AGENDA

12:30 – 17:30 Registration Area - opens
13:30 – 17:30 Airlines Aeropolitical Meeting
18:00 – 19:00 Networking Cocktail
07:30 – 18:00 Registration Area - opens
08:45 – 09:15 Opening Plenary
09:15 – 10:00 Infrastructure & Operations
Debate – The Domino Effect (third-party failures)
How can airlines shift the cost when critical suppliers collapse?
10:00 – 10:45 Economic & Regulatory Interventions
Chat – Sanctions and Economic Shocks
Sanctions, fare caps, green fees and subsidies can change an airline's fortunes overnight.
10:45 – 11:30 Networking Coffee Break
11:30 – 12:30 Tech & Innovation
Debate – The Legal Future of AI
Smart maintenance, chatbots and price algorithms are already here, but are the laws around data use, safety and bias clearer enough?
12:30 – 14:00 Networking Lunch
14:00 – 15:00 Presentation: To be confirmed
15:00 – 15:45 Cargo & Conventions
Roundtable – Cargo Liability in LATAM
Global treaties say one thing and local courts sometimes say another, how freight teams can do to manage the headache.
15:45 – 16:30 Networking Coffee Break
16:30 – 17:45 Accessibility & Inclusion
Panel Chat – From Brussels to LATAM
Fresh rules from Europe and the USA raise the bar on accessibility, are these standards the best to fit our region rneeds?
17:45 – 18:00 Closing Plenary – Key Take-aways (Day 1)
19:00 – 21:00 Cocktail
08:00 – 11:00 Registration
09:00 – 09:45 Insurance in War Times
Debate – Parametric Cover & War Risk
New insurance paying based on predefined triggers, war-risk policies promise instant payouts after disasters. Panelists will test whether the reality matches the marketing.
09:45 – 10:30 Sustainability
Fireside chat – SAF Mandates & Policy Reality
Cleaner fuels, carbon targets and new taxes are on the way. Is there a roadmap more suitable for our region?
10:30 – 11:15 Networking Cofee Break
11:15 – 12:00 Cybersecurity
Roundtable – Safeguarding the Digital Skies
As cockpits, cabins and ground systems link up online, cyber-attacks become a real threat. Are we ready?
12:00 – 12:15 Closing Plenary – Key Take-aways (Day 2)
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Liliana Rodrigues Kaps

Arnecke Sibeth Dabelstein

Liliana Rodrigues Kaps is a lawyer and senior associate at Arnecke Sibeth Dabelstein, graduate at Heidelberg University in 2012 (Germany) with specialization in International Aviation Law and International Banking and Finance Law. She is a legal advisor and legal representative in Germany of international airlines from Europe, Latin America, Africa and Asia, with several years of experience in aviation law and litigation. She is a member of the German-Lusitanian Lawyer’s Association, member of AirReg, the Aviation Initiative for Renewable Energy in Germany.

