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Tuesday 31 January

Welcome remarks

H.E. Eng. Jamal Salem Al Dhaheri
Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, Abu Dhabi Airports Company

Mubarak Hamad Al Shamisi
Director, Abu Dhabi Convention & Exhibition Bureau [No presentation file]

The Big Picture – Permanent Disruption or What?

Moderator:
Steve Townes
CEO, ACL Airshop

Martin Drew
Sr. Vice President Sales & Cargo, Etihad Aviation Group

Asok Kumar
Executive Vice President, Global Head of Air Freight, DB Schenker

Wolfgang Meier
President & CEO, Silk Way West Airlines

Glyn Hughes
Director General, TIACA

Restoring Global Trade

Moderator:
Glyn Hughes
Director General, TIACA

Coleman Nee
Senior Economist – Economic Research & Statistics Division, World Trade Organisation

Alina Fetisova
Trade Facilitation Officer, International Trade Center

Dr. Ludwig Hausmann
Partner, McKinsey & Company

Humanitarian flights – Our Story

Steven J. Smith
President & CEO, Airlink

Outlook Pharma Supply Chain [No presentations available from this session – panel discussion only]

Moderator:
Dr. Omar Najim
Executive Office Director, Abu Dhabi Department of Health

Trevor Caswell
Manager, Demand & Product Development (Cargo) Air Service & Business Development, Edmonton International Airport

Hicham Mirghani
GCC Corporate Affairs Director, Astra Zeneca

Geert Aerts
Director Cargo & Logistics, Brussels Airport Company

Fabrice Panza
Manager Global Cold Chain Solutions, Etihad Cargo

What’s Next in Technological Development?

Nick Sohnemann
Founder & MD, Future Candy [No presentation file]

Future Outlook – Innovation & Digitalization

Moderator:
Frédéric Chapelle
Partner, PWC

Irina Albanese
Head of Innovation ME & Africa, DHL Customer Solutions & Innovation

Camilo Garcia Cervera
Global VP Business Development, WebCargo by Freightos

Jasraj S. Chug
Co-Founder & Director, Cargoflash Infotech Pvt Ltd

Ali Ghaffar
Sales & Account Manager EMEA, CHAMP Cargosystems Ltd.

Pierre-Antoine Fontaniere
Business Development, PayCargo

Magali Beauregard
Chief Commercial Officer, Cargo AI

Sustainable Transformation in Air Cargo

Moderator:
Thomas Crabtree
Managing Director, Trade and Transport Group [No presentation file]

Trevor Caswell
Manager, Demand & Product Development (Cargo) Air Service & Business Development, Edmonton International Airport

Brian Hermesmeyer
Director – Product Marketing | Freighter Customer Lead, Boeing Commercial Airplanes [No presentation file]

Wednesday 1 February

Future of Sea-Air Market

Moderator:
Sanjeev Gadhia
CEO, Astral Aviation

Graham Burne,
Chief Commercial Officer Logistics, AD Ports Group

Peter Penseel
COO Airfreight, CEVA Logistics

Robert Sutton
Sr. VP Freezone, Abu Dhabi Airports

Airports & Cargo – How to Create Excellence?

Moderator:
Steven Polmans
VP Business Development & Free Zone, Abu Dhabi Airports

Milton de la Paz
VP Airline Relations & Global Strategy Development, Dallas Fort Worth International Airport

Steven Verhasselt
Founder, FB Cargo Strategy

József Kossuth
Head of Cargo, Budapest Airport

Mohamed Al Muraihki
Director, Abu Dhabi Customs [No presentation file]

Chris Notter
Independent Consultant

Global Air Freight Outlook

Moderator:
Brad Beakley
CEO, Hospitio

Sander Schuringa
Commercial Manager, Seabury Cargo/Accenture

Soufiane Daher
Expert, McKinsey & Company

Freighter Availability & Future Demand

Moderator:
David F. Hoppin
Managing Director, Airline Strategy Group, Inc.

Brian Hermesmeyer
Director – Product Marketing | Freighter Customer Lead, Boeing Commercial Airplanes

Yair Munker
Commercial Director MEA, Challenge Group

Jim Gibbs
President, Kansas Modification Center

Ground Handling – Who’s Coming up with Innovative Ideas?

Moderator:
Kai Domscheit
CEO, CHI Deutschland Cargo Handling GmbH

Dirk Goovaerts
Global Cargo Chair & CEO Continental Europe, ME & Africa, Swissport

Sara Van Gelder
Director of Products, Nallian

Naresh Ranganathan
Head Cargo Services, Etihad Handling Services

Tushar Jani
Chairman, CSC Group & SCA Group of Companies

The Perishables Supply Chain

Moderator:
David Kerr
CEO, European Cargo Limited

Willum Van den Hoogen
Managing Director, Florius International FZCO

Khata Vinin
Dep. Vice President Cargo Management Department, AOT – Airports of Thailand

Yamrot Nigussie
Cargo Manager Gulf, Ethiopian Airlines Cargo

Frédéric Brun
Head of Commercial & Logistics, Liege Airport

The Future of Air Cargo – Concluding Discussion

Moderator:
Robert Van De Weg
Chief Commercial Officer, ECS Group

Alexander Larsen
Global Manager Cargo Sales , Air New Zealand Cargo

Osmannuri Ustabas
Manager Cargo Business Development & Innovation, Turkish Airlines

Leonel Ortiz
Cargo Development Director, AVIANCA Cargo

Godfried Smit
Secretary General, European Shippers Council