Speaker Biograghy: Velis is the founder of TOTALCDM, a consulting company aimed at supporting airports to 'sweat their assets' with smart application of proven A-CDM and TAM principles. He has 22 years' air traffic management and airport planning, operations, training and consulting experience. Following his transport engineering studies, Velis started his aviation career as a licensed air traffic controller at Eurocontrol Maastricht UAC. His last position was with Dubai Airports as ATM Strategy & Development Manager. In parallel he was also the Chairman of the national A-CDM WG in the UAE. In between, Velis has been working for Hochtief, Athens International Airport, Eurocontrol Airport CDM project, EASA and as a consultant in Oman, India, Australia and several European countries. Velis is one of the founding members of the European A-CDM community. He specialises in airport safety, capacity and efficiency enhancement projects and in airport-ATC liaison management.


Day 2 - 15 March
Session: Management & Operations

09:05 - 09:35 - Harmonising A-CDM implementation beyond EU – the UAE best practice
Synopsis: A-CDM delivers benefits to all airport stakeholders and to the network, as EU airports get connected to the NM. The UAE have several busy airports and an increasing amount of overflying traffic. Therefore the network requires accurate traffic predictions from all airports, thus the need for harmonised A-CDM implementation. In the UAE there is no ATFCM yet, although the national NOC implementation is progressing. In the usual proactive way, the GCAA has formed a dedicated A-CDM WG aiming to harmonise A-CDM implementation. The lessons learned and benefits of such an initiative could also apply to other countries and regions worldwide.

Audience will learn:

• Why the need for A-CDM harmonisation becomes imperative, as the number of airports implementing A-CDM increases
• How a state can prepare for, support and harmonise A-CDM implementation
• International best practice: the UAE national A-CDM implementation harmonisation working group
• Lessons learned from the first 12 months of the working group activities
• Which other regions can benefit from such an initiative and why

Day 2 - 15 March
Session: Management & Operations

10:55 - 11:40 - Panel Discussion: The voice of A-CDM – best practices from key global A-CDM programmes
Synopsis: Each panellist will share the two or three 'silver bullets' they discovered while leading the implementation of A-CDM in Amsterdam, Geneva, Dubai, Singapore, Viracopos and other airports that embarked on the A-CDM journey. The audience and panellists will then have the chance to challenge and question each other on these global A-CDM best practices.

Audience will learn:

• Best practices and lessons
• A-CDM implementation programmes at airports of various sizes around the world
• A-CDM guidance material