EC/AGM Past Presenations

EC/AGM 2008

Session I

Competitors or Collaborators - Air, Sea and Land Working Together?
* Competitors or Collaborators – Air, Sea and Land Working Together
Dirk Steiger Principal & Managing Director Aviainform GmbH

Session II

Going Green
* The Environmental Impact of Air Cargo
Dr. Peter Morrell, Director of Research, Air Transport Group, Cranfield University,UK
* Going Green
John Meenan, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Air Transport Association
* How to Reduce the Environmental Impact of Air Transport without Serious Economic Damage to Commercial Aviation
Dr. Peder Jensen, Project Manager, Transport and Environment, European Environment Agency
* Integration of Aviation Activities into the EU Emissions Trading Scheme
Michael Renouf, Partner, Berwin Leighton Paisner, Brussels and UK

Session III

The Race Goes to the Swift
* The Race Goes to the Swift
Ned Laird, Managing Director/Publisher, Air Cargo Management Group
* Hangzhou International Airport (HGH) the 8^th Biggest Airport in China
Wai To, Vice President, Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport Company, Ltd.
* Running the Race in China
Sebastian Chan, Vice President Supply Chain Operations China, UPS
* The Race Goes to the Swift: Air Express Carriers Compete to Develop their Presence in China
Bailey Leopard, Senior Counsel, Regulatory Affairs FedEx Express

Session IV

A View From the Top - Security Updates
* TSA Air Cargo Security
Douglas Brittin, Air Cargo Manager, Transportation Sector Network Management, Transportation Security Administration, US Department of Homeland Security

EC/AGM 2007

Session I

Air Cargo Security in an Age of Global Terrorism: Achieving Increased Security with Improved Facilitation
* Achieving Increased Security with Improved Facilitation
Robert C. Bonner, Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and former Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection

Session III

Great Expectations Where Air Cargo is Today and Where It Should be Tomorrow
* Air Cargo – a quiet economic powerhouse
Robert. J. Aaronson, Director General Airports Council International
* Great Expectations – Where Air Cargo is Today and Where it Should be Tomorrow
Gene Huang, Chief Economist, FedEx

Session IV

Turbulence Over the Atlantic
* Michael W. Reynolds, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Transportation for Aviation and International Affairs, U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT)
* EU/US First Stage Air Transport Agreement
Daniel Calleja, Director of Air Transport, European Commission

EC/AGM 2006

Session I

Clash of the Titans
* The Clash of the Titans
Shahe Ouzounian, CF/WAM & Director Cargo, Chapman Freeborn Airmarketing LTD
* Clash of the Titans – Boeing
Thomas Hoang, Regional Director-Cargo Marketing, Boeing Commercial Airplanes
* Market Trends in the Air Freight Industry
Didier Lenormand, Director – Product Marketing, Freighters, Airbus SAS

Session II

Volatile Oil Prices
* Volatile Oil Prices
Melvyn Heard, General Manager, GEnx, GE Aviation Marketing
* Lufthansa’s Reply to Increasing Fuel Prices
Helmut Fredrich, Vice President, Corporate Fuel Management, Deutsche Lufthansa AG
* Qualification of Sasol Fully Synthetic Jet Fuel as Commercial Aviation Turbine Fuel
Piet Roets, Manager, Oil Chemical Research and Development, Sasol Ltd.

Session III

* Air Cargo’s Role in the Economic Transformation
* A Brief Look at the Air Cargo Industry of the People’s Republic of China
Xianping Wang, Executive Vice President, GCW Consulting
* Beijing Capital International Airport – Engine for Economic Transformation
Desmond Shum, Vice Chairman & CEO, Airport City Logistics Park Co. Ltd.

Session IV

The Evolution of the Freight Forwarder
* Issa Baluch, Chairman & CEO, Swift Freight International L.L.C.
* William Hill, Group Vice President, Logistics, Gulf Agency Company Ltd.
* Forwarder or Integrator: The Future Lies in Service
Guenter Menden, President & CEO, Siemens Industrial Solutions and Services Group Airport Logistics

EC/AGM 2005

Session I

Beyond the Blue Horizon
* It is All About Assumptions
Brian Clancy, Principal, MergeGlobal Inc.

Session II

Location, Location, Location
* Frank Wade, Senior VP, International Development, AMB Property Corporation
* Aviation – Commercial – Industrial Development The North Carolina Global TransPark – Lessons Learned
Charles H.W. Edwards, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Aerospace Composite Structure
* Ian Worboys, Director General France and Belgium, Gazeley Properties Limited

Session III

This is “IT”
* Promises of “IT”
Bill Boesch, President, Cargo Logistic Solutions
* RFID in the Air Cargo Industry
Mark McGlade, Regional Vice President EMEA, Savi Technology
* Security and business continuity – Protecting against a crippling virus and other threats
Michael D. Navin, Global Program Director Air and Logistics, BT

Session IV

International New Directions
* Edwin “Ned” Laird, Managing Director/Publisher, Air Cargo Management Group
* Daniel Calleja, Director of Air Transport, European Commission
* Development of China’s International Air Cargo and Its Prospect
Dr. Fang Liu, Director, International Affairs Division, Department of International Affairs and Cooperation General Administration of Civil Aviation of China
* Nancy S. Sparks, Managing Director Legal Counsel, Regulatory Affairs, FedEx

EC/AGM 2004

Session I

Parting the Clouds – An Air Cargo Forecast
* We Have Finally Turned the Corner!
George W. Hamlin, Director, MergeGlobal 

Session II

Air Cargo: Engine for Economic Development
* Gary Bartek, Manager-Cargo Development, Kansas City International Airport and Vice President, TIACA
* Jonathan D. Green, Senior Research Associate, Center for Air Commerce Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise, University of North Carolina
* Air Cargo: Engine for Economic Development, Facts Figures and Feelings from the Cargo Community
Paul Looijmans, Partner, YDL Management Council & Gert-Jan Jansen, Partner, YDL Management Council

Session III

Dispatches From the Front – Facilitation Versus Security Regulations
* Faciliation Vs. Security Regulations
Larry Coyne, CEO Coyne Airways Limited and Immediate Past President, TIACA
* Steve Schellenberg, Senior Consultant, Pinkerton OSC Team IMS Worldwide
* Ulrich Ogiermann, President and CEO, Cargolus Airlines International S.A.

Session IV

The Sky’s the Limit – What Logistics Managers Expect of Air Cargo
* The Sky is the Limit
Jean J. Godart, President ADI Consulting GmbH
* The role of airfreight in 21^st Century African Supply Chains
Stephen Conradie, Co-founder, DNA