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CONFERENCE AGENDA - FEBRUARY 19, 2025: WEDNESDAY
Air cargo in Africa primed for growth despite all odds
| Time | Topic | Speakers & Designation | Moderator |
|---|---|---|---|
11:00 AM – 12:15 PM | Panel 1: How African air cargo could be set to soar | Racheal Ndegwa, CEO, Swissport Kenya | Glyn Hughes, Director General, TIACA |
Wilson Kwong, CEO, Hactl: Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Ltd | |||
Peter Musola, Head of Cargo Commercial, Kenya Airways | |||
Aaron Tayler, Regional Director, Market Analysis, Boeing | |||
Eric Wilson, Senior Vice President, Cargo Sales, Qatar Airways Cargo | |||
Grant Kemp, Regional GM, Central (Africa, UAE, GCC, CIS & Levant), Etihad Cargo | |||
12:15 PM – 12:45 PM | Editor’s Choice | Guest: Badr Abbas, Divisional SVP, Emirates SkyCargo | Reji John, Editor, STAT Media Group |
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM | Panel 2: Perishables by air – what’s keeping them fresh? | Torsten Wefers, VP Sales & Marketing, Liège Airport | Libin Chacko Kurian, Assistant Editor, STAT Media Group |
Dennis Lister, SVP Product & Innovation, Emirates SkyCargo | |||
Chris Goodsir, CEMEA Operations Support – Cargo, Swissport | |||
Raphael Kiptis, Head of Finance, Sian Roses | |||
Jessie Brar-Patel, CEO, Fresh Flow Logistics | |||
3:00 PM – 3:20 PM | Editor’s Choice | Guests: | Reji John, Editor, STAT Media Group |
Sanjeev Gadhia, Founder & CEO, Astral Aviation | |||
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM | Panel 3: Facilitating trade within Africa – developing a multimodal roadmap | Caroline Trefault, Intermodal Africa Manager, MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company | Prof. Frank Straube, Professor Chair of Logistics, Berlin Institute of Technology |
Lyndee du Toit, CEO, Air Charter Service (ACS) South Africa | |||
Nikolai Schaffner, VP – E-Commerce, Swissport | |||
David Ambridge, Director Cargo & Mail, TAAG Angola Airlines | |||
Hanno Burwitz, Head of Commercial Middle East, Africa, South Asia & CIS, Lufthansa Cargo |
CONFERENCE AGENDA - FEBRUARY 20, 2025: THURSDAY
“Air cargo in Africa primed for growth despite all odds”
| Time | Topic | Speakers & Designation | Moderator |
|---|---|---|---|
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM | Panel 4: The now and the next technology in air cargo | Speaker from Turkish Cargo | Olivier Houri, EVP & Chief Revenue Officer, SmartKargo |
Jasraj Singh Chug, Co-founder & Director, CargoFlash | |||
Evgeny Shadov, Chief Commercial Officer, MixJet | |||
Julien Triay, Vice President - Airlines Sales, WebCargo by Freightos | |||
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM | Panel 5: Commodity Focus – eCommerce, the new air cargo influencer | Dawit Wubshet, President, Ethiopian Freight Forwarders Association | Steven Verhasselt, Founder, FB Cargo Strategy |
Vivian Lau, Chair & Group CEO, Pacific Air Holdings Limited | |||
David Ambridge, Director Cargo & Mail, TAAG Angola Airlines | |||
Ken Mbogo, Regional Director Africa, Saudia Cargo | |||
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM | Panel 6: The transformative power of UAVs in last-mile deliveries | Yaniv Gelnik, Founder, GSD Global | Reji John, Editor, STAT Media Group |
Kush Gadhia, CEO, Astral Aerial Solutions | |||
Derrick Ngokonyo, Chairperson, Kenyan By Blood Foundation | |||
Kiprono Chepkok, Head of Partnerships, Kenya Tissue and Transplant Authority (KTTA) | |||
3:30 PM – 4:30 PM | Panel 7: Net Zero by 2050 – fact vs fiction | Speaker from Turkish Cargo | Reji John, Editor, STAT Media Group |
Gabriela Hiitola, Senior Vice President, Finnair Cargo | |||
Zlatko Zlatic, Head of Cargo Sales & Handling Eastern Africa, Lufthansa Cargo | |||
Danita Waterfall-Brizzi, Principal Cargo & Logistics Consultant |