Programme

2023 ECAC/EU Dialogue: Background information

Download provisional programme (20/10/2023)

19:30-
21:30

Welcome cocktail

08:00

Welcome coffee and registration

09:00

David Benito, Director General of Civil Aviation, Ministry of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda, Spain

Alessio Quaranta, President of ECAC

Filip Cornelis, Director Aviation, DG MOVE, European Commission

09:35

Part I — Needs and expectations for social sustainability and resilience

Moderator: Øyvind Ek, Deputy Director General, Ministry of Transport, Norway

Witness statement: Josef Maurer, Head of Operations, Equalities and Central and Eastern Europe, European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF)

Panel debate and open forum discussion

• What is social sustainability?
• Which issues does it raise in an aviation context? What are the expectations from aviation stakeholders?
• Where are the challenges relating to social impacts (for employers, employees, authorities and consumers)?
• How can these issues be addressed for long-term sustainability of the aviation sector?

Panellists:

• Jane Hoskisson, Director, Talent, Learning, Engagement and Diversity, IATA
• Damien Cazé, Director General of Civil Aviation, France
• Alejandra Cruz Ross, Transport Specialist, International Labour Organization
• Gema Martín Egea, Director of Security and Services, AENA

11:00

Refreshment break

11:30

Part II — Initiatives and actions being taken to increase social sustainability

Master of ceremonies: Andrew Charlton, Managing Director, Aviation Advocacy

Presentations:

• Flor Diaz Pulido, Head of Aviation Policy Unit, DG MOVE, European Commission
  Towards equitable skies: fostering social sustainability and gender equality in aviation
  
• Dominic Weeks, Head of External Affairs & Marketing, ZeroAviaSkills shortages in the context of upskilling for innovative technologies

12:45

Lunch

14:00

Part I — Environmental trends making progress and disrupting the aviation sector

Moderator: Elisabeth Landrichter, Director General for Civil Aviation, Ministry for Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology, Austria

Witness statement: Pedro Piris-Cabezas, Senior Director, Global Transportation and Lead Senior Economist, Environmental Defense Fund

Panel debate and open forum discussion:

• Which trends are making progress with tangible results?
• Which trends are yet to be fully proven or have fallen behind others over the past three (two) years?
• Will disrupters and new entrants create the sector's sustainable future, or will existing factors make the real difference with their evolving practices?
• Are regulatory and policy frameworks keeping up with the drive in new technologies for environmental sustainability?

Panellists:

• Amy Ruddock, Vice President Europe and Middle East, Carbon Engineering Ltd
• Simon McNamara, Director, Government and Industry Affairs, Heart Aerospace
• Marylin Bastin, Head, Aviation Sustainability Unit, EUROCONTROL

15:30

Refreshment break

16:00

Part II — Pioneering environmental initiatives and testbeds

Master of ceremonies: Andrew Charlton, Managing Director, Aviation Advocacy

Presentations:

• Ourania Georgoutsakou, Managing Director, Airlines for Europe (A4E), on behalf of the Destination 2050 partners (A4E, ACI EUROPE, ASD, CANSO Europe, ERA)
  Destination 2050 and the Toulouse Declaration: a route to net zero
  
  
• Paolo Nasetti, Deputy Chief Operating Officer, ENAV
  Approaches to achieving environmental sustainability
  
  
• Andreas Aks, Chief Executive Officer, Widerøe Zero
  Environmental testbeds for innovative technologies research and development
  
  
• Michiel Van Dorst, Europe Chair, CANSO, and Chief Executive Officer, Air Traffic Control the Netherlands (LVNL)
  Green ATM, the CANSO environmental accreditation scheme

17:15

Close of the first day

08:15

09:00

Welcome coffee

Opening of the second day

09:10

Moderator: Johann Friedrich Colsman, Director General of Civil Aviation, Federal Ministry of Digital and Transport, Germany

Witness statement: Fernando Candela, Chief Executive Officer, Iberia

09:25

Part I — How to balance connectivity with sustainability requirements

Panel debate and open forum discussion:

• How much connectivity is too much and not economically viable?
• Is the sustainability focus actually making it harder for isolated communities and businesses to connect?
• Will environmental sustainability requirements make us less globally connected?

Panellists:

• Jón Gunnar Jónsson, Director General of Civil Aviation, Icelandic Transport Authority
• Oliver Jankovec, Director General, ACI EUROPE
• Jan Malawko, Assistant Professor, Warsaw University
• Marcela Braga Anselmi, Head of the International and Environmental Office, National Civil Aviation Agency, Brazil
  

10:35

Refreshment break

11:05

Part II — Where the investment is, and where it needs to be to promote sustainability

Panel debate and open forum discussion:

• Where are investments being made and by which industry players?
• Are investments taking us closer to sustainability goals?
• Are the right investments being made by the aviation sector and other actors?
• Who is financing investment in aviation's future sustainability? And why?

Panellists:

• Donal Handley, Head of Government Affairs, Aercap
• Marco Troncone, Chief Executive Officer, Aeroporti di Roma
• James Falzon, Associate Director Sustainable Infrastructure, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
• Hedwig Sietsma, Director Sustainability, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
  

12:15

Alessio Quaranta, President of ECAC

Filip Cornelis, Director Aviation, DG MOVE, European Commission