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Agenda at a Glance
| Main Conference Day 1 • Tuesday, December 9, 2008 | |
| 8:00 | Morning Registration and Coffee |
| 8:30 | Chairpersons’ Opening Remarks Scott J. Paige, Portfolio Manager, Trilogy Capital llc Jonathan Bogaard, Shareholder, Vedder Price |
| Market Perspectives: Industry Forecast | |
| 8:40 | KEYNOTE: Flying Above Turbulent Skies: Confronting the industry’s fundamental questions to adapt to tomorrow’s economic reality Adam M. Pilarski, Ph.D., Senior Vice President, AVITAS |
| 9:20 | Fuel Focus: Survival in the new oil environment: Achieving short and long term success by implementing robust and adaptable business strategies Steven Gaal, President and COO, Skyworks Holdings LLC Bert Van Leeuwen, Managing Director - Aviation Industry Research, DVB Bank William Carpenter, GECAS (Invited) Arne Haak, SVP and CFO, Airtran Airways |
| 10:20 | NEW! NETWORK AND CONNECT |
| Profit Perspectives: Gaining Access to Rare Capital | |
| 11:20 | International Banking Exchange: Strategies to prevail in tightening conditions Robert Papas, Director – Aviation Finance, BNP Paribas Alex Aupoix, Vice President – Asset Finance, CIC Crédit Industriel et Commercial James Palen, Director, Global Market Solutions Group, Credit Suisse Moderated by: Ron Scheinberg, Shareholder, Vedder Price |
| 12:20 | Lunch for Conference Attendees |
| 1:20 | Investor Insight: Discovering deals in a daunting market Scott Paige, Trilogy Capital LLC Randy Hutton, Liberty View Capital Partners Moderated by: John Karesh, Vedder Price |
| 2:00 | Networking Break |
| 2:30 | Regional Aircrafts: Adapting to a changing market Luiz Sergio Chiessi, Vice President of Market Intelligence, Embraer |
| Airline Perspectives: Heightened Profits Through Strategic Innovation | |
| 3:00 | CASE STUDY |
| 4:00 | Interview and Analysis: Building a better model: Controlling costs and mitigating risks to capture profit potential Airline side: Mark Powers, SVP, Jet Blue Gerald Laderman, Senior Vice President and Treasurer, Continental Airlines Bank side: Josh Connor, Morgan Stanley Includes 20 minute Q&A |
| 5:00 | NEW! Surviving the Credit Crunch by Gaining Access to Capital in the Middle East The Middle East is a significant and largely untapped source of capital for the aviation industry. Discover how to tap into this 'shining light' in the industry to survive the tightening capital in the rest of the world
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| Main Conference Day 2 • Wednesday, December 10, 2008 | |
| 8:00 | Morning Registration and Coffee |
| 8:50 | Chairpersons’ Recap of Day 1 |
| 9:00 | Liquidity Focus: Strategies to achieve future flexibility Peter Warlick, Managing Director, American Airlines Scott Topping, Treasurer, Southwest Airlines (invited) Brian Bolotin, Managing Director, Calyon Mark Streeter, Managing Director, JP Morgan Includes 20 minute Q&A |
| 10:00 | Airline Industry Analysis + Q&A With The S&P Phillip Baggely, Managing Director, S&P Interviewed by: Scott Hamilton, Managing Director, Leeham Co. LLC |
| 11:00 | Networking and Refreshment Break |
| 11:30 | Interactive Value Panel Pricing Volatility: Pinpointing future aircraft values by analyzing significant trends in today’s market Moderator: Doug Runte, Piper Jaffray Fred Klein, President, Av iation Specialists Group Robert Agnew, Chief Executive Officer, MBA Les Weal, Head of Valuations, Ascend |
| 12:30 | Networking Luncheon |
| Alternatives And New Options To Navigate Shifting Currents | |
| 1:30 | Lessor insight: Financing trends, strategies and implications for tomorrow’s marketplace Madhu Vijayaraghavan, Senior Vice President, Treasurer, Aviation Capital Group Joe O’Brien, Executive Vice President, En gine Lease Finance Corporation (ELFC) Speaker TBD, CIT Aerospace Moderator: Scott Hamilton, Managing Director, Leeham Co. LLC |
| 2:20 | Networking Break |
| Global Perspectives: Tapping Into Emerging Global Wealth | |
| 2:40 | Manufacturers Global Outlook Kostya Zolotosky, Managing Director – Capital Markets, Boeing Colin Stuart, VP Marketing, Airbus Moderator: Howard E. Turner, Smith, Gambrell & Russell , LLP |
| 3:40 | Middle East Focus: Tapping into an aggressive market by developing local partnerships and pinpointing emerging opportunities Joel Hussey, Tailwind Capital James Skiles, VP Leasing, Aviation Lease and Finance Company (ALAFCO) Heinz Westen, CFO, DAE Capital |
| 4:40 | Conference Wrap-Up |
| 4:50 | Conference Concludes |