International Conference on Air Transport, Air Law and Regulation, 24 – 26 May 2010

April 20, 2010 at 8:58 am | Posted in Aviation Law Current Event | Leave a comment

by P.J. Blount with the blog faculty

McGill University’s Institute of Air and Space Law, the Singapore Aviation Academy, and the Centre for International Law, National University of Singapore are co-organizing an International Conference on Air Transport, Air Law and Regulation, 24 – 26 May 2010:

OBJECTIVES

This Conference aims to address critical issues facing civil aviation in current challenging times with an emphasis on Asian air transportation. Current and new updates on legal and policy issues relevant to today’s air transportation environment will be addressed.

OUTLINE

Airline Industry: Is It Emerging from the Financial Crisis?

o Economic performance of the airline industry in a deregulated environment

o Sustainable survival strategies

o Economic theories in a challenged financial environment

o How will the industry finance a new generation of aircraft?

Prof Dr Paul Stephen Dempsey

Director, Institute of Air and Space Law, McGill University, Canada

Aviation Security: Are We Adequately Prepared for Another 9/11 Attempt?

o Annex 17 and ICAO Compliance Audits

o Airline, airport and governmental efforts to protect aviation security

o Regulatory challenges and state compliance with SARPs

o Forthcoming diplomatic conference on addressing new terrorism risks

Prof Dr Ludwig Weber

Adjunct Professor, McGill University, and Consultant, ICAO

Rachel Pachoud

Wings Club Fellow, McGill University, Canada

Aviation Safety: ICAO Audits and National “Blacklisting”

o US and EU blacklists

o ICAO Safety Audits of State compliance with SARPs

o Economic impact and legality of unilateral blacklisting of airlines

Prof Dr Paul Stephen Dempsey

Director, Institute of Air and Space Law, McGill University, Canada

Air Traffic Management: Safety, Efficiency and Corporatisation

o ATC – challenges and opportunities

o Financing of advance air navigation technology

o Need of a framework to govern CNS/ATM systems

o Costs and benefits of ATC corporatisation and/or privatisation

o Impact of corporatisation in terms of safety, efficiency and cost

o Impact of criminalisation of safety occurrences on safety

o Will functional airspace blocks help integrate a Single European Sky?

Stefan A Kaiser

Head of Legal Office, NATO AWACS Operations, Germany

Prof Dr Francis Schubert

Adjunct Professor, McGill University, Canada and Corporate Secretary, Skyguide, Switzerland

Jiri Horni, Kocian Solc Balastik, Prague

Environmental Regulation: ICAO Standards, Unilateral Emissions Trading or Taxing Schemes?

o The environmental impacts of air transport: noise and emissions

o Environmental concerns over airport development and aircraft operations,

o as well as aircraft and engine design

o Governments regulations and their impact on airport planning, development

o and operations

Mark Glynn

Dobson Scholar, McGill University, Canada

Yaw Nyampong

Editor, Annals of Air & Space Law, McGill University, Canada

Mr Alejandro Jose Piera Valdes, United Arab Emirates ICAO Council Office

Aviation Liability and Insurance: Is the Sky the Limit for Damages?

o Liability for ANSPs and aircraft manufacturers

o Interpretation and application of the Montreal Convention of 1999

o Which Asian States have ratified which liability regime: Warsaw and its progeny, or Montreal 99?

o Differences in carrier liability for passengers and cargo

o Compensation by aircraft manufacturers to carriers for delivery delays

o How will the rules change for surface damage with the new draft

o Conventions on modernisation of the Rome Convention and carrier liability for acts of unlawful interference?

