Schedule

Plan your ISTAT EMEA experience, starting with transportation provided by ISTAT.

All activities will take place in Auditorium 10-11 unless otherwise specified.

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Sunday, 13 September

12:30 - 17:00	ISTAT EMEA Workshop Meeting Room 180 Sara Fitchett, Learning & Development Director, AerFin Simon Goodson, CEO, AerFin Separate pre-registration and fee are required. Learn more here.
13:00 - 17:00	ISTAT Appraising Continuing Education (ConEd) Session Meeting Room 20 Invite Only
15:00 - 20:00	Registration Foyer F1 Sponsored by Setna iO
15:30 - 17:00	ISTAT Appraising – An Introduction Meeting Room 178
17:00 - 18:00	First-Time Delegate Reception Meeting Room 179
18:00 - 20:00	Welcome Reception Hall D4-D5 Sponsored by elfc

Monday, 14 September

7:00	ISTAT Past President's Run Meet in Foyer F1
7:00	ISTAT Past President's Yoga Balcony 3 & 4
7:30 - 19:00	Registration Foyer F1 Sponsored by Setna iO
7:30 - 17:00	ISTAT Bistro Foyer F1 Hydration Hangar Foyer F1 Sponsored by Pratt & Whitney
8:30 - 17:00	The Hub: Central Gathering Space Hall D3 Jet Fuel Café: Specialty Coffee Bar Hall D3 Sponsored by Aviation Capital Group The Deal Zone Hall D1-D2 Sponsored by CALC Group MTG Space Hall D1-D2 Airline Lounge Meeting Room 180-181 Sponsored by Jackson Square Aviation
9:00 - 9:15	Welcome & Opening Remarks Gerry Laderman, ISTAT President Sarah Conway, ISTAT EMEA Committee Chair and Director, Ashland Place Finance
9:15 - 9:45	Keynote Presentation Jonathan Wallden, Chief Financial Officer, SAS
9:45 - 10:30	Aviation Landscape Panel Moderator: Debra Erni, Partner, Holland & Knight Speakers: Bertrand Dehouck, Global Head of Transportation Capital Markets, BNP Simon Goodson, CEO, AerFin Jukka Siukosaari, Senior Vice President of Public Affairs & Geopolitics, Neste Corporation Geir Karlsen, CEO, Norwegian Air Shuttle
10:30 - 11:00	Break Sponsored by AVITAS, Clover Aviation Capital, Embraer, Novus Aviation Capital and SMBC Aviation Capital
11:00 - 11:45	Lessor Finance Panel Moderator: Su Lin Dibsdall, Senior Vice President of Legal, PK AirFinance Speakers: Sneha Kedia, Director, Transportation & Structured Finance, Deutsche Bank, London Ailbhe Kenny, Chief Financial Officer, SKY Leasing Maggie Morrow, Executive Vice President, LR AirFinance Emily Wilson, Managing Director, AB CarVal Mi Zhou, Director, EMEA Aviation Origination, MUFG London
11:45 - 11:55	ISTAT AeroTalks: Loan ABS & AI Joshua Forman, Partner, Milbank LLP
11:55 - 12:15	ISTAT Foundation/Airlink Update Kristen Chmielewski, ISTAT Foundation Chair and Partner, GC Aero Law, LLP Damien Devdariani, Associate Director of Corporate and Foundation Relations, Airlink
12:15 - 13:00	OEM Panel Moderator: Douglas Runte, Managing Director, Deutsche Bank Speakers: Jean-Charles Burguiere, Head of Leasing Markets & Asset Management, ATR Sinead Cormican, Head of Leasing Customers, Airbus Vagner Ricardo, Head of Global Aviation Market and Airline Business, Embraer S.A. Michael Warner, Regional Director of Global Leasing, Boeing Commercial Airplanes
13:00 - 14:10	Lunch Hall D4-D5 Sponsored by TrueNoord
14:10 - 14:50	What the Data Is Telling Us About the Market Courtney Miller, Managing Director, Visual Approach Analytics
14:50 - 15:20	Fireside Chat Bertrand Grabowski, CEO, BG Aviation József Váradi, CEO, Wizz Air Group
15:20 - 16:00	Engine Marketplace and Technology Developments Panel Moderator: Celine Bouas, Senior Vice President Customers - Europe, Rolls-Royce Speakers: David Ellis, Chief Commercial Officer, GA Telesis Christophe Poulain, Vice President of Engagement & Customer Satisfaction, CFM Roger Welaratne, CEO, SMBC Aero Engine Lease Austin Willis, CEO, Willis Lease Finance Corporation
16:00 - 16:20	ISTAT Sustainability Award Announcement/Fireside Chat
16:20 - 16:50	Airline Fireside Chat Charbel Youzkatli, Head of Commercial Sales Europe East, Airbus Okan Baş, Senior Vice President of Finance, Turkish Airlines
16:50 - 17:00	Closing Remarks
16:45 - 17:45	ISTAT Rising Executives Event Meeting Room 20 Sponsored by Avolon
17:30 - 18:30	Women@ISTAT Balcony 3 & 4
18:00 - 20:00	Networking Reception Balcony 1 & 2 Sponsored by Rolls-Royce

