At the Riga Aviation Forum we expect more than 200 participants from all over Europe. Most of our guests are CEOs, executives and experts from airline, airport and aviation consulting business. Selected speakers for the Forum will provide the audience with the latest analysis of airline and airport developments and will discuss the new technologies that without doubts will affect strategic decisions of the aviation business in the coming years.
Participation at the Riga Aviation Forum is FREE OF CHARGE
Registration: HERE
VENUE: Latvia, Jurmala, Semarah Hotel Lielupe, (Bulduri prospect 64/68)
9.00 – 9.20 Registration
Keynote Addresses
9.20 – 9.30 Welcoming by ULDIS AUGULIS, Minister for Transport of Latvia
9.30 – 10.00 ACI Europe: The World of Regional Airports – Main Challenges, Importance and Benefits
MORGAN FOULKES, Deputy Director- General, ACI Europe
10.00 – 10.20 The aviation trends at the European market
NICOLAS BOUTIN, Partner and Managing Director at BCG, Global Leader of the Travel & Tourism Practice
10.20 – 10.40 Air Transport Infrastructure Challenges and Opportunities
JASON SINCLAIR, Manager, Regional Affairs and Communications, IATA
10.40 – 11.00 Art of the Airport Tower – Synergy of Design and Technologies
DĀVIDS TAURIŅŠ, Chairman of the Board, LGS
11.00 – 11.30 Management of the regional airport under new certification procedures
GATIS GINTERS, Route Development Director, Liepaja Airport
11.30 – 11.50 Coffee Break
11.50 – 12.15 RusLine – the story of successful synergy of the airline and MRO in the European market
ILJA PODKOLZIN, Accountable manager of Airline Suport Baltics
DMITRI MIRGORODSKY, CEO of RusLine airline
12.15 – 12.35 Airbaltic: Business Case of One Year Operations of CS300
PAULS CĀLĪTIS, Senior VP Flight Operations, AirBaltic
12.35 – 12.55 EU – China perspectives via prism of long haul low cost route development
JOHN GRANT, Partner at MIDAS Aviation
12.55 – 13.55 Lunch
13.55 – 14.15 Employment Strategies to Address Current and Prepare for the Upcoming Challenges
SAM SPRULES, Director of AeroProfessional Limited
14.15 – 14.35 How to respond to Future Demand for Aviation Professionals?
JURIS KANELS, Rector of Institute of Transport and Telecommunication
14.35 – 14.55 Research of the Aviation Association of Latvia: Role of Aviation in Latvia
ARTŪRS KOKARS, Board Member of Latvian Aviation Association
14.55 – 15.15 U-Space development/potential drone integration
MĀRA DAME, Regulatory Affairs expert of Civil Aviation Authority, Latvia
15.15 – 15.35 Drones – the Future of Aviation
ILMĀRS OZOLS, Board member of Latvian Association of Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems
15.35 – 15.40 Closing remarks
ARTŪRS KOKARS, Board Member of Latvian Aviation Association
15.40 – 18.00 Coffee and networking
18.00 – 20.00 Evening Reception
REGISTRATION: https://www.raf2018.lv/
