Air Transport, Air & Space Law and Regulation

■ T H U R S D A Y , A P R I L 1 610:50 – 12:00S E S S I O N S E V E NAviation and Aerospace Risk,Liability & Insurance• Liability for Airlines, Airports, Air NavigationService Providers and Aircraft Manufacturers9:00 – 10:30S E S S I O N S I XThe Liberalization of Air Transport:Government Regulation, Bilateral,Multilateral and Now “Unilateral”?• What is the appropriate role for government?• Which countries are liberalising; which arenot and why (not)?• Challenges for the Implementation of theArab Liberalization Agreement• IATA’s Initiative for “Unilateral” Liberalizationof Air Transport• A Single Aviation Market for Southeast Asiaby 2015: Challenges & ImplicationsChair: Juan Carlos Salazar – UAE GeneralCivil Aviation AuthoritySpeakers:Adel Ali* – CEO, Air ArabiaJohn Byerly* – US Department of StateVijay Poonoosamy – VP, International Affairs,Etihad AirwaysJeffrey Shane – Hogan & Hartson, WashingtonAlan Khee­Jin Tan – National University ofSingaporeBrian Pearce* – Chief Economist, IATAJoseph Wilson – Pakistan CompetitionCommission• How has the Montreal Convention of 1999been interpreted and applied since itentered into force in 2003?• Which Middle Eastern States have ratifiedwhich liability regime: Warsaw and itsprogeny, or Montreal 99?• What are the differences in carrier liability forpassengers and cargo?• How have aircraft manufacturerscompensated carriers for delivery delays?• What issues will be addressed in theforthcoming Diplomatic Conference formodernization of the Rome Convention andcarrier liability for terrorism?Chair: Prof. Ram Jakhu – McGill UniversityInstitute of Air & Space LawSpeakers:George Leloudas – Gates and Partners,LondonProfessor Mansour Jabbari – AllamehTabatabaee University, IranPamela Meredith – Zuckert Scoutt &Rasenberger, L.L.P, WashingtonUrban Olson – Advokatfirman Urban OlsonAB, SwedenJae Woon Lee – Korean Air Legal AffairsDept., Korea12:00 – 13:30Lunch10:30 – 10:50Refreshment Break10