Morning Plenary

09.30-09.45
Welcome
Robert Courts KC, former Aviation Minister and Chair AIR steering committee
Tim Walder, Chair, BAG, Co-chair AIR steering committee

09.45-09.50
Ministerial address (video)
Aviation growth and its role in the country’s national growth agenda
Keir Mather MP, Aviation Minister

09.50-10.10
Global Connectivity: the UK airport perspective
A look at BusinessLDN’s Global Connectivity report through an airport infrastructure lens, exploring what investment in UK airports and connectivity is needed to support the economy and global competitiveness.
Ed Richardson, Transport Director, BusinessLDN
Damian Meehan, Senior Director, Arcadis

10.10-10.50
Panel: Airports as economic engines, national assets and global connectors
Senior policy and industry perspectives on aviation's role in trade, economic growth, national connectivity, resilience and regional re-balancing.
Moderator: Robert Courts KC, former Aviation Minister
Mike Hardaker, Chief Asset and Development Officer, MAG Group
Sally Dixon, Founder, Azimuth Associates
Chris Cain, Strategic Business and Policy Consultant, RABA Group

10.50-11.10
Gatwick: delivering the Northern Runway and future growth
A fireside conversation exploring the regional and national significance of Gatwick’s Northern Runway Project, its benefits for the economy and passengers, lessons from the planning process, the role of government, what happens next and how Gatwick’s expansion fits alongside Heathrow and wider UK airport growth.
Tim Norwood, Chief Planning Officer and Director of Corporate Affairs and Sustainability, Gatwick Airport
Robert Courts KC, former Aviation Minister

11.10-11.35 Networking

11.35-11.55
Re-imagining the airport system in the light of future technology
Near and mid term technology that could transform airport operations
Jason Shepherd, Technology Strategy Adviser, Fujitsu Research Europe

11.55-12.35
Panel: The airport as a system and future airport vision
The whole system challenge of airport development - understanding the interdependencies between infrastructure, data, technology, energy and overall resilience. Speakers include:
Moderator: Matthew Butters, Director, Pascall+Watson; Vice Chair of the British Aviation Group
Neil Garwood, CEO, Airport Coordination Ltd
Alan Newbold, Aviation Leader in Europe, India, Middle East and Africa, Arup
Mike Hardaker, Chief Asset and Development Officer, MAG Group
Andy Bordass, Chief Business Officer Europe, Waisl
David Mitchell, Director, UK Power Networks Services

12.35-12.55
The learning airport: turning disruption into delivery and resilience
Every airport has plans for growth and plans for disruption. The gap is not in the plans, it is in the speed of the loop between noticing something and doing something about it. We want to make the case that your airport is a product and a learning system, and show what changes when you build the sense, distil, act, learn cycle deliberately instead of hoping it emerges.
Matt Jacobs, Chief Product Officer, Scrum Inc

12.55-13.05
Aviation for Good (AIR‘s charity partner)
Insights on the work of AIR’s charity partner, Aviation for Good, and how you can support its work
Iain McDermott-Paine, Trustee, Aviation for Good