Speakers at the Emissions Trading Aviation Summit 2008 include:
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Anastasia Aslanidou
HEAD OF COMMERCIAL PLANNING & INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
CYPRUS AIRWAYS PUBLIC LTD |
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Ms Anastasia Aslanidou studied Business Administration & Economics at the University of Macedonia, in Thessaloniki-Greece and furthered her studies in the United Kingdom.
She joined Cyprus Airways first as revenue analyst in Finance Department and occupied various functions within the airline. In 2001, she was in charge of Route Development & Research in the Airline Planning & International Affairs Department. She then worked on various projects on Company’s Network, Partnership and Fleet Planning before recently being assigned as Head of Commercial Planning & International Affairs in 2007.
Her role includes Network Planning and Development, Fleet Planning, Commercial and co-operation Agreements, Governmental & International Affairs. She is also now working on a range of projects relating to aviation and climate change.
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Ravi Baga
POLICY, REGULATION & ENVIRONMENT, ENERGY BRANCH
EDF ENERGY |
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Ravi heads the Policy, Regulation and Environment team that takes the lead in tracking emerging environmental legislation, gas and electricity market regulation and developing energy policy for EDF Energy’s generation business, prioritising issues and ensuring the integration of constraints into the business planning process and long term strategy. Policy associated with climate change is one of the key areas of focus and he has been actively involved in the implementation of the EU ETS in the UK and developing the Company and industry positions on policy frameworks seeking to mitigate climate change.
Having worked for over 20 years in the electricity generation business in a wide range of strategic head office and operational roles, he headed up the Energy Branch strategy team following the merger of LE Group and Seeboard following a role as Business Manager for Cottam power station which was acquired by EDF Energy. Previous to this he worked as a Project Development Manager for Powergen in India, drawing up commercial contracts for new power stations. Earlier roles in his career have given him experience in electricity trading, strategy development and an initial spell in engineering. Ravi began his career at the CEGB after graduating from the University of Bath with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. He also has an MBA from the University of Warwick.
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Jens Bjarnason
SVP TECHNICAL SERVICES
ICELANDAIR |
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Jens Bjarnason has been the SVP of Technical Services at Icelandair since 2005. Jens joined Icelandair in 1996 as Director of Flight Operations. Prior to that, he was the Director of Flight Safety, at the Civil Aviation Administration in Iceland. Between 1993 and 1995, Jens was Professor at the University of Iceland.
Jens has a Ph.D. in Engineering from Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois.
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Joe Cappello
CEO
AIR MALTA |
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Joe Cappello joined Air Malta in 1976, shortly after graduating in Economics from the University of Malta.
He spent some time in Market Research, before being appointed Manager System Sales. In 1988 he moved to the UK, to head Air Malta’s London office, being responsible also for the Scandinavian and Benelux markets.
He was recalled to Malta in 1993, to head the Company’s Commercial Department, a position that he kept till 1997, when he was appointed as Group General Manager. In 2002 he became Air Malta’s Chief Operating Officer. He was appointed as Chief Executive Officer in April 2006.
Joe Cappello, who is Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society has been a Director on the Board of the Malta Tourism Authority (previously the National Tourism Organisation of Malta) since 1993. He has lectured overseas, including at Cranfield University, on commercial aviation subjects.
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Kevin Cummings
PARTNER
BERWIN LEIGHTON PAISNER LLP |
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Kevin is an expert in finance tax, including the provision of tax advice for UK and cross-border banking, capital markets and derivatives transactions.
Kevin’s specialist practice area is tax structured finance, although he also has extensive experience in vanilla structured finance, securitisation techniques and carbon finance.
Expertise
- Banking and Capital Markets
- Corporate Tax
- Energy
- Investment Management
- Project Finance
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Peter Durante
TRADER - ENVIRONMENTAL PRODUCTS
SHELL |
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Peter Durante is an environmental products trader at Shell Trading. Shell's environmental trading business has operations in London, Beijing, Tokyo and Houston and holds positions in more than 15 different environmental markets. In addition to managing the compliance positions of Shell installations, the business is a significant proprietary trading house, adding liquidity across the spectrum of environmental markets.
Peter has spent over 7 years in the energy industry, as an airline fuel supply and trading manager, global market analyst, supply and distribution coordinator, speculative oil derivatives trader and in the environmental markets. Outside of these roles, he has been a pro bono advisor on energy and environmental issues for policy-makers and groups in the US and the UK.
