THE 15th AIR LAW CONFERENCE IN WUZHEN

INVITE LAWYERS OF AVIATION COMMUNITY

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    Aviation
    authorities

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    ATS units

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    Leasing and insurance companies

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    Operators

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    Airports and
    droneports

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    Aviation
    training centers

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    Aircraft
    owners

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    Aeronautical
    equipment
    manufacturers

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    Law firms and consulting companies

CONFERENCE PROGRAM

The Fifteenth Air Law Conference will be held in Wuzhen Scenic Area on November 5, 2026. This event is organized by the National Air Law Association and the Institute of Air and Space Law AEROHELP. Academic partner of the Conference is the School of Global Governance at Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT).

Working languages of Conference: Russian, English and Chinese

Wednesday 4 November 2026

19:00 – 22:00
Welcome reception

Thursday 5 November 2026

09:00 – 09:30
Welcome addresses
Speaker: Oleg AKSAMENTOV, Director, Institute of Air and Space Law AEROHELP, St Petersburg
Докладчик: Liu HAO, Executive Dean, School of Global Governance and School of Management at Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT), Beijing
09:30 – 10:35
Waterside Resort
Dragon & Phoenix Hall		 1. Convergence in International Air Law: Standards, Regulation, Enforcement
Chairperson: Jiefang HUANG, Zhou Gengsheng Chair Professor, Wuhan University, Wuhan
Speaker:
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10:35 – 11:40
Waterside Resort
Dragon & Phoenix Hall		 2. An Act of War or an Armed Conflict and Air Carrier Liability: It's Time to Reconsider the Approach
Chairperson: Cem ARTEKIN, Founder and the Head, Artekin Law Firm, Istanbul
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11:40 – 12:10
Coffee Break
12:10 – 13:15
Waterside Resort
Dragon & Phoenix Hall		 3. Access to International Air Transportation Markets: Legal Impediments and Ways of Their Removal
Chairperson:
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13:15 – 14:20
Waterside Resort
Dragon & Phoenix Hall		 4. Facilitation or Personal Data Protection: Time to Change Priorities
Chairperson: Mia WOUTERS, Partner of GDS advocaten, Professor of Aviation Law at University of Gent, Brussels
Speaker:
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14:20 – 15:20
Shuiliantian Western Restaurant		 Lunch
15:20 – 16:25
Waterside Resort
Dragon & Phoenix Hall		 5. Legal Capacity of AI in Aviation: Who's Responsible?
Chairperson: Liu HAO, Executive Dean, School of Global Governance and School of Management at Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT), Beijing
Speaker:
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16:25 – 16:55
Coffee Break
16:55 – 18:00
Waterside Resort
Dragon & Phoenix Hall		 Discussion panel 6
Chairperson:
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18:00 – 18:10
 Closing remarks
20:00 – 23:00
Gala Dinner

Friday 6 November 2026

10:00 – 13:00
Excursion Programme
18:00 – 21:00
Cultural Programme

TERMS OF PARTICIPATION

  • The participation fee per one delegate is 65 000 RUB, including VAT.

  • If the same company is represented by 2 delegates, 10% discount applies to each delegate.

  • If the same company participates through 3 or more delegates, a 15% discount will apply to each.

  • A participating delegate, who has regularly attended the AEROHELP Air Law Conference (St Petersburg, Baku, Moscow or Dubai) or the LUISS/PIERALLINI Air Law Conference (Rome) or the International Air Law Forum (Shanghai), is entitled a 20% discount.

  • The members of European Air Law Association (EALA), or Helicopter Industry Association (HIA), or Russian Association of Air Transport Operators (AEVT), or International Association of Airports (IAA), or Association of Employers and Enterprises of the Industry of UAS (AERONEXT) are subject to 20% discount for participation.

  • The participation fee for students, master students, PhD students, academicians and lecturers is 5 000 RUB.

