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03-Jun-2016 8:43 PM

CAPA Australia Pacific Aviation Summit: CAPA launches topics and line-ups for biggest ever event

Analysis

Key speakers and agenda topics for the CAPA Australia Pacific Summit 2016 have been unveiled, featuring an extensive initial line-up of local and foreign airline and airport CEOs, industry regulators, technology experts and industry leaders. The Summit will be held at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre on 3-5 August and is proudly hosted by Brisbane Marketing and Foundation Partner, Brisbane Airport Corporation.

The biggest aviation and travel strategy Summit of the year, it comprises five events in one:

  • Airport Innovation Summit, 3 August
  • Training & Safety Summit, 3 August
  • Corporate Travel innovation Summit, 4 August
  • Australia Pacific Aviation Summit, 4-5 August
  • CAPA Gala Dinner, 4 August
Summary
  • The CAPA Australia Pacific Summit 2016 will feature key speakers from various sectors of the aviation industry, including airline and airport CEOs, industry regulators, technology experts, and industry leaders.
  • The Summit will consist of five events: Airport Innovation Summit, Training & Safety Summit, Corporate Travel Innovation Summit, Australia Pacific Aviation Summit, and CAPA Gala Dinner.
  • The agenda will cover a range of topics such as airport innovation, training and safety, corporate travel, aviation policy, airport stakeholder relationships, and inter-modal transport links.
  • The Summit will address key issues in the aviation industry, including airport capacity and productivity, airport investment, training goals, rapid growth, and finding engineers of the future.
  • The Corporate Travel Innovation Summit will focus on the evolution of the payments industry in travel, regulatory perspectives, card acceptance, financial technology, and the Australasian corporate travel outlook.
  • The Australia Pacific Aviation Summit will feature keynote addresses from airline CEOs, discussions on talent, disruption, and innovation, international aviation outlook, digital airline leadership, airline distribution and marketing, and the future of Australia and New Zealand as global tourism destinations.

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Hot Topics for Discussion

  • Keynote Address: Houston Airport System - Innovation and the Delivery of a World Leading Passenger Experience
  • Special Presentation: The Millennial Travel - implications for airports and retail
  • How are smart airports solving problems with technology and innovation?
  • Keynote: How effective has privatisation been in driving airport investment?
  • Aviation Policy Panel: Airport capacity and productivity debate: Have we got the settings right?
  • Keynote Address: Evolving airport stakeholder relationships - from Bi-lateral to Multi-Lateral & Symbiotic
  • How can Australia's airports become better connected to inter-modal transport links
  • The secondary international gateways in Australia and New Zealand flex their muscles
  • Wrap: Is the current market environment 'as good as it gets'?

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  • Airline Keynote Address: Lion Air
  • Global aviation people forecast: Where will the pressure points be
  • Executive Panel: Being proactive about training: How can we do it better? And why we will need to
  • CASA: The regulator's role on meeting the training goals: How we can help?
  • Keynote: What risks and issues may need to be managed in a world of rapid growth?
  • The role of evidence-based training and the new regime for industry training
  • Executive Panel: Pilots - What are the training issues and how can we handle them?
  • Keynote: GMF AeroAsia
  • Executive Panel: MRO - Finding the engineers of the future and ensuring they can do the job
  • Keynote Address: Technology and Training: How Technology can contribute to the training solutions
  • Executive Panel: Airports and ATM - Creating a safe operating environment in an era of unprecedented growth

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  • Overview of the evolution of the Payments Industry in Travel - acceptance, cost & risk. Are the latest opportunities & benefits fully understood?
  • Regulatory perspectives on the Payment Card Industry and the new payment services directive
  • Cards in Travel - The 360 perspective from issuers to users
  • What is the outlook for card acceptance in the travel industry?
  • Where Payments, Expense Management and Loyalty Intersect - Personalisation from Data
  • How are Financial Technology companies adding value in the travel industry?
  • PLUS! The Australasian Corporate Travel Outlook: Where to for fares and rates?

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Day 1

  • The CAPA Australia Pacific Aviation Outlook
  • The Jetstar Keynote & Interview: Unlocking Jetstar's full potential
  • Aviation Leadership Forum: Talent, Disruption, Innovation
  • Keynote Address: Garuda reaches further
  • The Australia/Pacific International Aviation Outlook
  • Executive Presentations: China-Australia/NZ - an emerging powerhouse airline market
  • Airline Cloud 9: Digital Airline Leadership
  • Flights of Fancy: The future of airline Distribution and Marketing
  • Search: The Next Stage - creation of a 'Virtual' Airline?
  • Australia AND New Zealand: A global tourism destination?

Day 2

  • CAPA Members' Special Breakfast Briefing: De-risking new international air services: Future-proofing the new capacity
  • The Qantas Keynote
  • "We want a decent share of the pie": Unprecedented airline profits create expectations in shareholders and staff [not all are good news for management]
  • The Virgin Australia keynote/interview
  • What do passengers want? The strategy behind the passenger experience
  • Airline CEO Keynote Addresses

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Initial Speaker list

Australia Pacific Aviation Summit, 4/5 August 2016

Airport Innovation Summit, 3 August 2016

Aviation Training & Safety Summit, 3 August 2016

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