CAPA India Aviation Summit 2015 Agenda

Welcome Address

• Binit Somaia, Director South Asia, CAPA - Centre for Aviation

Keynote: Living on the edge of Asia, the changing fundamentals of aviation in the region

• Peter Harbison, Executive Chairman, CAPA - Centre for Aviation                        

Keynote: Fatigue has set in waiting for India's structural challenges to be addressed, but hope is emerging

• Kapil Kaul, CEO South Asia, CAPA - Centre for Aviation             

Panel: Can India's airlines be profitable...and sustainably so?

• Moderator: Kapil Kaul, CEO South Asia, CAPA - Centre for Aviation
• Mittu Chandilya, CEO, AirAsia India
• S. Venkat, Director Finance & Board Member, Air India
• Cramer Ball, CEO, Jet Airways
• Sanjiv Kapoor, COO, SpiceJet                     

Panel: New strategies to drive airline revenue and distribution

• Moderator: Samyukth Sridharan, President & COO, Cleartrip
• Pankaj Srivastava, Director Commercial & Board Member, Air India
• Raj Sivakumar, CCO, Jet Airways
• Minu Verma, VP Business Management, SITA
• Naveen Jain, CEO, TransOrg Analytics
• Derek Sharp, VP & MD Air Commerce, Travelport

Panel: Secrets of success for international LCCs              

• Moderator: Kapil Kaul, CEO South Asia, CAPA - Centre for Aviation
• Adel Ali, Group CEO, Air Arabia
• Suresh Nair, GM India, Sri Lanka & Bangladesh, AirAsia Berhad
• K. Shyam Sundar, CEO, Air India Express

Q&A with Emirates: The massive potential in India's international market

• Moderator: Kapil Kaul, CEO South Asia, CAPA - Centre for Aviation
• Essa Sulaiman Ahmad, VP India & Nepal, Emirates                     

Roundtable Dinner: The $100 billion question: how will Indian aviation attract the capital it needs over the next 10 years. 
(by invitation only – not included in standard delegate registration)
In this exclusive, invitation-only session, airline and airport CEOs/CFOs together with aircraft and engine manufacturers and lessors, sovereign wealth funds, bankers, private equity funds, infrastructure investors, regulators and policy makers will engage in intense debate on how best to reduce the risk profile of the market to attract the estimated US$100 billion of capital that the sector will need over the next decade.

• Cramer Ball, CEO, Jet Airways
• Manikkan Sangameswaran, President - Infrastructure, ICICI Ventures
• Deep Gupta,
• Bharat Malkani, CEO, Max Aerospace
• Amitabh Malhotra, Managing Director, NM Rothschild & Sons
• Kishore Jayaraman, President India & South Asia, Rolls-Royce

Q&A with Mumbai International Airport: Building an iconic new Gateway to India

• Moderator: Kapil Kaul, CEO South Asia, CAPA - Centre for Aviation
• Rajeev Jain, CEO, Mumbai International Airport Limited
                           

The Government's agenda for civil aviation in India

• Anil Srivastava, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Civil Aviation

Case Studies on greenfield airport projects in India

• A.C.K. Nair, Airport Director, Cochin International Airport 
• Amit Chavda, GM, Dholera International Airport Company                     

Q&A with GoAir: Preparing for Growth

• Moderator: Kapil Kaul, CEO South Asia, CAPA - Centre for Aviation
• Giorgio de Roni, CEO, GoAir                         

Panel: Opportunities for Foreign Operators in India

• Moderator: Kapil Kaul, CEO South Asia, CAPA - Centre for Aviation
• Manishi Sanwal, Managing Director, DFS India
• Matthias Engler, Managing Director, Fraport India
• Martin Fernandez, Managing Director International, Zurich Airport

Panel: The Big Picture, where does Indian aviation go from here?

• Moderator: Kapil Kaul, CEO South Asia, CAPA - Centre for Aviation
• Saroj Datta, Aviation Expert
• Amitabh Malhotra, Managing Director, NM Rothschild & Sons
• Kishore Jayaraman, President India & South Asia, Rolls-Royce