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List of Delegates

Сompany / Location Name / Title
University of Sharjah Sharjah, UAE Zeina Ahmad Lecturer
Institute of Air and Space Law AEROHELP St Petersburg, Russia Oleg Aksamentov Director
University of Sharjah Sharjah, UAE Shadi Alshdaifat College of Law Dean Assistant for Graduate Studies
Federal Geographic Information Centre Abu Dhabi, UAE Mohamed Amara General Counsel
Artekin Law Firm Istanbul, Turkey Cem Artekin Founder, the Head
Azerbaijan Airlines Baku, Azerbaijan Vafa Babayeva Chief of passenger complaints and suggestions section at Legal Department
AERONEXT Association Moscow, Russia Gleb Babintsev General Director
Mongolian Association of Aviation Lawyers and Professionals Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia Sarangua Davaadorj Chairperson
S7 Airlines Moscow, Russia Yulia Efanova Director of Legal Support for Aircraft Maintenance and Ground Handling Department
VERBA Legal Moscow, Russia Artem Elistratov Head of Project Office in the CIS and the Middle East
S7 Airlines Moscow, Russia Diana Erofeeva Director of Legal Support Directorate
Navigator St Petersburg, Russia Anastasia Fomina Project Manager
VERBA Legal Moscow, Russia Evgeniy Gasparyan Associate, Attorney
Wuhan University Wuhan, China Jiefang Huang Zhou Gengsheng Chair Professor
Lomonosov Moscow State University Moscow, Russia Natalia Ilyutchenko Associate Professor of the Department of Criminal Procedure, Justice and Prosecutor's Supervision
Aeroflot Moscow, Russia Roza Ivanova Legal Advisor
FChain Moscow, Russia Kristina Justus Co-Founder
AlfaStrakhovanie Moscow, Russia Ilya Kabachnik Deputy Director General for Aviation Insurance
Themis Krasnoyarsk, Russia Oksana Karpacheva Managing Partner
Aviaservice Kazan, Russia Zaur Khusnutdinov Deputy Director General for Legal Affairs
Nextons Moscow, Russia Vladimir Kilinkarov Partner, Infrastructure and PPP
Aviation Department of the Ministry of Transport and Communications of the Republic of Belarus Minsk, Belarus Olga Koloshich Head of Legal and HR Department
RUDN University Moscow, Russia Ruslan Konygin PhD Student
MGIMO University Moscow, Russia Anastasia Konygina PhD Student
Samara National Research University Samara, Russia Sergey Krasov Professor
MZS Moscow, Russia Marina Kulidobrova Lawyer
INUNI Global London, UK Roy Li Business Development Manager
Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT) Beijing, China Hao Liu Executive Dean of the School of Global Governance and School of Management
S7 Airlines Moscow, Russia Nikolay Maksimov Director of the Department of Legal Support for Contractual Work
Attorneys Group Moscow, Russia Yuriy Morozov Senior Partner
Norina and Partners Vladivostok, Russia Angela Norina Managing Partner
Universitas Prasetiya Mulya Jakarta, Indonesia Ridha Aditya Nugraha Air and Space Law Studies
Convers Avia Tver, Russia Vera Obraztsova Legal Advisor
EPAM Law Offices Moscow, Russia Andrey Porfiriev Partner
Damodaram Sanjivayya National Law University Visakhapatnam, India Soubhik Purkayastha Student
Damodaram Sanjivayya National Law University Visakhapatnam, India Adithya Rajukurup Student
Sarajevo International Airport Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina Berin Ridjanovic Deputy Director, Administrative Support Department
BGP Litigation Moscow, Russia Vladislav Rikov Partner, Head of Aviation & Asset Finance
MGIMO University Moscow, Russia Ekaterina Samorodova Associate Professor of French Language Department
St Petersburg State University St Petersburg, Russia Ksenia Shestakova Associate Professor of International Law, Academic Director of the Public International Law Masters' Program
AOPA-Russia Moscow, Russia Andrey Shnyrev First Vice-President
North-West Airlines St Petersburg, Russia Ksenia Shunkova Health Care Specialist
R&P China Lawyers Shanghai, China Tristan van Veen Associate
GDS advocaten Brussels, Belgium Mia Wouters Partner, Professor of Aviation Law at University of Gent
Advocate Bar Moscow, Russia Maria Zhenina Advocate
Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation Moscow, Russia Dmitry Zverev State Secretary - Deputy Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation
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ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Chairman of the Organizing Committee

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    Sergey YURYEV

    President of the National Air Law Association, Doctor in Law

Members of the Organizing Committee

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    Dmitriy ZVEREV

    State Secretary - Deputy Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation, PhD

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    Hao LIU

    Executive Dean, School of Global Governance and School of Management at Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT), Professor

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    Dr. Shadi A. ALSHDAIFAT

    Dean Assistant for Graduate Studies, College of Law at University of Sharjah, Professor, LLB, LLM, SJD

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    Andrey SHNYREV

    First Vice-President of Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association of Russia (RAOPA), PhD

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    Boris YELISEYEV

    Rector of Moscow State Technical University of Civil Aviation, Doctor in Law, Professor, Honored Lawyer of Russian Federation

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    Alexander BATALOV

    Representative of the Russian Federation to International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), Doctor in Law