Tuesday, 15 September

7:00	ISTAT Past President's Run Meet in Foyer F1
7:00	ISTAT Past President's Yoga Balcony 3 & 4
7:30 - 17:00	ISTAT Bistro Foyer F1 Hydration Hangar Sponsored by Pratt & Whitney Foyer F1
8:30 - 17:00	The Hub: Central Gathering Space Hall D3 Jet Fuel Café: Specialty Coffee Bar Hall D3 Sponsored by Aviation Capital Group The Deal Zone Hall D1-D2 Sponsored by CALC Group MTG Space Hall D1-D2 Airline Lounge Meeting Room 180-181 Sponsored by Jackson Square Aviation
8:30 - 17:30	Registration Foyer F1 Sponsored by Setna iO
9:30 - 9:35	Opening Remarks
9:35 - 10:05	Airline Fireside Chat Julian Balaam, Director, Skytech-AIC Morten Hans Jakobsen, Partner, Gorrissen Federspiel Jacob Nitter Sørensen, CEO, Air Greenland
10:05 - 10:45	Secondary Market Trading Panel Moderator: Max Oldorf, Chief Commercial Officer, ch-aviation Speakers: Kate Holohan, Executive Vice President of Trading, SMBC Zachary McCrary, Head of Investment Strategy, Unical Aviation David Rushe, ISTAT Certified Appraiser and CEO, Magellan Aviation Group Steven Williamson, Chief Commercial Officer, Crestone Air Partners LLC
10:45 - 11:15	Fireside Chat Robert Martin, Independent Investor Firoz Tarapore, CEO, Dubai Aerospace Enterprise DAE Ltd
11:15 - 11:30	Break Sponsored by AVITAS, Clover Aviation Capital, Embraer, Novus Aviation Capital and SMBC Aviation Capital
11:30 - 12:10	Airline Panel Moderator: Marine Benoit, Vice President of Aircraft Leasing and Marketing, Aviation Capital Group Speakers: Simone De Wit-Huijs, Vice President of Fleet, Eithad Patrick Halluin, Vice President of Fleet Transactions, Air France Ann-Sofie Snåre, Vice President of Fleet Management, Finnair Per Sylvan, Head of Aircraft Leasing, TUI Group
12:10 - 12:20	ISTAT Appraisers Program Update Stuart Rubin, ISTAT Appraisers Program Chair and Senior Vice President, AVITAS
12:20 - 13:00	Finance Panel Moderator: Jelena Stefanovic, Executive Vice President Head of Acquisitions, Stratos Speakers: Oliver Geldner, Sector Head Aviation & Space, BayernLB Olga Razzhivina, Director, Oriel Consult Limited Alain Rousseau, Head of Transportation Finance Europe, Natixis Corina Sylira, Managing Director, ITASCA MGA Ashwath Venkataramani, Portfolio Manager, Muzinich & Co. Limited
13:00 - 14:20	Lunch Hall D4-D5 Sponsored by TrueNoord
14:20 - 15:00	Cargo Panel Moderator: Mylène Scholnick, Senior Advisor, World Star Aviation Speakers: Eamonn Forbes, Chief Commercial Officer, Titan Aviation Leasing Eshel Heffetz, Co-Founder, Challenge Group Lars Jordahn, Global Head of Maersk Air Cargo, Maersk Air Cargo Nadeem Sultan, Senior Vice President of Freighters & Cargo Planning, Emirates
15:00 - 15:40	Regional Aircraft Panel Moderator: Clair Hayes, Senior Vice President of Commercial, Falko Speakers: Mathieu Duquesnoy, Chief Marketing Officer, Abelo Sylvain Gloux, Director of Fleet, Loganair Limited Mia Jakobsson, Head of Fleet Management & PMO, Braathens Regional Airlines Kane Ray, Head of General Aviation & Aftermarket, IBA Group
15:40 - 15:50	ISTAT AeroTalks: From Documents to Decisions: How AI is Reshaping Aviation Finance Konrad Blocher, CEO, Flyward
15:50 - 16:10	ISTAT D&I Award Announcement
16:10 - 17:10	Lessor CEO Panel Moderator: Emily Wicker, Partner, Clifford Chance US LLP Speakers: Thomas Baker, CEO & President, Aviation Capital Group Andy Cronin, CEO, Avolon Mounir Kuzbari, Co-CEO, Novus Aviation Capital Edward O'Byrne, CEO, AviLease Paul Sheridan, CEO, Aergo Capital
17:10	Closing Remarks
19:00 - 21:00	Networking Dinner National Gallery of Denmark Sponsored by GA Telesis