It is now just a week until the inaugural Invest and Manage Airports event will be taking place at Chelsea Football Club in London, UK. The two-day forum on December 8-9, 2011 has attracted real interest from investors, infrastructure partners and airport operators from all over the world.
This event is occurring at a pivotal time in the current economic environment. More and more governments are seeking ways to improve services from their core infrastructure assets, increase jobs and stimulate trade. Access to capital for governments and management expertise are the key issues which will provide huge opportunities for infrastructure investors seeking long-term cash flows from airport assets.
Attending airports are there for the exploration of potential partners for investment and management, operators are in attendance to investigate new opportunities for airport management and investment, as well as exploration of potential partners for divestment of existing airport assets and infrastructure investors will be identifying opportunities for investment / equity participation in airports, and exploration of potential partners for divestment of existing assets.
The format of the event consists of three key elements; pre-scheduled one-to-one meetings, a conference programme and informal hospitality functions. Meeting requests for the pre-scheduled one-to-one meetings at this event are now underway and the conference programme has now been unveiled with a keynote addresses from Michael McGhee, Partner, Global Infrastructure Partners on ‘Success and Requirements in Airport Investment’ and Paul Kehoe, Chief Executive Officer, Birmingham Airport on ‘Living Through the Experience of Asset Acquisition’. These not-to-be-missed presentations will provide a valuable insight into how to win a privatisation tender and the experiences post any acquisition process.
There are a number of high profile speakers confirmed for the conference, which will also include a panel discussion highlighting ‘The Importance of Product Fit - Airline Essentials for Airport Management’. This session will highlight what an airline wants from an Airport investor, what a full service carrier looks for in an Airport, how a low-cost carrier evaluates a Greenfield Airport and what a new Airport can do to convince a low-cost carrier to fly there. The panel for this discussion will comprise Vijay Poonoosamy, VP International and Public Affairs, Etihad Airways; Alex Cruz, Chief Executive Officer, Vueling; Senthil Balan, Head of Network Development, AirAsia X and Lee Lipton, Director of Network Planning, Aer Lingus.
Other confirmed speakers include… Piotr Okienczyc President, Warsaw Modlin Airport; Burt Cohen, Managing Director and President, Heritage Consortium; Romain Py, Executive Director Infrastructure Investments, JP Morgan Asset Management; Jaime Guillen, Faros Partners and Burt Cohen, Managing Director and President, Heritage Consortium.
This new event creates a valuable platform for all assets big and small seeking investment opportunities. Invest & Manage Airports pulls together a wide range of investors which, through the varying portfolios and strategies of the investment community, offers a unique prospect for airport owners or operators looking for the optimal solution for their investment needs.
For further information and to register please visit www.investandmanage.com
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