Secretary of the Organizing Committee

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    Oleg AKSAMENTOV

    Director of the Institute of Air and Space Law AEROHELP


    oleg@aerohelp.com

Reviews

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    Ilya KABACHNIK Deputy Director General for Aviation Insurance at AlfaStrakhovanie The Air Law Conference held by the AEROHELP Institute is a unique event that brings together a community of professionals specializing in this narrow but very important area of ​​jurisprudence. For us, the most important component of the conference is the communication between practicing airline lawyers and the air transport industry as a whole. I think it is very important that specialists from different enterprises in the industry have the opportunity to communicate directly in their professional environment. The mission of an airline lawyer is to protect the interests of his company. But in addition to the private interests of this or that company, there are also general interests of the industry that need to be addressed together; communication in person between professionals creates a level of trust that can subsequently save a lot of time and effort in many difficult situations.
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    Anna KHOMYAKOVA Director of Legal Department at Aeroflot Airlines Over the years, working in various fields, I have had the opportunity to take part in industry legal events, and I must say that the Air Law Conference has taken a worthy place in my personal rating of such events. Current topics were discussed, interesting opinions were expressed, behind the scenes there were disputes, discussions, and exchange of experience. The Conference personally for me gave the opportunity to meet new interesting people, provided an opportunity for comfortable communication with colleagues in the industry, gave the opportunity to consider some issues from a different angle, for which special thanks to the organizers who provided the right selection of topics, speakers and delegates.
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    Mustafa Cem ARTEKIN Founder & Partner of Artekin Law Firm, Academician, Professional Lecturer Conference provides a distinguished academic and business network atmosphere, which is arising on attendance of reputable jurists and very professional organizational set-up of the event. Conference enhances its content further each year with actual and important topics of air law, very good panels and remarkable presentations. As an international lawyer, academician and a professional lecturer, I highly recommend and encourage jurists from all around the world to attend this Conference. It turned into a habit of impatience for me to attend this Conference each year not just only for its well-known high level content quality but also for meeting with valuable colleagues and brilliant law students.
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    Sarangua DAVAADORJ Chairperson of the Mongolian Association of Aviation Lawyers and Professionals I would like to express my sincere appreciation to the organisers of the 14th Air Law Conference in Minsk in October 2025. The Conference was exceptionally well organised, taking place in the impressive Assembly Hall of Belarusian State Academy of Communications and the magnificent Nesvizh Castle, which provided a unique and inspiring atmosphere for professional exchange. The quality of representation was outstanding, bringing together participants from numerous airlines and leading companies from across the region, creating excellent networking opportunities. The food and receptions were organised on a truly VIP scale and reflected the highest standards of hospitality. The speakers and presentations were of excellent quality, offering valuable insights into current developments in aviation law. The International Air Law Moot Court that preceded the Conference was particularly impressive and uplifting, showcasing the talent and enthusiasm of the next generation of aviation professionals. This Conference has undoubtedly set a very high benchmark for future international aviation law events.
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    Andrey PORFIRIEV Partner at EPAM Law Offices Every year, the Conference becomes a landmark event for everyone involved in Aviation Law. Many of the presentations and discussions at the Conference often set trends in legislative development, as conference participants represent government bodies, businesses, and leading consultants with a keen understanding of the practical challenges facing the industry, which are common to a number of countries. The lively exchange of best practices and perspectives on legislative developments makes the Conference a unique opportunity to be heard by those who shape the direction of legislative work in their countries.

ARCHIVE OF THE EVENTS

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Minsk, 2025
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Dubai, 2024
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Moscow, 2023
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Baku, 2022
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St Petersburg, 2021
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St Petersburg, 2019
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St Petersburg, 2018
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St Petersburg, 2017
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St Petersburg, 2016
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St Petersburg, 2015
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Kiev, 2014
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Bucharest, 2014
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St Petersburg, 2014
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Kiev, 2013
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St Petersburg, 2013
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St Petersburg, 2011
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Moscow, 2011
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St Petersburg, 2010

VENUE

Wuzhen Scenic Area is located in the heart of the Golden Triangle formed by Shanghai, Hangzhou and Suzhou, with easy access to transportation. As one of China’s first Top Ten Famous Historical and Cultural Towns and a renowned Chinese Charming Town, it features the classic water town charm of small bridges, winding waterways and riverside homes, alongside exquisite traditional residences. It also boasts a profound history and rich cultural ambiance. For the Fifteenth Air Law Conference, which will be held on November 5, 2026, was chosen Waterside Resort (Zhenshui Resort Hotel), gets its name for being built amid rivers and nestled by the waters. Located alongside Xishi River in the middle section of Wuzhen Xizha Scenic Area, the hotel is surrounded by gentle waters, offering a peaceful retreat away from the hustle and bustle.


Waterside Resort: 118, Nühong Street, Wuzhen Xizha Scenic Area, Tongxiang City, Jiaxing City, Zhejiang Province, China (Inside the Scenic Area)

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