08:00 | | 09:00 | Master of Ceremonies Opening Remarks |
| | Alan Corner, Director, Middle East and Asia, Helios, UAE | 09:15 | Welcome Address and Opening Keynote: |
| | HE Saif Mohammed Al Suwaidi, Director General, General Civil Aviation Authority, UAE | 09:30 | Session 1: The importance of developing modern air transportation systems |
| |  | If it’s not broken, don’t fix it? Communicating to a wider audience why the modernisation of air transportation systems is of critical economic importance | |  | All aboard: Co-operations, collaboration and harmonisation acrossall industry stakeholders iscrucialin order to maximise any airspace efficiency gains, but who should pay for it? | |  | Strengthening the business case: what are the broader economic and environmental factors to be considered in the modernisation of air transportation systems? | |
Panellists: Jeff Johnson, VP, Boeing International, President, Boeing Middle East, UAE Rudy Kellar, EVP, Service Delivery, NAV CANADA Sébastien Borel, MD, Airbus ProSky, France Rick Allen, SVP, Flight Operations, Etihad, UAE Moderator: Jeff Poole, Director General, Civil Air Navigation Services Organisation (CANSO), Netherlands | 10:30 | Coffee and Networking Break |
| 11:00 | Session 2: Encouraging regional cooperation to deliver increased efficiency and capacity of MENA airspace |
| |  | Exploring potential steps that could be taken to increase the efficiency and capacity of MENA airspace | |  | Understanding the military mission in order to develop coordinated use of airspace between commercial and military users | |  | Are modern avionic systems sufficient to allow cooperation to increase efficiency and capacity? | |
Panellists: Ahmed Al Jallaf, Assistant Director General, Air Navigation Services (ANS), General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA), UAE Achim Baumann, Regional Director, Safety, Operations and Infrastructure, International Air Transport Association (IATA), Jordan Mohamed Khonji, Regional Director, International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), Middle East Office, Egypt Moderator: Sébastien Borel, MD, Airbus ProSky, France | 12:00 | Session 3: The dos and don’ts – lessons learnt from other regional airspace modernisation programmes |
| |  | Presenting SESAR’s and CAAS’ operational and technological improvements and how these aim to contribute to the modernisation of the European and Asia-Pacific ATM system | |  | Highlighting NexGenmovement toward satellite-based digital technologies and new procedures to make air travel more predictable | |  | Reviewing the MEAUSE workgroup plans – creating a platform for the continuous engagement of all stakeholders to shape a future vision and plan for the region | |
Panellists: Steve Bradford, Chief Scientist, NexGen, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), US Gudrun Held, Head of DFS Office Brussels, DFS Deutsche Flugsicherung GmbH Wing Commander Rob Dargan, Royal Airforce Force (RAF), UK Jonathan Astill, Director, International Affairs, NATS, UK Moderator: Bo Redeborn, Independent Aviation Consultant, Redeborn Consulting AB, Belgium | 12:45 | Lunch and Networking Break |
| 14:15 | Session 4: Regulatory Panel Discussion: Providing first-class global governance for a modern air transportation system |
| |  | Should there be a common global standard for avionics? | |  | Is the modernisation of air transportation systems necessary for the aviation industry to meet its growing environmental targets? | |  | Are regulators too reactive? How can regulators keep ahead of developments rather than trailing them? | |
Panellists: Adel Ali, CEO, Air Arabia, UAE Ismaeil Mohammed Al Blooshi, Assistant Director General, Aviation Safety Affairs Sector, General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA), UAE Ahmed Al Haddabi, COO, Abu Dhabi Airports, UAE Mohamed Abu Baker Farea, Director, Aviation Development and Planning, Department of Transport, Abu Dhabi, UAE Jeff Poole, Director General, Civil Air Navigation Services Organisation (CANSO), Netherlands Moderator: Chris Sontaie Ferrell, VP, International Business, JTA | 15:00 | Networking Coffee Break | 15:30 | Session 5: Your workforce is only human - the importance of human factors and training |
| |  | The aviation workforce needs to increase in linewith the forecast increase in air traffic. How is the industry responding to this challenge? | |  | How can new technologies be employed to ease the pressure on human capital? | |  | How is training being implemented in order to “up-skill” the existing workforce? | |
Panellists: Dr. Nicklas Dahlstrom , Human Factors Manager, Emirates, UAE Cengiz Turkoglu, Senior Lecturer, Air Transport Engineering, City University London, UK Capt. Nasir Iqbal, Manager Safety Risk Management Section, General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA), UAE Michael Herrero, Area Manager, Gulf Area, International Air Transport Association (IATA) - Gulf Area Moderator: Dr. Baba Yerra, PhD (Aviation Management), Author, Academic and Consultant, UAE | 16:30 | Master of Ceremonies Closing Remarks |
| | Alan Corner, Director, Middle East and Asia, Helios, UAE | | |
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