DAY 1 – TUESDAY, 16 MAY 2017
OPENING SESSION
	Official Opening
	Moderator: STEPHEN P. CREAMER, Director, Air Navigation Bureau – ICAO
09:30 – 10:40	Opening Remarks · HAJIME YOSHIMURA, President, Air Navigation Commission, ICAO · ANGELA GITTENS, Director General, ACI Keynote Speech · JEFF SKILES, First Officer of US Airways Flight 1549 The Miracle on the Hudson
	Q&A
10:40 – 11:00	Coffee Break sponsored by Avisure Pty Ltd.
UNITING THE COMMUNITY
	Moderator: STEPHEN P. CREAMER, Director, Air Navigation Bureau – ICAO
11:00 – 12:00	Regulators, industry and service providers all have different responsibilities; however, they all share a common objective of reducing the hazards of wildlife strikes to aircraft. The session will provide brief statements by relevant International Organizations and a forum for exchanging the various points of view among stakeholders. Statements by International Organizations Safety, economic and efficiency concerns of wildlife strikes. Sharing the Skies: Responsibilities and examples of cooperation among stakeholders. Speakers · Gilberto Lopez-Meyer, Senior Vice President, Safety & Flight Ops, IATA · CAPT. RON ABEL, President, IFALPA · NICO VOORBACH, Director, ICAO and Industry Affairs, CANSO · MICHAEL W. HOHM, Director of ICAO Liaison, IBAC · XAVIER JOLIVET, ICCAIA (AIRBUS SAS, Director of Flight Safety, Safety Enhancement)
	Q&A

THE GLOBAL PICTURE
12:00 – 12:45	Moderator: STEPHEN P. CREAMER, Director, Air Navigation Bureau – ICAO
	Data on wildlife strikes help to better understand the dynamic of the wildlife strike problem. This session will deliver a “where we are” on a global scale and provide statistical analysis of wildlife strikes, international Standards and Recommended Practices (SARPs) on wildlife strike hazard reduction. This reveals trends that will assist the community to recognize areas of concern to be addressed through various means, such as effective wildlife control programmes. Presentations Speakers · YONG WANG, Chief, Airport Operations and Infrastructure, ICAO Understanding the trends of wildlife strikes · TOM MISTOS, Chief, Oversight Support Unit, ICAO Wildlife strikes reporting methods (ECCAIRS)
	Q&A
12:45 – 13:00	NICO NIJENHUIS, CEO of Clear Flight Solutions
13:00 – 14:30	Lunch Break sponsored by Clear Flight Solutions/AERIUM Analytics

REGULATORY FRAMEWORK
	Moderator: KIRSTEN RIENSEMA, Air Navigation Commissioner and United Kingdom Alternate Representative on the Council to ICAO
14:30 – 16:00	This session will focus on regulatory requirements on wildlife control. CAAs from different continents will have the opportunity to present their own national regulatory framework and share their experiences and challenges. Speakers · NICK YEARWOOD, Strategy and Policy Specialist, UK CAA Performance Beyond Compliance, a UK perspective · JOHN WELLER, Wildlife Biologist, FAA · ANITA ADJEI-NMASHIE, Manager, Aerodrome Safety & Standards, Ghana CAA Data-driven strategy to reduce wildlife strike hazards · DEO CHANDRA LAL KARN, Director, Domestic Airport Operation and Facilitation Department, CAA of Nepal Challenges in the Regulations of Wildlife Hazard Management · CAPT. HENRIQUE RUBENS BALTA DE OLIVEIRA, Wildlife Strike Risk Advisor, CENIPA Two Aviation Authorities to Reach One Goal · MARTA GIORDANO, Ornithologist, France DGCA PICA, the French database to notify and analyze birdstrikes
16:00 – 16:30	Coffee Break sponsored by IATA
16:30 – 17:00	Panel Session Q&A
End of Day 1

DAY 2 – WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2017
INTRODUCTION
09:00 – 09:10	Speaker · DAVID GAMPER, Director, Safety, Technical and Legal Affairs, ACI
BEST PRACTICES
	Moderator: RISHI TARKUDIN, Director, Safety and Technical, ACI Africa
09:10 – 10:30	Planning of Wildlife Management Speakers · MICHEL GLORIEUX, Wildlife Manager, Geneva Airport Aerodrome Wildlife Hazard Management Plan (WHMP) · CAMILLA ROSENQUIST, Wildlife Manager, Copenhagen Airport Risk assessment and data collection for risk assessment · ANASTASIOS ANAGNOSTOPOULOS, Head Wildlife and Biodiversity Management, Athens Airport Training for Wildlife Control Officers
	Q&A
10:30 – 11:00	Coffee Break sponsored by Pennington Seed, Inc.