Peter has a BA in History, an MA in International Affairs and an MSc in Finance & Financial Law.
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Frédéric Falise
HEAD OF ENVIRONMENTAL DIVISION
SITA |
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Frédéric Falise is heading the Environment Division for SITA. As an organization founded by the Airline Industry to build common IT and telecommunication solutions to support the Air Transport Industry SITA has a significant community role to play to help the airlines to cope with the environmental regulation. Strong with more than a 25 years International experience in the IT industry, a Master in Computer Science complemented with Electrical Engineering and energy production Frédéric has focused the last years in using IT to support the environment.
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Jim French
CHAIRMAN AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
FLYBE |
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A strong advocate of the regional airline industry Jim French began his 36 year Aviation career in 1970 with Caledonian Airways; then joining Air UK in 1980 where he held various Board roles in commercial, planning and marketing areas.
Jim first joined Flybe in 1990 when the airline was named Jersey European Airways, being appointed Commercial Director shortly after and subsequently becoming Deputy Chief Executive.
In June 2001 Jim was appointed as Managing Director of the airline and formulated the plan, which transformed the airline from a loss making traditional legacy carrier into one of Europe’s largest, fastest growing and dynamic airlines, creating a brand new breed of regional, low fare carrier. Jim was appointed to the combined role of Chairman and Chief Executive Officer in March 2005.
Jim’s long career in Aviation has seen him win accolades in recognition of his pivotal role as the driving force behind the success story that is Flybe today. He is respectfully acknowledged by his peers, being voted Airline Executive of the Year twice in both 2002 and 2004 by regional Airline World. Also in 2004 he was made a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society for his contribution to aviation and awarded ‘Hero in Business’ in Exeter for dedication shown to the local community.
Most recently, Jim was awarded the Regional Leadership Award in the 2008 Global Strategy Awards given in recognition of ‘demonstrated excellence in leading a regional carrier’. The category targets global airlines with clear geographic boundaries and judging criterion includes the success achieved with high operational integrity as well as the ability to produce good growth rates and keep a tight grip on costs. In 2007, Jim and his team were named the Best Management Team in the Air Transport category at the annual global Flight Awards, organised by Flight Magazine. The accolade, presented at the Paris Air Show, was ‘in recognition of its extraordinary achievement in executing the acquisition of the BA Connect operation in a remarkable timescale and an extraordinarily smooth manner’.
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Philip Good
CLEAN AIR AND TRANSPORT UNIT
DG ENVIRONMENT
EUROPEAN COMMISSION |
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Philip Good works for the European Commission in the Clean Air and Transport Unit of DG Environment. The Unit is responsible for policies to reduce the climate impacts of all modes of transport, including aviation, shipping, and road vehicles.
Philip works on aviation policy and is currently managing the implementation of the legislation to include aviation in European Emissions Trading Scheme.
Previously Philip regulated the automotive sector, developing legislation for limiting emissions from road vehicles.
Prior to joining the European Commission, Philip was a management consultant at PricewaterhouseCoopers specialising in environment and climate change.
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Anthony Hobley
PARTNER
NORTON ROSE LLP |
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Anthony Hobley will be speaking at the Emissions Trading Aviation Summit.
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Hikmat Mahawat Khan
AVIATION CONSULTANT AT THE CENTER OF EXCELLENCE AVIATION
CAPGEMINI CONSULTING |
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Hikmat has broad experience in the total chain of the aircraft and airline industry. He worked at an aircraft manufacturer (Fokker), at aircraft operators (Air Aruba, Air Holland, KLM), at aircraft finance & leasing companies (debis Airfinance and Aircraft and Financing and Trading) and at airline consultancy (Consultair and Capgemini).
He has worked in all disciplines in the aviation industry such as Finance, Marketing and Network Development, Strategy and business planning, Operations management and Organisational development.
At Capgemini he focuses on Green Aviation and is combining his broad airline and aviation knowledge with his personal social commitment to society on environment and sustainability.
He holds a masters degree in Business Administration (MBA) and has a Master of Science degree in Aerospace Technology from the Delft University of Technology.
