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7th Annual European Airfinance Conference Four Seasons Hotel, Dublin 26th & 27th January 2005 Day One: Wednesday 26th January 2005 08.15 Registration and refreshments 09.00 Airfinance Journal welcoming remarks Alasdair Whyte, Editor, Airfinance Journal 09.10 Opening remarks from the Chairman 09.20 Keynote address: Good times or bloodbath? Michael Cawley, Chief Operating Officer & Deputy Chief Executive, Ryanair 09.50 Panel discussion: Forecasting the year ahead Adam Pilarski, Senior Vice President, Avitas 10.30 Morning coffee sponsored by 11.10 Finance director panel discussion: European airline funding requirements and strategies Brian Dunne, Chief Financial Officer, Aer Lingus Chris Walton, Finance Director, easyJet David Arendt, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Cargolux Airlines International SA 11.40 Eastern Europe - the new growth market Jaroslav Sopuch, Investor relations manager, SkyEurope 12.00 The Airbus/Boeing debate: The large aircraft market Conor O’Brien, Taxation Partner, KPMG Ireland 12.40 Lunch for speakers and delegates 14.00 How many airlines does Europe need? Chris Avery, Analyst, JPMorgan 14.40 Case study: Iberbond 2004 Ignacio de Torres Zabala, Director of Finance, Iberia 15.20 Afternoon coffee and networking sponsored by Natexis Banques Populaires 15.50 Panel: Legal developments in Europe Jeffrey Wool, Secretary, Aviation Working Group Tim Bye, Legal Director and Company Secretary, bmi 16.50 Where have all the business travellers gone? Bart Slager, Vice president, business planning, PrivatAir Graeme Weston, Senior vice president, NetJets 17.20 Chairman’s closing remarks followed by a cocktail reception sponsored by KPMG Day Two: Thursday 27th January 2005 08.30 Registration and refreshments 09.00 Chairman’s opening remarks 09.10 Operating leasing Panel moderator: John Morrissey, Principal, Blackstream Aviation Capital Dave Thompson, Managing Director, GATX Eoin Kelly, Vice President, ORIX Aviation Systems Limited Garry Burke, Chief Executive, Pembroke Group 10.00 Airbus/Boeing debate: the large aircraft market Randy Baesler, vice president marketing, Boeing 10.30 Morning coffee and networking sponsored by Natexis Banques Populaires 11.10 Panel: European regional airline market overview Geoffrey O’Byrne-White, Chief Executive, Cityjet Jim French, Managing Director, Flybe 11.50 Panel discussion: Export credit for European carriers Christian McCormick, Head of Aircraft Finance, Natexis Banques Populaires Robert Morin, Vice President Transportation Division, Export-Import Bank of the United States John Youd, Business Manager for Airbus, ECGD 12.30 Lunch for speakers and delegates 14.00 Managing the biggest cost - labour Ingo Marowsky, Aviation Secretary, International Transport Workers’ Federation 14.30 Managing financial risks Marc Verspyck, Head of Long-Term Finance, Air France 15.00 Panel discussion: What is an aircraft really worth? Panel moderator: Alasdair Whyte, Editor, Airfinance Journal Eddy Pieniazek, Director, Consultancy and Information Services, Airclaims Bill Cumberlidge, Head of Aviation Asset Management, Allco Finance Group 15.30 Chairman’s closing remarks followed by afternoon refreshments *to be finally confirmed © Euromoney Seminars and Airfinance Journal 2004. The programme may change due to unforeseen circumstances and Euromoney Seminars and Airfinance Journal reserve the right to alter the venue and/or speakers. Euromoney Seminars and Airfinance Journal are divisions of Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC. For further information about speaking at or sponsoring this event: please contact Louisa Jones on ljones@euromoneyplc.com or telephone +44 (0) 20 7779 8055