The Futurist Trends & Data You Need
To Get a Jump On The Future

The Summit really does give projections and trend analyses that aviation professionals can immediately put to strategic planning use. Independent perspectives that step way beyond government forecasts and the parrot-talk Wall Street passes off as advice.

Three key forecast sessions at the Summit:

Global & US Aviation
Trend & Strategy Forecasts
Airlines are changing how the operate. Get ready for the sweeping changes that global alliances will bring not only to Paris and Rome, but to Lincoln and Bangor, too. We'll be covering "joint business agreements," capacity-pooling, mergers, and consolidation. There are going to be huge challenges and huge opportunities for all of aviation, from suppliers, to financial institutions, to labor, to airports of all sizes.

Global Fleet Demand & Trend Forecast
Fleet demand in the future will not be the result of a need for "seat category" aircraft, but instead "mission category" airliners - new technologies (such as the GTF engine) and shifting economics mean that airliner demand patterns won't follow past trends. Boyd Group International is the leader in providing cutting-edge aircraft demand forecasts. We were the first to predict the market and the demand for "regional jets" - and we were the first to outline the demand dynamics and the limits to the market role of this category.

Why You Should Be There: The Boyd Group International Global Fleet Demand & Trend forecast is more accurate becasue it discards the tradiional linear growth and linear fleet replacement assumptions. Technology, economics, regulation, and airline strategies drive fleet demand, and that means new fleet mixes. We were the first to forecast the huge demand for RJs , amd later to forecast the staturation of demand for thoes aircraft. In both instances, "consensus" forecast sources strongly disagreed.

US Airport Enplanements 2011 - 2015
We'll be discussing the trends that will result in growth or decline in all regions of the nation. These do not blindly mirror government forecasts, but are the product of independent analyses of the demographic and airline trends at each of 146 airports.
NEW THIS YEAR: Forecasts of key Trans-border US/Canadian traffic. For gateway airports in Canada, this independent review will be highly valuable.

Why You Should Be There: This is the only forecast accomplished independently in the private sector, without any second agendas or outside intervention. The result are airport-by-airport projections that are far more accurate than any other source. We're going to be reviewing the core trends in each region - and they're very different that FAA or other forecast sources. More accurate, too.

Discussions With Industry Leaders

The Summit format is mostly around probing and insightful discussions with key leaders in aviation. You get real information - not supposition - not only from Boyd Group International's professional forecasts, but also from key leaders in aviation. We ask hard questions. And hard follow-up questions. And so can attendees. Death by PowerPoint is not on the agenda. Here are some of the presenters...

Airbus                             Lynda Paulson - Director

Boeing                            Richard Wynne - Director
Bombardier                   Executive to be Announced

OneWorld                      John McCulloch – Managing Partner

Pinnacle                         Phil Reed - VP
SkyWest                         Chip Childs - President
Cape Air                         Andrew Bonney - VP
Great Lakes Airlines    Chuck Howell - CEO
American Airlines       Will Ris – SVP Government Affairs

Copa Airlines                Joe Mohan – Commercial & Planning VP

Southwest Airlines     Dave Ridley – SVP Marketing & Rev Mgmt
United Airlines             Executive to be Announced
US Airways                    Executive to be Announced

Lufthansa                         Florian Dehne – Director Alliances & Business
DFW Intl Airport            Joe Lopano – EVP Marketing & Terminal Mgmt.

US Travel Assoc.             Roger Dow, President & CEO

Here's A Partial List Of Summit Sessions

Global Connectivity For Main Street
oneworld Alliance
John McCulloch – Managing Partner
Global alliances are the future - they allow carriers to provide global consumers with global air access, seamlessly and efficiently. It's important that airports from Bloomington to Beijing understand how this emerging dynamic will affect them. Manufacturers, suppliers and financial institutions will need to change how they approach business. The "KSSA" approach to aircraft orders seen in the 1970s will likely be the new norm to doing business in all areas with the airline industry. This is a not-to-miss session for anyone in the industry that wants to take advantage of the new aviation future.

The New Airline Structure
SkyWest
Chip Childs – President
The entire structure of what 20 years ago was the "regional airline industry" has evolved into much more critical part of the air transportation system. Now, the global glut of 50-seat jets, new airline economics, consolidation and alliances are actually opening new opportunities to this sector of the industry - both in the US as well as in the rest of the world.

The Latin American Economic Powerhouse
COPA
Joe Mohan - Commercial and Planning Vice President
Latin American economies are becoming global generators - and that means intra-global trade between this region and the EU, China, and India is what to watch in the future. As Chinese and Latin carriers seek more of the traffic pie, it will affect how airports and airlines in North America will need to plan and strategize for the future. COPA and its Aero Republica subsidiary are right in the middle of these dynamics.

There's Lots of Life Outside The Global Alliance
Southwest Airlines
Dave Ridley – SVP Marketing & Revenue Management
While international traffic is important to US comprehensive network carriers, the US market represents over 400 million annual purely-domestic passenger trips. Southwest, the largest US airline in terms of passengers is not sitting on its laurels. As communities across the US understand, Southwest is a creator and driver of traffic flows. How this carrier adjusts to the future will be a factor in how the entire US airline industry evolves.

The Washington Scene. And It Is A Scene
American Airlines
Will Ris – SVP Government Affairs
We are excited to have Mr. Ris back at the Summit. No one is better at taking the complexity of Washington, and translating it into terms we all can understand - and do it in a very entertaining matter. Attendees at last year's Summit will recall that in his presentation, Mr. Ris successfully and convincingly implicated President Warren G. Harding as one of the initial perpetrators of today's air traffic control situation. (True.) We're looking forward to another outstanding and informative session.

Airbus View Of The Global Airliner Market
Lynda Paulson – Airline Marketing Director
The A-350XWB may well be the next technological breakthrough airliner. We'll hear the vision that Airbus has for the future of the airframe industry across the globe.

Data & Market Intelligence - The Future Competitive Key
Innovata, LLC
Richard Thorne, CEO
Innovata is far and away the leader in global aviation market data. It's the only "official" source to which IATA requires airlines to file schedule data. Mr. Thorne will join us to review the fast-moving innovations in data sourcing and how they will affect all areas of aviation planning.

This is just the start. Additional presenters will be announced shortly. Attendees at Boyd Group International Forecast Summits leave the event armed with vision and insight that better prepares them for the future. At this year's Summit, that will be the case as well. In the meantime, we'd suggest you clear your calendar for October 24-26. This is also a must-attend for people in the travel industry who may want to learn more about the new emerging dynamics of the industry.
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