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B. LIABILITY AND INSURANCE

Session 1:

Civil liability and insurance

14.00 - 14.10: Introduction by the Chairman

Mr. John Balfour, Partner, Beaumont and Son Aviation at Clyde & Co, London 14.10 - 14.30: Liability regimes for airlines, airport operators and other service providers

Mr. George Tompkins, Partner, Wilson Elser, New York

14.30 - 14.50: Responsibility and liability for special cases:runway maintenance, bird strikes

Mr. Mark Franklin, Partner, DLA Piper UK LLP, London

14.50 - 15.10: Perspective from an insurer on liability of airport operators and other service providers

Mr. James Outram, Executive Director, Global Aviation Aerospace, Willis, London 15.10 - 15.30: Discussion and concluding remarksby

Mr. Joris Backer, Director Corporate Legal, Schiphol Group 15.30 - 15.50: Refreshments

Session 2:

Possible implications of accidents

Prof. Stephan Hobe, Director, Institute of Air and Space Law, Germany 16.00 - 16.20: Liability of air service providers

Mr. Roderick van Dam, Head Legal Bureau, Eurocontrol, Brussels 16.20 - 16.40: ‘Just culture’in the context of accident and incident investigation

Dr. Francis Schubert, CEO and Corporate Secretary Skyguide, Geneva 16.40 - 17.00: Discussion and Concluding remarksby

Mr. M. Rutten, General Counsel, Dutch air traffic control body (LVNL) 17.00 - 17.15: Plenary session

Summary of proceedings by the Rapporteur of the Conference, Dr. Pablo Mendes de Leon

Closing by Mr. Joris Backer on behalf of the Schiphol Group Followed by drinks offered by the Schiphol Group

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Conference

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Institute Air and Space Law

Leiden

Wednesday, 28 November 2007

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Conference venue

As Schiphol is moving on, so are we when visiting this conference:

Schiphol Group Building (morning session)

WTC Building (afternoon session)

You will receive a route description upon registration.

Registration

Please fill in the attached registration form or download the form from the website:

http://law.leiden.edu/organisation/publiclaw/iiasl/ The form should be sent by e-mail to Mrs. Paula van der Wulp or sent by fax 0031 (0) 71 527 7600 before 14 November 2007.

Registration fee

The Conference fee (include drinks, lunch and confe-rence materials) is €275.

Payments may be made in any of the following ways: - Direct transfer to the following bank, identifying the

name of the attendee:

ABNAmro Bank, Breestraat, Leiden IBAN: NL71 ABNA 053.47.51.067

BIC: ABNANL2A

Holder of account: IIASL, Steenschuur 25, 2311 ES Leiden, Netherlands

Please make sure that any banking fees charges by the banks in your country or by the bank in the Netherlands will be borne by you.

- Cash payment at the Conference

Hotel accommodation

A limited number of rooms have been reserved at spe-cial rates at the Sheraton and Hilton. The rate is €210 incl. breakfast and tax. For reservations please contact Ms. Francine Hijmans.

Cancellations/Changes

The closing date for registrations is 14 November 2007 although the organizers may, at their discretion, accept later reservations. Cancellations can be accepted until 22 November 2007, subject to deduction of €50 to cover administration. Thereafter there will be no refund. Cancellations should be notified to Mrs. Paula van der Wulp.

Programme Content

The language of the Conference will be English. While every effort will be made to maintain the programme as described, the Institute reserves the right to alter the content of the Conference or the names of the speaker without notice. Changes will be updated on our website: http://law.leiden.edu/organisation/publiclaw/iiasl/

Parking

Parking space will be available at WTC Schiphol Parking.

Law Society Credits

Nederlandse Orde van Advocaten Vlaamse Orde van Advocaten Law Society of England and Wales

For information please contact:

Schiphol Group

Ms. Francine Hijmans [email protected]

Int. Inst. of Air & Space Law, Leiden University

Mrs. Paula van der Wulp [email protected]

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_{Schiphol Group is the owner of Amsterdam Airport Schiphol in The Netherlands. In 2006, Schiphol}

cel-ebrated its 90th birthday of this airport, one of the first of its kind in Europe. Amsterdam Airport Schiphol not only takes pride in its history, but its development over time reflects an ambition to be and remain the best in class. With 46 million passengers and 1, 5 million tonnes of cargo in 2006, it is current-ly the fourth largest airport in the world measured by passenger volume and third by cargo volume. Due to its successful cooperation with KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, ever since its start as a single airstrip in the Dutch polder landscape below sea level, its innovative designs and concepts, its customer oriented focus and hosting a significant worldwide network for the airlines, Schiphol has become one of the principal hubs in Europe with Air France/KLM as its hub-carrier.

