• Tuesday January 30: The Dealmakers Dinner & Flightcap After Party
• Wednesday January 31: Historic London Walking Tour

18.15 – Early registration for Helicopter Investor & Superyacht Investor

18.15 – Cocktail reception hosted by Vedder Price

20.00 – The Dealmakers Dinner hosted by AIC Title Service, Boeing Business Jets, Mente Group, TAG Aviation & UniCredit Leasing

23.00 – Flightcap After Party hosted by The Registry of Aruba

08.30 – Registration

08.30 – Breakfast hosted by Pratt & Whitney Canada

09.00 – Opening remarks

09.30 – The last five years and the next five years

09.50 – The future for CHC
How CHC has reshaped for the new market
Opportunities for growth
Fleet and finance plans

Karl Fessenden, CHC Helicopter

10.10 – Helicopters and the sharing economy
Personal helicopters – a new market
How online markets work
How easily can operators serve different markets
Is this hype or reality?
How will regulators manage growth?

Robert Wiesenthal, Blade

10.30 – The Offshore helicopter market
Are customers happy with the services they are getting?
Has the customer-operator relationship fundamentally changed?
How will rig trading affect operators? 
Should operators work with financiers?

Tony Cramp, Shell Aviation

11.00 – Morning coffee hosted by Milestone Aviation Group

11.30 – The price is right – valuing helicopters
Have we reached the bottom?
What lessons have we learnt from this downturn?
Can the industry count on oil and gas?

Jason Kmiecik, HeliValue$
Alastair Fallon, IBA Group
Kim Seward, Morten Beyer & Agnew
David Crick, DavAir Group

12.30 – Parts & Maintenance
Power-by-the-hour
Preventative maintenance

Ray Weiser, JSSI
Geoffrey Corbeil, Pratt & Whitney Canada
Jukka Holkeri, Patria Helicopters

13.10 – Lunch hosted by ITC Leasing Inc

14.50 – Tapping the Japanese market 
Japanese operating leasing for beginners
Who invests in Japanese operating leases?
How much risk will investors consider?

Mirika Nakayama, ITC AeroLeasing Inc

15.10 – Differences and similarities between helicopters and commercial aircraft
Operators versus airlines
Differences between helicopter and airline leasing
How will the helicopter market look in 10 years?

David Fowkes, Seabury

15.30 – Money, money, money
Lessons from the downturn – how bad have the last few years been?
Lending to lessors versus operators

Phillipe Foulon, Société Générale Equipment Finance

16.10 – Afternoon tea hosted by Milestone Aviation Group

16.50 – The markets of the future
Where will we see the next growth market?
Wind – the other offshore market

Moderator: Sharon Desfor, HeliValue$
Dominik Goldfuss, Global Helicopter Services
Alexander Von Plato, Wiking Helicopter Service

17.30 – And another thing… Clark’s Closing remarks

Clark McGinn, Waypoint Leasing

18.00 – Closing remarks day one

18.15 – Cocktail reception hosted by Patria Helicopters

20.00 – Historic public house walking tour

09.00 – Opening remarks day two

09.30 – A different way of looking at helicopter investments
How different groups disagree on the risk and reward
Evaluating and pricing risk for helicopters 
Managing volatility
Do lessors need to exit to get return?
Lessons from the last cycle

Bill Wolf, Lobo Leasing

09.50 – Safety as a value proposition
Investment in safety can generate significant returns for helicopter operators
The high cost of accidents is avoided and operational performance improved
Savings can be even greater if safety enhancements are achieved through collaboration with other companies

Gretchen Haskins, HeliOffshore

10.10 – Is the VIP helicopter market coming back?
Is the VIP experience good enough?
Do buyers want connectivity?
Will we see operator M&A?

Charlotte Pederson, Luxaviation Helicopters

10.50 – Morning coffee hosted by Protective Packaging Corporation

11.20 – China: the next big market
How fast is the market growing?
How big will the Chinese fleet grow?
Will China become a major helicopter builder?
Will Chinese financial institutions move into helicopters?

Jeffrey Lowe, Asian Sky Group

11.40 – It’s a wrap!
State of the helicopter storage market
Which models are being wrapped?
Storage options – where are aircraft being stored?

Steve Hanna, Protective Packaging Corporation

12.00 –  Managing insurance and liabilities
Liability and concentration risks
Will rates ever harden?
Is it all about price

Edward Gross, Vedder Price

12.40 – Lunch hosted by HeliValue$

14.00 – The looming rotary pilot shortage
Is the industry facing a brain drain?
How many people have left the industry?
Will this be the biggest limiting factor for the industry?

Nigel Orme, CAE
Simon Witts, Aviation Skills Partnership
Geoff Packer, HeliSpeed

14.45 – Opportunities in the pre-owned market 
Who is buying today?
Which types are moving – and which are not?

Michael Roberts, Fleet Aero
Emmanuel Dupuy, Avpro Inc
Will Sturm, Avpro Inc.
Gerald Robert, Freestream

15 .30 – Helicopter leasing 2.0
How will the market look in 2020?
Will lessors start ordering again?
Is it possible to raise new debt or equity?
Does whatever does not kill you really make you stronger?

Olivier Piot, Nova Capital Group
Crispin Maunder, LCI Helicopters
Ed Washecka, Waypoint Leasing
Senior representative, Milestone Aviation

16.20 – Closing remarks

16.30 – Afternoon tea hosted by Protective Packaging Corporation