THE Original Global Airport Development Conference

Welcome to the 15th annual GAD - the only airport investment and development conference that brings together senior decision makers and leading CEOs from global airport managers, operators and investors all under one roof.

GAD is the established annual meeting place for the airport industry, with a proven reputation for being the one-stop shop for meeting new and old contacts, hearing the inside track on the latest deals and finding out what the experts think about the current market climate.

Leading insights from expert industry speakers

including....

• Luis Sánchez Salmerón, Deputy CEO, BAA
  - join us for the BAA Address at the Investing In Airports Summit to share his perspective with you on market developments in 2008 and inudstry challenges for 2009.
  
• Special Guest Speaker Kell Ryan, Founding Member, RYANAIR will share his expertise on the airline industry and consider the fate of low cost in the current economic climate.
  
• Rigas Doganis, Non-Executive Director, EASYJET
  HYDERABAD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT will be conducting his annual Head to Head Interview with Dr. Reinhard Kalenda, CEO, HOCHTIEF AIRPORT
  
• Kerrie Mather, CEO, MACQUARIE AIRPORTS
  -will be applying her expertise to tackle the relationship between airports and airlines.
  
• Kiran Kumar Grandhi, Chairman, GMR AIRPORTS
  - answering your questions about the challenges for developing airports in India.
  
• Eugene Gan, EVP, CHANGI AIRPORTS INTERNATIONAL 
  -sharing the latest news from Singapore.
  
• Airport CEO 360 Degree Panel featuring the CEOs of: BUDAPEST AIRPORT, ABU DHABI AIRPORTS COMPANY and YVRAS to consider the optimum airport business model for today's competitive market place.
  

Global Airport Investment Opportunities

The GAD Investing In Airports Summit - Monday 24th November

• Financing Structures In The Light Of The Tightening Credit Market including RREEF INFRASTRUCTURE, BABCOCK & BROWN, GLOBAL INFRASTRUCTURE PARTNERS
• Spotlight On Airport CFOs
• Understanding The Agenda Of The New Generation Of Airport Investors, From Sovereign Wealth To Private Equity, featuring GIC, GMR GROUP, 3i, CVC CAPITAL PARTNERS
• Focussing On Airport Operation Profitability In A Tighter Credit Environment
• Investing In Airports: Is This The Time To Go Bargain Hunting?
  including speakers from BRIDGEPOINT, JP MORGAN ASSET MANAGEMENT and CITI INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTORS
  

80+ Senior Expert Speakers
Confirmed So Far Include:

Luis Sanchez Salmeron
Deputy CEO, BAA
Kerrie Mather
CEO, MACQUARIE AIRPORTS
Declan Collier
CEO, DUBLIN AIRPORT AUTHORITY
Geoff Muirhead
CEO, MANCHESTER AIRPORTS GROUP
Jean Michel Vernhes
CEO, TOULOUSE AIRPORT COMPANY
Jost Lammers
CEO, BUDAPEST AIRPORT
Greg Thomas,
 CEO, PRIVATAIR
Reinhard Kalenda
CEO, HOCHTIEF AIRPORT
Neil Pakey
 CEO, PEEL AIRPORTS
Richard Gooding
CEO, LONDON CITY AIRPORT
Sani Sener
CEO, TAV AIRPORTS HOLDING
Reiner Schraenkler
CEO, HOCHTIEF CONCESSIONS
George Casey
CEO, President YVRAS
Rudy Vercelli,
CEO, ABU DHABI AIRPORTS COMPANY
Stephen Vineburg
CEO, Infrastructure, CVC CAPITAL PARTNERS
Thomas Thielmann
CFO, MEINL AIRPORT MANAGERS
Petr Vlasak
CFO, PRAGUE AIRPORT AUTHORITY
Piotr Ikanowicz
CFO, MALEV
Arnaud Feist
CFO, Director ICT, THE BRUSSELS AIRPORT COMPANY
Kiran Kumar Grandhi
Chairman, GMR AIRPORTS, GMR GROUP
Kjeld Binger
  Chairman, AIRPORT INVESTORS A/S
Roman Himmler
Chairman Of The Board, MEINL AIRPORT MANAGERS
Kell Ryan
Founding Member, RYANAIR
Nicolas Notabaert
President, VINCI AIRPORTS
David Bryon
former MD, BMI BABY
Gilles Darriau
MD,  KEOLIS AIRPORT
Tim Coombs
MD, AVIATION ECONOMICS
Olle Sundin
MD, Regional Airports Division, LFV GROUP
Colin Campbell
MD Partner, CITI INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTORS
Ian Dixon
MD, Head of London Office, AMBAC
Adrian Williams
Director, BRIDGEPOINT CAPITAL
Philip Iley
MD, Head of Transport & Logistics Group, CREDIT SUISSE
Hamish MacKenzie
Director, RREEF INFRASTRUCTURE
Michael McGhee
Partner, GLOBAL INFRASTRUCTURE PARTNERS
Jason Zibarras
Principal, JP MORGAN ASSET MANAGEMENT
John Duffy
Head of Global Infrastructure, HSH NORDBANK
Marco Villa
Partner & Principal Airports, LUFTHANSA CONSULTING
Chris Tarry
Principal, CTAIRA
François Deschamps,
Deputy General Manager, HUB TÉLÉCOM
Dominic Helmsley
BABCOCK & BROWN
Mike Toms
Non Executive Director, OXERA CONSULTING
Simon Morris
Director, JACOBS CONSULTANCY
Jeff Poole
Director, Industry Charges Fuel Taxation, IATA
Richard Tollis
Director, Infrastructure, 3i
Jean-Francois Guitard
Director, NICE COTE D'AZUR AIRPORTS
Dietrich Stiller
Senior Partner, CLIFFORD CHANCE
Stuart Baldwin
 SVP, Global Infrastructure Group, GIC
Andrea Pal
SVP, Global Investments, FRAPORT
Eugene Gan
EVP, CHANGI AIRPORTS INTERNATIONAL 
Carmine Bassetti
EVP Intl. Affairs & Business Development,
AEROPORTI DI ROMA
Fariba Alamdari
VP, Market Value Analysis, BOEING COMMERCIAL AIRPLANES
Rigas Doganis
Non Executive Director,
EASYJET & HYDERABAD INTERNATIONAL
Harry Bush
Group Director Economic Regulation, CAA
And many more...

All your networking for 2009 under one roof!

Make the most of the only annual gathering of the cream of the airport crop by making all your contacts for 2009 at GAD. We have talyored our social events so that you can make new contacts and have ample time to reconnect with old friends:

• Mix work with pleasure at the new GAD Gala Wine Casino
• Make 15 new contacts in 30 minutes at Speednetworking
• Exchange ideas and pow-wow with the industry's top thinkers and experts at a Champagne round table
• Catch up with old friends at the Investment Summit welcome cocktails

Go East - GAD 2008 On Location In Budapest!

• GAD 2008 HQ is very much looking forward to landing 400 airport aficionados at The Intercontinental Hotel, Budapest. Known as the Queen of the Danube, the Intercontinental hotel mixes 5* luxury with Budapest’s best location. Right on the Danube, with views across to Castle Hill and the Royal Palace, the hotel has easy access to the city’s restaurants and bars in which to wind down with new and old acquaintances.
• Given the new location of the conference we look forward to welcome many new faces to the traditional GAD mix and focussing in on airport deals and development in the central and eastern European market.

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