Program Schedule

Monday, 20 May 2019

08:00-18:00
Attendee, Exhibitor and Media Registration Open
08:00-17:00
Media Headquarters Open

Hall 3, Room X

08:00-18:00
Fundamentals of IS-BAO Workshop

Congress Centre, Room E

Presented by International Business Aviation Council (IBAC)

This workshop will assist operators with their IS-BAO implementation efforts and provide a practical approach to managing an SMS based on ICAO principles.

A separate registration with IBAC is required for this workshop. Register now.

13:00-14:30
EBACE Media Luncheon (By Invitation Only)

Hall 3, Room W

Flor Diaz Pulido, MOVE/E1

Tuesday, 21 May 2019

08:00-18:00
Attendee, Exhibitor and Media Registration Open
08:00-18:00
Media Headquarters Open

Hall 3, Room X

08:00-18:00
IS-BAO Auditing Workshop

Congress Centre, Room E

Presented by International Business Aviation Council (IBAC)

This workshop will provide training required for IS-BAO auditor renewal and help enable support services affiliates and internal auditors conduct effective evaluations and SMS performance validation.

A separate registration with IBAC is required for this workshop. Register now.

08:00-09:00
Continental Breakfast

Congress Centre Foyer, Room B

09:00-10:00
Opening Keynote

Congress Centre, Room B

Join EBAA Secretary General Athar Husain Khan and NBAA President and CEO Ed Bolen for a dynamic kickoff session to open the show. Hear from keynote speaker Florian Reuter, CEO of Volocopter, which is among the pioneering companies leading a revolution in electric Vertical Take Off and Landing transportation and from the Rt Hon Grant Shapps MP, current Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on General Aviation in the UK Parliament. Also on hand to welcome guests will be Geneva Airport CEO Andre Schneider and State Councilor, Republic and Canton, Geneva, who will highlight the importance of business aviation and EBACE to the city.

10:00-18:00
Exhibit Hall and Static Display Open
13:30-14:30
Business Aviation: State of the Industry

Hall 3, Room Q

Moderator: Robert Baltus, Chief Operations Officer, EBAA

Panelists:
Richard Koe, WINGX Advance
Rolland Vincent, JETNET iQ
Oliver King, Avinode
Adam Twidell, Privatefly

With more than 20 months of traffic growth over the past 2 years, is the current trend “the new normal” or should we expect a major slow-down in a near future? In a new shape and with the latest survey data on market sentiments, this session will offer unique insights into current and future market conditions.

14:00-15:00
SAJF

Innovation Zone

Moderator: Tim Obitts, Chief Operating Officer, National Air Transportation Association (NATA)

Panelists:
Charles Etter, Gulfstream
Brad Nolen, Bombardier
Keith Sawyer, Av Fuels
Marcelo Goncalves, EMBRAER
Thorbjorn Larsson, Air BP
Michael Szczechowski, WFS
Juergen Wiese, EBAA

As a follow on from the launch of the Sustainable Alternative Jet Fuel (SAJF) Guide by the SAJF consortium (GAMA, EBAA, IBAC, NBAA and NATA) at EBACE 2018 and recent demonstration events, a panel of fuel and industry technical experts will discuss the properties of SAJF and its current and projected wider use within the business aviation sector. The panel will also answer questions on SAJF from the assembled audience within the Innovation Zone.

14:00-15:00
BizAv Safety – Two ways of pushing the envelope

Hall 3, Room R

Moderator: Johan Glantz, EBAA

Panelists:
Athar Husain Khan, EBAA
Michael Singer, European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA)
Doug Carr, NBAA
Martin Sonka, Red Bull Air Race Champion 2018

We aim at bringing you an insight in the mindset of top safety regulators and how using aviation intelligence is bringing safety forward. To ensure that aviation safety stays within the envelope, we have a speaker who will tell us about operating at the boundary of the envelope. Is there any common denominator between these two exciting sides of aviation operations? Join us to find out!

15:30-16:30
Flying Future: Electric Propulsion and Business Aviation

Innovation Zone

Moderator: Robert Thomson, Roland Berger

Panelists:
Michael Singer, European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA)
Kyle Martin, Director, European Regulatory Affairs, General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA)
Dr. Kolja Kindler, DLR
Mathias de Dampierre, Starburst Aerospace Accelerator

Is aircraft electrification the next chapter of business aviation? This is no longer a question of if, but when. The earth’s climate is changing, and the public is demanding a shift towards cleaner, more efficient forms of transport. In recent years, the electric flight movement has gained drastic momentum within the aerospace industry.So, what does that mean for business aviation? That we must not only prepare for electrification – but also position ourselves to take full advantage of the opportunities that cleaner air travel will bring to the industry. This session will discuss the barriers and potential technological and regulatory changes that business aviation will need to consider in order to benefit from these new advancements.