Ken quinn

Clyde & Co

Ken Quinn acts as litigation, regulatory, enforcement, antitrust, and corporate counsel to several domestic and international airlines, insurers, aerospace companies, lenders/lessors, private equity/hedge funds, advanced air mobility companies, airport developers, and other companies on aviation—related matters.
In a career spanning 30 years, Ken has handled some of the industry’s largest accidents, incidents, terrorist events, deals, cases, and matters. He served as General Counsel & Secretary of the Flight Safety Foundation for 25 years, as Chief Counsel of the US Federal Aviation Administration (1991-1993), counselor to the US Secretary of Transportation (1989-1991), and senior advisor to the US Office of the President-Elect (1988). He was named a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society in 1997, serves on the Board and as counsel of the RAeS DC Branch, and on the RAeS Membership Services Board in London, England, since 2012.
Ken has served on the Board (2012-2016) and as President of the International Aviation Club (2015-2016).
He was Chair of the American Bar Association Forum on Air & Space Law (1994-1996), served on its Executive Committee (1994-2024), and was Editor-in-Chief of the ABA’s The Air & Space Lawyer publication for 13 years. He is on the Board of Governors of Army Navy CC, and the Northern Illinois University Foundation. He is 4th Degree Knights of Columbus, and a Patron of the Vatican Art Museums.
He is currently acting on behalf of insurers in connection with the DCA mid-air crash between an Army Black Hawk helicopter PAT 25 and American flight 5342. He is acting on behalf of Flexjet in connection with a near miss at MDW with a Southwest flight. He is working for two of the largest AAM companies, one of the largest airline holding companies, developers of professional football and basketball stadiums, corporate flight departments, MROs, flight schools, private equity on airline foreign ownership and control, and airlines on regulatory and enforcement matters.
He is representing Goldman Sachs and its subsidiary AvPorts on the private long-term lease of HVN airport and related NEPA litigation now pending in the DC Circuit Court of Appeals. He is representing AIA in connection with the development of an all-cargo, perishable goods airport accepted under the FAA Private Investment Partnership Program.
He represented the Kyoto-based lithium ion battery manufacturer on claims, investigations, insurance, and
Paris ICC arbitration in connection with the Boeing 787 Dreamliner grounding; the airport security screening
companies in 9/11; the cities of New York and Chicago on airport litigation, airport slots, and use/lease agreements; the Terminal One Group Association and airlines in connection with litigation and the $9.0B terminal development at JFK; major US airlines in litigation over airport access at DAL, Airbus purchase and sale agreements, customer litigation, class-action litigation, and contract of carriage matters.
Some of his other high-profile engagements have been representing foreign airlines over engine supplier shortages; airlines in acquisition, antitrust immunity requests, and regulatory compliance; commercial space and social media companies regarding international treaty and mishap matters; a large infrastructure fund in the first use of FAA’s private partnership program—LMM in San Juan, PR; Airbus in
the crash of AA587.
He represented Virgin America to get its wings in DOT certification and DC Circuit litigation, which remains
the seminal case in US “actual control” determinations. He represented the MRO, SabreTech, in connection with the historic criminal, civil, and enforcement cases following the crash of ValuJet 592.
He served as Chair of the DOT Secretary’s Task Force on Aviation Security & Intelligence following the terrorist bombing of Pan Am 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, and served as Vice Chair of the ICAO Task Force on Safety Information Protection. He has represented industry CEOs and an FAA Administrator in employment matters.

Admissions:

o District of Columbia

o US Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit

o US Courts of Appeals, Fifth Circuit

o US District Court, Northern District of Illinois Education

o J.D., with honors, DePaul University College of Law, 1985. Notes Editor, DePaul Law Review; Editor, A.S.I.L.S. International Law Journal.

o B.A., Finance, Northern Illinois University, 1982 Memberships

o ABA

o Section of Antitrust Law

o Torts Trial and Insurance Practice Section

o Forum on Air & Space Law

o Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice Experience Presentations

o Moderator, “Boardroom Conversation – Change Management Under the Microscope.” CAPA Airline Leader Summit – Grand Cayman Islands, April 2025

o Panelist, “Grand Debate.” IATA World Legal Symposium – Shanghai, China, February 2025

o Moderator, “Foreign Ownership and Control Restrictions in Light of the Inability of Airlines to do Cross Border M&A.” Airline Economics – Dublin, Ireland, January 2025

o Moderator, “It Ain’t Easy Being Green: The Perils of Advertising Environmental Initiatives.” ABA TIPS Aviation and Aerospace Law Conference: Reaching New Heights – Washington, DC, September 2024

o Panelist, “Global Regulatory Update.” McGill University Institute of Air & Space Law, Aviation Liability, Insurance and Finance Conference – Montreal, CA , September 2024

o Moderator, “Flying Through Turbulence: The Facts and Myths of Aviation Safety.” Royal Aeronautical Society Roundtable Discussion – Washington, DC, August 2024

o Moderator, “Airline Competition and Consumer Protection.” Clyde & Co International Aviation & Aerospace Conference Series – London, England, May 2024

o Panelist, “Regulatory and Policy Insight.” Symposium on Air Accessibility and the Law – London, England, April 2024

o Moderator, “Legislative Updates and Outlook for 2024.” American Bar Association: Forum on Air & Space Law – Arlington, VA, March 2024

