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Contents of CD of proceedings of conference on

4th Annual Conference on Airport Development and Modernisation: Challenges, Opportunities and the Way Forward
Feb 8-9, 2010, Hyatt Regency, New Delhi


KEY TRENDS AND OUTLOOK
Questions/Topics:
• What have been the key trends in passenger and freight traffic over the last ten years?
• What has been the impact of the global recession on traffic growth?
• What are the key trends and future projections with respect to airport development and modernisation in India?
• What has been the private player experience in this sector?

Presentations by:
• India Infrastructure Research
• Kapil Kaul, CEO, South Asia, Centre for Asia-Pacific Aviation
• plus Q&A

KEYNOTE SESSION: REGULATORY PERSPECTIVE
Questions/Topics:
• What is the role and scope of AERA?
• What are the short term and long term objectives of AERA?
• What mechanism will be adopted by AERA in determining airport and passenger charges?

• Address/presentation by Yashwant S. Bhave, Chairperson, AERA
• plus Q&A

KEYNOTE SESSION: POLICY PERSPECTIVE
Questions/Topics:
• What are the planned policy initiatives for airport development in India?
• What are the key priorities of the government (short term and long term)?
• What will be the impact of AERA on airport development in India?

• Address/presentation by M. Madhavan Nambiar, Secretary, Ministry of Civil Aviation
• plus Q&A

KEYNOTE SESSION: AAI PERSPECTIVE
Questions/Topics:
• What has been the experience in airport development in India?
• What are the key issues and challenges that need to be addressed?
• What are the opportunities?

• Address/presentation by V.P. Agrawal, Chairman, Airports Authority of India
• plus Q&A

ACCELERATING GREENFIELD AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT
Questions/Topics:
• What are the prospects in India for greenfield airport development?
• What are the key issues and challenges?
• What are the initiatives required to encourage PPP in greenfield airport development?

Panel discussion amongst:
• G.S.Gill, Vice-Chairman and Managing Director, CIDCO
• R.C. Sinha, Vice-Chairman and Managing Director, Maharashtra Airport Development Company
• Subrata Paul, CEO and Director, Bengal Aerotropolis Projects Limited
• Richard Chinn, Project Director, Mott Macdonald India
• V. Soundharajan, Head, Bijapur Airport Project, MARG Group
• plus Q&A

WORD FROM SPONSOR ON “AIRPORT MODERNISATION”
• Presentation by Ganesh Muralidharan, Vice-President, Design & Engineering, Fedders Lloyd Group

UPDATE ON ONGOING PROJECTS I
Questions/Topics:
• What is the current status and future plans regarding airport modernisation projects?
• What are the new opportunities for the private sector in modernisation projects (city-side development)?
• What is the update on the IGI International airport expansion and modernisation project?
• What have been the key learnings from the Indian experience?

Presentations by (in alphabetic order):
• Andrew Harrison, COO, Terminal 3 Development, Delhi International Airport Limited
• S.R.R. Rao, Executive Director, Airport Planning, Airports Authority of India
• plus Q&A

AIRLINE EXPERIENCE AND PERSPECTIVE
Questions/Topics:
• What has been the experience of airlines at the new greenfield and modernised airports?
• What are the future needs and requirements of airlines with respect to airport infrastructure?

Panel discussion amongst (in alphabetic order):
• Koustav M. Dhar, Chief Executive Officer, Jagson Airlines
• Sanjiv Kumar, General Manager, Customer Services, Air India
• plus Q&A

ENABLING AIRPORT OPERATIONS: IT AS A BUSINESS STRATEGY
Questions/Topics:
• What role does IT play in airport business operations?
• What are the key opportunities and challenges?

• Presentation by U.G. Krishna, General Manager, ECTI Vertical, Wipro Infotech
• plus Q&A

UPDATE ON ONGOING PROJECTS II
Questions/Topics:
• What has been the experience at the GMR Hyderabad International airport?
• What are the key learnings?

• Presentation by Kamesh Rao, Vice-President, GMR Airport Developers
• plus Q&A

SAFETY, SECURITY AND AIR SPACE MANAGEMENT
Questions/Topics:
• What are the current threats and future risks to safety and security at/ of airports?
• What steps are being taken to mitigate these risks?
• What are the various technologies being adopted for better air space management and safer skies?

Presentations by:
• V. Somasundaram, Executive Director, Air Traffic Management, Airports Authority of India
• J.B. Sodani, Director, Mantec Consultants
• plus Q&A

FOCUS ON MRO
Questions/Topics:
• What is the progress in development of cargo and MRO infrastructure at airports in India?
• What are the key challenges and opportunities for the MRO sector?

• Presentation by Amber Dubey, Director, Aerospace and Defence, KPMG
• plus Q&A

FOCUS ON CARGO
Questions/Topics:
• What is the progress in development of cargo infrastructure at airports in India?
• What are the key challenges and opportunities for the cargo sector?

• Presentation by V.K. Bhatia, Chief Commercial Manager, Air India
• plus Q&A

ACCESSING CAPITAL FOR AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT
Questions/Topics:
• What are the various sources of finance available for airport development?
• What has been the financing and investment experience so far?
• What needs to be done to improve the investment climate in this sector?

Panel discussion amongst:
• Shailesh Pathak, Managing Director, Principle Indian Infrastructure Fund
• Surinder Chawla, Chief Investment Officer, Infrastructure Group, IFC
• Prasad Gadkari , Principal, IDFC Private Equity
• plus Q&A



 
         
 
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