Morning Plenary

09.30-09.50
Welcome
Robert Courts KC, former aviation minister and chair AIR steering committee
Tim Walder, Chair, BAG, co-chair AIR steering committee

09.50-09.55
Ministerial address (video)
Aviation growth and its role in the country’s national growth agenda
Keir Mather MP, Aviation Minister

10.00-10.20
Key findings from BusinessLDN economic impact of airports report
Ed Richardson, transport director, BusinessLDN
Damian Meehan, senior director, Arcadis

10.20-11.00
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
Gareth Powell, managing director, Stansted Airport
Sally Dixon, founder, Azimuth Associates
Chris Cain, strategic business and policy consultant, RABA Group

11.00-11.25 Networking

11.25-11.45
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

11.45-12.25
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: Simon Wilcox, founder, Wordsworth Consulting, BAG board member
Neil Garwood, CEO, Airport Coordination Ltd (ACL)
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

12.25-12.45
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

12.45-12.55
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