The International Institute of Air and Space Law of Leiden University was founded in 1986 and is regard-ed as one of the leading international academic research and teaching institutes in the world, specializing in legal and policy issues regarding aviation and space activities in the broadest sense of the word. The Institute and the Schiphol Group have cooperated over the years frequent in areas of mutual interest. The Institute has appreciated the initiative of the Corporate Legal Services Department to organize this con-ference and to pool resources with a view to make this event a successful moment of reflection and exchange of both scientific and practical views and opinions.

Looking back on 90 years of history, the challenge of this conference is to look ahead and to anticipate new developments that will affect airport operators generally and the Schiphol Group specifically. Aviation is becoming a more transparent business, moving away from national government protection. Global developments, such as airline consolidation and alliances, have been debated in numerous publi-cations and conferences. However, airports are also challenged to play their role in a new context. They have to re-assess their position as an operator and service provider. Airport business is still, and may be for a long time, managed in many aspects in a regulated environment. But times are moving ahead. Government, customer and more generally stakeholder expectations are changing. Anticipating these challenges, this conference discusses global, European and national trends affecting the position of air-ports and Schiphol in particular from a regulatory point of view.

Conference attendees will be offered the more high level strategy and business focus in the morning pro-gramme, whilst the parallel working sessions in the afternoon will contribute and nourish the legal spe-cialists on topics of high relevance for the day to day operation of the airport business.

Joris Backer Pablo Mendes de Leon

Corporate Legal International institute of Air and Space Law,

Schiphol Group Leiden University

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08.30-09.30: Registration 09.30-09.45: Welcoming address

Prof. Gerlach Cerfontaine, CEO Schiphol Group

Introductory remarks made by the Chairman of the session: Prof. Mr Laurens Jan Brinkhorst,

Chairman of the International Institute of Air and Space Law, and Professor of International and European Law, Leiden University;

09.40-10.00: The role of Schiphol:engine of the Dutch economy, and some brief observations on the High Level Report made for the European Commission (2007)

Madame Drs. J. Tammenoms Bakker Director General Transport and Aviation

Minister of Transport and Public Works of the Netherlands

10.05-10.25: The relevance of‘hubs’for strategic alliances;the choice for a‘dual hub’strategy

Mr. Jan-Ernst de Groot

Managing Director of KLM Royal Dutch Airlines

10.20-10.40: European and global developments affecting the position of Schiphol

Mr. Joris Backer, Director Corporate Legal, Schiphol Group

10.40-10.55: Discussion

10.55-11.15: Refreshments

11.15-11.40: Dubai:challenging European hubs?

Speaker to be announced

11.40-12.00: Towards a European airport policy? Mr. Daniel Calleja

Director Air Transport DG TREN Transport, EC Commission

12.00-12.20: Investing in airports:balancing between private equity and public functions

Mr. Frank Gouweleeuw, Associate, McKinsey&Company, Amsterdam

12.20-12.40: Discussion

12.40-14.00: Lunch

Programme

Afternoon sessions

A. ECONOMIC REGULATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE B. LIABILITY AND INSURANCE

A. ECONOMIC REGULATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE

Session 1:

The global and European perspective

Chairman: Mr. Trevor Soames,Partner, Howrey, Brussels

14.10 - 14.30: Harmonisation of economic regulation affecting airports:the Commission’s proposals of 2007

Prof. Brian Havel,DePaul University, Chicago

14.30 - 14.50: Access to EC airports from a global perspective:how competitive are they?

Mr. Ulrich Schulte-Strathaus,Secretary General, Association of European Airlines (AEA), Brussels

14.50 - 15.10: Cost and benefit analysis of economic regulation

Mr. Coen Drion,Partner, Kennedy van der Laan, Amsterdam 15.10 - 15.30: Discussion and concluding remarks

Dr. Pablo Mendes de Leon, International Institute of Air and Space Law, Leiden University 15.30 - 15.50: Refreshments

Session 2:

The Dutch environment

Chairman: Mr. Michiel van der Zee,Director Slot-coordination, The Netherlands

16.00 - 16.20: Design of an airport system in the Netherlands

Prof. Jaap de Wit,SEO, University of Amsterdam

16.20 - 16.40: Environmental concerns and solutions:the green airport of the future

Mr. Paul Luijten, Director Corporate Affairs, Schiphol Group 16.40 - 17.00: Discussion and concluding remarksby

Mr. Michiel Vlam, Senior legal advisor, Schiphol Group 17.00 - 17.15: Plenary session

Summary of proceedingsby the Rapporteur of the Conference, Dr. Pablo Mendes de Leon

Closingby Mr. Joris Backer on behalf of the Schiphol Group Followed by drinks offered by the Schiphol Group

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12.20-12.40: Discussion

12.40-14.00: Lunch

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