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Tuesday 12th June 2018 - Day 1
OFFICIAL EXPO OPENING KEYNOTE SPEECHES
CONFERENCE MODERATOR


Neil Pakey
Chair
Regional and Business Airports Group (RABA)
KEYNOTE PRESENTATION


Baroness Sugg
Aviation Minister
Department for Transport


Humza Yousaf MSP
Minister for Transport and the Islands
The Scottish Government
Making air travel more accessible – intensive briefing and panel
PANELLISTS


Ian Cairns
Customer Director
easyJet


Jonathan Coen
Director of Customer Relations and Service
Heathrow Airport


William L. Neece
Director of Airport Solutions
Ozion Airport Software Europe


Graham Race
Accessible Aviation Expert
QEF Accessible Aviation


Graham Corfield
CEO
Aviramp GSE


Liz Kavanagh
Customer Experience Manager
Dublin Airport
Assistance to people with hidden disabilities
The launch of CAP 1629: The next phase of “Civil Aviation Authority guidance” for airports on providing assistance to people with hidden disabilities


Richard Moriarty
Chief Executive designate
UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA)
Keynote Speech:


Rt Hon The Lord David Blunkett, of Brightside and Hillsborough
Chair
easyJet Special Assistance Advisory Group
Presentation:
Hidden disabilities: What efficient and respectful solutions have airports developed since the new guidance emerged in 2016?


Ian Sherriff
Academic Partnership Lead for Dementia, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry
Plymouth University Transport Dementia Group
(Also: Academic Partnership Lead for Dementia, University of Plymouth; Ambassador, Alzheimer’s Society)
Presentation:
Hidden disabilities and security


Chris Woodroofe
Chief Operating Officer
Gatwick Airport
Hidden disabilities and airports – intensive briefing and panel
Panellists:


Nikki Barton
Head of Terminals
Gatwick Airport


Phil Holder
Head of Operations Support
Bristol Airport


Niall Maloney
Operations Director
Shannon Airport


David Feltham
Director of Passenger Experience
Edinburgh Airport Limited



Hazel Screech
Customer Experience Manager, AGS Airports,
Southampton International Airport


Michelle Foster
Head of Operational Planning, Customer Service Team
Manchester Airport

All 2022 Conferences
- Regional And Business Airports Group (RABA)
- World Birdstrike Association Europe Conference
- The UK Civil Aviation Authority’s 3rd British-Irish Accessible Airport Conference
- Innovate to Accelerate Recovery Conference
- British Aviation Group Sessions
- Sustainability – Sustainable Aviation Fuels and Low Noise Arrivals

Previous agendas
- The Heathrow Expansion, Supply Chain, and Best Practice Conference
- The Civil Aviation Authority’s PRM and Airport Accessibility Conference
- 2nd Metropolitan Police Aviation Policing Command Airports Counter Terrorism Conference
- The British-Irish Airports Showcase Conference
- The Heathrow Connectivity Conference at British-Irish Airports EXPO
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