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| Tuesday December 8 | |
| 9:00 a.m. | Registration Opens |
| 1:00 p.m. – 1:10 p.m. | Welcome
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| 1:10 p.m.– 1:20 p.m. | Welcome address
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| 1:20 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. | Keynote- MRO-Challenge of Change
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| 1:45 p.m.- 2:00 p.m. | Coffee Break |
| 2:00 p.m.– 2:45 p.m | Consolidation and Outsourcing A fragmented market is likely to continue seeing consolidation and outsourcing. Is it a positive step? Is it improving the competitive landscape of the marketplace?
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| 2:45 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. | Practical Breakouts - Solutions for the Challenge of Change |
| A-1 Dispatch Reliability: Avoiding AOG’s Airlines put an unbelievable amount of effort into dispatch reliability. A single decimal point improvement is golden. Yet it vanishes in a single AOG. This session focuses on what needs to be done to reduce layers of red tape in pre-positioning spare engines, components and harmonizing the movement of spares.
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| A-2 Training – in a Digital World The investment in training is taking on added importance as new aircraft become more complex and e-enabled. New engineers must have improved IT skills such as managing field loadable software, and be able to handle new materials such as GLARE and composites. How is this being address throughout Asia?
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| 4:15 p.m. | Conference Sessions Conclude |
| 5:00 p.m. | Registration Closes |
| Wednesday December 9 | |
| 7:30 a.m. | Registration Desk Opens |
| 9:00 a.m. | Opening Remarks Welcome
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| 9:10 a.m.- 9:20 a.m. | Introductory to Keynote
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| 9:20 a.m. -9:40 | Keynote "Adapting to Changing Times"
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| 9:45 a.m. | MRO Asia Awards Presentation
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| 10:00 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. | 10-Year Market Forecast and Key Trends
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| 10:30 a.m. | Exhibition Hall Opens |
| 10:45 a.m.– 11:00 a.m. | Coffee Break |
| 11:00 a.m.- 11:45 a.m. | Chinese Airlines – Developments & Prospects No part of the world has been completely spared from the impact of the global economic downturn. China seemed to hold out longer than most, but it too has had to adapt. In this session the leaders of several Chinese airlines will bring us up to date on their latest developments related to engineering and maintenance and what they expect for the future.
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| 11:45 a.m.- 12:30 p.m. | Practical Breakouts – Solutions for the Challenge of Change |
| B-1 Aircraft Storage & Maintenance Typically, if inappropriately, called the Boneyard, business is booming in the transitional aircraft storage business. Even international long-haul aircraft are finding their way to the American southwest. What are the advantages to carriers of parking the planes and how is maintenance carried out on hundreds of commercial jets. How is value of components from a disassembled aircraft determined? What is the economic best solution for old aircraft to be withdrawn from service? How does one maximize revenues and develop support tools in a fleet renewal process?
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| B-2 IT Considerations in a Modern MRO Facility Information technology plays an increasingly important role in a modern MRO facility; new applications have radically improved the processes of integrating technical content from the suppliers and the engineering department with ERP process. Automated revision management, job card generation and digital signatures are just a few of today’s IT offerings that can reduce maintenance time and support costs. However, inconsistent documentation standards, mixed fleets, and regulatory concerns have prevented the industry from embracing many of these technologies. This presentation will discuss some of the obstacles, as well as the inherent opportunities, for airline operators and MRO shops to become much more efficient and profitable by embracing new IT solutions.
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| 12:30 p.m. – 1:15 p.m. | Practical Breakouts – Solutions for the Challenge of Change |
| C-1 Maintenance Cost Controls Workshop-Low Cost Airlines How much room is there to cut costs? Can one strike a balance between uncontrollable costs and those that can be contained? What is the role of PMA parts? Are there savings in nuts and bolts?
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| C-2 MRO Supply Chain Survey — the Results IATA and AeroStrategy recently conducted a global MRO supply chain survey of operators, MRO’s and suppliers to highlight industry inventory practices. Attend this session to learn:
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| 1:15 p.m. | Conclusion of Conference Sessions- Lunch in the Exhibition Hall |
| 4:30 p.m. | Cocktail Reception on the Exhibition Floor |
| 5:00 p.m. | Registration |
| 5:30 p.m. | Exhibition Hall Closes |
| Thursday- December 10 | |
| 8:30 a.m. | Registration Opens |
| 9:00 a.m. | Welcome
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| 9:05 a.m.- 9:30 a.m. | Prepare to Recover: How MROs can position for coming recovery David Turnbull, Chairman, Seabury Asia and the former CEO and Chairman of Cathay Pacific Airways, will discuss his general outlook for the airline and MRO industry and the steps that Asian MROs need to take in order to effectively recognize when the turn around is eminent and how to be in the right place to take advantage of it.
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| 9:30 a.m. | Exhibition Hall Opens |
| 9:30 a.m - 10:00a.m. | Interactive session -- MRO Industry plain talk on coping during tough times MROs need a flexible support and firm commitment to customers, establishing true partnerships. Delivering high quality is even more important in tough times. Are new opportunities emerging as airlines shed noncore operations? In a non-seller's market, how depressed is pricing? Are MROs facing dumping prices? Are airlines increasingly outsourcing line maintenance? What are the trends? Where do labor costs figure in this equation? Are economies of scope becoming more important to airlines?
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| 10:00a.m- 10:45a.m. | Aircraft Lessors and Change The economic downturn around the world has also had an impact on the aircraft leasing companies. In this session lessors tell us what they need now from MROs in order to stay competitive.
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| 10:45 a.m.– 11:00 a.m. | Coffee Break |
| 11:00 a.m.- 11:45 a.m. | New Ways to Add Value: What the MRO Must Do. (Interactive session) We have asked the leaders from the region to discuss what steps do they, as service providers, need to take to add value and attract the customer? PMAs. What are they doing now to compete with OEMs in terms of major investments, in capabilities, training, services, relationships and more?
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| 11:45a.m. -- 12:15 p.m. | Aircraft Equipment and Systems- Minimizing costs and adding value From cockpit to cabin, how can systems and components be structurally optimized? What goes into trouble-shooting, rectification and functionality checks? Can total support systems come at a competitive cost?
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| 12:15 p.m.- 1:00 p.m. | Engine Maintenance - Efficiencies, Costs and turn times. Managing repair costs. Minimizing time to return engines to mission capable status. How not to do engine maintenance!
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| 1:00 p.m. | Conference Concludes
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| 1:00 p.m. | Lunch in the Exhibition Hall |
| 3:00 p.m. | Registration and Exhibition Hall Closes |
