Riga Aviation Forum 2018

Programma

ABOUT THE FORUM

At the Riga Aviation Forum we expect more than 200 participants from all over Europe. Most of our guests are CEOs, executives and experts from airline, airport and aviation consulting business. Selected speakers for the Forum will provide the audience with the latest analysis of airline and airport developments and will discuss the new technologies that without doubts will affect strategic decisions of the aviation business in the coming years.

In this forum we will talk about:

Development of aviation infrastructure in the EU
New technologies in aviation
Aviation employment and education
Drones in civil aviation

Participation at the Riga Aviation Forum is FREE OF CHARGE
Registration: HERE

AGENDA

9.00 – 9.20		Registration Keynote Addresses
9.20 – 9.30		Welcoming by ULDIS AUGULIS, Minister for Transport of Latvia
9.30 – 10.00		ACI Europe: The World of Regional Airports – Main Challenges, Importance and Benefits MORGAN FOULKES, Deputy Director- General, ACI Europe
		DEVELOPMENT OF AVIATION INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE EU
10.00 – 10.20		The aviation trends at the European market NICOLAS BOUTIN, Partner and Managing Director at BCG, Global Leader of the Travel & Tourism Practice
10.20 – 10.40		Art of the Airport Tower – Synergy of Design and Technologies DAVIDS TAURIŅŠ, Chairman of the Board, LGS
10.40 – 11.00		Management of the regional airport under new certification procedures GATIS GINTERS, Route Development Director, Liepaja Airport
11.00 – 11.30		Coffee Break
		NEW TECHNOLOGIES IN AVIATION
11.30 – 11.50		Rusline: (TBC) (TBC) Representative of Rusline
11.50 – 12.10		Airbaltic: Business Case of One Year Operations of CS300 PAULS CĀLĪTIS, Senior VP Flight Operations, AirBaltic
12.10 – 12.30		EU – China perspectives via prism of long haul low cost route development JOHN GRANT, Partner at MIDAS Aviation
12.30 – 14.00		Lunch
		AVIATION EMPLOYMENT AND EDUCATION
14.00 – 14.20		Employment Strategies to Address Current and Prepare for the Upcoming Challenges SAM SPRULES, Director of AeroProfessional Limited
14.20 – 14.40		How to response to Future Demand for Aviation Professionals? JURIS KANELS, Rector of Institute of Transport and Telecommunication
14.40 – 15.00		Research of the Aviation Association of Latvia: Role of Aviation in Latvia ARTŪRS KOKARS, Board Member of Latvian Aviation Association
		DRONES IN CIVIL AVIATION
15.00 – 15.20		U-Space development/potential drone integration MĀRA DAME, Regulatory Affairs expert of Civil Aviation Authority, Latvia
15.20 – 15.40		Passenger Transportation with the Drones (TBC)
15.40 – 18.00		Coffee and networking
18.00 – 20.00		Evening Reception