Speaker Biograghy: Alan Howell, Senior Airport Architect for the Minneapolis – St. Paul International Airport, has 15 years of aviation design experience and a decade of other interesting design experience to draw from as he assists and expands the Metropolitan Airports Commission’s vision statement to provide our customers with the best airport experience in North America. At MSP he is responsible for the conceptualisation and implementation of new facilities, major remodelled facilities, and facility redevelopment/repurposing at all of MAC’s airports, with a focus on sustainable practices and multi-department/multi-discipline coordination.


Day 3 - 12 March
Session: Increasing Airport Capacity

11:25 - 11:55 - Resilient by design: maximising the terminal for the future
Synopsis: Minneapolis – St. Paul International Airport is on the verge of a historic US$900m transformation. Consistently at the top of passenger satisfaction polls in North America, MSP faces challenges familiar to many airports. Space is short, and 'easy' expansions and improvements have already been made, yet industry demands and passenger expectations continue to evolve. Airports must move past traditional planning notions and traditional ways of interacting with passengers to remain respected and proactive parts of the communities they serve. MSP is doing just that through paradigm-shifting facility planning approaches and community relations.

Audience will learn:

• Overview of strategic approaches to maintain terminal resiliency
• Paradigm shifts in terminal functional layout
• Successful models for airline/airport partnership