When and where
Objectives of the meeting
The VII Sector Meeting: Airports celebrated in Cancun brings together senior executives of the airport industry from all over the world, and features discussion topics that shape the way in which the aviation industry is quickly evolving. The airport community will gather in Cancún, Mexico, on 21-24 November 2021.
Addressed to
Senior executives of the airport industry.
Speakers
Undersecretary of Transportation of Mexico.
Secretary General OACI.
General Director ACI WORLD.
President of Aeropuertos Argentina 2000 and CEO Corporación América Airports.
IATA Regional Vice President for the Americas.
Chief Information Security Officer of Groupe ADP, Aéroports de Paris.
Meeting Agenda
07:00 – 08:30 High Level Breakfast (Ministers and Officials).
07:00 – 18:00 Registration & Exhibition Area Opens.
07:30 – 08:30 Early Coffee.
09:00 – 09:15 Welcome Remarks setting the political agenda.
Martin Eurnekian & Andrew O’Brian.
09:15 – 09:30 State of the Industry Presentation.
Luis Felipe de Oliveira, Director General, ACI World.
09:30 – 09:45 Discussion on the Future of Aviation.
Juan Carlos Salazar. Secretary General of ICAO.
09:45 – 10:00 Senior government infrastructure or regulation official – Secretary of Tourism Mexico.
10:00 – 10:30 Networking Coffee Break.
Sponsored by HAS Development and Mera Corporation.
10:30 – 11:30 Aviation Leaders Panel.
11:30 – 12:15 Panel: Rethinking Airport economic regulation – Challenging the conventional wisdom.
12:15 – 13:15 Lunch.
13:15 – 14:00 Panel: The role of the Private sector in airport development in the post-Covid era.
Amongst the different impacts of Covid-19 in the airport sector, the large slash in passenger demand at all levels has dried up the privatization pipeline in the Latam region as well as at a global scale. Besides, government budgets have further constrained to invest in new infrastructure. While there is an avid appetite for private investors to pour money into the business, the risk profile for airports has changed and projects are and will be analyzed from different perspectives. The panel of executives will go through their internal views on investing in airport assets and how these views have changed from pre-Covid era.
14:00 – 14:30 Keynote: Henrik Hololei, Director-General for Mobility and Transport, European Commission.
14:30 – 15:00 Networking Coffee Break.
15:00 – 15:45 Presentation/Panel/Interview Session: Beyond the pandemic – Pathways for a sustainable recovery
Drawing on key findings and policy considerations from ACI World’s Net Zero Carbon Goal, Global Outlook for Capital Expenditure and White Paper on Sustainable Recovery, this session will explore the tenets required to place sustainability at the core of airports’ corporate strategy in support of the longer-term recovery as well as the infrastructure investment pathways for airport decarbonization.
15:45 – 17:00 Panel: Sustainable Aviation – integration into the airport environment of aircraft powered by alternative fuel sources.
18:00 – 20:00 Cocktail.
20:00 – 23:00 Gala Dinner.
08:00 – 10:30 Networking Coffee.
07:00 – 08:45 WBP and CEOs Breakfast.
09:00 – 10:00 ACI World Annual General Assembly.
10:00 – 10:45 ACI LAC Assembly.
10:45 – 11:15 Networking Coffee Break.
11:15 – 11:25 Opening Remarks: Rafael Echevarne.
11:25 – 11:55 Keynote: Recovery and SDGs.
Mariana Mazzucato or WEF (The Global future Council on Investment).
11:55 – 12:45 Panel: Grasping new technology and innovation in the new normal.
An interview panel with CIOs – what do we expect from technology and innovation short and medium term, what are the top priorities, how can airports overcome funding issues? How technology and innovation can support airports to decarbonize (or promote sustainable development).
12:45 – 13:30 Panel: Achieving sustainability goals: Developing operational efficiencies and system resilience.
13:30 – 14:30 Panel: Meeting the changing needs and expectations of customers post-COVID-19.
14:30 – 15:00 Closing Feature Interview.
15:00 – 15:15 Closing remarks.
Luis Felipe de Oliveira, Director General, ACI World.
15:15 – 16:00 Late Lunch in Exhibition Area.
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