14.00 – 14.30 Registration
14.30 – 14.40 Welcome
- Pierre Jean Coulon, President of the Section Transport, Energy, Information Society of the EESC
14.40 – 14.50 The EESC's opinion on the proposal "Aviation: An Open and Connected Europe"
- Jacek Krawczyk, President of Employers Group of EESC, Rapporteur of opinion "Aviation: An Open and Connected Europe"
14.50 – 15.20 Keynote speeches
- Henrik Hololei, General-Director, DG MOVE, European Commission
- N.N., Representative of the Presidency of the Council of the EU (tbc)
15.20 – 16.20 Air traffic management continuity: What is the situation now?
Moderator
- Filip Cornelis, Director Aviation, DG MOVE, European Commission
Panellists
- Joe Sultana, Director, Network Manager, EUROCONTROL
- Maurice Georges, Director, Direction générale de l'Aviation civile, France
- Thorsten Dirks, CEO Eurowings Group, Member of Lufthansa Group Executive Board
- Charles-André Quesnel, ETF Air Traffic Management Committee President
- Allan Edmondson, Head of Transport, European Tourism Association ETOA (tbc)
- Jean-Denis Larrere, ATCEUC
Q&A
16.20 – 16.40 Coffee break
16.40 – 17.40 Air traffic management and industrial relations: Ways forward
Moderator
- Jacek Krawczyk, President of Employers Group of EESC, Rapporteur of opinion "Aviation: An Open and Connected Europe"
Panellists
- Piotr Samson, President, ULC Civil Aviation Authority, Poland
- Gȕnter Martis, Director European Affairs, CANSO
- François Ballestero, Political Secretary Civil Aviation, European Transport Workers' Federation
- Thomas Reynaert, Managing Director, Airlines for Europe A4E
- Alain Siebert, SESAR Joint Undertaking
- Pete Curran, Safety and Flight Operations Europe, International Air Transport Association
Q&A
17.45 – 18.00 Concluding remarks
- Filip Cornelis, Director Aviation, DG MOVE, European Commission
- Jacek Krawczyk, President of Employers Group of EESC, Rapporteur of opinion "Aviation: An Open and Connected Europe"
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