2023 - October
Keynote Speech: Global Airport Connectivity Index: Impact of COVID-19, New Route Assessment, and Future Research
Speaker: Anming Zhang Prof. Dr. | University of British Columbia – Canada
Anming Zhang is a Full Professor in Operations and Logistics and holds Vancouver International Airport Authority Chair Professor in Air Transportation at Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia (UBC). He served as the Chair of the Operations and Logistics Division, Sauder School of Business (2003-2005), and as the Director of UBC’s Centre for Transport Studies (2003-2004). He has been the Vice President (Academic & Program) for the World Air Transport Research Society (ATRS) since 2006. Dr. Zhang is the recipient of the “Yokohama Special Prize for Outstanding Young Researcher” awarded at the 7th World Conference on Transportation Research (WCTR) in Sydney, Australia in 1995, and of the “WCTR-Society Prize”, awarded to the overall best paper of the 8th WCTR in Antwerp, Belgium, in 1998. In June 2014, he won the “Best Overall Paper Prize” at the ITEA (International Transport Economics Association) Conference on Transportation Economics, Toulouse School of Economics, France.
Dr. Zhang has published over 120 refereed journal papers in the areas of transportation, logistics, industrial organization and trade policy. He has co-authored two recent books: Globalization and Strategic Alliances: The Case of the Airline Industry, 2000, Pergamon Press, Oxford; and Air Cargo in Mainland China and Hong Kong, 2004, Ashgate, London (Chinese editions published both in Hong Kong and Mainland China).
2022 - Online in Feb 2023
Opening Speech – The aim of AirObs
Speaker: Rosário Macário, Prof. Dr. | IST – Portugal
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Keynote Speech: Post-COVID Disruptions and Solutions in Air Transport
Speaker: Gianmaria Martini, Prof. Dr. | University of Bergamo – Italy
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Post-COVID Disruptions and Solutions in Air Transport
Discussant: Marcel Buelens | CEO at Versluys Logistics – Belgium
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Post-COVID Disruptions and Solutions in Air Transport
Discussant: Fabiano Pompermayer, Dr. | IPEA – Brazil
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Post-COVID Disruptions and Solutions in Air Transport
Discussant: Guillaume Burghouwt, Dr. | Royal Schiphol Group – Netherlands
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2021
Opening Speech – The aim of AirObs
Speaker: Rosário Macário, Prof. Dr. | IST – Portugal
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Keynote Speech: Airports – Infrastructure Investment Policy after COVID – The Recovery Plan
Speaker: Dario Lopes, Prof. Dr. | Mackenzie University – Brazil
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Airports – Infrastructure Investment Policy after COVID – The Recovery Plan
Discussant: Mr. Saulo da Silva | Chief Global Interoperable Systems Section at the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
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Airports – Infrastructure Investment Policy after COVID – The Recovery Plan
Discussant: Mr. Tiago Lopes | Aviation, drones and mobility innovation at the European Investment Bank (EIB)
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Airports – Infrastructure Investment Policy after COVID – The Recovery Plan
Discussant: Mr. Thiago Nykiel | CEO na INFRAWAY Engenharia
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