THE 13th AIR LAW CONFERENCE IN DUBAI

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
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    Aviation
    training centers

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    Aircraft
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    Aeronautical
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    Law firms and consulting companies

CONFERENCE PROGRAM

The Thirteenth Air Law Conference will be held in Dubai on October 18. This event is organized by the National Air Law Association and the Institute of Air and Space Law AEROHELP.

Working languages of Conference: Russian and English

Thursday 17 October 2024

19:00 – 22:00
Local Restaurant
TRYP by Wyndham Dubai		 Welcome reception

Friday 18 October 2024

09:00 – 09:45
 Registration and welcome coffee
09:45 – 10:00
 Welcome addresses
Speaker: Oleg AKSAMENTOV, Director, Institute of Air and Space Law AEROHELP, St Petersburg
10:00 – 11:00
Al Shindagha Museum
Visitor Center		 1. Towards One Sky in a Multipolar World
Chairperson: Pablo MENDES DE LEON, Professor of Air and Space Law, The Hague
Speaker: Dmitry ZVEREV, State Secretary - Deputy Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation, Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation, Moscow
Speaker: Rajesh SINGH, Special Director, Interglobe Aviation (IndiGo Airline), Gurgaon
Speaker: Catalin RADU, General Director, Aviation Administration of Kazakhstan, Astana
Speaker: Cem ARTEKIN, Founder and the Head, Artekin Law Firm, Istanbul
11:00 – 12:00
Al Shindagha Museum
Visitor Center		 2. Existential Threats and Risks to Aviation
Chairperson: Dr. Shadi A. ALSHDAIFAT, Associate Professor of Public International Law, University of Sharjah, Sharjah
Speaker: Maksim ASTAFIEV, Deputy General Director for Legal Support, S7 Airlines, Moscow
Speaker: Lale KAPLAN, Lecturer of Aviation Law and Introduction to Turkish Employment Law, Ozyegin University, Istanbul
Speaker: Oksana KARPACHEVA, Managing Partner, Themis, Krasnoyarsk
Speaker: Hao LIU, Secretary General, Joint Authorities for Rulemaking on Unmanned Systems (JARUS), Beijing
12:00 – 12:30
 Coffee Break
12:30 – 13:45
Al Shindagha Museum
Visitor Center		 3. Financing in Aviation or Why Money Down the Drain?
Chairperson: Ilya KABACHNIK, Deputy Director General for Aviation Insurance at AlfaStrakhovanie, Moscow
Speaker: Vladislav RIKOV, Partner, Head of Aviation & Asset Finance, BGP Litigation, Moscow
Speaker: Sherif EL HOSSENY, Partner - Head of Aviation, Matouk Bassiouny & Hennawy, Cairo
Speaker: Vladimir KILINKAROV, Partner, Infrastructure and PPP, Nextons, Moscow
13:45 – 14:45
Arabian Fish House		 Lunch
14:45 – 16:00
Al Shindagha Museum
Visitor Center		 4. The Passenger is Always Right! – Theorem or Axiom?
Chairperson: Mia WOUTERS, Partner of GDS advocaten, Professor of Aviation Law at University of Gent, Brussels
Speaker:Angela NORINA, Managing Partner, Norina and Partners, Vladivostok
Speaker: Rinat GAREEV, Senior Lawyer, Whitecliff Management, Dubai
Speaker: Yuriy MOROZOV, Senior Partner, Attorneys Group, Moscow
Speaker: Zlata VORONTSOVA, Head of Marketing and PR Department – ​​Deputy Commercial Director, TCH, Moscow
16:00 – 16:30
 Coffee Break
16:30 – 17:45
Al Shindagha Museum
Visitor Center		 5. Manned v. Unmanned Aviation: Responsibility and Liability
Chairperson: Hao LIU, Secretary General, Joint Authorities for Rulemaking on Unmanned Systems (JARUS), Beijing
Speaker: Anton NIKIFOROV, Expert, Institute of Air and Space Law AEROHELP, St Petersburg
Speaker: Olga KOLOSHICH, Head of Legal and HR Department, Aviation Department at the Ministry of Transport and Communications of the Republic of Belarus, Minsk
Speaker: Carlos BELTRAN, Chief Operating Officer, ATAA, Dubai
Speaker: Gleb BABINTSEV, General Director, AERONEXT Association, Moscow
17:45 – 18:00
 Closing remarks
19:30 – 23:00
DESERT ROSE Megayacht
Dubai Marina		 Gala Dinner

Saturday 19 October 2024

15:00 – 21:00
 Excursion & Cultural Programme

OUR PARTNERS


With support of

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CHAIRPERSONS

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    Pablo MENDES DE LEON

    Professor of Air and Space Law

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    Dr. Shadi ALSHDAIFAT

    Associate Professor of Public International Law at the University of Sharjah

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    Ilya KABACHNIK

    Deputy Director General for Aviation Insurance at AlfaStrakhovanie

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    Mia WOUTERS

    Partner of GDS advocaten, Professor of Aviation Law at University of Gent

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    Hao LIU

    Professor, Secretary General at Joint Authorities for Rulemaking on Unmanned Systems (JARUS)

List of Delegates

Сompany / Location Name / Title
University of Sharjah Sharjah, UAE Zeina Ahmad PhD Student
Institute of Air and Space Law AEROHELP St Petersburg, Russia Oleg Aksamentov Director
Federal Air Transport Agency Moscow, Russia Vera Aksuk Deputy Head of the Digital Transformation and Information Support Department
University of Sharjah Sharjah, UAE Alyazyeh Aldahmani Student
Belarus State University Minsk, Belarus Polina Aliashevich Student
University of Sharjah Sharjah, UAE Hessa Al-Ali Student
University of Sharjah Sharjah, UAE Maryam Alnuaimi Student
University of Sharjah Sharjah, UAE Najla Alnuaimi Student
University of Sharjah Sharjah, UAE Shadi Alshdaifat Associate Professor
Norina and Partners Vladivostok, Russia Vadim Andreev Advocate
Artekin Law Firm Istanbul, Turkey Cem Artekin Founder, the Head
ATAA Dubai, UAE Adil Asharaf TK Operations Manager
S7 Airlines Moscow, Russia Maksim Astafiev Deputy General Director for Legal Support
Belarus State University Minsk, Belarus Hanna Astapchyk Student
AEGEAN Airlines Group Athens, Greece Katia Avramidou General Legal Counsel
Azerbaijan Airlines Baku, Azerbaijan Vafa Babayeva Chief of passenger complaints and suggestions section at Legal Department
AERONEXT Association Moscow, Russia Gleb Babintsev General Director
Lomonosov Moscow State University Moscow, Russia Aylin Bashbay Student
ATAA Dubai, UAE Carlos Beltran Chief Operating Officer
ATAA Dubai, UAE Henan Benabdeladhim CEO
Lomonosov Moscow State University Moscow, Russia Amanu Dzhanmirzaev Student
Institute of Air and Space Law AEROHELP St Petersburg, Russia Maksim Efanov Examiner
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
Whitecliff Management Dubai, UAE Rinat Gareev Senior Lawyer
VERBA Legal Moscow, Russia Evgeniy Gasparyan Specialist in International Commercial Disputes
KMG Aviation Team St Petersburg, Russia Anastasia Gned Expert in legal regulation of aviation security
Transport of the Future Tolyatti, Russia Evgenia Gvozditsina Head Certification, Licensing and Technical Regulation Department
Matouk Bassiouny & Hennawy Cairo, Egypt Sherif El Hosseny Partner - Head of Aviation
World Impact forum Dubai, UAE Anna Mariia Iakusheva Executive assistant
Lomonosov Moscow State University Moscow, Russia Roza Ivanova Student
AlfaStrakhovanie Moscow, Russia Ilya Kabachnik Deputy Director General
MOSKAN Aviation Brokering Nicosia, Cyprus Moss Kantis Director
Ozyegin University Istanbul, Turkey Lale Kaplan Lecturer of Aviation Law and Introduction to Turkish Employment Law
Themis Krasnoyarsk, Russia Oksana Karpacheva Managing Partner
Aeroflot Moscow, Russia Anna Khomyakova Director of Legal Department
Aviaservice Kazan, Russia Zaur Khusnutdinov Deputy General Director for Legal Affairs
Nextons Moscow, Russia Vladimir Kilinkarov Partner, Infrastructure and PPP
NordStar Airlines Krasnoyarsk, Russia Valeria Klikunova Deputy Head of Legal Department
CAA of the Republic of Belarus Minsk, Belarus Olga Koloshich Head of Legal and HR Department
St Petersburg Specialized Bar Association St Petersburg, Russia Angela Konovalova Advocate
RUDN University Moscow, Russia Anastasia Konygina PhD Student
RUDN University Moscow, Russia Ruslan Konygin PhD Student
MGIMO University Moscow, Russia Marina Kulidobrova PhD Student
NordStar Airlines Krasnoyarsk, Russia Tatyana Kuznetsova General Counsel
iFly Airlines Ulyanovsk, Russia Aleksey Leonov General Director Adviser for External Relations
Joint Authorities for Rulemaking on Unmanned Systems (JARUS) Beijing, China Hao Liu Secretary General
Infraport St Petersburg, Russia Igor Markov Director of Development
KMG Aviation Team St Petersburg, Russia Olga Markova Magaging Partner
Institute of Air and Space Law AEROHELP The Hague, The Netherlands Pablo Mendes de Leon Expert, Professor of Air and Space Law
Attorneys Group Moscow, Russia Yuriy Morozov Senior Partner
Institute of Air and Space Law AEROHELP St Petersburg, Russia Anton Nikiforov Expert
Norina and Partners Vladivostok, Russia Angela Norina Managing Partner
Convers Avia Tver, Russia Vera Obraztsova Legal Councel
ZashchitaInfoTrans Moscow, Russia Sevinj Piralieva Head of the Department for work with projects of Federal Authorities
Aviation Administration of Kazakhstan Astana, Kazakhstan Catalin Radu General Director
BGP Litigation Moscow, Russia Vladislav Rikov Head of Aviation & Asset Finance
Ishembay Abdraimov Kyrgyzstan Aviation Institute Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan Oksana Sadovskaya Deputy Director for Academic Affairs
MGIMO University Moscow, Russia Ekaterina Samorodova Assistant Professor
NordStar Airlines Krasnoyarsk, Russia Olga Sannikova Deputy Head of Legal Department
Belarus State University Minsk, Belarus Ilya Shamshur Student
Lomonosov Moscow State University Moscow, Russia Daniil Shlyapnikov Student
Lomonosov Moscow State University Moscow, Russia Maria Shmidt Student
Interglobe Aviation (IndiGo Airline) Gurgaon, India Rajesh Singh Special Director
Skvortsova and Partners Krasnodar, Russia Anna Skvortsova Managing Partner
Status Consult Moscow, Russia Daria Sushko General Director
AEROHELP Project Office Minsk, Belarus Aleksander Tarasov Director
Gelix Perm, Russia Oksana Treskina Head of Legal Department
TCH Moscow, Russia ​​Oleg Trufanov Vice President –​ Director of Schedule & Tariffs Centre​​
TCH Moscow, Russia ​​Zlata Vorontsova Head of Marketing and PR Department – ​​Deputy Commercial Director​​
flidubai Dubai, UAE Ashleigh Whitehead Senior Associate – Legal Affairs
GDS advocaten Brussels, Belgium Mia Wouters Partner, Professor of Aviation Law at University of Gent
National Air Law Association Moscow, Russia Sergey Yuryev President
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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    Dr. Shadi A. ALSHDAIFAT

    Associate Professor of Public International Law at University of Sharjah, 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

    Alternate to the Representative of the Russian Federation to International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), Member of the Air Navigation Commission, PhD

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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    Zeina AHMAD PhD Student, Academician, College of Law at Sharjah University, LL.M. This conference offers an exceptional blend of academic and business networking opportunities, thanks to the presence of esteemed jurists and a highly professional organizational setup. Each year, the event enhances its content with timely and significant topics in air law, featuring outstanding panels and remarkable presentations. As an air and space lawyer, academician, and professional lecturer, I highly recommend and encourage jurists worldwide to attend this conference. It has become eagerly anticipated, not only for its renowned high-quality content but also for the chance to connect with valuable colleagues and brilliant law professionals.
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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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    Natalia SOVETOVA Head of Corporate Department at Red Wings Airlines I would like to express my deep gratitude to the organizers of the Air Law Conference! I liked that the event managed to gather a fairly large number of representatives of large Russian and international companies ready to take part in the discussion. This is very valuable, because everyone comes here for new experience and knowledge. Listening to real examples from practice is always more useful than discussing theory. The event is maintained from year to year at a consistently high quality level, attracting both speakers with interesting reports and good moderators who allow for an effective discussion.
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    Andrey POTEMKIN Deputy Head of Federal Air Transport Agency The idea of holding an annual Air Law Conference, in my opinion, is very successful. Firstly, during the year the regulation in different sectors of civil aviation changes, both in sovereign legal orders and at the international level. Secondly, public relations in the aviation sphere change, priorities shift, new trends arise, which, in turn, stimulates doctrine and legal consulting to master new areas of legal protection and servicing of market participants. Therefore, for many colleagues the Conference is a popular and useful forum where current problems of the industry are raised and discussed. I wish all delegates fruitful work at the upcoming Conference in Dubai!
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    Vafa BABAYEVA Head of Unit for Passenger Claims at Azerbaijan Airlines With a feeling of deep satisfaction I would like to congratulate all the Delegates of the 11th Air Law Conference, which was hosted for the first time by hospitable and sunny Baku. The Conference was effective, successful and productive, as specialists could listen not only to theory, but also to communicate with each other, getting acquainted with the experience of other companies, which is the main value of the event. Taking into account the trend of the legal sphere with its constant changes and emerging new legislative regulators and requirements, the value of the Conference only increases.

ARCHIVE OF THE EVENTS

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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

The Al Shindagha Museum, located on the shores of Dubai Creek in the most famous historical district of Al Shindagha, was chosen to host the Thirteenth Air Law Conference. The museum is a beacon of Emirati heritage, connecting the rich past with the future and revealing the modern identity of the Emirates. The museum complex includes 21 unique buildings, including the house of Sheikh Saeed Al Maktoum, built in 1896. Until the middle of the last century, it was the residence of the Rulers of the Al Maktoum dynasty, to which the current Emir of Dubai belongs. Now it houses a museum dedicated to the ruling family. A spacious and bright pavilion, the Visitor Center, is provided for the purposes of the conference, perfectly fitting into the surrounding family of artefacts, the modern equipment of which will allow delegates to feel comfortable throughout the working day. Within the walls of the Al Shindagha Museum, delegates will be treated to a guided tour that tells the universal story of human innovation, resilience and the drive for progress that has shaped modern Dubai.


Al Shindagha Museum: ​57, Al Khaleej street, Dubai

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