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 Welcome
D
etermining risks, threats and
hazards is a practice in Aviation
we are accustomed to, in order to
maintain the safety & security of
our aerodromes.
Drones, FOD & Wildlife will all feature
highly on the registers for every Aerodrome
(civil or military) Aircraft operator and for
the Regulators who support the proactive
management of them.
As quick as these risks and hazards emerge
or evolve, as an industry, we need to adapt
& advance our responses whilst never being
complacent that the approach we have today
or using yesterday will ever continue to
be enough.
FAHM will explore the case studies looking
at the potential impact of these risks,
threats and hazards, how we learn from the
consequences and how we apply best practice
in terms of procedures, training and technology
to continually evaluate and contain them.
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Society and social attitude changes rapidly,
so we must look to embrace this and in some
cases look at how we can include this into
everyday operations. We significantly look at
the impact drones are having in support of our
asset inspection and monitoring functions.
We should also brace for a society where
our logistic requirements will be centred
around the use of drones, rapidly creating new
airways in the future.
Maintaining our environments and habitat
continues to be a balancing act in the
prevention of FOD and Wildlife management
– getting the right balance to support the
growth of a habitat is key, whilst ensuring it
does not become a haven for wildlife risks.
Investment in habitat is as critical
as investment in FOD prevention.
FAHM continues to explore the latest
approach and procedures to FOD prevention
on the ramp and airfield by focusing on the
latest technology available.
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Speakers
Stewart Wingate
Chief Executive Officer
Gatwick Airport
Stewart Wingate joined Gatwick Airport as
Chief Executive Officer in December 2009.
Stewart joined Gatwick Airport from
BAA Airports Limited where he spent five
years in senior management roles at several
airports. He was Managing Director of
London’s Stansted Airport (2007-2009),
Chief Executive Officer of Budapest Airport
(2005-2007) and Customer Services
Director of Glasgow Airport (2004-2005).
Previously, Stewart spent more than
15 years at Black & Decker where he had
responsibility for a wide range of functions.
He was General Manager of a start-up
manufacturing plant in the Czech Republic,
Operations Director at the company’s
manufacturing facility at Spennymoor,
County Durham, and European Marketing
Manager based in Germany.
Stewart holds a masters degree in
Business Administration with distinction
and a first-class honours degree in
electrical and electronic engineering. He is
a Chartered Engineer and a Fellow of the
Institute of Engineering and Technology.
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Vicki Duggan
Airside Technical Assurance Controller
Gatwick Airport
In my 17 year career at London Gatwick
Airport, I have been fortunate enough to
progress across various departments. With
the support and guidance of my colleagues
and managers, I have found a genuine
interest and fascination in aviation and
wildlife habitat management. For the last 4
years I have been working within the airside
team as an Airside Technical Assurance
Controller, with primary responsibility for
safeguarding and delivery of Gatwick’s
wildlife habitat management plan.
We all have a part to play within the London
Gatwick family and pride ourselves on
delivering continuous high standards of the
airfield environment, ensuring the safety of
our passengers and employees.
I am very proud to be chairing the 3rd
FAHM and welcome you all to a great couple
of days.
Kan Ni
Head of Airside
Gatwick Airport
Kan joined Gatwick Airport as Project
Manager in December 2015 where he led
the transition of Air Traffic Control services
from NATS to Air Navigation Services
before becoming Head of Airside.
Previously, Kan has worked in several
different industries. He was General
Manager of a startup Anaerobic Digestion
energy from waster plant at Biffa Waste
Services, Project Manager at Tesco
building large automated warehouses and
a graduate from the Imperial Chemical
Industries International Operations
graduate scheme.
Kan holds a Masters in Business
Administration from Warwick University
and Masters in Mechanical Engineering
from Imperial College London
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Anthony Buckingham
MOD Boscombe Down
‘Tony’ is a former UK-Royal Air Force Airfield
& Flight Operations Manager veteran of 26
years with global military peacetime as well
as operational and civil Airfield Operations
and comprehensive aviation Subject Matter
Expert (SME) Program & Project as well as
consultancy experience working under ICAO
relevant National CAA [US FAA, GCAA, US
DOD, EASA and UK MOD/Military Aviation
Authority (MAA)] regulatory environments.
Since leaving the Military in 2009 he has
worked as an AIS/M Senior Consultant
with the EUROCONTROL-SESAR/DCMAC
AIB- Mil/Civil Harmonisation Project’s for
EAD [AIXM, AIS, FPL, NOTAM] from there
he was recruited by the UAE Government
under their commercial organisation
Global Aerospace Logistics-Air Navigation
Services (GAL-ANS) to establish ICAO/
GCAA compliant AIS/M & Flight Operations
support infrastructure at their Government/
Armed Forces Airfields & Helicopter Sites.
