Program

19:00 – 21:00

Welcome cocktail reception at JW Marriott Absheron Hotel

08:30

Coffee and registration

09:30

Opening session

Welcome remarks

Rahman Hummadov
Dep. Minister of Digital Development and Transport of the Republic of Azerbaijan

Zaur Akhundov
President, Silk Way Group

Glenn Wicks
Attorney of Law, Founder & Managing Director, The Wicks Group
Conference chairman

09:50

Fireside Chat with Boeing  “Taking Action Today for a Better Tomorrow”

Michael K. Sinnett
Vice President & General Manager Product Development,
Boeing Commercial Airplanes

+ Wolfgang Meier, President & CEO, Silk Way West Airlines

Chat leader: Glenn Wicks, Conference chairman

10:20

Coffee

10:50

Global Market Outlook

• The Big Picture
• Opportunities and challenges coming year

Glyn Hughes, Director General, TIACA
Cagkan Torunlar, Director Cargo Sales Eastern Europe, Turkish Airlines
Thomas Crabtree, Managing Director, Trade and Transport Group

12:00

Lunch

13:15

Focus: Europe – Asia Tradelane

• Market outlook
• Current geopolitical challenges

Marco Bloemen, Managing Director, Accenture – Cargo Advisory Lead
Björn Eckbauer, Sr. Vice President Global Operations & Procurement, DB Schenker Global Airfreight
Wolfgang Meier, President & CEO, Silk Way West Airlines

14:15

E-Commerce – Future Trends

Thomas Yu, Sr. Director Global Hub Operations & Product Development, Cainiao Network/Alibaba Group
Sebastiaan Scholte, Chief Executive Officer, Kales Group
Jenny Zhao, Vice President Asia-Pacific, Silk Way West Airlines

15:15

Coffee

15:40

Future of Cargo Aircraft

• Next generation widebody freighters
• Future demand for cargo aircraft
• Next generation engines

John Skelly, Business Development Director, Airbus
John Perdoch, Regional Director – Product Marketing, Boeing Commercial Airplanes
Burak Orkun Tuncer, Senior Regional Sales Director, GE Aerospace
Sergio Alves, Head Intelligence and Market & Product Strategy, Embraer Defence and Security
Jason Sutcliffe, Marketing Director – M. East, Africa & Central Asia, Rolls-Royce

16:40

End of conference day 1

19:00

Gala Dinner at Gülüstan Palace (Gülüstan sarayı)

10:00

Innovation in Logistics & Supply Chain

• Next generation logistics: Trends & Innovation
• AI and air cargo: What to expect?

Steve Townes, Chief Executive Officer, ACL Airshop
Sofiane Daher, Expert, McKinsey & Company
Vitaly Smilianets, Founder & CEO, Awery Aviation Software
Wilson Kwong, Chief Executive, Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Ltd. (Hactl)

11:15

Coffee

11:45

The Sustainable Supply Chain – The Next Leap

• Sustainability in air cargo logistics
• The environment and climate resilience: How to implement new measures for cleaner aviation?
• Growing regulatory requirements on industry reporting its sustainability impacts and activities

Noor Salman, Global Head of Environment & Sustainability, dnata
Jason Sutcliffe, Marketing Director – M. East, Africa & Central Asia, Rolls-Royce
Aslan Ibrahimov, Director Risk Advisory, Deloitte & Touche LLAC

12:45

Free Economic Zone – Something New Coming…

• Special presentation on upcoming project

Jaouad Dbila, Business Development Advisor to Board Chairman, Silk Way West Airlines & CEO, SW AFEZCO

13:00

End of Conference & Lunch

14:30

City Tour (Optional)