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About The Conference

The air cargo India Conference will offer new business opportunities, global perspectives and strong networking platform along with insights from industry leaders on key topics relevant to the air freight industry.

  • Attend knowledge driven panel discussions
  • Interact directly with industry stakeholders at the Air Shipper Forums
  • Build strong connections at the Networking Lunches
  • Avail access to the Gala Theme Dinner
  • Celebrate with the industry stalwarts at the Awards Night

Schedule Detail

Conference Program

  • Welcome

    9:00 hrs to 16:00 hrs

    Delegate Registration

    09:30 hrs to 10:00 hrs

    Official Opening of air cargo India 2020
  • Inauguration

    09:30 hrs to 18:00 hrs

    Exhibition open for visitors
  • Networking break

    10:00 hrs

    Hosted by
  • Welcome address

    10:30 hrs to 10:40 hrs

    Mr. Gerhard Gerritzen, Member of the Management Board, Messe Muenchen GmbH
  • Address

    10:40 hrs to 10:50 hrs

    R.K. Patra, Editor-in-Chief, STAT Media Group
  • Keynote address

    10:50 hrs to 11:00 hrs

    Vandana Aggarwal, Economic Advisor, Ministry of Civil Aviation
  • Panel Discussion 1

    11:00 hrs to 12:30 hrs

    State of digitalization in the air cargo industry

    Panel Members:
    - Moderator: Glyn Hughes, Global Head of Cargo, International Air Transport Association (IATA)
    - Dorothea von Boxberg, Executive Board Member Product and Sales & Chief Commercial Officer, Lufthansa Cargo AG
    - Dennis Lister, Vice President, Product & Business Development, Emirates SkyCargo
    - Huned Gandhi, Managing Director, Dachser India
    - Manoj Singh, Senior Vice President & Head Cargo, Mumbai International Airport
    - Keku Gazder, CEO, AAI Cargo Logistics and Allied Services Company (AAICLAS)
    - Halit Tuncer, Regional Director – Cargo, Turkish Airlines
    - Ashok Rajan, Senior Vice President & Head, Cargo & Logistics Solutions Line of Business, IBS Software
  • Lunch Break

    13:00 hrs to 14:00 hrs

    Hosted by
  • Round table – 1

    14:00 hrs to 15:30 hrs

    Air Shipper Forum – Perishables
    Quality and compliance: setting standards and building capacity for transport and logistics of perishable goods

    Panel Members:
    - Moderator: Reji John, Editor, STAT Media Group
    - Kaushal Khakhar, Chief Executive Officer, Kay Bee Exports
    - Jalpa H Vithalani, Founder & Director, Global Agritech & Director, Jupiter Express Services
    - R Ravindra, Deputy General Manager and Regional Head, Mumbai, Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA)
    - Arun Chandra, General Manager, Aviation Business, Bangalore International Airport
    - Sanjiv Edward, Chief Commercial Officer, GMR Delhi International Airport
    - Navdeep Lamba, Vice President, Cargo & Logistics, SpiceJet
    - Venugopal Bangera, Chief Executive Officer, Cargo Service Center
    - Richard Theknath, Promoter & Managing Director, Jet Freight
  • Networking Break

    15:30 hrs to 16:00 hrs

    Hosted by
  • Round table – 2

    16:00 hrs to 18:00 hrs

    Air Shipper Forum – Pharma
    Co-creating Pharma Supply Chain Standards and Visibility

    Panel Members:
    - Moderator: Frank Van Gelder, Secretary General, Pharma.Aerro
    - Makarand Sane, General Manager, Head – Export Logistics, Sun Pharma
    - Ravi Kumar Tummalapalli, Head of Logistics, APPAC, Japan, China, Teva Pharmaceuticals
    - Rajasekhara Reddy, Vice President – Global Demand Planning & Logistics, Glenmark
    - Ashok Bhattacharaya, Managing Director, Takeda Pharma
    - Mark Sutch, Regional General Manager – South Asia, Middle East and Africa, Cathay Pacific Airways
    - Manoj Singh, Senior Vice President & Head Cargo, Mumbai International Airport
    - Jaisey Yip, Associate General Manager, Cargo & Logistics and Air Hub Innovation, Changi Airport
    - Nathan De Valck, Head of Cargo Product & Network Development, Brussels Airport Company
    - Jimmy Nares, Section Chief, Aviation Marketing, Miami-Dade Aviation Department
    - Jeremy Mitchell, Service Assurance Manager, Sharjah International Airport
    - Tushar Jani, Group Chairman, Cargo Service Center
    - Imran Ahmed, Senior Manager – Airline Marketing (ground handling), AISATS
    - Roland Rappl, Managing Director, va-Q-tec
    - Stephen Maietta, Head of Market Development, Envirotainer
    - Aditya Parulkar, President, Penta Freight
    - Satish Lakkaraju, Chief Commercial Officer, Agility Logistics
  • Networking