In 2016 ‘Tony’ was recruited by and is now
working for QinetiQ Ltd as the Airfield &
Flight Operations Manager to work MAA
compliance Issues in support of the UK
MOD Defence, Equipment & Logistics
(DE&S)/QinetiQ multiple site 25 year
Long Term Partnership Agreement (LTPA)
supporting both the MOD LTPA DE&S Head
of Establishment (HoE)/MAA Designated
Airfield Operator (AO) who is the Appointed
Chief Test Pilot or nominated deputy [CTP/
Dep-CTP] regulatory structure as the
Accountable Airfield & Flight Operations
Manager Facing responsible to both the
MAA-AO and the DE&S HoE through the
MOD Boscombe Down.
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Charles Joubeily
Project Manager
London City Airport
• Worked in airports since 1994
• 20 years at Heathrow in development
and projects
• Worked on a variety of different
infrastructures including airfield
• 3 years at London City airport
• Heading the airfield engineering and
maintenance function
• Managing the delivery of a portfolio of
airfield projects
• Also managing delivery of none airfield
projects covering security and Sound
Insulation Scheme
Charles Telitsine
Director
Groupe ADP Aéroport de Paris
Charles Telitsine is a Terminal Management
and Airport innovation expert. From 2011
to 2018, he was Chief Operation Officer
of West Terminal at Paris Orly airport (32
Million passengers facility south of Paris).
Charles, was also in charge of the terminal
developments (500 M€ investment in the
last 7 years). He developed many innovative
projects on both airside and terminal
management, with the French tech, and
received 3 awards for achievements in
innovation.
He is now in charge of a joint task force
dedicated to drone management systems
(UTM and C-UAS), built by ADP Group,
Thales and the French Civil Aviation
Authority to develop the Hologarde
Solution in Paris CDG Airport.
David Crisp
CEO
Aveillant
David, an experienced technology expert,
was appointed as CEO of Aveillant in
October 2011. He has been instrumental
in securing funding and building the team
to enable commercialisation of the 3D
Holographic Radar technology.
David has a proven track record in
growing new technology start-ups.
After more than 10 years working with
Schlumberger in the oil and gas industry,
he founded the mobile communications
software company, Eden Group, where a
successful exit gave a ten times return for
investors. Following the sale of Eden Group
David was appointed CEO of Neopost
Online Inc, a $100M funded ecommerce
start-up where, in 18 months, he grew
revenues to $24m and a customer base
to 17,000. Following a two year sabbatical
sailing across the Atlantic, he joined UK
wave energy device developer Orecon Ltd
as CEO, where he closed a £12m ‘A’ round
funding and successfully led the company to
become one of the industry leading device
developers at this time.
At Aveillant, David has been the driving
force in building an agile radar business
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that successfully deployed solutions for
wind turbine interference at airports before
developing and deploying the technology
for drone detection. The success of the
Gamkeeper drone detection radar product
in protecting cities and airports led to the
business being acquired by Thales in 2017.
Under David’s leadership and increased
investment from Thales, Aveillant is
accelerating product development with
a focus on drone detection for both the
protection of critical sites and enabling the
safe integration of drones into our airspace.
Dan Townsend
Airside Operations Manager
Southampton Airport
Dan is a linguist by education having studied
German and Italian before embarking on a
career in aviation. Not a natural move from
languages to airports, but with a real passion
for the industry it was an obvious starting
point for him. His first role was check in for
bmi at Heathrow in 2002, which was quickly
followed by a key career move to London
City Airport in 2003 working in the airside
operations and safeguarding team during a
period of rapid growth for the East London
airport. He then joined BAA in 2008 working
on the Stansted 2nd runway project and the
initial 3rd runway project at Heathrow. In 2011
he joined the team at Southampton Airport
leading the airside operations team at one
of the most successful regional airports in
the UK. As well as keeping up his language
skills, Dan enjoys playing hockey and running,
but having just become the proud father of
twin boys there isn’t much time for either
anymore!
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Geert Bos
Director, Airside Operations
YVR Vancouver Airport Authority
Prior to entering the aviation industry,
“Gangplank” Geert served in the Dutch
Merchant Navy as a first engineer and as
a second officer with Shell Tankers and
Dockwise. Geert joined YVR, which was
recently voted best airport in North America
for the ninth consecutive year, in 2012 as
the director of Maintenance Services.
