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More than 30 Airlines Confirmed to Attend ALTA’s 2008 Aviation Crisis Preparedness Conference

Written by thomas · Filed Under Commercial 

July 31, 2008

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– Limited Registration and Sponsorship Opportunities Available at
http://www.alta.aero/crisispreparedness –

MIAMI, July 30 /PRNewswire/ — More than 70 top-level executives
representing more than 30 airlines have already registered for ALTA’s
upcoming Aviation Crisis Preparedness Conference and Aviation Law Americas
Conference taking place September 10-12, 2008, in Miami.

A limited number of spaces are available for registration, and
information on sponsorship opportunities is available at
http://www.alta.aero/crisispreparedness.

ALTA’s Aviation Crisis Preparedness Conference is designed to educate
and arm executives with the crucial tools and information necessary to
prepare and implement crisis preparedness plans specific to the aviation
industry.

“This is a must-attend conference for anyone associated with aviation
industry crisis preparedness, crisis management and crisis response
efforts,” said ALTA Executive Director Alex de Gunten. “We as an industry
must be prepared to effectively respond to and manage a vast array of
crisis situations. After all, it’s not a matter of IF a crisis will occur,
but WHEN.”

More than 30 airlines have already confirmed their participation,
including top-level executives from Aerolineas Argentinas, Aeromexico, Air
Canada, Air Jamaica, Aires, Aserca, Delta Connection, Avianca, Caribbean
Airlines, Cayman Airways, Cielos Airlines, Copa Airlines, DHL, Emirates
Airlines, Sky Airline, Iberia, Icaro, LAN Airlines, LAN Argentina, LAN
Peru, Liat Airlines, Mexicana, Nature Air, Pace Airlines, Pluna, Santa
Barbara, TACA, TACA PERU, TAM-LINHAS AEREAS, TAM Mercosur, and Volaris.

An impressive roster of crisis preparedness experts specific to the
aviation industry has been invited* and confirmed as speakers, including:

Robert Jensen – Kenyon Worldwide Disaster Management, President

Jaime Daly – Lima Airport Partners, President

Claudia Gomez Prieto – Sociedad Argentina de Psicologia en Emergencias
y Desastres, President

Jeremy Shebson – Barlow Lyde & Gilbert, Partner

Fernando Rockert de Magalhaes – GOL Transportes Aereos, Vice President
Operations*

Jerry Hendin – Alliance PR, Managing Partner
Larry Ganse – Copa Airlines, COO
Ed McLaughlin – FEI Behavioral Health, Executive Vice President
Miguel Mojica – TACA, Flight Safety Director
Carlos Herrera – Santiago Airport, Director of Operations
Eric Mayett – Aeromexico, Director of Security*    Sharon Bryson – NTSB Office of Transportation Disaster Assistance,
Deputy Director *

Elizabeth Verdier – Boeing, Crisis Communications Expert
Marc Henderson – Miami-Dade Aviation Department, Media Relations Manager
David Rimmer – ExcelAir, Executive Vice President
Marco Franca – PR Newswire, Vice President Latin America
Tom Costello – NBC News, Washington Correspondent*    Don Phillips – previously a transportation writer for Washington Post
and International Herald Tribune*

Gabriela Frias – Business Anchor, CNN en Espanol*
Joe Sharkey – New York Times, Business Travel Reporter*
Jose Miguel Rodriguez – Avion Revue, Chief Correspondent Latin America*
Alan Levin – USA Today,  Aviation Reporter*
Steve Lott – IATA,  Head of Communications NA
Robert McGeorge – IATA, General Counsel
Luiz Claudio Aguiar – TAM Linhas Aereas,  Legal Director
Richard Gimblett – Barlow, Lyde and Gilbert, Partner
Jan VonFlatern – Airbus Americas, Senior Counsel*
Eduardo Iglesias – TACA, Legal Vice President    Greg Phillips – Willis Global Aviation, National Aviation Safety
Consultant

George Snyder – Marsh, Senior VP Aviation & Aerospace Practice Safety &
Security

Aileen Camacho – Gates and Partners, Senior Partner
Alan May – Aon,  Managing Director
Enrique Beltranena – Volaris, CEO
*TBC
The two-day agenda encompasses the key aspects of aviation crisis
preparedness and management, including what to expect when a crisis hits;
case studies and lessons learned from previous incidents and accidents;
operational implications and dealing with government investigating
authorities during a crisis; crisis communications and dealing with key
stakeholders and media; legal requirements and implications associated with
an accident investigation; and managing risk and maintaining operations
during a crisis, as well as a crisis communications and media training
workshop.

Who should attend? Anyone associated with aviation industry crisis
preparedness and crisis response efforts, including airlines, airports,
civil aviation authorities, aviation industry executives, crisis management
executives, contingency planners, corporate communications and public
relations consultants, crisis response products and services suppliers,
emergency response executives, executives responsible for family
assistance, aircraft manufacturers, aviation insurers, aviation insurance
brokers, government agencies, legal counsels, and safety and security
executives.

For additional information and sponsorship opportunities, contact
ALTA’s Special Events Manager Sonya Lima at 1-786-522-7824/slima@alta.aero,
or ALTA’s Director of Communications and Aviation Crisis Preparedness
Conference Chair Misty Pinson at mpinson@alta.aero.

About ALTA:

ALTA, http://www.alta.aero, was founded in 1980 as a non-profit airline
association. Its member carriers have total revenue of more than $19
billion, operate more than 800 aircraft and employ more than 70,000 workers
in Antigua, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Cayman Islands, Chile, Colombia,
Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica,
Mexico, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay,
Venezuela, and in other nations the airlines serve.

Member Airlines: Aerolineas Argentinas, Aeromexico, Aeromexico Connect,
Aeropostal, AeroRepublica, AeroSur, Aires, Air Jamaica, Aserca Airlines,
Avianca, Bahamas Air, Caribbean Airlines, Cayman Airways, Cielos Airlines,
Click, Copa Airlines, Cubana, GOL, Icaro, LAB, LAN Airlines, LAN Ecuador,
LAN Peru, Liat, Mexicana, Nature Air, Pluna, Santa Barbara Airlines, Sky
Airline, TACA, TACA Peru, TAM, TAM Mercosur, Tame, VARIG, VARIG LOG and
Volaris. In addition, ALTA includes four Associate Airlines – Air Canada,
Continental Airlines, Iberia and UPS.

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