Airport Cities in Athens
Industry News 14-January-2009
This year's Airport Cities World Conference & Exhibition (ACE) due to be held at the Hilton Hotel in Athens between April 27-29 features a range of very high-level executives from the airports' world and other avenues.
A wide range of subjects is being covered at this event, including a first session covering the world of airport cities and the latest developments. Sustainable airports, governance, non-aeronautical revenue streams and leveraging value from the airport location are also on the agenda, along with cargo and investor studies.
The event is being organised by Athens International Airport & Insight Media which recently announced that new speakers have been added, including Anita Mehra, Vice President Marketing and Corporate Communications, Dubai Airports Company; Kim Day, Manager of Aviation, Denver International Airport; Jack Mac Gowan, Director Commercial, Dublin Airport Authority; and Danny Sloan, Director of Planning 2012, BAA.
New sponsors have also been added, including Dublin Airport Authority, Arinc, Qinetiq, Autogrill, HMS Host, Axima Services, Memphis Shelby County Airport and others.
The organisers say that the roll call of airport CEO speakers includes: Dr Yiannis Paraschis - Athens; Dr Wilhelm Bender - Fraport AG; Desmond Shum - ACL Beijing; Larry Cox - Memphis; Herbert Kauffmann - Vienna; Michael Eggenscwhiler - Hamburg; Luiz Antonio Athayde - Belo Horizonte; Rudi Vercelli - Abu Dhabi (ADAC); Randall S Curtis - Panama City-Bay; Robert Ficano - Wayne County (Detroit); and Kim Day, Manager of Aviation, Denver International Airport Airport speakers include: Eva Tsang, GM Retail & Advertising - Airport Authority Hong Kong; Ken Buchanan - EVP, Revenue Manager - DFW International Airport; Danny Sloan, Director of Planning 2012 - BAA; Karl-Heinz Dietrich, Executive Vice President of the Strategic Business Unit, Retail and Properties, Fraport AG; Thanassis Gyftakis, Director Property Unit, Athens International Airport SA; Arnaldo Ruiz, Assistant General Manager Commercial Development, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta Airport; Enno D. Osinga, MD, Schiphol International & SVP Cargo Amsterdam Airport Schiphol; John Terrell, VP Commercial Development, Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport; and Dr Evangelos Peter Pounngias, Director Commercial & Property Activities, Hochtief Airport GmbH.
Other speakers include: John D. Kasarda, Director, Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise, UNC; Nikitas M. Kaklamanis, Mayor of Athens; Olivier Jankovec, Director General, ACI Europe; Callum Thomas, Chair of Sustainable Aviation, Centre for Air Transport and the Environment, Metropolitan University; Douglas Baker, Associate Professor, School of Urban Development; Chris LeTourneur, CEO & President, MXD Development Strategists; Danilo Simich, A.A.E.,Program Manager, Parsons; Catherine Mayer, VP, Airport Solutions Line, SITA; and Christian-Marius Wegner, VP, Infrastructure Logistics Customer Servcies, Siemens AG, NACO & HMS Host.
The organisers add that sponsors and exhibitors include: Athens International Airport; Airport City Development Company Beijing; Parsons; NACO; Siemens; SITA, Autogrill Spa, HMS Host, Arinc, Clear Channel, SSP, Alpha, Aldeasa, Qinetiq, World Duty Free; Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport; Subway; Dublin Airport Authority; Van der Graaf; AMPAP; and Axima Services.