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Kalle Keldusild
SENIOR ADVISOR
SWEDISH CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY |
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Kalle is advisor to the Swedish Government with regard to aviation’s inclusion in the EU Emissions Trading System. Kalle was co-chairman of the ICAO Task Force that prepared the ICAO Guidance on the Use of Emissions Trading for Aviation1 and is now co-chairman of the new ICAO Market Based Measures Task Force. He served as Alternate Permanent Representative on the ICAO Council from 1998-2001 at which time he was also appointed to coordinate EU-related matters in ICAO. Kalle holds a Master of Political Science (economics, management and finance).
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Andy Kershaw
CLIMATE CHANGE MANAGER
BRITISH AIRWAYS |
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Andy is Climate Change Manager at British Airways. He has led development of the British Airways climate change programme since 2003 including managing the airline’s participation in the UK and EU emissions trading schemes. Andy serves on climate policy committees of the Association of European Airlines and the International Air Transport Association and made a substantial contribution to the UK Sustainable Aviation strategy launched in June 2005. Andy has worked in the field of aviation environmental policy since 1998 and has previously contributed to research into aircraft noise effects, noise abatement flight procedures and safety risk assessment.
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Madlen King
GREENHOUSE GAS (GHG) MANAGER
LRQA |
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Within this role, Madlen is responsible for the maintenance of accreditations for GHG verification services including annual, baseline and new entrant reserve verifications for EU ETS, ISO 14064 services, Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) and Joint Implementation (JI). Madlen has over 10 years of experience in the environmental field in the areas of environmental management systems and GHG monitoring, reporting and verification. She is currently part of the consortium advising the European Commission on the monitoring, reporting and verification requirements of the aviation industry under the EU ETS.
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Peter Kirk
DEPUTY EXECUTIVE SECRETARY
ECAC |
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Peter Kirk joined the European Civil Aviation Conference in June 2008, as Deputy Executive Secretary responsible in particular for environmental, safety and air traffic management issues.
Peter previously worked for the UK Department for Transport, in a variety of positions from 1983. These included work on rail investment, shipping legislation, and Channel Tunnel issues, but Peter’s career with the Department was spent largely in aviation-related posts. He was at various times responsible for airports policy for the South East of England, including the distribution of air traffic between the London airports and the examination of options for additional runway capacity; for leading the UK’s engagement with the World Health Organisation and UNECE on the health impacts of aviation and other transport modes; and, as transport policy attaché in Washington DC (on secondment between 1992-97 to the UK Foreign Service), working on a range of issues connected with the UK/US aviation relationship.
On his return to the Department for Transport from Washington Peter led reviews of UK transport safety regulation and inland water safety, and served as Private Secretary to Minister of Transport John Reid MP, later UK Home Secretary. In 2002 Peter was seconded for a period to an independent review of airport security commissioned by the UK Government, following which he was appointed UK Assistant Director of Aviation Security, responsible in particular for the UK’s international aviation security policy, and serving on the ICAO Aviation Security Panel.
Peter Kirk was born in Rotherham, in northern England. He studied literature at the University College of Wales in Bangor and Cardiff, and subsequently completed a doctorate at the University of Warwick.
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Holger Kowoll
HEAD OF COMMERCIAL AIRPORT RELATIONS & POLITICAL AFFAIRS
CONDOR FLUGDIENST GmbH |
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After 5 years as lawyer representing and counseling international airlines in Frankfurt, Holger Kowoll joined Thomas Cook Germany as in-house counsel in all aviation matters of Condor, Thomas Cook Airlines UK and Thomas Cook Airlines Belgium.
Since autumn 2007 he is responsible for the commercial airport relations of Condor worldwide and takes care of the political issues of Condor Flugdienst GmbH. In this position he is heading the department contracting all services at the airports but also taking care of all political issues, such as for example the European legislation on Emission Trading in aviation.
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Nuno Lacasta
CLIMATE POLICY DIRECTOR
PORTUGUESE GOVERNMENT |
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Nuno Lacasta is currently serving as Portugal’s Climate Policy Director coordinating the inter-ministerial Climate Change Commission and managing the Portuguese Carbon Fund. During the 2007, Portuguese EU Presidency Mr. Lacasta served as the EU chief negotiator at the historical Bali Climate Conference and coordinated the Portuguese EU policy team that brokered the EU Council’s common position on the draft directive to include aviation into the EU emissions trading scheme. Nuno Lacasta is also Adjunct Professor of Environmental Policy and Law at the New University of Lisbon’s Faculty of Science and Technology. He is a graduate of Lisbon University’s Law Faculty and holds a Master of Laws (LLM) from the American University’s Washington College of Law. He has worked on environmental affairs for 12 years in the United States and Europe.
