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2007 China Airport Construction Summit

Building the Infrastructure for China's Next Century of Air Travel

May 14-15, 2007
Hyatt Regency, Xi'an, China

The 2007 China Airport Construction Summit was kicked off May 15, 2007 in Xi’an, China’s ancient capital city and an aviation industry hub in the country’s heartland. This summit is the first airport-focused event staged by McGraw-Hill Construction in China in partnership with International Aviation Group, the largest professional magazine publisher in China for the aviation & aerospace industries, and China Civil Airport Association, the only industry association representing airport operators across China approved by CAAC.

At the Summit, Mr. Wang Zhiqing, Deputy Director-General of CAAC’s Planning & Development Department made a keynote speech on the transformation of China’s airport infrastructure. And 16 distinguished speakers from all around the world joined the panel discussions and had:

• Paul Johnson, Global Business Leader for Environmental Consulting, Arup Group Ltd.
• George P. Vittas, P.E., Senior Vice President, AECOM Global Aviation
• Wang Jian, Secretary-general, China Civil Airport Association
• Roderick Willie, Senior Vice President, Turner Construction
• Daniel Goh, Managing Director Asia Pacific, L3 Communications Security and Detection Systems
• Andy Smith, Solutions Executive, Bentley Systems Inc.
• Xu Zhenzhong, Vice President, Capital Airports Aviation Security Co.
• Jeffrey Scheferman, President, HAS Development Corporation
• Li Xiang, Vice President, TravelSky Technology Limited
• Celia Fu Fremberg, Senior Program Manager, The Mitre Corporation
• Steve Fulton, Chief Technology Officer, Naverus Inc.
• Wu Zhijun, Professor, Civil Aviation University of China
• William Fife, Director of Aviation, DMJM-Harris
• Gregory A. Yager, VP & Director of Urban Design, RTKL
• Zhang Hongbin, Assistant Director, Expansion Office, China West Airport Group
• Jin Qiansheng, Director of Xi’an Yanliang National Aviation Hi-tech Industry Base

Around 120 attendees joined the event, including 40 top exectives from 17 local airport operators  (e.g., Beijing Capital Airport, Chengdu Shuangliu Int’l Airport, Jilin Province Airports Group, Shenzhen Airport, etc.) and another 1/3 from some 20 international companies (e.g., United Technologies, ECI-Metro, PPG, HOK, Oracle, etc.). The General Administration of Civil Aviation of China (CAAC), the top regulator of China’s aviation and airport industry, China Civil Airport Construction Corporation, the country’s largest airport builder, together with 7 other airport contractors/designers also send representatives to the conference.

The event is sponsored by Bentley, Sloan and Dow Corning and supported by ENR, Aviation Week, International Aviation and Shanghai-based Construction Times.