Day 1. Wednesday. October 10, 2007

9:00 Registration and welcome coffee

10:00 Welcome Address

Alexey Komarov, Chairman of the Editorial Board, Air Transport Observer Magazine
Evgeny Chibirev, President, Russian Air Transport Operators Association

Session 1. Future of Russian Air Transport

• Russian air transport market forecast
  Expert Group Report

Panel Discussion: Russian Air Transport in 2015 – Industry Leaders’ View

• Marina Bukalova, General Director, Sky Express
• Alexey Fedorov, President, United Aircraft Corporation
• Evgueny Filatov, General Director, Atlant-Soyuz
• Vladislav Filev, General Director, S7 Airlines
• Andrey Goryashko, General Director, Aeroflot - Cargo
• Denis Ilyin, Senior Vice-president, AirBridgeCargo
• Alexey Isaikin, President, Volga-Dnepr Group
• Alexandr Knivel, Deputy Chairman, IAC
• Andrey Martirosov, General Director, Utair
• Valery Okulov, General Director, Aeroflot - Russian Airlines
• Roman Pahomov, Vice-president, Vim-Avia

Coffee-break

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• Increasing competitiveness of the Russian airlines: Analysis of possible strategies
  Alexey Isaikin, President, Volga-Dnepr Group

• Crisis of jet fuel supply system in Russian air transport — reasons and ways of recovery
  Evgeny Ostrovsky, General Director, Airports Fuel Supply Trading House

13:00 – 14:00 Lunch

• Future of Russian air cargo transportation
  Andrey Goryashko, General Director, Aeroflot – Cargo Airline

• Features and prospects of Ukrainian air transport development
  Aron Mayberg, General Director, Aerosvit – Ukrainian Airlines

15:15 – 15:35 Coffee-break

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Session 2. Russian Air Transport and European Union

• Russian carriers in European air space
  Lev Koshlyakov, Deputy General Director, Aeroflot - Russian Airlines

• Role of Russian business in EU – Russia dialogue
  Mikhail Evdokimov, Deputy Director, European Cooperation Dept., the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation

• Russia and EU – what is ahead?
  Boris Rybak, Director, Infomost

• EU aviation policy – legal aspects of its internal and external dimension
  Marc J. Frisque, Managing Partner, ManagAir Europe Ltd.

• Particularities of SAFA inspections: lessons to be learned
  David Hall, Director, DHAC-Avia Ltd.

18:00 Official Cocktail Reception

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9:00 - 10:00 Registration and welcome coffee

Session 3. Russian Air Fleet Modernization

• United Aircraft Corporation plans on Russian-built aircraft supply
  Sergey Galperin, Director, Civil Aviation Programs Directorate

• Aircraft demand: a lessor’s perspective
  Doug Winter, Senior Vice President Marketing, GECAS

  Western-built aircraft: establishing local maintenance capabilities
  Alexander Heilmann, Vise-president Customer Service Aircraft Maintenance & Engineering, Lufthansa Technik AG

11:15 – 11:35 Coffee-break

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• New Russian commercial aircraft acquisition mechanism
  Alexander Rubtsov, General Director, Ilyushin Finance Co.

• Aircraft propulsion for the future
  Vladimir Raschupkin, Regional Director, Russia, Rolls-Royce

• Aircraft financing: Manufacturer’s view
  Sergey Nedbaylo, Regional Business Development Director, Russia and CIS, Airbus

13:00 – 14:00 Lunch

Session 4. Air Transport Financing

• Financial tools for airline financing
  Denis Birukov, Managing Director, VTB Bank

• Entering equity capital markets
  Elena Khisamova, Vice President, ECM, Deutsche Bank Russia

• Reputation and investment process
  Dmitry Manakov, Director, Infomost / Citigate Dewe Rogerson

• Illusions of insuarance
  Oleg Samokhvalov, 1^st Deputy General Director, Malakut Insurance Brokers

• Closing remarks
  Alexey Komarov, Chairman of the Editorial Board, Air Transport Observer Magazine

Coffee-break