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Stefan Krüger Nielsen
SPECIAL ADVISOR TO THE MINISTER
DANISH MINISTRY OF CLIMATE AND ENERGY |
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Stefan Krüger Nielsen, Special Advisor to the Minister, Danish Ministry of Climate and Energy. Currently working as Danish Government Expert on the Aviation Emissions Trading dossier as well as the general review of the European Emission Trading Directive for trading periods beyond 2012. Until recently worked in the Danish Environmental Protection Agency as Expert on the European Emission Trading Scheme being responsible for the National Allocation Plan setting out Denmark's plan for complying with it's greenhouse gas emission reduction requirements under the Kyoto Protocol for the period 2008-12. Master of Environmental Planning and PhD Energy Planning.
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Dr. Anton Novak
MANAGER ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
AUSTRIAN AIRLINES |
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Dr. Anton Novak will be speaking at the Emissions Trading Aviation Summit 2008.
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Andrew Parker
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT
EMIRATES AIRLINE |
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Andrew Parker is Senior Vice President Public Affairs, Government Affairs, Environment Affairs at Emirates, a role that manages Emirates global government relations, public affairs and the Group's environmental policy, issues and engagement. Prior to Emirates, Andrew was Managing Director of a large public affairs firm in Australia and partner of a global public relations group. He has also been a Press Secretary and Senior Adviser to various Australian political leaders and Ministers and worked as a journalist and producer in newspapers and television in Australia, the UK and US.
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Tim Pohle
MANAGING DIRECTOR OF ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
AIR TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION |
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Tim Pohle is the Managing Director - U.S. Environmental Affairs, and Assistant General Counsel for the Air Transport Association of America. Before joining ATA in September 2005, Tim was in private law practice focusing on environmental and aviation law. Tim represented airlines, airports and surrounding communities regarding safety, security, environmental and local land use matters before federal and state agencies and courts.
At ATA, Tim manages the activities of the Environment Council, which directs airline involvement in domestic environmental issues of national significance. Under Tim's direction, developing policy regarding climate change and other air quality impacts related to aircraft and airport operations continues to be a major focus of the Council. Tim graduated from Yale University in 1986 and from the University of Michigan Law School in 1991.
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Toru Sasaki
CSR PROMOTION, SOCIAL & ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
ALL NIPPON AIRWAYS JAPAN |
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Mr. Sasaki has been in his current position with All Nippon Airways since 2004. Prior to this, he spent five years as a Senior Manager for International Business and Alliances for Star Alliance. A Hiroshima native, Mr, Sasaki is a member of the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines’ Environmental Working Group where he works on environmental communications, education and international relations. He also participated in ICAO’s Emissions Trading Task Force.
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Captain Joachim Scheiderer
MANAGER FLIGHT OPERATIONS ENGINEERING AND FUEL CONSERVATION
LUFTHANSA CITYLINE |
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Capt. Joachim Scheiderer graduated from the pilot school of the Deutsche Lufthansa AG in Bremen (Germany) and Tucson/Arizona (USA) in 1996 and started his aeronautical career as a first officer. Since 2001 he holds the rank of a captain. In addition to his job as a line pilot, he is involved with the flight management of Lufthansa CityLine, taking responsibility for the “Flight Operations Engineering” sector of the Canadair Jets. Among other duties, he works in the fields of pilot education, aircraft performance, flight planning and weight and balance. At the end of 2005, Capt. Scheiderer became project manager of Lufthansa CityLine‘s “Fuel Conservation Program” and started the research and development of a cost index based flight path optimisation for regional aircraft.
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Captain Chris Schroeder, MSc, MA, MBA
HEAD OF FUEL OPTIMIZATION & ENVIRONMENT
QATAR AIRWAYS |
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Captain Chris Schroeder is the newly appointed Head of Fuel Optimization and Environment in Qatar Airways.
He joined Qatar Airways from IATA where he was the Head of Flight Operations and the Fuel Efficiency Program (Green Teams) for the past two years.
