THE NEXT CHALLENGES FOR THE AIRLINE INDUSTRY: HOW TO FACE THE ECONOMIC CRISIS WITH A FOCUS ON PASSENGER RIGHTS’ PROTECTION
VENUE LUISS GUIDO CARLI UNIVERSITY, VIALE POLA 12, ROME
PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME
THURSDAY 15 MAY 2014
9.00 REGISTRATION/ ARRIVAL OF PARTICIPANTS
9.30-10.00 WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS
10.00 – 11.15 PANEL I - AIRLINE INDUSTRY CRISIS, THE ROLE OF REGULATORS Mr. Giacomo Aiello, Chief of Cabinet, Italian Ministry of Transport, Rome. Mr. Alessio Quaranta, General Director, Italian Civil Aviation Authority; Rome. Mr. Andrea Pezzoli, Chief Economist, Antitrust Authority, Rome. Mr. Andrea Camanzi, Commissioner, Authority Public Procurement, Turin. Mr. Massimo Garbini, Sole Director of the Italian Air Traffic Controller, Rome (to be confirmed). Regulators will discuss openly about their respective role and the challenges in the era of air industry crisis
11.15 – 11.45 COFFEE BREAK
11.45 – 13.00 PANEL II - CONSEQUENCES OF AIRLINE INSOLVENCY AND REMEDIES Prof. Laura Pierallini, LUISS University and Studio Pierallini, Rome. Prof. Pablo Mendes de Leon, Director, IIASL, University of Leiden, Leiden. Mr. Mark Bisset, Partner, Clyde & Co LLP, London. Mr. David Kendrick, Head, Airline Licensing & Consumer Issues, UK Civil Aviation Authority, London. A focus on issues involving: aircraft repossession, recovery of credits and granting of temporary air carrier licenses
13.00 – 14.30 LIGHT LUNCH
14.30 – 15.45 PANEL III - PROSPECTED REVISION OF REGULATION 261/2004 Mr. Jean-Louis Colson, European Commission, DG MOVE, Head of Unit Passengers' Rights, Brussels. Mr. Nikolai Ehlers, Partner, Ehlers, Ehlers & Partners, Munich. Mr. Alan Meneghetti, Partner, Locke Lord LLP, London. Ms. Sorana Pop, Vice president Team Aviation Solution, Bucharest. Mr. Sergio Papagni, Head of Legal, Alitalia S.p.A., Rome Mr. Andrew Winterton, Head of Legal &. Compliance, EasyJet Airline Company Limited, London. Ms. Mildred Trögeler, Manager Technical & Regulatory Affairs, Association of European Airlines, Brussels. How to reach a fair balance between protection of passenger rights and industry realities
16.00 – 17.15 OPERATORS' ROUNDTABLE Mr. Fathi Atti, Head of Government and Aeropolitical Affairs, Etihad Airways, United Arab Emirates. Mr. Marcos Alvarez, General Counsel, Vueling Airlines S.A., Barcelona. Mr. Umberto Solimeno, President I.B.A.R., Country Manager Italy Air Canada, Rome Mr. Carmine Bassetti, CEO, Valerio Catullo Airport, Verona. Mr. Roberto Scaramella, CEO, Meridiana Fly S.p.A., Olbia. Mr. Franco Pecci, President and CEO, Blue Panorama Airlines S.p.A., Rome. Mr. Michael Kraus, President and CEO, Air Dolomiti L.A.R.E. S.p.A., Verona. Mr. Fulvio Cavalleri, Vice President, Assaeroporti, Rome. The Conference closes by roundtable discussions on the conference’s topics among representatives of the operators
17.15 CLOSING REMARKS