Speaker Biograghy: Maria Julia has studied at Universidad de Buenos Aires, Columbia University (NY), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Boston), and University of Westminster (London) among others. She has spent the last 20 years programming and developing airport master plans, and analysing aeronautical and non-aeronautical requirements and investments. She was responsible for the development of the Ezeiza, Aeroparque, Yerevan, Montevideo and Guayaquil master plans among many others, and is responsible for the planning and programming of development requirements for AA2000's 33 airports. Maria Julia has participated in projects for about 60 airports, evaluating air transport issues, developing plans for the airports and presenting proposals for bidding packages for privatisation in several countries. She has represented the company and lectured at conferences, seminars and exhibitions in Europe and USA; she has also presented projects to stakeholders, governments and national and international press. She was a designer on the team at Terminal 1 at JFK Airport, NY, which was selected by IATA as a benchmarking passenger building.


Day 2 - 11 March
Session: Airport Design, Planning & Development

16:20 - 16:45 - Revisiting masterplanning
Synopsis: Seventeen years after our first drafts, we came out with very valuable masterplans for the group airports. The plans are alive and dynamic; they mutate constantly but never lose their strength and substance. While developing them, we have mastered the ability to simultaneously deal with each airport, the plans themselves and the numerous projects within. It's been many years of handling and adopting solutions that, amazingly, are probably applicable for all airports.

Audience will learn:

• Masterplanning for existing and new airports
• Lessons learned
• New and outdated key issues