panel members: Wilson Maciel Ramos, VP Administration & IT, GOL; Tom Cooper, CEO, GulfStream Int'l; Gary Cullen, CEO, LIAT Airlines; Pedro Fabregas, Director of Sales & Marketing, American Eagle Inc.

11:45

Mauricio Botelho, CEO, Embraer

12:30
Luncheon-Speaker: (Sponsored by Bombardier) "The Revolution Continues" Steven A. Ridolfi, CEO, Bombardier
13:30
“Cargo Action Panel” (Sponsored by Cargo Services and Globe Air Cargo) Moderator: Bill Spohrer , Senior Consultant, Avman LLC. Panel members: Frederick Jacobsen, CEO, Tampa Airlines; Carlos Gamundi, Network General Manager, DHL; Willy Cabezas, Managing Partner, Arrow Air; Richard Savage, V.P. Cargo, OAG Worldwide

14:30
Coffee Break – (Sponsored by Miami Dade Aviation Department)
14:45

“CEO Panel” (Sponsored by Embraer) Moderator: Alex de Gunten, Executive Director, AITAL.Panel Members: Juan Emilio Posada, CEO, Avianca; Luis Ernesto Videla, President & COO, LAN Group; Pedro Heilbron, CEO, COPA Airlines; Nelson Ramiz, CEO, Aeropostal; Nelson Tom Yew, CEO, BWIA.

19:00
Closing Reception (Sponsored by OAG Worldwide)
20:00
Closing Banquet-Speaker: Steven Udvar-Hazy, Chairman & CEO, International Lease Finance Corp.
Tuesday May 4, 2004
08:00

Breakfast- Speaker: "CEOs Take the Lead to Build Powerful Brands" Patricia A. Thorp, President, Thorp & Company. (Sponsored by Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport & Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention & Visitors Bureau ).

09:00-09:30

Keynote-Speaker: "Aviation in the Americas: Global Skies for a Global Economy" Jeffrey Shane, Under-Secertary of Transportation for Policy

09:30-12:00

Half Day Session: " The Low Cost, Low Fare Workshop" Moderator: Tom Anderson, Chief Marketing Officer, Spirit Airlines and Marc Cavaliere, VP Sales and Distribution, Spirit Airlines.

Workshop members: Tim Claydon, Senior VP - Sales, Marketing and IT, JetBlue Airways; Don Garvett, VP Strategic Planning, Alaska Airlines; David Bentley, U.K. Aviation Consultant/Author; John N. Selvaggio, CEO, SONG.