BEST PRACTICES (cont.)
	Moderator: GARY SEARING, Executive Director, Birdstrike Canada
11:00 – 12:45	Implementation of Best Practices ‑ Methods and Techniques Speakers · DAVID BRADBEER, Wildlife Program Specialist, Airside Operations, Vancouver Airport Habitat Management · STEVE OSMEK, Manager, Airport Biologist, Seattle-Tacoma Airport Avian Radar & FOD Sensors: Operationalized · NICK ATWELL, Manager, Aviation Wildlife Hazard, Portland Airport Raptor trap-and-release · TANYA DRAPEAU, Site Manager, AVISURE Wildlife Harassment Program, Tools and Practices
	Q&A
12:45 – 13:00	SIETE HAMMINGA, CEO Robin Radar Systems, the Netherlands WILDLIFE TALK
13:00 – 14:00	Lunch sponsored by ACI

SPECIFIC ISSUES
	Moderator: EOIN RYAN, Vice President, International Training Dublin Airport Authority International
14:00 – 15:10	Speakers · JUERGEN EBERT, Wildlife Control Coordinator, Frankfurt Airport Terrestrial Land Animal Management · MELISSA HOFFMANN, Senior Wildlife Officer, South Africa Airport Use of Working Dogs ‑ Lessons from 20 years’ experience · BEN SHERTZER, Wildlife Administrator, Pittsburgh International Airport Working with the off-airport community · ANDY BAXTER, Wildlife Manager, Birdstrike Management Ltd., Heathrow Airport Effective national bird strike reporting procedures and their impact on individual airport risk management
	Q&A
15:10 – 15:30	Coffee Break

EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES AND FUTURE TRENDS
	Moderator: ANDY BAXTER, Wildlife Manager, Birdstrike Management Ltd. Heathrow Airport
15:30 – 17:00	Performance, Improvement and Perspectives Speakers · PIERRE MOLINA, Executive Director, Falcon Environmental Inc. How to assess your strategy to manage wildlife (WHMP)? · TRAVIS DEVAULT, Project Leader, USDA WS National Wildlife Research Center Current Research · EDWIN HERRICKS, Professor Emeritus, Illinois University An Overview of New and Emerging Technologies · PETER HEMMINGSEN, Chief Executive Officer, ASCENDXYZ One Step in the Future: Satellite-based Technologies
	Q&A
End of Day 2

DAY 3 – THURSDAY, 18 MAY 2017
CAN AIRPORTS DO IT ALONE?
	Moderator: MICHAEL J. BEGIER, National Coordinator, Airport Wildlife Hazards Program USDA/APHIS/Wildlife Services
09:00 – 10:40	Responsibilities of All Stakeholders The most efficient way to prevent wildlife strikes would involve all stakeholders. This session will bring together airport operators, airlines, air traffic management, aircraft manufacturers and other stakeholders to share their viewpoints on working together to reduce wildlife strike hazards. Speakers · MICHAEL J. BEGIER, National Coordinator, Airport Wildlife Hazards Program, USDA/APHIS/Wildlife Services Importance of land use off airports; case studies of collaboration between airports and local communities · CAPT. HERIBERTO SALAZAR-EGUILUZ, AGE Committee Chairman, IFALPA What is the pilot's responsibility? How should pilots report a strike to the aircraft? · NICO VOORBACH, Director, ICAO and Industry Affairs, CANSO ATC View · CHRIS DEMERS, Flight Safety Office engineer, Pratt & Whitney New Developments on Aircraft Engine Design vs. Bird Strikes · ALBERT DE HOON, Senior Advisor Wildlife Strike Prevention, CAA-Netherlands Multiple Stakeholder Approach
	Q&A
10:40 – 10:50	PHILIPPE BOITEUX, Airbus The Video: ‘Story of Airbird, Birdstrikes Mitigation in Airbus’
10:50 – 11:20	Coffee Break sponsored by Airbus

BIRD STRIKE/WILDLIFE STRIKE COMMITTEES
	Moderator: JOHN WELLER, Vice Chairman, Bird Strike Committee USA
11:20 – 12:10	Importance of Establishing Committees Annex 14 — Aerodromes, Volume I — Aerodrome Design and Operations requires that wildlife strike hazards on, or in the vicinity of, an aerodrome to be assessed through the establishment of national procedures and an ongoing evaluation of wildlife hazards by competent personnel. The establishment of a national committee, covered in Airport Services Manual, Part 3 — Wildlife Control and Reduction (Doc 9137), is ideally suited to addressing this task. Such committees are popular forums to gain and exchange information on research and development in airport wildlife control. Speakers · SARAH BRAMMELL, Chair, Bird Strike Committee, USA BSC USA Committee: Role, Composition, and Goals – Lessons Learned · NICHOLAS CARTER, Adviser to the Presidency of the Board of Directors CARSAMPAF (South American and the Caribbean Regional Bird/Wildlife Hazard Prevention Committee) Regional Perspectives · CAPT. ROB VAN EEKEREN, President, World Birdstrike Association (WBA) Update on the WBA
	Q&A
CLOSING REMARKS
12:10 – 12:40	· STEPHEN P. CREAMER, Director, Air Navigation Bureau, ICAO Outcomes of Symposium

OPTIONAL WORKSHOP
14:30 – 16:30	Techniques of Bird/Wildlife Strike Reporting, using ECCAIRS Speaker · TOM MISTOS, Chief, Oversight Support Unit, ICAO
End of Symposium