GAD Americas 2023 Post Show Report

GAD Americas 2023 brought together over 175 attendees from the airport investment and development community for the 2-day event, packed with best-practice conference sessions and exclusive community and new business networking opportunities.

“This is what GAD is all about, the networking of the top decision makers in the aviation industry. Deals get done through the personal relationships which are here as the GAD conferences gets to the heart of the issues facing every major airport operator in the world.”

179 total attendees

70 leading industry speakers

23 countries represented

116 meetings with a 63% acceptance rate.

146 new connections made

The GAD forums have been uniting airport stakeholders since 1994 and bring together major global public and private airport operators, investors, financiers and industry experts.

JEFF SCHEFERMAN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, VICC USA

2023 AGENDA HIGHLIGHTS

The strategic forum tackling airport business & financial challenges:

• How are airline business models adapting to volatile market conditions?

• Showcasing the Miami International Airport Capital improvement program

• Optimizing air transport in Latin America & the Caribbean

• What’s on the Airport CEO’s 5-year horizon?

• The economic outlook: making sense of the world in 2023

• Revamping airport commercial & revenue models

• The Advanced Air Mobility landscape: the view from Capitol Hill

• Delivering agnostic vertiport networks

• Re-balancing Airport finances in Latin America

• Next generation cargo strategy: the VICC project

• Delivering decarbonization in airport operations and strategy

• Regional airport models: re-starting these engines of economic development

• US Airport Finance 2.0

The original airport ownership & development event for the Americas:

• What is the role of the privatised concession in the current environment in Latin America?

• Deep dive on the public / private dynamics of the Caribbean market:

• The Turks and Caicos Islands story

• Brazil airport concessions: What’s next?

• The LAC Market Pipeline

• Examining the US airport investment and management landscape, meeting the movers and shakers

• Evaluating hybrid models for a hybrid US market

• Spotlight on Canada

• New York: 21st century models for 21st century airports

• The Tweed New Haven Airport P3 case study

• Federal airport development initiatives

“ GAD is an important conference that should be attended by Airports, Developers, Finance companies and Suppliers needing to connect with each other. ”

“ If you’re in the airport business, you can’t afford to miss GAD. ”

“I found the topics particularly relevant … it’s a really useful conference with really good people.”

VERNICE

WALKINE,

CEO,

NASSAU AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT

CO.

Attendees by Seniority

FUN FACT:

As a result of more than 100 meetings and connections being made at GAD Americas, 10 trees will be planted. The GAD Americas app is powered by Brella and in partnership with OneTree Planet which plants one tree for every 10 meetings! Who knew networking could be so good for the planet?

Countries Attended

• Albania

• Argentina

• Bahamas

• Brazil

• Canada

• Chile

• Colombia

• Costa Rica

• Curaçao

• Dominica

• Dominican Republic

• Germany

• Greece

• India

• Ireland

• Jamaica

• Mexico

• Netherlands

• Panama

• Peru

• Singapore

• Spain

• Turkey

• Turks and Caicos Islands

• United Arab Emirates

• United States

Luke Bugeja CEO Ferrovial Airports

George Casey Chair & CEO Vantage Airport Group

Ralph Cutié Director & CEO Miami-Dade Aviation Department

Andrew O’Brian President & CEO Centerline Airport Partners

Amit Rikhy President & CEO Carlyle Airport Group

Jorge Roberts CEO Avports

Kevin Cox CEO Ferrovial Vertiports

Audley Deidrick President & CEO Airports Authority of Jamaica

Raul Diaz Diaz Gerente General Aeropuertos Andinos del Peru

Neil Pakey President & CEO Nieuport Aviation

Tom Rafter Executive Director Tweed New Haven Airport

Jorge Rosillo CEO & GM Aeropuertos Ecológicos Galápagos

Peter Cerda Regional VP, The Americas IATA

Rick Cotton Executive Director The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey

Steven Hicks Director, Southern Region Airports Headquarters FAA

Jan Hogrefe Director, Market Analysis & Chief Economist Boeing

Patricia Ornst Managing Director, State & Local Government Affairs Delta

Kenneth Romer Director of Aviation Bahamas Ministry of Tourism, Investments & Aviation