Currently he leads Airside Operations
team where he holds accountability for
the day-to-day operation, construction
and maintenance of the airside operating
environment, including winter operations,
Airfield Lighting, Airside Maintenance and
Safety, wildlife management program,
Aircraft Rescue Fire Fighting and FOD
management. Geert’s operating moto is
to move aircraft safely and efficiently, and
as such Geert and his team are always
looking for new and innovative ways to
allow the team to make informed decisions
and identify issues before they become an
operational problem. Some of his innovative
thinking was recently rewared with an
award of excellence by the ACEC BC for the
conceptualization & implementation of an
airfield uninterrupted power supply system
that reduced greenhouse gas emissions by
90%. Most recently Geert was instrumental
in the first Canadian deployment of an avian
radar technology trial which will help the
YVR wildlife team validate the effectiveness
of their mitigation and control strategies
while simultaneously exploring abandoning
“fit for use” technologies by re-integrating
capabilities of existing airport systems.
Vadakkotil Haridasan
Sr. Manager Airport Wildlife Hazard &
Airstrip Management
Bangalore International Airport
• Having experience of 20 years with
Aviation Safety of Indian Air Force.
• Worked with various Air Force bases
across India during period of service for
BASHM.
• Expert and vast knowledge about birds
and animals posing threat to Indian Aviation.
• Certified Ornithologist from Rishi Valley
Institute of Ornithology.
• Qualified BASHM expert from Institute of
Flight Safety, Indian Air Force.
• Qualified BHCM expert from National
Institute of Aviation Management and
Research.
• Republic of India.
• Member of National Bird Control
Committee, Republic of India
• Member of World Bird Strike Association,
South East Asia Region
• Successfully set up a Bird Hazard Control
Program for Bangalore International Airport
which is known for the garden city airport
of India.
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James Spencer
Global Terrorism Risk Consultant
AIG Client Risk Solutions
James Spencer is a Global Terrorism
Risk Consultant within AIG’s Client Risk
Solutions group. He began his career in the
British Army, spending time in Northern
Ireland trying to counter terrorists from
both sides of the divide, before working
in the wider Middle East and North Africa
on both nationalist and Islamist terrorism,
and related issues. After leaving the Army,
he broadened his scope in the security, risk
and resilience field to include Sub-Saharan
Africa, mitigation and recovery, and non-
violent challenges. He is a Member of the
Business Continuity Institute. He spends
much of his time identifying trends in
politics, terrorism and technology in order
to help clients embrace future risks and
enable their ambitions.
James Wooldridge
Transformation Manager
British Airways
James Wooldridge is currently a Business
Transformation Manager for British Airways
and owner / Managing Director of Eagle
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Approach Technology, a UK based company
specialising in Aerial photography and
filming for businesses across the United
Kingdom. James formed the business
in 2015 after receiving permission to fly
drones from the UK Civil Aviation Authority.
Clients include major UK architects,
property developers, estate agents as
well as private clients. Having worked in a
number of operational senior management
roles within British Airways James has had
significant experience and exposure to
the airside operating environment and has
currently received permission from HAL
and NATS to use a drone on the airfield for
an airline specific project over the coming
months. Eagle Approach technology are
looking to work within the airfield and
airline operating environments to utilise the
technology available to drive better safety
and operational performance for airlines
and airports.
John Hamshare
Airside Regulation &
Oversight Manager
Heathrow Airport
John joined BAA in 1989 and has held
various roles at 3 of the BAA Airports,
Heathrow, Gatwick and Southampton.
In that time John has worked in security and
airside operations, notably as an Airside
Duty Officer, Airside Compliance & Planning
Manager and his current role as Airside
Regulation & Oversight Manager.
John is a qualified auditor and has
conducted airport audits at various UK
airports. In his current role he completes
several audits of Heathrow’s airside
operation each year.
John has delivered presentations on various
subjects at aviation conferences.
John’s current role includes regular liaison
with EASA and CAA representatives,
interpretation of EASA regulation, internal
audit, compliance monitoring and the
development of company standards
on subjects as diverse as runway
contamination assessment, bird hazard
management and airfield inspection
requirements.
John is a founder member of the CAA
GHOST and a member of UK Birdstrike
committee, UK Flight Safety Committee,
Met Office User Forum, Aeronautical
Information Management group, Bowtie
User Group (BUG) and EASA Aerodromes
& Ground Handling Collaborative Analysis
Group (ADR GH CAG).
John is chairman of AOA Operations and
Safety Group and was vice chair for 2 years
(2015-2016, chairs a UK Airports Winter
Resilience group and is vice-chair of a
European Airports Winter Working Group.
