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9:30am - 9:45am15 mins
Registration and coffee
    Pre-conference workshops
    9:45am - 10:00am15 mins
    Workshop 1: Strategic Airport Master Planning
    Introductions and seminar overview
    • Curtis Grad - President & CEO, Modalis Infrastructure Partners
    9:45am - 10:00am15 mins
    Workshop 2: Strategic Investment in Airports
    Introductions and seminar overview
    • Carlos Allimant - Partner, Chile, Modalis
    10:00am - 10:45am45 mins
    Workshop 2: Strategic Investment in Airports
    Economic fundamentals, key drivers and risk factors
    • Frode Skulbru - Partner, Canada/Norway, Modalis
    10:00am - 10:45am45 mins
    Workshop 1: Strategic Airport Master Planning
    Foundations of strategic airport master planning
    • Peter Bianconi - Partner, Canada, Modalis
    10:45am - 11:15am30 mins
    Workshop 2: Strategic Investment in Airports
    Anatomy of a deal, legal basics of a healthy concession
    • Jaime Mercado - Partner, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
    10:45am - 11:15am30 mins
    Workshop 1: Strategic Airport Master Planning
    The power and pitfalls of simulation as a planning tool
    • Ben van Leest - SVP, Aviation, Transoft Solutions
    11:15am - 11:45am30 mins
    Workshop 2: Strategic Investment in Airports
    Refreshments and networking break
      11:15am - 11:45am30 mins
      Workshop 1: Strategic Airport Master Planning
      Refreshments and networking break
        11:45am - 12:30pm45 mins
        Workshop 2: Strategic Investment in Airports
        The paradox of commercial optimization
        • Elizabeth Brown - President, OSI Inc/TBI US Inc
        11:45am - 12:25pm40 mins
        Workshop 1: Strategic Airport Master Planning
        Forecasting, route analysis and the dark arts
        • Catherine Harmel - Director, DKMA Research
        12:25pm - 1:00pm35 mins
        Workshop 1: Strategic Airport Master Planning
        The great disruptors: ride-sharing, autonomous vehicles, drones, e-commerce … a brave new world!
        • Patricia Ryan - President, DSI
        12:30pm - 1:00pm30 mins
        Workshop 2: Strategic Investment in Airports
        A novel approach to managing project risk: the Canadian commercial corporation G2G model
        • Stephane Beaulieu - Partner, Canada/Japan, Modalis
        1:00pm - 2:00pm60 mins
        Workshop 1: Strategic Airport Master Planning
        Lunch and networking break
          1:00pm - 2:00pm60 mins
          Workshop 2: Strategic Investment in Airports
          Lunch and networking break
            2:00pm - 2:30pm30 mins
            Workshop 1: Strategic Airport Master Planning
            Quality management as a path to profitability
            • Fernando Lopez-Calleja - Partner & Managing Director, Airport QM
            2:00pm - 2:30pm30 mins
            Workshop 2: Strategic Investment in Airports
            The good, the bad and the ugly of the FAA’s APPP and AIPP schemes
            • Bob Aaronson - Board Member, Connecticut Airport Authority
            2:30pm - 3:00pm30 mins
            Workshop 1: Strategic Airport Master Planning
            Case study: Breaking the mould with innovative models
              2:30pm - 3:00pm30 mins
              Workshop 2: Strategic Investment in Airports
              Case study: Dynamics and drivers of country concentration
                3:00pm - 3:30pm30 mins
                Workshop 2: Strategic Investment in Airports
                Refreshments and networking break
                  3:00pm - 3:30pm30 mins
                  Workshop 1: Strategic Airport Master Planning
                  Refreshments and networking break
                    3:30pm - 4:00pm30 mins
                    Workshop 1: Strategic Airport Master Planning
                    Case study: System planning, concession strategy and ROI - the Belo Horizonte experience
                    • Chris Van Note - President & Senior Airport Consultant, Van Note International
                    3:30pm - 4:00pm30 mins
                    Workshop 2: Strategic Investment in Airports
                    Case study: Integrating business laterals; getting the biggest bang from small and regional airports
                    • Fernando Carrandi - Director, Investments & Airport Operations, Agunsa
                    4:00pm - 4:45pm45 mins
                    Workshop 1: Strategic Airport Master Planning
                    Integrating the master plan and business strategy
                    • Peter Bianconi - Partner, Canada, Modalis
                    4:00pm - 4:45pm45 mins
                    Workshop 2: Strategic Investment in Airports
                    Investor alchemy: Aligning strategy, risk and return
                    • Frode Skulbru - Partner, Canada/Norway, Modalis
                    4:45pm - 5:00pm15 mins
                    Workshop 2: Strategic Investment in Airports
                    Wrap-up and take-aways
                    • Carlos Allimant - Partner, Chile, Modalis
                    4:45pm - 5:00pm15 mins
                    Workshop 1: Strategic Airport Master Planning
                    Wrap-up and take-aways
                    • Curtis Grad - President & CEO, Modalis Infrastructure Partners
                    NextGAD Americas - Main Conference Day 1

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