Agenda & Speakers
Conference schedule at a glance
Monday October 15
5:00pm - 6:30pm - Welcome Cocktail hosted at the offices of Katten Muchin Rosenman UK LLC
Address: Paternoster House, 65 St Paul's Churchyard / London, EC4M 8AB
Tuesday October 16
9:00am - 4:30pm – Conference Session (Holiday Inn London-Kensington High Street Hotel)
7:00pm - Networking dinner (optional)
A typical London Double decker bus will be departing form the Hotel lobby at 7pm, and will take us to a pier where we will enjoy a great evening and dinner while cruising through Thames River on board of a “London Bateaux”. Bus will return from the pier to the hotel at aprox. 11pm
Wednesday October 17
9:30am - 4:30pm – Conference Session (Holiday Inn London-Kensington High Street Hotel)
Dress code for all events: Business casual



The detailed agenda for WALA 2018 will be announced soon.

Some of the invited speakers include:
  • Stewart Wingate - Chief Executive Officer, Gatwick Airport Limited
  • Robert Herga - General Counsel & Company Secretary, Gatwick Airport Limited
  • Diego Gonzalez - Legal Affairs Manager, Aeropuertos Argentina 2000, President WALA
  • Michael Siebold - Partner, Arnecke Sibeth, Germany & VP WALA
  • Alan Meneghetti - Partner, Katten Muchin Rosenman UK LLP & Secretary WALA
  • Peter Kirsch - Partner, Kaplan Kirsch & Rockwell, USA
  • Diana Freeman – Assistant City Attorney, City of Atlanta Department of Law, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport
  • Prof. Avv. Anna Masutti - LS Lexus Sinacta, Italy
  • Berin Ridanovic - Head of Legal Department, Sarajevo International Airport
  • Richard Stock – Catalyst Consulting, Canada
  • Marcelo Pozzetti -Head of Legal, Corporacion America, SA, Argentina
  • Michael Tegethoff - Munich International Airport
  • Rafael Schvartzman - Regional VP Europe, IATA
  • Tim Norwood – Director of Corporate Affairs, Planning and Sustainability, Gatwick Airport Limited
  • Jessie Loong – Senior VP, Legal & Company Secretary, Changi Airport Group
  • Elizabeth Albergoni – Investment Director, H.R.L. Morrison & Co
  • Stephen Baird – Associate General Counsel, SITA
  • Jose Eduardo de Melo – Legal Manager, INFRAMERICA
  • Andrew Charlton – Aviation Advocacy, Switzerland
  • Mark Gallagher – IT VP Americas, Amadeus, USA
  • Mark Sperring – Head of Products and Airports, AIG, UK
  • Michal Jaworski – Managing Partner Jaworski Meynarska, Poland
  • Isabelle Lelieur – Chevrier Avocats, France
  • Laura Pierallini – Studio Pierallini, Italy
  • Milda Manomaityte – Director, Global AirRail Alliance
  • James Spencer – Global Terrorism Risk Consultant, AIG
  • Cheryl Treadwell – Kane Treadwell Law/ former Sr. Assistant City Attorney for Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport.
  • Navdeep Gill – Director Legal Geo, EUR, SITA

Download Speakers Bios (last updated Oct 13, 2018)



Some of the topics to be covered include:

  • Development and Growth of Airports
  • Innovation: The Autonomous Airport
  • Law department responses to disruptive technology
  • Public private partnership in the airport industry
  • Airport risk management and insurance
  • Airport Liability updates
  • Airport law department management
  • Chief Legal officers roundtable
  • The General data protection regulation
  • Airport Networks
  • Airport law, diversity and accessibility
  • Airline insolvency and the impact on Airports

Download preliminary agenda (last updated Oct 13, 2018)



 
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