o Speaker, “New York City Bar Talk–Sustainability.“ New York City Bar Association– New York, NY, November 2023

o Panelist, “Products Liability: Aviation Accident Investigation and Litigation.“ Aviation Law Association of Australia and New Zealand – Sydney, Australia, May 2023

o Panelist, “Liability of Governments for Aviation Accidents and Acts of Terrorism.” PEOPIL/McGill – Paris, France, April 2023

o Moderator, “The Looming Pilot Shortage: Myth, Reality and Colgan Flight 3407.” American Bar Association Aviation Litigation Institute – Webinar, June 2022

o Moderator, “North American Developments.” CAPA Live, December 2021

o Moderator, “Critical Thinkers–Leading an Airline in 2021.” CAPA Live, March 2021

o Moderator, “Crisis Management and Ethics.” BELIEF Week 2021 Northern Illinois University (NIU) – March 2021

o Moderator, “International Operations in the Wake of COVID-19.” CAPA Live, January 2021

o Moderator, “Crisis Management.” Flight Safety Foundation, International Aviation Safety Summit – Taipei, Taiwan, November 2019

o Moderator, “Update on Products Liability Cases and a Case Study on Major Accident Litigation: Plaintiff and Defendant Strategies.” 12th Annual McGill Conference on Aviation Liability, Litigation & Finance – Montreal, Canada, October 2019

o Moderator, “Recent Developments in International Trade Affecting Aviation.” Aviation Working Group – New York, NY, October 2019

o Moderator, “Airline Partnerships, Alliances, Competition Law and Sustainability.” CAPA Airline Leader’s Summit – Dublin, Ireland, May 2019

o Moderator, “Where To: North America’s Approach to Open Skies.” CAPA 2019 Americas Aviation Summit – Denver, Colorado, March 2019

o Panelist, “Governance and Management: Hot Air, Cold Feet and High Stakes – Mock Airline Executive Crisis Meeting.” Legal Symposium, International Air Transport Association (“IATA”) – Rome, Italy, March 2019

o Moderator, “The Future of Airline Competition, Mergers, Alliances, Antitrust Immunity, and Entry.” Legal Symposium, International Air Transport Association (“IATA”) – Rome, Italy, March 2019

o Moderator, “Information Protection – Litigation Perspective.” Flight Safety Foundation (‘FSF”) International Aviation Safety Summit – Seattle, Washington, November 2018

o Moderator, “The Protection of Safety Data, Safety Information and Related Sources.” ICAO Regional Safety Management Symposium – Lima, Peru, April 2018

o Moderator, “The Great Debate: Is There a Future for Open Skies Agreements?” CAPA Americas Aviation Summit – Houston, Texas, April 2018

o Co-Panelist, “The Protection of Safety Data, Safety Information and Related Sources.” ICAO Regional Safety Management Symposium – Lima, Peru, March 2018

Márcio Souto

United Airlines

Márcio Souto is an experienced legal professional with over 30 years of work in the commercial aviation industry. He currently serves as Managing Counsel for United Airlines in Brazil and as a Director on the Board of Representatives of International Airlines in Brazil (JURCAIB), an organization that represents more than 30 international carriers operating in the country.

Widely recognized for his expertise in legal and regulatory matters affecting aviation, Márcio has extensive experience engaging with government authorities, airport regulators, and industry associations. His areas of specialization include international air service agreements—such as those between the United States and Brazil—as well as key multilateral treaties that govern global aviation, including the Chicago and Montreal Conventions.

