The next big industry conference event is the 2007 ACI Airport Business & Trinity Forum. Here is the programme for those wishing to join the 133 companies that are already registered.

MARCH 11: All day: Sporting events (Golf, Indoor skiing, tennis);
19.30: Opening Cocktail, JW Marriott;

MARCH 12: 09.00: Welcome: Robert J. Aaronson, Director General, Airports Council International andMartin Moodie, Publisher, The Moodie Report;
09.10: Opening remarks by: His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, President of theDepartment of Civil Aviation and Chairman of Emirates Group;

Session 1 – Dual Keynote Session:
09.20: Dubai Duty Free – the next stage: Colm McLoughlin, Dubai Duty Free;
09.40: A new vision – Mark Riches, World Duty Free;
Questions and Answers with Colm McLoughlin and Mark Riches;
10.15: Film: ?How partnerships are driving footfall, penetration and spend? – Part 1: A documentary by Peter Marshall, Marshall Arts International;
10.35: Coffee;

Session 2 – The Big Picture;
11.00: Live interview: Juli?n Diaz, Ceo, Dufry.
11.25: Why women are the key airport consumers of the future – Sung-Joo Kim, Chairperson and Ceo, MCM;
11.50: Emerging Markets India – Dr K Ramalingham, Chairman, Airports Authority of India;
12.15: Kjeld Binger, Ceo, Dubai Aerospace Enterprise Airports;
12.40: Lunch;

Session 3 ? Driving revenues;

14.00: Why tobacco is critical to the future of the retail business at airports – George Farah, Managing Director, Philip Morris Worldwide Duty Free;

15.00: Exploiting the airport advertising medium -Sandrine Mettetal, Marketing & Business Development Director, JCDecaux;
15.30: Coffee;

15.50: Session 4 – Choice of two workshops;

A) Addressing the penetration dilemma: A ?Trinity Team? presentation: ?Promotional mechanics that work? led by Ylva Persson, Travel Retail Director, William Grant & Sons; Redefining the airport shop of the future – Ibrahim Ibrahim, Portland Design; Understanding and rewarding customer loyalty -Enrique Urioste, Ceo, InterBaires;

B) Capturing the traveller?s imagination supported byRaising travellers? expectations and revenuesAndrew Lynch, CEO, SSP; Marrying different airport revenue streams – Jan Laufs, Commercial Director, Lima Airport Partners; New and alternative commercial sectors – Dick Flink, Director of Business Unit Consumers, Schiphol Group;

17.00: Informal networking;

20:00: Gala Dinner and ASQ Awards hosted byVenue: Dubai Aviation Club

MARCH 13:
09.00: Film: ?How partnerships can drive footfall, penetration and spend?: Part 2: A documentary by Peter Marshall, Marshall Arts International;

09.20: Investing in airport commercial revenue streams – Doug Benham, Associate Director, Macquarie Airports;
09.40: Working together for growth: A joint presentation by Michel Perol, Ceo, Aelia and Pascal Bourgue, A?roports de Paris;
10.10: The Big Brand Perspective. Ron Anderson -Managing Director, Global Travel and Middle East – Worldwide, Diageo; Martha Rosas – Duty Free Manager Worldwide, Luxottica Group; Catherine Saurais – General Manager, Nestl? International Travel Retail;

11.50: Towards a Global Solution for Transfer Passengers with Travel Retail Items. An important and right up to date briefing from Craig Bradbrook, ACI Director, Security & Facilitation on the February meeting of the ICAO Secretariat Study Group and the status of global implementation of restrictions on liquids, gels and aerosols – followed by Q&A.

12.30: The Airport Leaders? Forum. Europe:Geoff Muirhead, Ceo, Manchester Airports Group; Middle East: Speaker to be named; North America:Larry Berg, President and Ceo, Vancouver International Airport Authority; Asia: Dato' Bashir Ahmad Bin Abdul Majid, Managing Director, Malaysia Airports; Africa: George Muhoho, Managing Director, Kenya Airports Authority;

Moderated by: John Sutcliffe, Managing Director, Aer Rianta International-Middle East;

13.30: 'A Power Lunch' – Sponsored by King Power Group (Hong Kong);

14.45: The Consumer Focus Workshop; Dr Ian Cesa, President & CEO, Horizon Research Corporation andDr Miri Hardy, Vice President and Head of Horizon Research Corporation Europe – Assessing the psychological impact of the aviation security crisis on travellers, their behaviour and their airport spend;
Mark Adamson and Damien Kobel, Directors DKMAAirport Service Quality (ASQ) – An insight into the airport industry?s most important consumer-voted awards; Farrol Kahn, Director, Aviation Health Institute – How taking the stress out of the travel experience can build commercial revenues.