During his 20 years commercial flying career with the United Nations and major airlines in Asia and the Middle East he accumulated close to 13000 hours on aircraft such as the Boeing 747 and the Airbus A320, A330 and A340. He held several senior management and advisor positions throughout his career.
Capt. Schroeder holds several Masters Degrees in Aviation Science and Airline Management, an MBA and an IATA Diploma with Distinction in Operations Management. Currently he pursues his PhD in Management. He speaks fluent English, German, French as well as basic Russian and Arabic.
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Captain Dr Ooi Teong Siew
GENERAL MANAGER CORPORATE SAFETY, SECURITY, HEALTH, ENVIRONMENT
MALAYSIAN AIRLINES |
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Captain Dr Ooi, aged 54, joined Malaysia Airlines as a cadet pilot in 1972. He became Captain at the age of 25 and has held various key management pilot positions for the last 25 years. He holds a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Bath and a Doctor of Business Administration from the University of Newcastle. He has been lecturing for the last 12 years in corporate strategy and change management in post graduate programs for the Malaysia Institute of Management and the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT).
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Trevor Sikorski
DIRECTOR, COMMODITIES RESEARCH
BARCLAYS CAPITAL |
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Trevor Sikorski is a Director within the Commodities Research team at Barclays Capital, based in London. He is responsible for Carbon Markets and Environmental Products Research.
Dr. Sikorski joined Barclays Capital in May 2008 from Point Carbon where he was a Director and senior analyst responsible for developing long-term analytical frameworks and forecasting capability in European gas, continental power and post-2012 CO2 emissions. Dr. Sikorski has analysed the emissions markets since 2004 and has authored numerous reports on the subject.
Dr. Sikorski graduated with a PhD in Economics from Strathclyde University.
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Vichuda Sthalanand
HEAD OF CORPORATE ENVIRONMENTAL DEPARTMENT
THAI AIRWAYS INTERNATIONAL |
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Vichuda Sthalanand has performed her duty as aviation environment specialist at Thai Airways since 2004. She has successfully managed CSR programmes on noise and emissions for the airline, particularly in the area of Fuel Management where she undertook an environmental impact assessment. Her work also includes liaison with government to ensure that the company plays a major role in tackling aviation’s impact on climate change.
Vichuda holds Master Degree from Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok and worked with Thai Airways for 30 years.
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| Emissions Trading Aviation Summit 2008 Announced . . More |
Captain Chris Schroeder, Head Of Fuel Optimization & Environment, Qatar Airways
Philip Good, Clean Air and Transport Unit, DG Environment, European Commission
Jim French, CEO, Flybe
Andrew Parker, Senior Vice President, Public & Environmental Affairs, Emirates
Capt Dr. Ooi Teong Siew, General Manager Corporate Safety, Security & Health Environment, Malaysian Airlines
Anton Novak, Head of Environment, Austrian Airlines
Andy Kershaw, Climate Change Manager, British Airways
Capt. Joachim Scheiderer, Manager Flight Operations Engineering and Fuel Conservation, Lufthansa CityLine
Andrew Watt,
Environmental Expert, Euro Control
Toru Sasaki, Director Social & Environmental Affairs, CSRB Promotion, All Nippon Airways
Anastasia Aslanidou, Head of Commercial Planning & International Affairs Department, Cyprus Airways
Vichuda Sthalanand, Corporate Environmental Department, Thai Airways International
Peter Durante, Environmental Products Manager, Shell
Tim Pohle, Managing Director of Environmental Affairs, Air Transport Association
Michaela Beltracchi, European Policy Coordinator, IETA
Joe Cappello, CEO, Air Malta
Nuno Lacasta, Climate Policy Director, Portuguese Government
Jens Bjarnason, Senior
Vice President, Technical Services, Icelandair
Holger Kowoll, Head of Airport Commercial Relations and Political Affairs, Condor Flugdienst GmbH
Stefan Kruger Nielsen, Special Advisor to the Minister, Ministry of Climate and Energy, Denmark
Martin Casey, Director of Public Affairs & Corporate Responsibility – EMEA, Asia & Australia, Cemex
Kalle Keldusild, Senior Advisor, Swedish Civil Aviation Authority
Peter Kirk, Deputy
Executive Secretary, ECAC
Hikmat Mahawat Khan, Aviation Consultant, Centre of Excellence Aviation, Cap Gemini
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