Ivette Franco Koroneos

Copa Airlines

Ivette Franco Koroneos is a Panama-based attorney and the Senior Legal Director of Copa Airlines for over 20 years. She has served several positions in the public sector. Ivette worked in the Embassy of Panama to the Organization of American States in Washington, D.C. and was appointed several representations to the OAS such as alternate Representative to the OAS and Representative of Panama to the Inter-American Commission of Women. Ivette also worked as General Director of Legal Affairs and Treaties and Chief of Staff for the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Panama. She is an active member of the International Aviation Womens Association (IAWA), and of the Panamanian Association of Business Executives

Sergio Ribeiro Martins

Beaumont & Son / Clyde & Co

Sergio Ribeiro Martins is Legal Director at Beaumont & Son / Clyde & Co working since 2011 with aviation law acting on behalf of local and international airlines as well as their insurers and reinsurers, focusing on both contentious and non-contentious matters.   Versed in liability claims arising from air carriage such as passengers’ transportation, cargo matters, airport operations and accidents in general (including major accidents). Experience in various jurisdictions across South America, Central America, the Caribbean and the US. Specialised in Brazilian Procedural and Civil Law by Fluminense Federal University (UFF) and MBA in Insurance/Reinsurance by the National Insurance School (ENS).

Thiago Carvalho

ASBZ Advogados

Thiago Carvalho, partner at ASBZ Advogados specializing in aviation law, is one of the leading exponents of aeronautical law. He is a member of the Aeronautical Law Committees of OAB-RJ (Brazilian Bar Association – Rio de Janeiro Section) and OAB-Conselho Federal (Federal Council of the Brazilian Bar Association), and a council member of the Brazilian Institute of Aeronautical Law. With over 12 years of experience in aeronautical law and civil aviation, his expertise is widely recognized in the field

Richard Galindo

avianca

Richard Galindo, Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel at avianca since November 2020. Previously, he served in various senior legal roles at AGIL from 2017 to November 2020. In his role as the Chief Legal Officer, Mr. Galindo was integral to the Company’s successful out-of-court restructuring in 2019 and Chapter 11 reorganization and emergence during the COVID-19 pandemic. He holds a law degree and a post-graduate degree in corporate law from the law school of Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Bogotá, Colombia, a post-graduate degree in tax law from Universidad del Rosario in Colombia and Master of Laws (LL.M.) degree in business law from UCLA. Prior to joining the Avianca Group, Mr. Galindo served as director of the corporate/M&A practice group at Brigard Urrutia and worked in other law firms, including Withers (New York) and other Colombian law firms. Mr. Galindo is admitted to the practice of law both in Colombia and in the State of New York.

Carlos Gutiérrez Laguna

AETAI

Carlos Gutiérrez Laguna is a Lawyer, currently general manager of AETAI – Asociación de Empresas de Transporte Aéreo Internacional – which is the association that brings together almost all international operators in Peru. He holds a bachelor degree from the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. He completed a Master’s Degree in Aviation Business Administration at the Autonomous University of Madrid. He has developed his professional career in the tourism and private aeronautical sector for more than twenty-one years. Likewise, he has six years of experience in the Civil Aviation Authority of Peru. His practice is focused on legal and regulatory matters in the air transport sector.

Humberto Lopez Mata

Delta Air Lines

Humberto Lopez Mata is the Director of International and Regulatory Affairs at Delta Air Lines where he is responsible for regulatory matters and leading the organization’s government affairs strategy in Canada, the Caribbean, and Latin America. Before joining Delta Air Lines, Humberto was an Associate at the international law firm, White & Case, and held senior positions at Aeromexico, Mexico’s flag carrier, Grupo Bimbo, the largest Mexican-owned baking company and one of the largest bakery companies in the world, and Instituto para la Protección al Ahorro Bancario (IPAB), Mexico’s deposit insurance entity. He is a graduate from Escuela Libre de Derecho in Mexico, and Northwestern University and Miami University in the United States of America, and is also licensed to practice law in Florida, New York, and Mexico.

Eliseo Llamazares

KPMG

Eliseo Llamazares is partner in KPMG and Head of Aviation in LATAM.

Eliseo has developed his professional career for more than 20 years in Spain (Palma de Mallorca) leading aviation industry.  In 2017 started his career in Latin-American, moving to Chile and leading this industry in South America and now is living in Panama, leading aviation and tourism industries, in all Latin-America.

Eliseo has a master’s degree on Airports, Airlines and Aeronautic Management in IT Aerea (Spain).

Viviana Martín

avianca

Viviana Martín is the Global Director of Institutional Relations of Avianca, and the President and General Manager of Avianca Costa Rica.

