LIVE PANEL DISCUSSION | navigating the pandemic

In collaboration with Modalis we're now hosting a Live Webinar Panel, where we've invited airport professionals from around the globe to come together to discuss the on-going crisis and its implications on our airports, aircraft and the aviation industry as a whole. The focus will be on how to navigate through the current pandemic from an airside perspective; the challenges we're facing and the opportunities that might arise.  

meet the panelists

Curtis Grad, President of Modalis Infrastructure Partners Inc. 

Curtis Grad has over 25 years of international executive-level experience in airport development, planning, divestiture and privatization, spanning Canada, United States, Jamaica, Cyprus, Jordan and Panama, with extensive hands-on background in complex Build-Operate-Transfer/Public-Private-Partnerships.  He is the president, CEO and founding partner of Vancouver-based Modalis Infrastructure Partners Inc., strategic investment advisory and professional services company specializing in international transport infrastructure privatization, investment, development and operations.

RICHARD FELLER, AIRSIDE OPERATIONS PLANNER, VIENNA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORt

Richard has more than 25 years of aviation experience and has worked at Vienna International Airport since 1994. He started in the environmental department, and is now working in the airside operations department and airside winterservice department, where he is responsible for airside infrastructure planning, airport capacity analysis, airspace/airport modeling and simulation, operational planning and much more. Richard holds a Master of Science in mechanical engineering and transportation systems from the University of Vienna.

Fernando Lopez Calleja, Managing Director,
​Modalis quality management (airportqm)

Fernando has over 20 years of aviation and aerospace experience including 12 years at London Heathrow Airport as a senior manager in Operational Readiness & Airport Transfer (ORAT) perspective (as T5 Integration Lead and Airside Commissioning Lead), as well as Operations and Safety Assurance (as Head of Airside Operations and Head of Aerodrome Safety).  Acting as a senior consultant since 2017, Fernando has provided expert advice in terms of Aerodrome Safety and Assurance, ORAT, airport operations and management, and as a trained Project and Programme Manager has led numerous projects on behalf of international clients in the UK, US, Canada, France, Singapore and Alegria.

gaël le bris, senior aviation planner and Senior technical principal, wsp

Gaël Le Bris, C.M., P.E. is a Senior Aviation Planner and Senior Technical Principal with WSP. He is an aviation engineer with more than 10 years of experience. Prior joining WSP, he was the Airside Development Manager at a large hub airport where he led major development and aircraft/airport compatibility projects. Today, Gaël helps airports of all sizes to address the challenges they face in planning and design, develop adequate capacity, and accommodate the future demand.

Bernard Goodworth, Senior Product Manager, Transoft Solutions

In Bernard Goodworth’s 25 years in the airport industry, he has constantly been involved with planning, aviation software and administering CAD systems. The bulk of Bernard’s time however has been spent planning and monitoring the use of aircraft movement areas. Aerodome safeguarding has also been a responsibility of Bernard’s in the past. During this period he also worked freelance, training airport and consultant professionals in the application of CAD based planning tools and operational processes. Bernard has been with Transoft Solutions since April 2017. 
Sign up below to join us live! If the date and time doesn't work with your schedule, we encourage you to sign up via the same link to receive the recorded version of the webinar by email after the event. If you have any questions please don't hesitate to reach out to us at infoaviation@transoftsolutions.com.  
Please note: This event has already taken place. A recorded version is available in our library
North & South America
PDT: 7:30 am | CDT: 9:30 am | EDT: 10:30 am
BRT: 11:30 am
Europe, Middle East & Africa
BST: 3:30 pm | CEST: 4:30 pm | EEST: 5:30 pm
GST: 6:30 pm
Asia-Pacific
IST: 8:00 pm | SGT: 10:30 pm | JST: 11:30 pm
AEST: 12:30 am April 30
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