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.
GAD Americas 2024 brought together over 170 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.
173 total attendees
51 leading industry speakers
32 countries represented 47 meetings with a 66% acceptance rate
“It’s been a very interesting exchange of experiences and learning. It’s just a very rich environment.”
Attendees and speakers are coming from active projects around the Americas and I left the conference with great contacts. ”
2024 AGENDA HIGHLIGHTS
“Really good conference this year. It’s a must attend. Great opportunity to find out what’s going on in the Americas in terms of aviation development.”
DAVID PRATT, PRESIDENT, PRT GROUP
Key issues on the agenda this year included:
• State of the Aviation Industry address
• Transforming the way we travel through regional air mobility
• The economic address: Rerecoupling air traffic with economic fundamentals
• Analysis of the evolution of airport privatization in Latin America
• What’s the playing field for US airport ownership?
• US Airport P3 case study: diving into the details of developing Manassas Airport (HEF), Washington DC’s newest commercial passenger airport
• Insights into the ongoing evolution & management of PPPs in Brazil
• Airport financing, costs and revenues: the 5 year horizon
• Harnessing private partnerships to realize the potential of Caribbean airports
• Spotlight on Airport + Airline development partnership models: A Canadian case study
• How will future airport infrastructure be financed?
• Expert Q&A: Finding the right model to deliver infrastructure better
• Examining the evolving public function of the airport & the responsibility of its leaders to the communities they serve
GAD attendees enjoyed many opportunities to reinforce & build their networks including:
• Using the networking app to identify new connections
• Expert-hosted discussion roundtables
• Exclusive lunches for Airport C-Suite and Government representatives
• Networking lunches and drinks reception
FUN FACT:
As a result of more than 40 meetings and connections being made at GAD World, 4 trees will be planted.
The GAD World 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?
Attendees by Seniority
Countries Attended
• Albania
• Argentina
• Aruba
• Australia
• Bahamas
• Belgium
• Brazil
• Canada
• Chile
• Colombia
• Costa Rica
• Dominica
• Dominican Republic
• Ecuador
• Germany
• Guyana
• Indonesia
• Jamaica
• Lithuania
• Martinique
• Mexico
• Panama
• Peru
• Spain
• Switzerland
• Thailand
• Turks and Caicos Islands
• United Arab Emirates
• United Kingdom
• United States
• Uruguay
• Virgin Islands, British
INDUSTRY LEADERS ON THE AGENDA IN 2024
Jody Aldcorn Partner McCarthy Tetrault
Carlos Allimant Partner, Chile Modalis
Renan Brandao Head of Airport Economic Regulation Dept. ANAC
Sandra Gonzalez Navarro Assistant Director Airport Development, Americas IATA
Paulos Ashebir Lakew
Regional Director, Market Analysis Boeing Commercial Airplanes
David Appleby Director, Air Service Development LAC ASM
Ionut Doldor Director Transactions AviAlliance
Filipe dos Reis Independent Consultant
Curtis Grad President & CEO Modalis
Liying Gu VP, Economic Affairs & Research ACI-NA
Caryn Lund VP, Public Policy, Regulatory & Government Affairs Ferrovial Vertiports
Ramon Miro CEO Corporacion Quiport S.A.
Larry Belinsky Managing Director Frasca & Associates
Jolene Berry Manassas Regional Airport
Rafael Echevarne Director General ACI-LAC
David Feldman Managing Partner Exambela
Monika Infante AERODOM
Moe Kamleh Director, Project Development AECON Concessions
Mark Morehouse Managing Director | P3 Investment Banking Oppenheimer Funds
Jaime Binder Secretary CLAC (Comisión Latinoamericana de Aviación Civil)
