European Economic
and Social Committee
Programme
14.00 Registration
14.30 – 14.50 Welcome address and introductions
- Pierre Jean Coulon - President of the TEN Section, European Economic and Social Committee (EESC)
- Raffaele Cattaneo - Chair of the COTER Commission, European Committee of the Regions (CoR)
14.50 – 15.10 Keynote speech – Hon Dr. Edward Zammit Lewis - Maltese Minister for Tourism
15.10 – 15.20 Keynote speech – Henrik Hololei - Director-General DG Mobility and Transport, European Commission
15.20 – 16.50 Regional connectivity in the context of the Aviation Strategy for Europe
- Pavel Telička - Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur for the Aviation Strategy
- Filip Cornelis - Director for Aviation and International Transport Affairs, European Commission
- Jacek Krawczyk - EESC Rapporteur for the Aviation Strategy
- Ulrika Landergren - CoR Rapporteur for the Aviation Strategy
- Paul Bugeja - Chief Executive, Malta Tourism Authority
- Joe Sultana - Director Network Manager, Eurocontrol
Discussion with the audience moderated by Henrik Hololei - Director-General DG Mobility and Transport, EC
16.50 – 17.05 Coffee break
17.05 – 18.20 Achieving sustainable regional connectivity – challenges and opportunities
- Morgan Foulkes – Deputy Director General of Airports Council International Europe (ACI)
- Jan Klas – Vice-Chairman of the European CANSO CEO Committee and Director General for Air Navigation Services of the Czech Republic
- Simon McNamara - Director General of the European Regions Airline Association (ERA)
- Mikko Turtiainen - Vice President, Finnair Global Sales
- Anu Hietala - Civil Aviation Section Co-President at the European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF)
- Bertrand Pabon - Director for Marketing and Strategy at ATR
- Josef Formosa Gauci - Consultant for the Maltese Ministry of Tourism
Discussion with the audience moderated by Jacek Krawczyk - EESC Rapporteur for the Aviation Strategy
18.20 – 18.30 Conclusions – Ulrika Landergren - CoR Rapporteur for the Aviation Strategy
– Jacek Krawczyk - EESC Rapporteur for the Aviation Strategy
Interpretation: from EN/FR/IT/MT/SV into EN/FR/IT/MT/SV