| DAY 1: SUNDAY, APRIL 10, 2005 |
| 17:30 - 18:45 |
Registration at the hotel lobby, the Airport Marriott |
| 19:00 |
Reception at the hotel |
| DAY 2: MONDAY, APRIL 11, 2005 |
| 7:45 |
Group meets in hotel lobby for bus transfer
|
| 8:00 - 8:30 |
Breakfast served at the Airport Executive Conference Center
|
| 8:30 - 8:45 |
Opening Remarks
• Axel Leblois, Executive Director, CIFAL Atlanta/UNITAR
• Robert Kennedy, Director, Marketing, Public Relations, and Intergovernmental Affairs Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport |
| 8:45 - 10:00 |
How can airport strategic planning be aligned with economic stakeholders’ priorities?
Moderator:
• Steven T. Baldwin, Vice President, The Louis Berger Group
Panelists:
• Jill Tiedt, Vice President Planning, PB Aviation
• Enrique Tafur, President Celta, S.A. and Rafael Mariño Navas, Principal Celta, S.A (Case Study: Mega Project, Bogota, Colombia)
• Cedric Curtis, Carter-Burgess, Vice President Aviation Facilities |
| 10:00 - 10:30 |
Coffee Break, (Main Plenary Session Room, Executive Conference Center) |
| 10:30 - 12:00 |
Perspective from the International Development Agencies
Moderator:
• Jorge Von Horoch, Vice Minister of Trade and Transportation of Paraguay
Panelists:
• Keith Eischeid, Country Manager Andean and Caribbean Regions U.S. Trade and Development Agency
• Ellis Juan Manager Infrastructure Advisory Services, The World Bank Group, Former Minister of Privatization of Venezuela and IADB Executive
• Peggy McCormick, Director of Economic Development, Atlanta Development Authority |
| 12:00 - 13:15 |
Lunch (Executive Conference Center)
• Keynote Address: Ambassador Andrew Young, Co-Founder and Chairman of GoodWorks International |
| 13:15 - 14:45 |
Real estate development and urban planning in support of airport activities and economic development
Moderator:
• John Kasarda, PhD, Director of the Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise and Kenan Distinguished Professor of Entrepreneurship, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Panelists:
• William P. Mixon, Director of Development, Highwoods Properties
• Priscila Tiboni, Architect, Institute for Research and Urban Planning City of Curitiba, Brasil
• Juraci Barbosa Sobrinho, President, Director Curitiba Development Company, Curitiba, Brasil
|
| 14:45 - 17:00 |
Technical visits, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport
and Transfer to Hotel |
| 18:30 |
Group meets at hotel lobby for bus transfer to reception |
| 19:00 |
Official Reception, Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce
• Welcome and Introduction of Speaker: Luis Aguilar, Chairman of the Board, The Latin American Association, Partner; McKenna Long & Aldridge, LLP
• Speaker: Jorge Fernandez, Vice President of International and Alliances, Delta Air Lines
|
| 21:00 |
Return to hotel by bus |
| DAY 3: TUESDAY, APRIL 12, 2005 |
| 8:00 - 8:30 |
Breakfast served at Executive Conference Center |
| 8:30 - 10:30 |
Financing Airport Infrastructures
Moderator:
• Mario Diaz, Deputy General Manager, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport
Panelists:
• Alistair Sherret, Director, Leigh Fisher Associates
• Alisa Ng, Morgan Stanley
• Steve Chivington, President AvAirPros
• Douglas J. Kilcommons, Director, Fitch Ratings
|
| 10:30 - 11:00 |
Break |
| 11:00 - 12:30 |
Optimizing airport revenues and maintaining competitive cost structures
Moderator:
• Eric Kaalund, Assistant General Manager, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport
Panelists:
• Elie Maalouf, Executive Director of Airport Food and Beverage H.M.S. HOST Group
• Ron Reed, SITA Airport Services Marketing Director |
| 12:30-13:45 |
Lunch (Executive Conference Center) |
| 13:45 - 15:00 |
Break-Out Sessions (four participants will volunteer to lead the break-out sessions)
1. Should Airports be drivers of economic development?
2. What are the key components of a strategy to leverage airports for economic development?
3. Discuss and identify the experiences shared during the workshop that were most helpful.
4. List the top best practices that you would recommend CIFAL Atlanta focus on for future programs.
|
| 15:00 - 17:00 |
Visit to Delta Air Lines: Operations Control Center/Flight Simulator |
| 17:00 - 17:30 |
Wrap up and conclusions at the Delta Air Lines Training Auditorium (Delta Air Lines Training Building)
Each of the four break out session leaders will make a 3-5 minute presentation of his/her group’s feedback and conclusions.
|
| 17:30 |
Departure flights or open evening for participants staying overnight
|
| DAY 4: WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 2005: SITA VISIT (OPTIONAL) |
| 8:00 |
Bus departs from Airport Marriott Hotel to SITA headquarters |
| 8:30 |
Bus arrives; continental breakfast at SITA
|
| 9:00 |
Presentations and demos
• Presentation 1: The Airport Market and Industry Trends, Peter Dallaway
• Presentation 2: The Airport IT Trends, Peter Dallaway |
| 11:00 |
First bus leaves to bring group to hotel to retrieve luggage and on to the airport.
Participants with later flights can stay and shop at the Cumberland Mall next door to SITA |
| 12:30 |
Second bus leaves from the mall, takes group to hotel to retrieve luggage and on to the airport |
