We would like to thank the participants, speakers, and exhibitors for contributing tot he success of this year's AGM.  There was a great turnout of participants from a wide range of airlines and geographical locations (photo jpg).

Keynote address:

We had the great honor of having IATA's Chief Economist, Mr. Brian Pearce, open the conference with his Keynote Address on the State & Outlook of our Industry (pdf).

Topics covered during the conference:

• IATA Currency Clearance Service (ICCS) Annual Review (presentation available upon request) - Mr. Tony Pietrangelo, Assistant Director, IATA Industry Cash Management Services
• Industry Perspectives on Card Payments (pdf) - Mr. Christophe Kato, Assistant Director, IATA Industry Card Services
• People Management - Ismail Al-Baidhani, Product Manager, IATA Organization & Human Performance
• Overview of the IATA Clearing House (pdf) - Mr. Cédric Chrétien, Manager, IATA Financial Services Clearing House
• Cash & Liquidity Management at KLM: How to mitigate counterparty risk, while increasing tenor and enhancing yield (pdf) - Mr. Vijay Panday, Senior Manger Global Treasury KLM
• Cash & Liquidity Management Clinic (pdf) - Mr. Ian Lloyd, Blackrock Investment Management
• Putting Working Capital to Work: Releasing Capital by Accelerating the Cash Conversion Cycle (pdf) - Mr. Shams Butt, Citi
• Emissions Trading - An Industry Perspective (pdf) - Mr. Andreas Hardeman, Assistant Director, IATA Environment Policy & Outreach
• Planning for Emissions Trading from a Treasury & Risk Management Perspective (pdf) - Mr. Stefan Mast, Manager Financial Projects, Lufthansa
• Carbon Market Overview - Mr. Markus Nöthiger, PriceWaterhouseCoopers
• Currency Hedging in a Volatile Environment (pdf) - Mr. Stephane Knauf, Citi FX
• How Corporate Treasurers Have adapted Following the Global Crisis (pdf) - Mr. Sebastian di Paola, PriceWaterhouseCoopers
• Universal Air Travel Plan (UATP) - Powering Travel Payments (pdf) - Ms. Sylvie Legault, Regional Commercial Manager UATP

The IATA Currency Coordination Working Group Meeting

The IATA Currency Coordination Working Group (ICWG) meeting, chaired by Mr. Vijay Panday of KLM, covered country specific updates on Algeria, Iran, Libya, Syria, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Ghana, Nigeria, Malawi, Mozambique, Sudan and Venezuela.

Full minutes of the meeting have been sent to all meeting participants. Copies are available on request from Amy Barnes, Account Manager, IATA Industry Cash Management Services and Secretary of the ICWG barnesa@iata.org.

The next meeting will be held in April or May 2010 and be limited to the 10 ICWG Members.