She has a Doctorate and Master in Commercial Law, Master of Business Administration (Executive MBA), Specialization in Marketing, Innovation and Digital Business, Specialization in Management Skills, and is graduated in Coaching and Mentoring.

She worked on eight public positions in different governments of Costa Rica and Central America, as Minister of Justice, Deputy and Head of Government Fraction, Vice Minister of Transportation, President of Civil Aviation, President of the Public Transportation Council, President of COCESNA in Central America.

Viviana is an Industry Affairs Advisory Council of IATA, for 4 years ago.

And she is a university professor for more than 20 years, in 4 different Universities.

Jonathon Foglia

Cozen O'Connor Attorneys

Jonathon Foglia is a Member and Co-Chair of the Aviation Industry Team at Cozen O’Connor Attorneys, where he counsels clients on a wide range of aviation regulatory and commercial matters. As part of his practice, Jonathon represents U.S. and non-U.S. airlines as well as trade associations before federal aviation regulatory agencies, including the U.S. Department of Transportation, the Federal Aviation Administration, the Transportation Security Administration, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Jonathon also acts for respondents in governmental investigations and enforcement and civil penalty proceedings involving alleged violations of various federal aviation-related statutes and regulations.

Jonathon has consistently been ranked as a leading aviation attorney in peer-review publications, including Chambers USA, Who’s Who Legal, and Expert Guides. He serves on the adjunct faculty at Georgetown University Law Center, where he teaches Aviation Law, and currently is the Editor-in-Chief for the American Bar Association’s Air & Space Lawyer.

Jonathon earned his bachelor’s degree, cum laude, from American University and his law degree from Northeastern University School of Law.

Ricardo Bernardi

Bernardi & Schnapp Advogados
Ricardo Bernardi founding partner of Bernardi & Schnapp Advogados, Ricardo Bernardi has extensive experience in aviation law. For the last 30 years, he has been providing full assistance to top international airlines operating in Brazil.
His practice covers the whole range of air law, including litigation, regulatory and finance matters. Owing to his experience, Ricardo was appointed as a member of the commission created by the Brazilian Senate to draft a proposed bill of the Aeronautical Code.
Ricardo Bernardi has written various published articles related to aviation law and has been contributing as speaker in various national and international symposiums on the subject.

Marcelo Mello

Nantes Mello Advogados

Marcelo Mello is the Co-Founder Nantes Mello Advogados, Co-Managing Partner and practice leader of Structured & Asset Finance at Nantes Mello Advogados, a boutique law firm focused on delivering tailored and exclusive legal advice to a select group of clients. Marcelo focuses on providing strategic and transactional counseling to a wide range of clients in Aviation and Finance matters. Marcelo has represented airlines, lessors, manufacturers and financiers, across a whole spectrum of aviation and ship finance deals such as acquisition, sale, financing (including pre-delivery financing), operating leasing, tax-based leasing, Spanish tax operating leases, aircraft-backed debt and equity transactions, securitizations, and export credit transactions. Marcelo also has extensive experience in airline workouts and negotiating creditor support on pre-workout scenarios. Before starting Nantes Mello Advogados, Marcelo has held Structured & Asset Finance lawyer positions in two top-tier law firms. From 2013 to 2016, Marcelo held positions in the investment banking industry at Deutsche Bank AG and Credit Suisse AG, in São Paulo and New York. Marcelo has received his Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University and earned a Bachelor of Laws degree from the Catholic University of São Paulo.

Ricardo Maluff

Maluf e Rodrigues Advogados

Lawyer and founding partner of “Maluf e Rodrigues Advogados”, graduate at Mackenzie University in 1982 (São Paulo – Brazil) with specialization in International Aviation Law is a legal advisor and legal representative in Brazil of international airlines from Latin America, Europe, Africa and Asia, with over 30 years of experience in aviation law and legal advice in corporate law, President of KANOUN Institute of Compared International Law, Counselor of IBAER – Brazilian Institute of Aeronautical Law, Consultant Member of ALTA – Latin American and Caribbean Air Transport Association.

Constantly participates in research committees and aeronautical studies in several associations related to Civil Aviation in Brazil and other countries.

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