His Excellency Álvaro Uribe Vélez, President of Colombia, is confirmed as a special guest to deliver a keynote address on the opening day of ALTA’s Airline Leaders Forum on October 15, 2009, in Cartagena, Colombia.

His Excellency Álvaro Uribe Vélez, President of Colombia, is confirmed as a special guest to deliver a keynote address on the opening day of ALTA’s Airline Leaders Forum on October 15, 2009, in Cartagena, Colombia.

Key industry leaders, including more than 30 airline CEOs, are once again preparing for this year’s ALTA Airline Leaders Forum in order to come together, analyze and address how best to navigate through the realities of today’s current economic crisis and other critical industry challenges.

The conference will once again feature an impressive agenda of high caliber speakers, including CEOs and leaders from the world of aviation discussing issues of timely importance to the region’s airline industry.  Safety and the crisis our industry is facing will be among the key topics of debate through presentations and lively panel sessions.

CONFIRMED SPEAKERS AND ATTENDEES:

# His Excellency Alvaro - Uribe Velez - President of Colombia
# Mr. Luis Guillermo - Plata Paez - Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism of Colombia
# Roberto Kriete - CEO, TACA
# Fabio Villegas - CEO,Avianca
# Pedro Heilbron - CEO, Copa Airlines
# Enrique Cuetobr> - CEO, Grupo LAN
# David Barioni - CEO, TAM
# Manuel Borja - CEO, Mexicana
# Gabriela Sommerfield - CEO Aerogal
# Roberto Junqito - CEO Aerorepublica
# Francisco Mendez - CEO Aires
# Bruce Nobles - CEO Air Jamaica
# Olson Anderson - CEO Cayman Airways
# Alex Khajavi - CEO Nature Air
# Daniel Ratti - CEO TACA Peru
# Matias Campiani - CEO Pluna
# German Efromovich - Chairman Synergy Group
# Enrique Beltranena - Volaris
# Giovanni Bisignani - Director General IATA
# Mike Linenberg - Merrill Lynch
# Luis Carlos Velez - CNN en Español
# Alex de Gunten - Executive Director ALTA

Among the companies that have already confirmed their participation are:
Aeroxchange, Airbus, Airline Business, ALAICO, Amadeus, Arinc, ATAC, ATPCO, ATR, AvGroup, AWAS, Boeing, Bombardier.Cartagena Tourist Office, Embraer, Hanh Air, IATA, ICAO, Lufthansa Systems, Macquire Finance, Marsh, Miami-Dade Aviation Department, OAG, Petrobras, Port San Antonio, Powerjet, Pratt & Whitney, Proexport, Sabre, SACSA, SH&E, SITA, Snecma, Spencer Stuart, Terpel, Travelport, UATP, Willis Lease

AN UNBELIEVABLE DESTINATION
Proexport is the official host of the 2009 ALTA Airline Leaders Forum taking place in Cartagena, Colombia.

Cartagena de Indias, a Unesco World Heritage Site, is a magical marriage of Caribbean climate and its Spanish heritage. It is without a doubt the best preserved walled city in the western hemisphere; an enchanting mixture of history, architecture, ethnos & Caribbean flavors.

This year’s agenda promises a spectacular offering of evening events to be hosted at a variety of historical and cultural sites throughout the beautiful city of Cartagena.

Online registration for ALTA’s Airline Leaders Forum
hosted by Proexport is now open at http://www.alta.aero/airlineleaders