2024 PROGRAMME
DAY 1 - TUESDAY 18th JUNE
Registration Open
08:00
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09:00
UK & Irish Airports Winter Resilience Group
Giles Peeters, STN, hosts the UK & Irish Airport Winter Resilience Group 2024 meeting
The first meeting of the UK & Irish Winter Resilience group since before COVID promises to be a great opportunity for everybody to re-connect and discuss winter operations. As ever this will be an informal session to discuss topics raised...
10:00
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11:45
Break & Expo
11:45
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12:00
Lunch & Expo
12:45
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13:30
Managing Aerodrome Environmental Impact
Richard Oakes, Airport and Winter Operations consultant, and Head of Fire & Emergency Planning at OXF leads the session on the aviation industry's journey to net zero, covering fleet electrification to solar farms. The Panel contains Airfield operations experts involved...
13:30
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14:15
Workforce Management - Who's Delivering Your Brand?
Resilient staff and post-COVID handling training
Rob Salzano has 11 years of aviation experience, and has previously worked in customer service, data analysis and operational duty manager positions. Rob is currently position as Airfield Operations Manager at MAN, leading a team of +30 for the past...
14:45
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15:30
Break & Expo
15:30
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15:45
Training & Continuous Personal Development
Emerging from the pandemic, airports have been given the opportunity of a fresh perspective, emphasising technology's pivotal role in enhancing training effectiveness and ensuring stakeholder compliance within airport operations. Come join us as we explore technological innovative approaches that are...
15:45
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17:00
A SWIFT Bite
SWIFT Social and networking
Sparkling reception, entertainment wit asian inspired buffet and open bar: SALAD BAR Asian duck salad Pesto chicken & roast vegetable salad Chicken bang bang salad Mixed leaves Meat platter Selection of dressings & condiments MAIN COURSES Thai chicken curry Sea...
18:30
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20:30
DAY 2 - WEDNESDAY 19th JUNE
Opening Plenary
Official welcome to SWIFT Europe 2024
A familiar face in the SWIFT community has been added to the lineup - previous SWIFT Committee Chair, Roy McLeod. Having managed Airside Operations at Calgary International Airport (YYC) for more than 10 years, Roy was responsible for overseeing 2,000 hectares of...
08:00
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09:00
Habitat & Wildlife Management
John Hamshare leads a panel on Habitat & Wildife Management
Our panel of aviation wildlife hazard management experts includes a regulator, an airport wildlife control coordinator and an international wildlife standards expert. We will be discussing many topics and asking questions about how wildlife hazard management is changing: How does new...
09:00
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09:45
Using Airborne Technologies for Airfield Management
Moderated by Patrick Ryan, President of the ASOG (Aerial Sensor Operators Group).
Can Future Aerial Work Aviation Technology Benefit Airport Management Operations? Moderated by Patrick Ryan, President of the ASOG (Aerial Sensor Operators Group). A panel of Subject Matter Experts: Aerial Surveying & Mapping Aerial Emergency Services General Aerial Security & Counter-Drone...
09:45
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10:30
Break & Expo
10:30
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11:15
FOD management
Managing foreign object debris in an airport
Giles Peeters chairs this session to look at FOD and reducing the risk of FOD related incidents. Pritchard will be joined by Jonathan Sides, Chief Engineer for FOD, F-35 Propulsion PMO at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, MD. Director of...
11:15
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12:00
Lunch & Expo
12:00
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12:45
Transitioning Pavement Standards | ACR-PCR
Are you ready for the new ACR-PCR regulation, due to be implemented in November 2024?
Are you ready for the new ACR-PCR regulation, due to be implemented in November 2024? The CAA and the ACF will be on hand to explain what's required and how to make the transition. The session will dig into what...
12:45
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13:45
Glycol Recovery
14:15
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15:00
Vertiports
In this session we will be looking at the development of Vertiports and Infrastructure at airports. This is a rapidly developing area of aviation with many interesting and debatable elements, for example, airspace management, passenger safety, vertiport design, charging points...
15:00
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15:30
Closing Plenary
John Hamshare closes out the first ever SWIFT Europe with announcements about the Vancouver event in September and SWIFT Europe 2025
15:45
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16:00