Article from BTNews 9 NOVEMBER 2015
AOA 2015 Wingate v Holland-Kaye
The Airport Operators Association (AOA), the industry trade body, has updated the speakers’ list for its two-day UK Aviation Conference 23/24 November, organised in conjunction with BATA, BAR UK and the Royal Aeronautical Society. The Chief Executives of Heathrow, John Holland-Kaye, and Gatwick, Stewart Wingate will both speak on different days at the London Hilton Metropole.
It is Monday for Wingate and Tuesday Holland-Kaye.
They join a speaker line-up that now includes (in appearance order):
| Willie Walsh | CEO, IAG |
| Paul Drechsler CBE | President CBI |
| Robert Goodwill MP | Aviation Minister |
| Debra Barbra | MD Cardiff Airport |
| Tim Hawkins | Corporate Affairs Director, MAG |
| Paul Kahn | President, Airbus Group UK |
| Martin Rolfe | Chief Executive, NATS |
| Andrew Swaffield | CEO, Monarch Airlines |
| Keith Conradi | Chief Inspector, AAIB |
| Sir Michael Arthur | President, Boeing UK & Ireland |
| Carol Benzie | Managing Director, Aberdeen Airport |
| Ufi Ibrahim | CEO, British Hospitality Association |
| Sophie Dekkers | UK Director, easyjet |
| Deirdre Wells OBE | CEO, Ukinbound |
| Keith Brown MSP | Cabinet Secretary for Infrastructure, Investment & Cities, Scottish Government |
| Ian Davis | Chairman, Rolls-Royce |
The conference will be moderated by ITN news anchor Natasha Kaplinsky, and the awards ceremony on the evening of the 23 November is hosted by The Independent journalist Simon Calder.
Tickets at www.aoa.org.uk/uk-aviation-conference-2015
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