Past speeches can be read using Adobe Acrobat, simply by clicking the name below.
November 4, 2009 J. Randolph Babbitt
Administrator, Federal Aviation Administration
October 14, 2009 Willie Walsh
CEO, British Airways
September 15, 2009 Giovanni Bisignani
Director General and CEO, International Air Transport Association
May 5, 2009 Rt Hon. Geoff Hoon MP
Secretary of State for Transport, United Kingdom
March 23, 2009 Congressman James L. Oberstar
Chairman, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, U.S. House of Representatives
February 4, 2009 James Hogan
Chief Executive Officer, Etihad Airways
January 7, 2009 Niki Tompkinson
Director, Transport Security and Contingencies Directorate, Department of Transport, United Kingdom
November 19, 2008 Gina Marie Lindsey
CEO Los Angeles World Airports
October 7, 2008 Steve Ridgway
CEO, Virgin Atlantic
President's Introduction
September 23, 2008 Daniel Calleja
Air Transport Directorate, Air Transport Portal of the European Commission
July 29, 2008 Michael E. Levine
Distinguished Research Scholar & Senior Lecturer,
NYU School of Law.
President's Introduction
April 17, 2008  Dermot Manion  
CEO, Aer Lingus Limited.
January 29, 2008 L. Van Wijk  
Vice-Chairman, Air France - KLM
November 7, 2007  Willie Walsh
CEO, British Airways
October  23, 2007 Honorable James L. Oberstar
Chairman, Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure,
U.S. House of Representatives
April 24, 2007 John R. Byerly
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Transportation Affairs

Jacques Barrot
Vice President, European Commission Responsible for Transport
February 5, 2007 Wolfgang Tiefensee
Federal Minister of Transport, Building and Urban Affairs, Federal Republic of Germany
October 4, 2006 Rt. Hon. Douglas Alexander MP
Secretary of State for Transport, United Kingdom
September 12, 2006 Jeffrey N. Shane
Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy, U.S. Department of Transportation
July 12, 2006 Ambassador Bliss
Tribute to Dr. Kotaite by Ambassador Bliss

Dr. Assad Kotaite
President of the Council of ICAC
April 18, 2006 James C. May
President and CEO, Air Transport Association of America
February 14, 2006 The Honorable James Oberstar
Ranking Member, U.S. House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee
November 08, 2005 Jeffrey N. Shane
Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy, U.S. Department of Transportation
October 20, 2005 Dr. Christoph Franz
President and Chief Executive Officer,
Swiss International Air Lines Ltd.
September 20, 2005 Philip Lowe
Director General of DG Competition, European Commission
July 19, 2005 Douglas M. Steenland
President and Chief Executive Officer, Northwest Airlines, Inc.
May 03, 2005 Karla Peijs
Dutch Minister of Transport, Public Works and Water Management
April 20, 2005 Andrew Herdman
Director General, Association of Asia Pacific Airlines
November 16, 2004 Daniel Calleja
Director, Air Transport, European Commission
July 13, 2004 John Byerly
Deputy Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of State
June 15, 2004 Fred Reid
Chief Executive Officer, Virgin America
May 12, 2004 Karan Bhatia
Assistant Secretary, Policy & Int'l. Affairs, US DOT
April 20, 2004 Giovanni Bisignani
Director General and CEO, IATA
March 18, 2004 Ulrich Schulte-Strathaus
Secretary General, Association of European Airlines
February 17, 2004 James C. May
President and CEO, Air Transport Association of America
(The Air Transport Association of America has not released Mr. May's speech for publication.)
January 20, 2004 Rod Eddington
CEO, British Airways
October 21, 2003 Jaan Albrecht
CEO, Star Alliance
September 15, 2003 Gordon Bethune
Chairman and CEO, Continental Airlines
March 20, 2003 Jeffrey N. Shane
Under Secretary for Policy, U.S. Department of Transportation
February 20, 2003 M. Dominique Bussereau
Minister of State for Transport & Maritime Affairs
January 30, 2003 Linda Conlin
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Trade Development, U.S. DOC
November 19, 2002 Robert Milton
President and CEO, Air Canada
October 8, 2002 Mike Eskew
Chairman and CEO, UPS
September 17, 2002 David N. Siegel
President and CEO, US Airways
June 18, 2002 Carol Hallett
President and CEO, Air Transport Association
May 21, 2002 Wolfgang Mayrhuber
Deputy Chairman, Executive Board, Deutsche Lufthansa AG
April 16, 2002 Read Van de Water
Assistant Secretary for Aviation and International Affairs, U.S. DOT
March 19, 2002 Leo F. Mullin
Chairman and CEO, Delta Airlines
November 28, 2001 The Honorable David M. Walker
Comptroller General of the United States
July 17, 2001 Douglas Steenland
President, Northwest Airlines
June 28, 2001 Duane E. Woerth
President, Air Line Pilots Association
May 16, 2001 The Honorable Ron Wyden (D)
Senate Commerce Committee Member, United States Senate
March 22, 2001 The Honorable Norman Y. Mineta
U.S. Secretary of Transportation
February 14, 2001 Pierre J. Jeanniot, O.C.
Director General and CEO, IATA
November 21, 2000 The Honorable James Oberstar
Ranking Democratic Member, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
October 23, 2000 Kenneth Mead
Inspector General, Department of Transportation
September 19, 2000 Samuel Buttrick, CFA
Managing Director, Paine Webber
July 18, 2000 Dorothy Robyn
Special Assistant to the President for Economic Policy, National Economic Council
June 14, 2000 Enrique Cueto
Chief Executive Officer, Lan Chile
May 16, 2000 Jeffrey Katz
President and Chief Executive Officer, Swissair
April 27, 2000 Karl-Heinz Neumeister
Secretary General, Association of European Airlines
March 29, 2000 Alan P. Larson
Under Secretary of State for Economic Business and Agricultural Affairs
President's Introduction
February 15, 2000 Sandy K.Y. Liu
President, China Airlines
President's Introduction
February 2, 2000 The Honorable Rodney E. Slater
U.S. Secretary of Transportation
President's Introduction