    10:00 hrs

    Hosted by
  • Panel Discussion 2

    10:00 hrs to 11:30 hrs

    Trade Tension drag on air cargo and building resilience

    Panel Members:
    - Moderator: Steve Townes, CEO & Founder, Ranger Aerospace and Chairman & CEO, ACL Airshop
    - Russi Batliwala, Chief Executive Officer, Chapman Freeborn Group
    - Peter Penseel, Senior Vice President, Cargo Sales and Network Planning, Qatar Airways Cargo
    - Eric Wilson, Managing Director, Cargo Global Sales, Delta Cargo
    - Graham Perkins, Vice President, Sales & Marketing, Europe, Middle East / India / Africa (EMEIA), Atlas Air
    - Niranjan Navratnarajah, Cargo Industry Director, Unisys Asia Pacific
    - Pukhraj Singh Chug, Chairman & Managing Director, Group Concorde
    - Markus Muecke, Board Member, CargoiQ, FIATA, Air Freight Institute, IATA
  • Networking Break

    11:30 hrs to 12:00 hrs

    Hosted by
  • Panel Discussion 3:

    12:00 hrs to 13:30 hrs

    The Indian subcontinent, the most promising air cargo export region of the world

    Panel Members:
    - Moderator: Keku Gazder, CEO, AAI Cargo Logistics and Allied Services Company (AAICLAS)
    - William Boulter, Chief Commercial Officer, IndiGo
    - Nirbhik Narang, Executive Director, Cargo, Air India
    - Adrien Thominet, Chief Executive Officer, ECS Group
    - Tom Crabtree, Regional Director, Airline Market Analysis, Marketing & Business Development, Boeing
    - Saurabh Kumar, Chief Executive Officer, GMR Hyderabad Air Cargo
    - Sanjiv Gupta, Chief Executive Officer, SpiceXpress
    - Amar More, Chief Executive Officer, Kale Logistics Solutions
    - Keshav Tanna, Chairman, Airfreight Institute, FIATA
  • Lunch

    13:30 hrs to 14:30 hrs

    Hosted by
  • Round Table – 3

    14:30 hrs to 16:30 hrs

    Air Shipper Forum
    Building airports of the future for special cargo commodities

    Panel Members:
    - Moderator: Roland Weil, Vice President, Sales, Cargo, Frankfurt Airport
    - Max Conrady, Senior Vice President, Cargo, Frankfurt Airport
    - Pramod Sant, Vice President, Head of Import Export and Customs, Siemens
    - Vijayanand Choudhry, Global Head, Procurement, Tata Technologies
    - Sujan Roy, Head International Business, Passenger Vehicles, Tata Motors
    - Phani Krishna, Head, West-2 Region, DSV Air & Sea
  • Networking Break

    16:30 hrs to 17:00 hrs

    Hosted by
  • Round Table 4

    10:00 hrs to 11:30 hrs

    Air cargo for eCommerce logistics – enabling and delivering global trade

    Panel Members:
    - Moderator: Emir Pineda, Manager, Aviation Trade & Logistics, Marketing Division, Miami-Dade Aviation Department
    - Dharmender Khanna, Head of Brand – Lotto Sport Italy, SSIPL Retail
    - Abhishek Middha, Founder, The Boho Street
    - Shayak Mazumder, Chief Executive Officer, Eunimart
    - Dibyendu Ganguly, Chief Executive Officer & Founder, EximScouts
    - Sujit Subramanian, Vice President, Cargo, Go Air
    - Vijay Sharma, Head – Cargo, Delhi International Airport Limited
    - Pratik Mehta, Deputy General Manager, Airline Marketing, Cargo, Bangalore International Airport
    - Aniket Nathvani, Head, Cargo and B2B, Shadowfax
  • Networking Break

    11:30 hrs to 12:00 hrs

  • Panel Discussion 4

    12:00 hrs to 13:30 hrs

    Transportation support for the digital world – building future capacity with new modes complementing the traditional

    Panel Members:
    - Moderator: Steven Verhasselt, Vice President, Commercial, Liege Airport
    - Lesley Cripps, Sales director, Cargo Flash Infotech
    - Varun Kulshreshtha, VP – Operations, Shipa Freight
    - Asaad Joubran, Business Development Lead India, Zipline
    - Ramesh Mamidala, Chief Cargo Development officer, Adani Airports Limited
    - Sidharth Kundu, Director of Sales - South Asia and Oceania, Astrophysics

Esteemed Speakers

Keynote speakers from a diverse array of backgrounds specialising in effective leadership, management and teamwork.

