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Commercial Diplomacy Workshop
Leveraging Airports for Economic Development

A Program of CIFAL Atlanta
Hosted by Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport
Atlanta, Georgia, March 6-8, 2006 | Workshop Home

Conference Agenda

DAY 1: MONDAY, MARCH 6, 2006

05:30-21:30

Delegates arrive in Atlanta and check into Atlanta Airport Marriot Hotel and Courtyard Marriot
13:45 Hartsfield-Jackson Airport Bus arrives at the Atlanta Airport Marriott
13:50 Hartsfield-Jackson Airport Bus arrives at the Courtyard Marriott
14:00 Site Visit: Atlanta Hartsfield Jackson International Airport –
Delegates will tour airports expansion and development sites

Mr. Robert Picirello, Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport
19:00 Welcome Reception at the Atlanta Airport Marriott Hotel in Salon A
DAY 2: TUESDAY, MARCH 7, 2006
09:30

CIFAL Overview and Survey Analysis

Mr. Axel Leblois, Executive Director of CIFAL Atlanta and Special Senior Fellow of UNITAR

09:45-11:00

Strategic Perspectives: Cooperation and Coordination for Economic Development

• Presentation: Mr. Doug Andrews, Lead Infrastructure Specialist, Infrastructure Economics & Finance Dept, World Bank

Q&A Panel
• Moderator: Mr. Doug Andrews
• Dr. John Kasarda, PhD, Director of the Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise and Kenan Distinguished Professor of Entrepreneurship, UNC at Chapel Hill
• Mr. Alex Kirby, Managing Editor, Airport World Magazine

11:00-11:30

Identifying the Critical Parties for Airport Driven Economic Development

• Presentation: Mr. Alex Kirby, Managing Editor, Airport World Magazine

Q&A Panel
• Moderator: Mr. Alex Kirby
• Dr. John Kasarda
• Mr. Doug Andrews

11:30-13:30

Innovative Urban Planning for Airports

• Presentation: Dr. John Kasarda

Q&A Panel
• Moderator: Dr. John Kasarda
• Ms. Belinda Hargrove, Managing Principle, TransSolutions

13:30-14:45

Best Practices Case Study: Colombia & El Dorado Interntl Airport Expansion Plan

• Mr. Rafael Marino-Navas, Principal, CELTA, ColombiA

14:45 - 15:45

Utilizing Information Technology to Gain a Competitive Advantage

• Mr. Olivier Layly, Vice President, Caribbean & Latin America, SITA

DAY 3: WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8, 2006
09:00- 11:00

Financing for Airport Expansion

• Mr. Ira Smelkinson, Executive Director, Morgan Stanley
• Mr. Robert Kennedy, Director Marketing and Business Development, Hartsfield- Atlanta International Airport

11:00- 11:45

Structuring Airport Transactions

• Mr. Ray Friedlob, Partner, McKenna, Long & Aldridge

11:45

Legal Models for Public Private Partnerships

Lic. Joffre Campaña, Managing Partner, Campaña & Ferber Abogados, Ecuador