Jonathan Woodrow
Chartered Insurer
AIG Insurance
Jonathan Woodrow has worked in the London
Aviation Insurance Market since 1979. He was
first employed by Marsh Insurance Brokers as
a Claims Broker and then by AXA as a Deputy
Underwriter, before joining AIG as a Claims
Adjuster. Jonathan handles a diverse portfolio
of Airline Hull, Deductible and Liability, General
Aviation, Airports, Products and Space Claims
with clients spread around the globe.
He is a Chartered Insurer, Member of the
Royal Aeronautical Society and the UK Flight
Safety Committee.
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Dr Martin Fengler
CEO + Founder
Meteomatics
Dr Martin Fengler is a weather expert and
founding CEO of Meteomatics AG, an
innovative weather services provider with
offices in St. Gallen and Berlin. Working in
collaboration with National Met Services
and Scientific Institutions, with a focus on
high-resolution local weather models and
weather data distribution, Meteomatics
makes high quality weather data accessible
for operational decision-making. The lack of
‘ground truth ‘ meteorological observations
needed to improve forecasting for local
conditions such as fog, low stratus and
storm triggers lead Martin and his team to
develop specialised drones able to collect
the required data from the Planet Boundary
Layer up to 3km above ground level. Proving
these Meteodrones’ effectiveness within
the global Met community has been an
exciting journey; storm chasing in Oklahoma,
comparison trials with the US and UK Met
Services, and most recently at Zurich Airport,
working with FOCA, Skyguide, Swiss Airlines
and Meteo Swiss to highlight the future
role of drone-enabled local forecasts within
airport operations.
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Matt Valente
Head of Operations
London City Airport
Before joining London City Airport, Matt
was a Royal Air Force pilot flying the C130J
Hercules – a tactical air transport aircraft;
serving in many countries across the globe
and in many operational theatres. Matt then
took on a ground tour, following an injury,
as part of the Safety Management team
for the RAF’s transport command service
air transport. Matt then joined London City
Airport in 2017 as Head of Airside Operations.
Michael DiPilato
Airport Safety Research
& Development
FAA Federal Aviation Administration
Michael DiPilato is an Airport Research
Specialist for the United States (U.S.) Federal
Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Airport Safety
Research and Development (R&D) Section,
located at the FAA’s William J. HughesTechnical
Center, near Atlantic City, New Jersey (NJ).
Michael joined the FAA in 2016 and manages
numerous airport safety research initiatives,
including: Unmanned Aircraft Systems
(UAS) Integration at Airports, Wildlife Hazard
Mitigation, Visual Guidance (airport lighting), and
the FAA’s ResearchTaxiway (located at Cape
May County Airport, NJ). Michael is a graduate
of Florida Institute ofTechnology (FloridaTech)
and received a Bachelor of Science in Aviation
Management / Flight. While at FloridaTech,
Michael received numerous flight ratings
and certificates, including: instrument rating,
commercial pilot (single and multi-engine),
and certified flight instructor / certified flight
instructor-instrument airplane. Michael flight
instructed at FloridaTech for nearly one year
after graduation and then pursued a career in
aviation management/safety. Michael worked
for the City of Philadelphia’s Division of Aviation
in the Airport Security and Airport (Airside)
Operations Departments. Following his tenure
with the City of Philadelphia, Michael was a
government contractor supporting the FAA’s
Airport Safety R&D Section.
Phil Mountain
Birdstrike Management
Phil jointly set up Birdstrike Management
alongside Andy in 2013, a company with
unrivalled presence in Europe, working closely
with over 30 airports worldwide, 28 within
Europe. Phil has had vast experience delivering
specialist airport bird control Compliance
Checks and training courses to operators,
airlines and managers around the world.
Phil heads the BML airline projects resulting
in over 120 Compliance Checks at 89 airports
in 30 countries being carried out to date. Phil
also has experience of working at international
airports in Africa, the Middle East, Asia, and
South America. Phil developed the International
Birdstrike Committee (IBSC) Standards into a
proactive tool for work with the airline sector;
this initiative continues to deliver spectacular
results across a suite of airports around Europe.
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Roland Wilkinson
Consultant
Roland has been involved with many counter
drone activities and events, predominantly
in North America and Europe, working with
the military and law enforcement authorities.
He was present during early deployments of
counter UAS systems with a major European
federal police force. He is continually engaged
with authorities as they try to understand
how to deploy different C-UAS technologies
together, to provide a high level of protection.