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Glyn Hughes

Global Head of Cargo, International Air Transport Association (IATA)

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Dorothea von Boxberg

Executive Board Member Product and Sales & Chief Commercial Officer-Lufthansa Cargo AG

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Turhan Ozen

Chief Cargo Officer - Turkish Cargo

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Keku Bomi Gazder

CEO- AAI Cargo Logistics and Allied Services Company Limited (AAICLAS)

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Steve Townes

CEO & Founder-Ranger Aerospace & Chairman & CEO- ACL Airshop

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Edoardo Podestá

Chief Operations Officer, Air & Sea Logistics, DACHSER Group

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Wilson Kwong

Chief Executive, Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited (Hactl)

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Lesley Cripps

Sales Director, Cargo Flash Infotech

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Marcel Fujike

Senior Vice President ,Global Head Products & Development Air Logistics, Kuehne and Nagel

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Ashok Rajan

Senior Vice President & Head, Cargo & Logistics Solutions Line of Business, IBS Software

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Yashpal Sharma

Managing Director - Skyways Group

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Niranjan Navaratnarajah

Cargo Industry Director for Unisys Asia Pacific

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Emir Pineda

Manager, Aviation Trade & Logistics, Marketing Division,Miami-Dade Aviation Department

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Kaushal Khakhar

CEO, Kay Bee Exports

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Steven Verhasselt

Vice President, Commercial, Liege Airport

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Tom Crabtree

Regional Director, Airline Market Analysis, Marketing & Business Development, Boeing Commercial Airplanes

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Russi Batliwala

Chief Executive Officer, Chapman Freeborn Group

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Willy Boulter

Chief Commercial Officer, IndiGo

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Markus Muecke

Board Member –CargoiQ, FIATA Air Freight Institute, IATA , FIATA Governance Board

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Amar More

CEO, Kale Logistics Solutions

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Satyaki Raghunath

Chief Strategy & Development Officer, Bengaluru International Airport

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Keshav Tanna

Chairman, Airfreight Institute of FIATA

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David Beecham

Product Development Director, AirBridgeCargo

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Satish Lakkaraju

Chief Commercial Officer (CCO), Agility Logistics

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Saurabh Kumar

Chief Executive Officer, GMR Hyderabad Air Cargo

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Eric Wilson

Managing Director, Cargo Global Sales, Delta Cargo

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Dennis Lister

Vice President Cargo Commercial Development, Emirates SkyCargo

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Nirbhik Narang

Executive Director, Cargo, Air India

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Carlos Font

Chief Executive Officer, Shipa Freight

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Jalpa H Vithalani

Founder & Director, Global Agritech, Director, JTB Jupiter Express Services

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Pukhraj Singh Chug

Chairman & Managing Director,Group Concorde

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Pete Chareonwongsak

Chief Executive Officer, Teleport

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Manoj Singh

Senior Vice President & Head - Cargo, Mumbai International Airport (MIAL)

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Siddharth Kundu

Director of Sales - South Asia and Oceania at Astrophysics

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Sanjiv Edward

Chief Commercial Officer, Delhi International Airport

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Graham Perkins

Vice President Sales and Marketing, Europe / Middle East / India / Africa (EMEIA), Atlas Air

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Adrien Thominet

Chief Executive Officer, ECS Group

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Peter Penseel

Senior Vice President Cargo Sales and Network Planning, Qatar Airways Cargo

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Arun Chandra

General Manager, Business Development & Strategy, Bangalore International Airport

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Ravindra

Deputy General Manager and Regional Head, Mumbai, APEDA

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Mark Sutch

Regional General Manager - South Asia, Middle East and Africa Cathay Pacific Airways

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Venugopal Bangera

Chief Executive Officer, Mumbai Cargo Service Center (MCSC)

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Vijay Sharma

Head-Cargo, Delhi International Airport

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Varun Kulshreshtha

Chief Operating Officer, Shipa Freight

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Asaad Joubran

Business Development Lead India, Zipline

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Ramesh Mamidala

Chief Cargo Development Officer (CCDO-Airports), Adani Group

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Off Western Express Highway, Santacruz East,
Siddharath Nagar, Vakola, Santacruz East,
Mumbai, Maharashtra 400055, India

Fax : (+91 22) 27572382

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Advice & Contact






Rovina Gomes
: rovina.gomes@mm-india.in
: 022 67879803
: 9892173583


Sharukh Kotwal
: sharukh.kotwal@mm-india.in
: 022 4255 4748