Speaker Biograghy: Piotr joined Chopin Airport in 2008, having previously collaborated on some major transport infrastructure projects. In the course of his work at the airport Piotr worked as a team member responsible for elaboration and implementation of a variety of projects including Airport Collaborative Decision Making, Advanced Surveillance Guidance Movement and Control, and System and Airside Capacity Enhancement. In 2010 Piotr became Chairman of the airport’s UEFA EURO 2012 Coordination Body, successfully overseeing the schedule and budget, as well as ensuring consistency of individual projects and initiatives that were part of the project’s scope. He was responsible for collaborating with UEFA, regulatory bodies, Warsaw’s municipality and internal stakeholders. Currently Piotr oversees handling processes and quality standards as a BCMS Manager. He is an academic, teaching aviation at Pultusk Academy. Personal facts: In his spare time, Piotr enjoys music, fast cars and computer games. He is happily married with a two-year-old daughter.


Day 3 - 27 March
Session: Increasing Airport Capacity

13:00 - 13:30 - UEFA 2012 – its live legacy at Warsaw Chopin Airport
Synopsis: For an outsider the airport’s preparation for Euro 2012 must have seemed huge, time consuming, expensive and in many aspects perhaps exaggerated. Although accommodating aircraft and passengers during the tournament proved finally to be much less challenging than expected, the investment and experience are paying off. We shall demonstrate our approach to UEFA’s requirements and forecasts, and how careful management of the collaborative planning process, the investment programme, procedural changes and smart solutions turned what could potentially have become a white elephant project into a successful business case benefiting our users and customers today.

Audience will learn:

• How to approach and prepare for a unique and challenging project e.g. UEFA tournament
• Our advice – in our experience what is important, what to ignore and what to avoid at all cost
• How to evaluate and choose solutions based not only on their current but also their future potential
• What unique procedural changes and solutions we used to achieve an effective solution to UEFA requirements
• Lessons we learned