Agenda 2025

2025 Agenda

LOCATION

Intercontinental
Ballsbridge

DATE / TIME

Conference: Tuesday,
4th November 2025

RECEPTION

There will be a welcome reception the evening before on Monday 3rd November 2025

3rd of November

SILC - Monday evening Pre Conference Drinks
ICE Bar, InterContinental, Ballsbridge
From 6:30pm

4th of November

SILC - Tuesday 4th of November 2025
Shrewsbury Ballroom, InterContinental Hotel, Ballsbridge

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InterContinental, Ballsbridge Dublin 4

The SILC Conference will take place in the Shrewsbury Ballroom, InterContinental Hotel, Ballsbridge on Tuesday 4th November 2025

Tuesday - 4th November Agenda

  • 08:30 - Breakfast

    Registration opens at 08.30 in the pre function room
    Breakfast Sponsored by Kuehne + Nagel

  • 10:00 - Conference

    Conference opened by moderator Matt Cooper

  • 10:00 - Dr. Frankie O’Connell

    Dr. Frankie O’Connell – Global Airline trends

  • 10:45 - Panel Discussion: Lease transitions - Is there a storm coming?

    How is the industry set for the imminent return of transitions after an almost 2-year cessation?

    Seán Dooley, CTO, Eirtech; Captain Mark Dixon, Director Air Safety Regulation, CAA Cayman Islands; Thomas Bambrick, Senior Technical Director, Altavair

  • 11:45 - Presentation: The road to a stand solution

    Frank McNamara Jnr, MD Eastway Global Forwarding; and Marcel de Vries, Deputy Head of Leasing, MTU Maintenance Lease Services

  • 12:15 - Mental Health Ireland

    Mental Health Ireland, Claire Flynn, Mental Health Ireland

  • 12:15 - Lunch

    LUNCH Sponsored by Eirtech

  • 14:00 - A Pathway to Aviation in Ireland - Irelandia Report

    Joe Gill and Eamonn Brennan to discuss the findings of this report with Matt Cooper, and the relevance to both technical lessors and service providers.

  • 14:30 - James Kelly

    James Kelly, Head of Aviation Finance, KPMG

  • 14:45 - Panel discussion: The Change of the Power Dynamic between Airlines and Lessors in relation to Manufacturer Orders and Deliveries and what this means for the industry.

    Andreas Nyman, SVP Global Head of Aerospace, Kuehne +Nagel; Lee Carey, Chief Investment Officer, EirTrade; Barry Flynn, VP Technical, ELFC; Sarah Brophy SVP OEM Relations, SMBC Aviation Capital

  • 15:30 - Coffee Break

    Coffee Break – sponsored by Frosch and Silver Seas

  • 16:00 - Peter Barrett

    Peter Barrett, CEO SMBC Aviation Capital

  • 17:00 - Conference ends

    Pints and Food and Pierre Thomas, Explorer