2023 AGENDA
Please note that all sessions are listed in local Singapore time (GMT +8)
17:30 Welcome Cocktail Reception
08:00 – 09:00 BREAKFAST
09:00 OPENING REMARKS
09:15 – 10:15 SESSION ONE: PANEL — Air cargo and freighters in the Asia-Pacific region: A brightening future?
· Passenger fleet and network trajectories for the Asia-Pacific market and the implications
· Recovery and prospects for 2023 and beyond
· Renewing and expanding freighter fleets at the region’s carriers
PANELISTS:
10:15 – 10:45 SESSION TWO: Fireside Chat
A key air cargo industry executive will take the stage to talk economy, trends in freighter fleets and outlook for the Asia-Pacific region.
10:45 – 11:30 MID-MORNING BREAK
13:45 – 14:30 SESSION FOUR: PANEL — Fleet implications of Asian e-commerce
· E-commerce demand trends in Asia
· The growing demand for own-controlled capacity – projections for Asia
· India and Southeast Asia: today’s key to Asian e-commerce-fueled airfreight growth
PANELISTS:
14:30 – 15:15 pm AFTERNOON BREAK
15:15 – 16:00 SESSION FIVE: PANEL — Asian express evolution: post-pandemic reinvention
· Trends in time-definite express delivery across Asia
· Operator and fleet diversification update
· Facilitating improvements in ex-Asia express delivery and infrastructure
17:00 COCKTAIL RECEPTION
08:00 – 09:00 BREAKFAST
09:00 OPENING REMARKS
09:05 – 10:00 SESSION SIX PANEL – Feeding Asia’s appetite for widebody freighters
· Assessing the latest generation of production and converted widebody freighters
· Replacing 747s: strategies and realities
· A look at Asia-specific demand, usage patterns and order books
PANELISTS:
10:00 – 10:30 SESSION SEVEN: FIRESIDE CHAT
Marco Issak, Founder & Group Chief Executive Officer of Asia Cargo Network, will take the stage.
10:30 – 11:00 MID-MORNING BREAK
11:00 – 12:00 SESSION EIGHT: PANEL — Freighter leasing in Asia: The lessor perspective
· Growing lessor interest in the latest generation of freighter conversions
· Feedstock availability of 737NGs, A320s, A321s and A330s
· New startups and managing risk
PANELISTS: