Within broader conversations around change management and shifting regional priorities, the summit will examine topics such as the disruptive impacts and opportunities posed by new technologies and the diverging outlooks for the low-cost and ultra-low-cost airline models in different parts of the Americas.

Two Complementary Events

By bringing together co-located events on consecutive days, Informa Markets hopes to encourage even greater cross-sector discussions, laying the groundwork for further potential cooperation between airlines and airports.

Industry professionals, thought leaders, and innovators from across the global aviation and transportation sectors will be able to discuss, collaborate, network and explore the future of airport development and air travel. 

Among the highlights of GAD Americas 2025 will be the CEO Table where strategic insights and perspectives on airport development in the Americas will be discussed by Ricardo Hernandez, CEO of AERIS CR, and Ramón Miró, President and CEO, Corporación Quiport. The session will be moderated by Justin Erbacci, Director General at ACI World.

Other panel topics this year will include:

• Powerful Partnerships: Driving Tourism Growth Together
• Building Bridges: PPP Success Stories in Airport Development Across the Americas
• Post-Pandemic Progress: Tackling CAPEX and Capacity Challenges in the LAC Aviation Sector
• Navigating Funding Strategies for Public and Private Sector Airports
• The Future of Airports in Canada.

On the first full day, the Powerful Partnerships panel will include Rosa Harris, Director of Tourism at the Cayman Islands Department of Tourism; Wendy Francette-Williams, CEO of Antigua & Barbuda Airport Authority, and be moderated by David Appleby, Director Air Service Dev, Latin America & Caribbean, ASM.

Jorge Hernández, President and CEO of Aerostar Airport Holdings; Mar Simon Carrasco, Head of New Business Development, Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico (GAP); and Mónika Infante, CEO of Aerodom-VINCI Airports will take part in the Building Bridges panel, moderated by Curtis Grad, CEO of Modalis Infrastructure Partners.

The Post-Pandemic Progress panel will include Erandeni Calderón Martinez, Director of Faculty at Universidad Regional del Norte; Nathalie Sebastien, Présidente du Directoire of SAMAC Société Aéroport Martinique Aimé Césaire, and will be moderated by Patrick Lucas, Principal and Founder of Airport Economics Consulting Inc.

On the second day, Navigating Funding Strategies will be moderated by Curtis Grad and feature Amit Rikhy, Co-Founder and Partner at Carlyle Airport Group - CAG Holdings; Agustin Arellano, President and CEO of HAS Development Corporation; and Deborah Flint, the CEO of Toronto Pearson International Airport.

The final panel session of the event will look at the Future of Airports in Canada and hear from Johanne Gallant, President and CEO of Fredericton International Airport Authority; Joyce Carter, President and CEO of Halifax International Airport Authority; Deborah Flint, CEO, Toronto Pearson International Airport and Monette Pasher, President of the Canada Airport Council. The session will be moderated by Jody Aldcorn, Partner at law firm McCarthy Tetrault.

If you are interested in attending GAD Americas and the CAPA Americas Summit, please contact Paige Floyd, GAD Business Development Manager for more information.