Transcript ICAO AIR TRANSPORT SYMPOSIUM (Abuja, Nigeria, 28-30 April 2008) PROGRAMME DAY ONE Monday, 28 April • 09:00 Opening Session - Welcome address: Dr.

ICAO
AIR TRANSPORT SYMPOSIUM
(Abuja, Nigeria, 28-30 April 2008)
PROGRAMME
DAY ONE
Monday, 28 April
• 09:00 Opening Session
- Welcome address: Dr. Harold O. Demuren, Director General, Nigerian Civil Aviation
Authority (NCAA)
- Opening remarks: Mr. Roberto Kobeh González, President of the ICAO Council
- Welcome remarks: Mr. Saud Hashem, Chairman of Air Transport Committee, ICAO
- Key-note address: Minister of State for Air Transport, Nigeria
• 09:40 Overview of ICAO’s activities in the air transport field
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Presentation by Mrs. F. Odutola, Director, Air Transport Bureau, ICAO
• 10:00
Coffee Break
10:20
SESSION 1: ECONOMIC REGULATION AND LIBERALIZATION OF
INTERNATIONAL AIR TRANSPORT
• Moderator: Dr. B. O. Aliu, Representative of Nigeria on
the Council of ICAO
1. Trends and developments
• Global overview of air transport liberalization
Presentation by ICAO: Mr. Yuanzheng Wang, Air
Transport Bureau
To highlight progress made in liberalization since the
Fifth Worldwide Air Transport Conference (ATConf/5)
and recent developments in the airline industry.
The African experience in air transport liberalization
Panel discussion: invited panelists from African States, regional
bodies, the industry and other interested parties will share their
views and experience in air transport liberalization (including the
successes and difficulties in achieving the goals of the African
liberalization initiatives), and exchange views on the ways forward.
• Speakers/panelists
– Mr. Chris Kuto, President of African Civil Aviation Commission
(AFCAC)
– Mr. Christian Folly-Kossi, Secretary General, African Airlines
Association (AFRAA)
– Mr. Jonathan Majakwara, Senior Programme Manager, Air
Transport, Directorate of Infrastructure and Services, South
African Development Community (SADC)
– Mr. Simon Allotey, Acting Director General, Ghana Civil Aviation
Authority
– Mr. Yuanzheng Wang, ICAO
– [Representative from an African State- tbd]
• 11:50
Questions and Answers
• 12:30
Lunch break
• 14:00
2. Challenges in liberalization
• Implications of
regulation
economic liberalization
on safety/security
• Presentation by ICAO: Mr. Yuanzheng Wang, Air Transport Bureau
• To discuss the relationship between economic liberalization and
safety/security regulation based on the ICAO study, and provide
information on what actions ICAO has taken in addressing the
issues.
• Presentation by US FAA: Ms. Mo Keane, Senior Representative for
Africa to share views on the safety oversight situation in Africa in
the liberalization process.
• 16:00
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• 16:30
Questions and Answers
Essential Air Service and Tourism
Development Route scheme
• Presentation by ICAO: Mr. Yuanzheng Wang, Air
Transport Bureau
• To explain what this scheme is about based on the
ICAO/UNWTO study, which may be of particular
usefulness for African States in the development of
their aviation and tourism in a liberalized environment.
• Questions and Answers
DAY TWO Tuesday, 29 April
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• 09:00
SESSION 2: MANAGEMENT AND ECONOMICS OF
AIRPORTS AND AIR NAVIGATION SERVICES
– Moderator: Dr. Zaidi, Representative of India on the Council of ICAO
• 1.
ICAO Policies on charges for airports and air navigation
services
• Presentation by ICAO: Mr. Evalou Gnang, Regional Air Transport
Officer
• To give on overview of the key principles of ICAO’s policies on
charges, including performance measurement and benchmarking,
cost recovery of airport security measures and balance of interest
between airports/air navigation services providers and users, as
well as the status of the policies.
• 09:30
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• 09:50
Questions and answers
2.
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• Presentation by:
Trends and developments since ANSConf
2000
Mr. Rotimi Arogunjo, Nigerian Member of ICAO
Airport Economics Panel
• To provide an update on, inter alia, developments in
commercialization and privatization of airports and ANSPs, ICAO policy
development and implementation
• 10:20
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• 10:40
Coffee Break
3.
Key issues and the Conference on the
Economics of Airports and Air Navigation
Services (CEANS-2008)
• Presentation by ICAO: Mr. Yuanzheng Wang, Air
Transport Bureau
• To discuss the main topics/issues planned to be
addressed at the ICAO Conference on the Economics of
airports and air navigation services (CEANS, September
2008),
with
emphasis
placed
on
commercialization/privatization aspects, government
regulation, funding of autonomous CAAs and relations
between government regulators, service providers and
users.
• 11:20
Questions and Answers
• 12:00
Lunch break
• 14:00
SESSION 3: ICAO ECONOMIC ANALYSES AND
DATABASES (EAD) PROGRAMME
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• Moderator: Mr. Christian Folly-Kossi, Secretary General,
AFRAA
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• Presentation by ICAO: Mr. A. Sainarayan, Economic
Analyses and Databases Section, Air Transport Bureau
• To provide an overview on the best practices to be adopted
to collect and meaningfully interpret the accounting and
operational data. To discuss the role of High level indicators
and measures to monitor performance, improve
benchmarking and address infrastructural gaps
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• 15:30
Coffee break
• Presentation by ICAO: Mr. A. Sainarayan, Economic
Analyses
and
Databases
Section, Air Transport Bureau
• To discuss: a) how to utilize data to generate
Management Information systems (MIS) and forecasts
for facilitating Senior Management decision making; b)
the role of exposure data in arriving at accident rates
and the analysis of safety data to predict and improve
safety of operations; and c) the need for common
standards , taxonomy and definitions in accounting of
financial and operational data.
• 16:30
Questions and answers
DAY THREE Wednesday, 30 April
• 09:00
SESSION 4 AVIATION ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Moderator: Mr. D.O. Valente, Representative of Argentina on the
Council of ICAO
Main areas of ICAO activity
• Presentation by ICAO :
Ms. Jane Hupe, Chief, Environment
Unit, ICAO
Cooperation with other bodies and the recent developments on
aviation environmental protection.
09:30 Aircraft Noise
• Presentation on ICAO Balanced Approach to aircraft noise
management by: Ms. Jane Hupe, Chief, Environment Unit, ICAO
– To provide to the audience an overview on aircraft noise
management :
– Aviation noise data (inventories and models);
– Standards and the new technology available in aircraft noise;
– Preventive measures available to address the effects of noise
(land-use planning etc.);
– Operational procedures available to minimize noise,
– Operating restrictions including curfews;
– Noise charges.
• 10:20
Coffee Break
• 10:40 - Aircraft Engine Emissions
• Presentation by ICAO: Ms. Jane Hupe, Chief, Environment Unit
To provide an overview on Aircraft Engine Emissions management :
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Aviation emissions data (inventories and models);
Standards and technology available in the aircraft engine emissions;
Aviation emissions and local air quality;
Aviation emissions and global climate;
Market-based measures and voluntary measures to address emissions :
emissions charges, emissions trading and carbon offsets.
• 11:20 Aviation Environmental Protection : Main Challenges for Africa
• Presentation by Mr. Kenton Sim, CAEP Member, South Africa
• 11:45
Questions and answers
• 12:00
Closing Of Symposium
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