November 19 – 21, 2017

XVI ALTA Airline Leaders Forum

Sponsored by Embraer

ALTA Member Airlines
(By invitation)

(ALTA Member Airlines by invitation)
Sponsored by HITIT

(By invitation)
Sponsored by Sabre

Sponsored by Embraer

(By invitation only)
Sponsored by Amadeus

Luis Felipe de Oliveira, Executive Director, ALTA

Jose Ricardo Botelho, Director President, ANAC Brazil

Tarcísio Gomes de Freitas, Minister of Infrastructure, Brazil

Pedro Heilbron, CEO, Copa Airlines & President of ALTA Executive Committee

Steve Dickson, Administrator US, Federal Aviation Administration

Sponsored by Brussels Airport

Ricardo Bernardi, Socio-fundador do Escritório Bernardi e Schnapp Advogados
Min. Francisco Rezek, Former Justice of the Supreme Court of Brazil and former Minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Brazil

Michael J. Linenberg, Managing Director, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

Sponsored by CFM International

Carlos Bermejo Acosta, Head of Unit, European Commission

Keynote: Maurício França, Partner, L.E.K. São Paulo
Moderator: Eduardo Sanovicz, President, ABEAR
Marcelo Sampaio, Executive Secretary, Ministry of Infrastructure Brazil

Deborah Flint, CEO, Los Angeles World Airports

Sponsored by Miami Dade International Airport

CEOs of airlines with a long-standing trajectory in the region will share their vision on the current volatile scenario and how they remain competitive while facing merger scenarios, challenging regulations, infrastructure gaps, and a more demanding user.

Moderator: Gabriela Frías, Anchor, CNN
Andrés Conesa, CEO, Aeromexico
Anko van der Werff, CEO, Avianca
Enrique Cueto, CEO, Latam Airlines
Pedro Heilbron, CEO, Copa Airlines

Sponsored by Boeing
Entertainment sponsored by World Fuel Services

Top executive women will share various perspectives on what the industry and the region need for long-term competitiveness and to meet the growing and changing passenger demand.

Moderator: Adriana Rosa, Senior Client Partner, Korn Ferry
Julia Sattel, President of Airlines, Amadeus
Diana Einterz, President Americas, SITA
Sylvia Escovar, CEO, Terpel
Donna Hrinak, Vice President, Boeing International, President, Boeing Latin America

Patrick Alexandre, Executive VP Commercial, Sales & Alliances, Air France KLM

Travel and tourism is the second fastest growing industry in the world and it is expected to generate 100 million jobs and 1 out of every 4 new jobs in the next 10 years. Ministers of Tourism will share best practices and how tourism can further drive economic and social development.

Moderator: Yolanda Perdomo, Tourism Expert and ICF Tourism Affiliate
Mónica Zalaquett Said, Subsecretary of Tourism, Chile
Edgar Vásquez, Minister of Tourism, Peru
Marcelo Álvaro Antônio, Minister of Tourism, Brazil
Gustavo Santos, Minister of Tourism Argentina

Moderator: Peter Cerda, Regional Vice President Americas, IATA
Daniel Ketchibachian, CEO, Aeropuertos Argentina 2000
Alvaro Gonzalez, CEO, OPAIN El Dorado Airport
Jose Freig, Director, American Airlines Latin America
Julie Reifer-Jones, CEO, Liat
Guillermo Dietrich, Minister of Transport, Argentina

New technologies drive us to continually reinvent ourselves in order to remain competitive. This keynote will bring the experience of another industry and how it is changing the way we transport.

Federico Chester, Head of Business Development Latin America, UBER

Productivity, infrastructure, and judicialization of aviation in the Brazilian aviation market are some of the topics that will be discussed by top airline representatives and regulators.

Moderator: Alexandre Garcia, Journalist and Writer
Paulo Kakinoff, CEO, Gol
Jerome Cadier, CEO, Latam Brazil
Jose Ricardo Botelho, President Director, ANAC Brazil
Ronei Glanzmann, Secretary, SAC

Luis Felipe de Oliveira, Executive Director, ALTA