8:00 am

Official Opening and Welcome (East Hall)

• Jose Perez-Jones, Chairman, World Trade Center Miami and Senior Vice President, Seaboard Marine
• Peter Scholten, Chairman, IX Air Cargo Americas and Vice President/General Manager Americas for Martinair
• Max Fajardo, Deputy Aviation Director, Miami-Dade Aviation Department

Call to Order

• Eric L. Andrews, Program Chairman, Air Cargo Americas and President & CEO, Mission Cargo Management

State-of-the- Air Cargo Industry in the Western Hemisphere:
“Managing Change and Excelling in the Marketplace”

Topic: The Chief Executive Officers and Senior Vice Presidents for Cargo of the most successful air cargo carriers will address their visions, strategies and forecasts for the growth of the air cargo industry. They will respond to the following questions:
- Why has your company been successful when so many companies have failed or are struggling to grow?
- What issues are affecting or may impact the growth of trade in this hemisphere?
- What market segments should have the greatest growth potential over the next two years?

Moderator: Ian Martin Jones, Editor, Air Cargo Week

Speakers:

• Peter Scholten, Vice President/General Manager Americas for Martinair
• Cristian Ureta, CEO, LAN Cargo
• Jim Facette, President and CEO, Canadian Airports Council
• Fabio A. Oliveira, CEO, SP Cargo
• Des Vertannes, Executive VP Cargo, Etihad Airways – Crystal Cargo
• Tom O’Malley, Vice President Cargo, Latin America, UPS Air Cargo

Business Card Exchange (Coffee & Refreshments) (East Hall)
Sponsors: Cargo Services and Globe Air

Transportation of Perishables: Improvements and Shortcomings in Services

Topic: Senior executives, representing different parts of the logistics chain will comment on the improvements and shortcomings that must be addressed to expedite the packaging and transportation of perishable products.

Moderator: Christian Helms, Secretary General, Cool Chain Association

Speakers:

• Raul Aragundi, President, Panatlantic Logistics
• Robert Rozek, Global Director of Perishables, Martinair Cargo& Tampa Cargo
• David Armellini, President, Armellini Industries
• Michael Vorwerk – COO, LifeConEx, LLC.

Luncheon (North Ballroom in Hotel)
Sponsor: World Trade Center Miami

Topic: Update on Panama Canal and U.S./Panama Free Trade Agreement and Perspective on US/Latin American Trade

Speaker: Mara Imelda Pardo Barahona, President, weKnow – Trade & Economics Consultants

Opening Reception (West Hall)
Sponsors: Martinair Cargo & Tampa Cargo

Call to Order (East Hall)

• Eric L. Andrews, Program Chairman, Air Cargo Americas and President & CEO, Mission Cargo Management

Shipper’s View of the Air Cargo Industry in the Americas

Topic: Leading executives of world-class shippers will discuss the dynamics that must occur between shippers, air cargo companies and customers to ensure that products are transported on a timely and quality basis. Speakers will address the integration of logistics chains from the perspective of shippers, freight forwarders and air cargo companies. Also, they will identify the best strategies to overcome shipping impediments and inefficiencies.

Moderator: Jack W. Boisen, Staff Vice President Cargo, Continental Airlines and Chairman of the Board, TIACA

Speakers:

• Greg O. Andrews, Managing Director, EMIL, The Executive Master’s Program in International Logistics at Georgia Institute of Technology, (former Director of Global Logistics & Transportation, ADTRAN Inc.)
• Augusto Solano, President, ASOCOLFLORES

Business Card Exchange (Coffee & Refreshments) (East Hall)

Customs Reforms in the Americas (East Hall)

Topic: As a region, Latin America and the Caribbean have witnessed tremendous economic growth rates, although, there are still many issues that impede the growth of these regions. Our speakers will provide a progress report on recent custom regulations reform throughout the Americas, and forecast future regulatory changes and their impact on the air cargo industry.

Moderator: Michael Webber, President, Webber Air Cargo

Speakers:

• Carolina Roca Ruano, Director of Superintendent of Tax Administration, S.A.T., Guatemala
• Lenny Feldman, Managing Partner, Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg, P.A.
• J. Frank Mermoud, Special Representative, Commercial and Business Affairs, U.S. Department of State

Luncheon with Guest Speaker Andres Oppenheimer
(North Ballroom in Hotel)
Sponsor: UPS

Topic: Can Latin America Attain the Same Success as India and China in the International Trade Arena?

Having spent significant time researching the political and economic climate of Latin America, India, and China, Andres Oppenheimer will discuss the comparisons between the regions, as well as forecast areas of future reform throughout the Americas. Additionally, he will report on the impact of the pending free trade agreements in the Western Hemisphere on the growth of international business.

Speaker: Andres Oppenheimer, Columnist, “The Oppenheimer Report” and Latin American editor and foreign affairs columnist for The Miami Herald. In 1987, he was a co-winner of the Pulitzer Prize for coverage of the Iran –Contra scandal. He served as the Mexico Bureau Chief for The Miami Herald and previously worked for five years with Associated Press in New York. He has authored four books including, “Castro’s Final Hour: An eyewitness account of the disintegration of Castro’s Cuba; and “Bordering on Chaos: Guerillas, Stockholders, Politicians and Mexico’s Road to Prosperity”.

Oppenheimer was selected by the Forbes Media Guides as one of the “500 most important journalists” in the US and by Poder magazine as one of the “100 most powerful people” in Latin America.

Demonstrations of Methods and New Technologies to Screen Air Cargo

• Representative, U.S. Customs & Border Patrol, U.S. Department of Agriculture, K-9 Program
• Jonathan Wasserman, COO, Oceanwide (USA) Inc., Managing TSA record keeping requirements to maintain compliance
• Andre Johnson, Founder & COO, FreightScan, LLC, Cargo scanning equipment
• John Dolan, Vice President Business Development, AD Aerospace, Aircraft safety and security video systems
• Erik Hoffer, President, CGM Security Solutions Inc., truck and trailer security devices and wireless cargo trackers

Business Card Exchange (Coffee & Refreshments) (West Hall)

Miami International Airport Airside Tour

• Registration must be received 48 hours prior to tour
• Buses will leave from the front of the Sheraton Centre Hotel Lobby
  
  

Exhibit Hall Closes