Chair’s welcome and opening remarks
09:30 to
09:40
Speaker:
Matthew Butters.
Deputy Chair and Board Member; Director.
British Aviation Group; Pascall+Watson.
Part 1: The latest policy supporting airport growth and development
09:40 to
10:25
Panel Discussion: Evolving growth and recovery plans – identifying and delivering the infrastructure needed to enhance operations
09:40 to
10:25
- What plans are still coming forward?
- Transitioning from recovery mode to growth, expansion and working on sustainable initiatives
- Identifying and meeting infrastructure needs
- How quickly will passengers return and what does this mean for current infrastructure and plans for expansion?
Speakers:
Graham Bolton.
Global Practice Leader Aviation; Vice Chair.
Mott MacDonald; British Aviation Group.
Tim Walder.
Senior Director and Aviation Sector Leader.
Arcadis.
Patrick Folley.
Director of Operations – Aviation.
Jacobs.
Part 2: Improving sustainability of airport infrastructure
10:25 to
12:30
An update on net zero action plans and delivering sustainable infrastructure
10:25 to
10:50
- How to identify existing infrastructure that can be made more sustainable
- Current net zero targets and how working to achieve them
- Translating sustainable initiatives into plans that can be practically implemented
Speaker:
Adam Freeman.
Head of ESG & Environmental Strategy.
MAG.
Panel discussion: What infrastructure is required to facilitate future aircraft development and sustainable aviation fuels?
11:20 to
12:05
- How can airports future proof their plans to be prepared for new fuels and aircraft? What infrastructure will be needed to support these?
- What are the viable options for zero carbon air crafts and sustainable fuels?
- What are the timelines for carbon neutrality? Can the industry make this happen by 2050?
Speakers:
Andrew Chadwick.
Technology Innovation Lead – Aviation.
Connected Places Catapult.
Darrell Swanson.
Partner/Co-founder.
EAMaven.
Simon Earles.
Sustainability and Corporate Affairs Director.
Bristol Airport.
Part 3: Exploring regional airport connectivity, surface access and planning routes for infrastructure
13:05 to
15:35
Panel discussion: How can regional airports continue with infrastructure upgrades and improving connectivity whilst working on sustainable initiatives?
13:05 to
13:50
- How do regional airports continue to deliver infrastructure upgrades whilst meeting environmental and emission targets?
- What are the current timelines on growth investment and extension plans
- What are routes for development?
Speakers:
Phil Forster.
Managing Director.
Teesside International Airport.
Karen Taylor.
Managing Director.
Gloucestershire Airport.
Surface access – how do you deliver an effective strategy that encourages the modal shift to greener modes of transport?
13:50 to
14:15
- Working with local authorities collaboratively to deliver improved links to the airports
- Improving intermodal connections to and from the airport
- The impact of electric vehicles and predicting future modes of transport – what is needed now?
Speaker:
Tony Caccavone.
Surface Access Director.
Heathrow Airport.
Current planning and environmental issues with airport developments
14:15 to
14:40
- What does successful collaboration with local authorities look like?
- How to approach environmental concerns from a planning perspective
- Potential challenges and how they can be overcome
Speaker:
Robbie Owen.
Partner and Parliamentary Agent.
Pinsent Masons.
Regional Air Mobility as enabled by AAM
15:10 to
15:35
- The opportunities for Regional Air Mobility (RAM ) in the UK and how to measure its potential
- Distributed Aviation and how this can lead to a RAM Market
- The implications for infrastructure requirements
Speaker:
Darrell Swanson.
Partner/Co-founder.
EAMaven.
Airports of the future – designing airports to anticipate evolving technology and needs
15:35 to
16:00
- How can airports be best placed to respond to future technologies?
- Anticipating future passenger requirements into airport planning
- What infrastructure is required to facilitate future technologies?
Speaker:
Andrew Chadwick.
Technology Innovation Lead – Aviation.
Connected Places Catapult.
Lessons from abroad – creating better connected airports to meet passengers needs
16:00 to
16:25
- Surface access strategy and what lessons can be learned for UK airports
- How did they build on existing infrastructure to improve connectivity?
- Improving multimodal connections to create a transport hub
Speaker:
Graham Bolton.
Global Practice Leader Aviation; Vice Chair.
Mott MacDonald; British Aviation Group.