Past Events

April

04/17/06 - "Conversations With Aviation Leaders: An Interview With Michael Levine"

Time: 2:00-5:00 P.M.
Place: DePaul College of Law, Rinn Law Library - Rare Book Room, 5th Floor, 25 East Jackson Blvd., Chicago, Illinois
Admission: This event is by invitation only

Professor Brian Havel, Director of the International Aviation Law Institute, will be co-hosting this event with Dr. Dorothy Robyn of the Brattle Group, Washington, D.C. Dr. Robyn is former aviation policy advisor to President Bill Clinton. The moderators will take an oral history of Michael Levine's recollections of the events, law and policy surrounding the emergence of U.S. airline deregulation in the late 1970's. Levine, currently Distinguished Research Scholar at New York University School of Law, has a unique perspective on airline deregulation from his diverse experiences as a scholar, government official and senior airline industry executive in the regulation and post-regulation environment.

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October

10/19/06 - "Sustainable Aviation Policies for America and the World"

This event is by invitation only.

The International Aviation Law Institute at DePaul University College of Law and The Corporate Program of The Chicago Council on Foreign Relations will host a Leadership Summit entitled "Sustainable Aviation Policies for America and the World." This one-day conference will be held at the Mid-America Club atop Chicago's famed Aon Center.

As with the inaugural Leadership Summit in April 2005, the 2006 Summit will assemble 70 to 80 industry leaders and senior policy makers for a critical dialogue on the economic and regulatory forces transforming the airline industry. Glenn Tilton, Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer of United Airlines, will again chair the Summit and has agreed to deliver the opening address. In contrast to typical aviation conferences, the interactive format of the open forum sessions will provide an unmatched opportunity to engage in a robust exchange of ideas with an elite group of decision makers.

Summit Synopsis of Proceedings

10/27/06 - "Conversations With Aviation Leaders: An Interview With Dr. Alfred Kahn"

This event is by invitation only and will be held in Ithaca, New York.

Professor Brian Havel, Director of the International Aviation Law Institute, will be co-hosting this event with Dr. Dorothy Robyn of the Brattle Group, Washington, D.C. Dr. Robyn is former aviation policy advisor to President Bill Clinton. The moderators will take an oral history of Dr. Alfred Kahn's recollections of the events, law and policy surrounding the emergence of U.S. airline deregulation in the late 1970's. Kahn, currently the Robert Julius Thorne Professor of Political Economy, Emeritus, at Cornell University, is considered to be the "father" of airline deregulation and presided over the beginning of its implementation as Chairman of the Civil Aeronautics Board from 1977-1978. As Advisor to the President (Carter) on Inflation, Dr. Kahn helped expand the deregulatory movement to trucking and railroads as a tool to combat inflation. He is also author of the classic text "The Economics of Regulation: Principles and Institutions."

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November

11/08/07 - "U.S./EC Working Group: Beyond Open Skies"
Dublin, Ireland

On November 8, the International Aviation Law Institute, in cooperation with the International Institute of Air and Space Law at Leiden University, convened an experts' Working Group on the next stage of the U.S./EC Air Transport Agreement signed in 2007. The Working Group took place at the historic Newman House in St. Stephen's Green, Dublin, where James Joyce received his university education and which is now the ceremonial facility of Joyce's alma mater, University College Dublin. The members of the Working Group included the chief negotiators of the 2007 agreement, as well as over two dozen U.S. and EC leaders from government, industry, and the academy. The agenda was based on Article 21 of the Agreement, which sets forth several topics for consideration in the so-called "Second Stage." On the evening before the Working Group session, the leading Irish law firm A & L Goodbody hosted a welcome dinner for the Group participants at the firm's elegant offices in the International Financial Centre on Dublin's riverside quay. Website visitors may be interested in viewing the Draft Briefing Paper presented to the Group by the two host institutions, and are invited to submit comments and suggestions on this work-in-progress.

U.S./EC Working Group: Beyond Open Skies

11/08 & 11/09/07 - "19th Annual European Air Law Conference"
Dublin, Ireland

The International Aviation Law Institute played a central role in hosting the 19th Annual European Air Law Association (EALA) Conference, which was being held in Dublin for the first time. The Institute's Director, Brian Havel, is an Irish native and a member of the Governing Committee of the EALA. He was responsible for bringing EALA to Ireland's capital. The Conference opened with a gala dinner on November 8 (keynoted by the Irish Minister for Transport, Mr. Noel Dempsey), and the substantive proceedings followed on November 9. All Conference activities took place in the headquarters building of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, an 18th century jewel now restored to its original glory and revitalized as a modern, high-level conference venue. The Conference featured expert panels on the Cape Town International Registry of Aircraft (which is based in Ireland), aviation safety in the EC, U.S./EC airline liberalization, and recent developments in Community competition law. In addition to Minister Dempsey, major figures from the Irish aviation scene participating in the Conference included Declan Collier, CEO of the Dublin Airport Authority, Dermot Mannion, CEO of Aer Lingus, Alan Dukes, former Irish Minister for Finance and author (with Frederick Sorensen) of the major Irish report on open skies, and Vincent Power, head of the competition law department at A & L Goodbody. Professor Havel moderated the U.S./EC panel, which featured, along with Mr. Dukes, John Byerly, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Transportation Affairs, U.S. Department of State (the chief U.S. negotiator of the 2007 Agreement), Emmanuelle Maire of the European Commission's Directorate-General for Air Transport, Rene Fennes, Head of International Relations for the Netherlands Ministry of Transport, Barry Humphreys, Director of External Affairs & Route Development, Virgin Atlantic Airways, and Michael Whitaker, Senior Vice President, Alliances, International and Regulatory Affairs, United Airlines.