PECC International Roundtable
Role of Airports & Airlines 

in Trade Liberalization & Economic Growth
September 4-6 2003, Singapore

Organised by the Australian and Singapore Committees for PECC 
and the Singapore Chartered Institute for Logistics and Transport

Held back-to-back with the 15th PECC General Meeting in Brunei 1-3 September

 

Overview    Meeting Program    General Information    Speakers

 program in PDF format (24K)

Thursday, September 4 (following the PECC General Meeting in Brunei 1-3 Sept)
7.00 pm - 9.00 pm Welcome Reception
In the Garden of the PECC International Secretariat 

4 Nassim Road, Singapore

Friday, September 5
9.00am - 9.30am Opening Session
  • Chair:  David Parsons
    Director General, PECC
Welcome Speech
  • Tan Teck Meng
    Chair, PECC Singapore
Keynote Address
  • Dr. Balaji Sadasivan
    Minister of State
    Ministry of Transport, Singapore
9.30am - 10.30am SETTING THE SCENE
  • Chair: Christopher Findlay
    Vice Chair, Australia PECC Committee
    Australian National University

The Changing Paradigm of the Aviation Sector

  • D. Ravindran
    Principal
    A.T. Kearney
Issues of International Airport Facilitation & Environmental Impact of Aviation in Asia Pacific
  • Phillipe Rochat
    Executive Director
    Air Transport Action Group
10.30am - 11.00am Coffee Break
11.00am - 1.00pm AVIATION SECURITY: TRENDS & ISSUES
  • Chairperson: Karmjit Singh
    Chairman
    Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport
Airport & Air Cargo Security and Impact on Global Supply Chain
  • Joseph Ochoa, III
    Transport Security Administration, USA
Passenger security - Responding to the SARS Crisis at Changi Airport
  • Ho Beng Huat
    Deputy Director General (Airport Management)
    Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore
Air Cargo & Air Supply Chain Security - Perspective from Integrators
  • C T Teo
    Vice President - Security, Asia Pacific Region
    UPS

 

Security of Air Cargo & Air Supply Chain in the Asia Pacific
  • Cheu Ruey Long
    The Logistics Institute - Asia Pacific
1.00pm - 2.00pm Lunch Address
2.00pm - 4.00pm AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT AND FINANCING
  • Chairperson: Christopher Findlay
    Vice-Chair, Australia PECC
    Australian National University

Airport - the Investor Perspective

  • Kerrie Mather
    Chief Executive Officer
    Macquarie Airports
Financing Airport Privatisation in Australia
  • John Bulford
    Head of Structured Finance, 
    Commonwealth Bank of Australia
Airport Financing 
  • Robert Scott
    Director and Head of Asia Transportation
    Deutsche Bank
4.00pm - 4.30pm Coffee Break
4.30pm - 5.30pm Future Technology and Trends in the Travel and Transportation Industry
  • Mike Hulley
    President, Transportation
    EDS Asia Pacific
7.00pm - 9.00pm Dinner
Saturday, September 6
9.00am - 10.30pm Logistics - The Driver of Change
  • Chairperson: Chris Kissling
    Board Member
    Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies


Airport Development & Air Cargo Logistics: Korea's Initiatives in North East Asia

  • Dr. Park Yong-hwa
    Dept. of Aviation Research
    The Korean Transport Institution
The Development of the China Aerotropolis and Its Link to the Global Supply Chain Network
  • Paul Bradley
    Managing Director, IDS Logistics International
    (a member of the Li & Fung Distribution Group)
Liberalization and Asymmetries for Inter-continental air bridging: Peru's initiatives and expectations
  • Cáceres Rubén
    Southern Scientific University of Peru 
11.00am - 1.00pm ISSUES IN LIBERALIZATION OF AIR TRANSPORT

Air Transport in the GATS: Future Outlook for Airports and Aviation

  • Christopher Findlay
    Vice Chair, Australian Committee for PECC
    Australian National University

Challenges Trans-Tasman Aviation:  Competition Issues

  • Mark Pearson
    General Manager, Merger Division
    Australian Competition & Consumer Commission
1.00pm - 2.00pm Lunch Address
2.00pm - 3.30pm LIBERALISATION AND PRIVATISATION OF AIRPORTS FOR RAPID GROWTH
  • Chair: Phillipe Rochat
    Executive Director
    Air Transport Action Group
Issues & Challenges of Airport Privatisation: the Experience of Australian and European Airports
  • Peter Forsyth
    Monash University
Modernisation of International Airports and Liberalisation of Ground Handling Services in India
  • Roy Paul
    Secretary
    Ministry of Aviation, India and
    Chairman, Air India
Benchmarking Productivity Performance of International Airports
  • Peter Forsyth
    Monash University
4.00pm - 5.30pm Summary and Conclusions and Discussion of key issues to be presented to APEC Ministerial Meeting

Chairperson: Christopher Findlay
Vice Chair, Australia PECC
Australian National University

Closing Address

Karmjit Singh
Chairman
Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport

An executive summary of the PECC/CILT Conference highlighting critical issues in aviation, air transport and trade liberalization will be delivered to the APEC Ministerial Meeting for the APEC Senior Officials' information in Bangkok in October 2003.
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