Kevin Bartlett

Partner, Cooper Grace Ward, Australia

Lee Jae Woon

Assistant Manager, Legal Affairs Department, Korean Air

Peng Lim

Partner, Clyde & Co, Singapore

Urban Olson

Partner, Advokatfirman Urban Olson, Sweden

Tan Siew Huay

Director (Legal), Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore

Air Cargo Liability

o Limits of liability and burdens of proof in the Warsaw, Montreal Protocol No 4 and Montreal Convention Regimes

o The role of insurance in paying and settling claims

Prof Dr Wolf Muller-Rostin

Consultant, Germany

Mickey Shan

Legal Specialist, China Airlines

Aircraft and Infrastructure Finance

o Financing the next generation of aircraft

o Aircraft financing: perspectives in the Middle East and Asia

o Implementation of the Cape Town Convention and the registration of security interests: government challenges

Eric Lippe

Legal Advisor, Co-pilot Air Law, Canada

Prof Dr Ludwig Weber

Adjunct Professor, McGill University, Canada and Consultant, ICAO

Emerging Issues for Airports: Finance, Privatisation, and Environmental Issues

o Enhancing the margin of safety and security without impairing airline efficiency

o New airport and air navigation infrastructure needed to meet growing

demand for air travel

o Impact of airport privatisation/third party management on

infrastructure and charges

o ICAO initiatives to reduce noise pollution and green house gas

emissions

o Are airports a “natural monopoly” and if so, which governance

structure best protects the airlines?

Kevin Bartlett

Partner, Cooper Grace Ward, Australia

Prof Dr Francis Schubert

Adjunct Professor, McGill University, Canada and Corporate Secretary, Skyguide, Switzerland

Tan Siew Huay

Director (Legal), Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore

Liberalisation of Air Transport: Government Regulations, Bilateral, Multilateral and “Unilateral”?

o What is the appropriate role for government vis-�-vis the airline industry?

o Which countries are/are not liberalising and why?

o Challenges for the implementation of a regional ASEAN liberalisation

agreement

o IATA’s initiative for “Unilateral” liberalisation of air transport

Paul Fitzgerald

Lecturer, McGill University, Canada

Alan Tan Khee-Jin

Associate Professor and Vice Dean, Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore

Carlos Grau Tanner

Director, Government and Industry Affairs IATA, Geneva

Ian Thomas

Managing Consultant, CAPA Consulting, Australia

Lee Yeong-Heok

Professor, Korea Aerospace University

European Laws Policies and Practices and their Impact on Asia and the Middle East

o EU Aviation Safety: JAA, EASA and the blacklisting of airlines

o EU regulations on pricing and marketing

o US-EU Open Skies Agreement

o EU’s approach to Middle East and Asia

o New rights for air passengers in Europe

o Other recent EU proposals affecting international air transport

Mark Glynn

Dobson Scholar, McGill University, Canada

Roberto Lim C O

Former Senior Vice President, Philippine Airlines

Beatrice Lim

Commercial Director, Association of Asia Pacific Airlines

Juan Carlos Salazar

Air Transport Advisor, General Civil Aviation Authority, United Arab Emirates

Traffic Rights and Air Transport Agreements: Liberalisation, “Open Skies” and Beyond

o Will the world go beyond “open skies” in liberalising traffic rights, cabotage, and ownership and control?

o Will bilateral, plurilateral, and/or multilateral agreements exchange Seventh Freedom and cabotage rights, and allow foreign ownership?

Alan Tan Khee-Jin

Associate Professor and Vice Dean. Faculty of Law, National University of

Singapore

Paul Fitzgerald

Lecturer, McGill University, Canada

Carlos Grau Tanner

Director, Government and Industry Affairs IATA, Geneva

Jason R Bonin

Research Scholar and PhD Candidate, National University of Singapore

Airline Alliances, Predation, Mergers and the Competition Laws

o Principal benefits and costs of major airline alliances

o What forms of airline behaviour offend the antitrust and competition laws?

o Economic and marketing reasons for airlines entering into alliances

o Impact of alliances on consumers and non-aligned competitors

o Types of airline conduct that may potentially violate antitrust and competition law

o Will three airline alliances come to dominate passenger transportation worldwide?

o How does the extraterritorial reach of domestic antitrust law impact international airlines?

Prof Dr Paul Stephen Dempsey

Director, Institute of Air and Space Law, McGill University, Canada

Robert Ian McEwin

Visiting Professor, National University of Singapore

Philippe Ruttley

Partner, Clyde & Co, London

WHO SHOULD ATTEND
Professionals from civil aviation administrations, airport authorities, air traffic services providers, transport ministries, aviation security providers and personnel directly involved in supporting the aviation business.