Juan Jose Salmon Balestra CEO Lima Airport Partners

Kathleen Sharman CFO Greater Orlando Aviation Authority

Godfrey Smith CEO Turks and Caicos Islands Airports Authority

Karen Strougo CEO Amazonian Airports

Vernice Walkine President & CEO Nassau Airport Development Company

Rafael Echevarne Director General ACI-LAC

Ashish Aggarwal General Manager, Strategy GMR Group

Jody Aldcorn Partner McCarthy Tetrault

Carlos Allimant Partner, Chile Modalis

Eric Ayim Sr. Sales and Relationship Manager SITA

Tim Bath Partner, Co-HeadInfrastructure, Power & Renewables Solomon Partners

Juan Betancur MD, Debt Capital Markets - Americas UBS Securities

Ionut Doldor Director Transactions AviAlliance

Jaime Escobar Head of Fuel, User Charges & Environment ALTA

Ron Factor Chairman Airis Aviation Development

David Feldman Managing Partner Exambela

Arturo GarcíaAlonso Chief Operating Officer Avports

Curtis Grad President & CEO Modalis

Renan Brandão Head of Airport Economic Regulation Dept. ANAC

Ricardo Catanant Director ANAC

David Cibrian CEO American Triple I

Carlos Criado VP & CCO Centerline Airport Partners

Kunal Dasgupta VP, Acquisitions Vantage Airport Group

Douglas Doetsch Partner Mayer Brown

Liying Gu VP, Economic Affairs & Research ACI-NA

Heather Haney Airport Compliance Specialist FAA

Selvyn Hawkins Executive Chairman Turks and Caicos Islands Airports Authority

Patrick Heck VP-Business Development Vantage Airport Group

Shawn Kinder Senior Advisor Solomon Partners

Kevin McAleenan CEO Pangiam

Marc McGrady Partner Carlyle Airport Group

Mark Morehouse MD - P3 Investment Banking Oppenheimer & Co.

Steven Nackan EVP, President, Concessions Aecon

David Narefsky Partner Mayer Brown

Norbert Onkelbach Chief Commercial Officer Lima Jorge Chavez Intl Airport

Monette Pasher President Canadian Airports Council

Andy Ricover Air Transport Specialist Independent

Joel Roberson Partner Holland & Knight

Tom Ruth Secretary, Board of Trustees Airlink

Jeff Scheferman Executive Director VICC USA

Daniel Seltzer Managing Director, Project Finance MUFG, Global Corporate & Investment Banking

Steven Summers Managing Director Citi

Sammy Patel VP, Commercial Vantage Airport Group

Filipe Pereira dos Reis Regional Director Airport, Passenger Cargo and Security, Americas

Eugenio Perissé Head of Business Development. Corporacion America Airports

David Pratt President PRT Group

Norberto Quintana Partner Holland & Knight

Eric Richards Partner O’Melveny

Daniel Ungerleider EVP & CFO AFCO

Paulo Varnieri Partner Holland & Knight

Maria von Schack Partner O’Melveny & Myers LLP

Lutz Weisser Managing Director Munich Airport International

“

Given the quality of the presentations and the attendees this is a “must attend “ if you are serious about your profession and the industry”

COMPANIES IN ATTENDANCE

Airports Council International - LAC

Airports Council International - North America

Aecon

Aeris Holding Costa Rica

AERODOM

Aeropuerto Internacional de Tocumen

Aeropuertos Andinos del Peru

AFCO

AIAI

Airis Aviation Development LLC

Airlink

Airports Authority, Jamaica

ALTA

Alton Aviation Consultancy

Amazonia Airports Concession

AME (Aeropuertos Mexicanos)

American Triple I

ANAC

Arcadis Arup

ASM

AviAlliance

Avianca

Avports

Bahamas Ministry of Tourism, Investments & Aviation

Bermuda Skyport Corporation

BHM

Boeing

British Consulate General Miami

Canadian Airport Council

Carlyle Airport Group

Centerline Airport Partners

CIBC World Markets Inc.

Cigna Citigroup Corporacion Americas Airports

Curaçao Airport Holding

Cushman & Wakefield

daa International

DBJ Americas

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP

Delta

Exambela Consulting

EXP U.S. SERVICES Inc.

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)

Ferrovial Airports

Flare Aviation Consulting

Gensler

Global Lounge Network LLC

GMR Group

Greater Orlando Aviation Authority

Griffiths & Partners

Groupe ADP

Holland & Knight

I Squared Capital Advisors (US) LLC

IADC Dominica

IATA

Japan International Transport & Tourism Institute

Kahua

KeyBanc Capital Markets

Kukes International Airport

Library of Congress

Lima Airport Partners

Limak Group of Companies

Mayer Brown

mba Aviation

McCarthy Tetrault

McKinsey & Company

Miami International Airport

Miami-Dade Aviation Department

Modalis Infrastructure Partners

Mott MacDonald

MUFG

Munich Airport International

Nassau Airport Development Company

Odinsa

OEC USA, Inc.

O’Melveney & Myers LLP

Oppenheimer & Co.

Pangiam

PLS TCI & Coxco Construction

PRT

PSA Management, Inc.

Punta Cana International Airport

Redmond Municipal Airport

Royal Schiphol Group

Simply Strategic

SITA

Solomon Partners

TA, Newark Liberty International Airport

TBI Airport Management

The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey

Turks & Caicos Islands Airports Authority

Turks & Caicos Islands Government

Tweed New Haven Airport

UBS Americas

UBS Investment Bank

Vantage Airport Group

VICC® USA

WALA

Westfield