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Simon Newbold
Chair of NCAO
Having started his career at then BAA
Heathrow in September 1990 as a graduate
management trainee, Simon has first hand
experience of what it means to learn new
skills and build a career at one of the top
airports in the world. Simon spent two years
venturing into several areas of the business
before settling into his boyhood dream of
Airfield Operations.
During his time spent within the Heathrow
team – Simon worked in a variety of front
line operational and managerial roles
before spending 4 years as an Airfield
Planning Manager – leading and managing
all airfield construction and maintenance
works.
He then returned to the front-line
operation as a supervisor. Dedication to the
role and his knowledge meant that he was
in demand to lead on training for all new
starter and existing staff.
The full title and role of training manager
was awarded in 2003 and since then Simon
worked to create packages and a syllabus
for the unit, but his work soon expanded to a
wider audience within the rest of the airside
and company teams as well as a range of
third parties. One of these roles saw him
co-chair a special interest group feeding
into the Aviation Industry Skills Board. In
this role, Simon lead the creation of the first
nationally recognised Airside Operations
Certificate – known as the NCAO.
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Programme
Day 1 11:30-12:45
08:00-08:45 Managing Aerodrome FOD:
Registration and Welcome
Developing a common FOD Risk matrix
08:45-09:30 for our AERDROME
Welcome Introductions and overview: John Hamshare - Airside Regulation &
Oversight Manager
Chair Welcome and conference overview Heathrow Airport
Vicki Duggan - Airside Technical Assurance Controller
Gatwick Airport Managing FOD at source – Control of FOD on Ramp and
Service area
Welcome to London Gatwick
Stewart Wingate DATA DRIVEN DECISION Making - Managing risk
CEO - Gatwick Airport in the operating enviroment with the help of data
(FOD, Avian, MLAT case studies)
Gatwick overview to managing Aerodrome Geert Bos - Director, Airside Operations
Safety & Security YVR Vancouver Airport Authority
Kan Ni - Head of Airside
Gatwick Airport 12:45-13:30
LUNCH
09:30-11:00
Flight & Aerodrome Safety: 13:30-15:00
Drones – The good the bad and the future:
Understanding the impact of managing Aviation risks
Jonathan Woodrow - AIG Insurance U-Space: De-risking and enabling the
introduction of safe, efficient and secure
FAA Research, development and deployment with access to airspace for large numbers of drones
FOD, Wildlife & Drones David Crisp – CEO
Mike DiPilato - Airport Safety Research & Development Aveillant
FAA Federal Aviation Administration
Drone defeat: Neutralising the drone threat; Solutions,
Training, Learning and maintenance of considerations and limitations.
competence for our teams Roland Wilkinson - Consultant
Simon Newbold – Chair
NCAO (National Certification Airfield Operations) Working with clients to embrace future risks and
enable their ambitions
11:00-11:30 James Spencer – Global Terrorism Risk Consultant
BREAK AIG Client Risk Solutions

15:00-15:15
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Programme
15:15-16:15 10:15 10:30
Drones – The good the bad and the future: SHORT WORKING BREAK
(Including round table discussion) (REFRESHMENTS AVAILABLE)

Drone defence: Deterring, Detecting and defining the 10:30-11:45

threat / neutralising at source Habitat and Wildlife Management:
CPNI - (Centre Protection National Infrastructure)
Practical application of Aviation turf
The professional use of drones by Airline and Airport Matt Valente - Head of Operations
operations (An Airline and License Pilot view) London City Airport
James Wooldridge - Transformation Manager &
British Airways Charles Joubeily - Project Manager
London City Airport
METDrones - Drones and advances Meteorological
forecasting. Airline Wildlife Hazard Management Project
Dr Martin Fengler - CEO/Founder Phil Mountain – Birdstrike Management
Meteomatics
Airport approach to Wildlife & Habitat management
16:15-16:30
Review & Close Day 1 11:45-12:30
Brunch
Day 2
09:00-09:15 12:30-15;00
Chair’s Review of day 1 and day 2 look ahead Habitat and Wildlife Management:

09:15-10:15 Modern solutions to wildlife management

Automated technologies to support Aerodrome SMS: Dan Townsend - Airside Operations Manager
Southampton Airport
Automation: FOD detection and clearance on the ramp
Wildlife Control
Safeguarding a military airfield. Vadakkotil Haridasan - Sr. Manager Airport Wildlife
Tony Buckingham - MOD Boscombe Down Hazard & Airstrip Management
Bangalore International Airport
Case studies on the deployment of drones
to optimise Aviation activity Practical Tools and techniques for active
Charles Telitsine - Director Wildlife Management
Groupe ADP Aéroport de Paris
Best practice response to wildlife strike

15:00-15:30
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