15:30-16:30
FDM – There’s something in it for everyone

Hall 3, Room R

Speakers:
Iris Riesen, CAT Aviation

Flight Data Monitoring is not only a useful tool for assuring the quality of your flight operations, but it also contributed to the protection of the company’s assets, be it the integrity of the company, its equipment and technology or its human resources. Having an FDM in places gives the management the peace of mind knowing that hte aircraft are operated according to the company and regulation standards.

16:30-17:00
Social Responsibility: What Role Does and Can Business Aviation Play?

Hall 3, Room Q

Moderator: Bruce Parry, Senior Manager, Environment, European Business Aviation Association (EBAA)

Panelists:
Daniela Flierl, CEO and Founder, AirGO
Richard Clayton, Director of Operations, The Children’s Air Ambulance
Helene Niedhardt, CEO, CAT Aviation

The public perception of business aviation tends to focus primarily on executive, celebrity and HNWI flights. What few realize is the contribution business aviation makes toward wider society thanks to a business aircraft’s ability to reach remote places. Medical flights, rescue flights, humanitarian aid… the list goes on.This session will address how business aviation continues to support communities and governments in fulfilling critical missions that benefit and save lives.

16:45-17:30
YoPro Session: If Not Us, Who? If Not Now, When? Making a Long-term Impact

Innovation Zone

Introduction: Sierra Grimes, Senior Manager, Registration, National Business Aviation Association (NBAA)

Moderator: Róman Kok, Manager, Communications, European Business Aviation Association (EBAA)

Panelists:
Maureen Gautier, The Air Law Firm
Nicolas Kroll, Luxaviation Belgium
Patrick Müry, Cat Aviation
Stacey Choi, Cranfield University Graduate

Ten business aviation YoPros had the opportunity to participate in the One Young World Summit, in The Hague, Netherlands, joining over 1,800 exceptional young leaders to debate and formulate innovative solutions for pressing issues such as sustainability, education and access to healthcare. The BizAv industry’s ambassadors returned from the four-day conference fired up and brimming with ideas, including two ground-breaking industry programs that could be advantageous to both Business Aviation companies and the communities that we serve. At EBACE, they are ready to present their ideas to the entire business aviation community, and hopefully launch a game-changing industry initiative.Don’t miss this milestone presentation and networking event designed to recognize and celebrate the ingenuity and inspiration found within business aviation’s network of Young Professionals.

17:30-18:00
YoPro Networking Event

Innovation Zone

Wednesday, 22 May 2019

08:30-18:00
EBACE Attendee, Exhibitor and Media Registration Open
08:30-18:00
Media Headquarters Open

Hall 3, Room X

09:00-18:00
Exhibit Hall and Static Display Open
10:00-11:00
Crisis Communication Session: Practical Tools That Could Save Your Company and industry!

Hall 3, Room Q

Moderator: Taunya Renson-Martin, Strategic Communications Advisor, European Business Aviation Association (EBAA)

Panelists:
Luciano Luffarelli, Head of External Communications & Public Affairs, Piaggio Aerospace
Marc Cornelius, 8020 Communications
Dan Hubbard, Senior Vice President, Communications, National Business Aviation Association (NBAA)
Frederique Luca, Senior Manager, Communications, European Business Aviation Association (EBAA)

Communication crises are often extremely stressful periods during which a multitude of decisions must be taken – and quickly. The first few hours can be vitally important in the successful management of a crisis, and often the reputation of your organization or even the entire business aviation industry in your community, country or region, is at risk.Working with the Safety Committee of the European Business Aviation Association, supported by its Communication Advisory Board, EBAA has developed a crisis communications manual to help member organizations, of all shapes and sizes, manage best a crisis. This session focuses on key elements of the manual – to be distributed during the workshop – and should provide critical insight for anyone who has a role in managing a communication crisis in their organization. Indeed, certain pieces of the manual can be helpful to all company employees. We invite you to participate in this session and share your learnings with everyone within your company.

11:30-12:30
Global Trends – Blockchain and Business Aviation

Innovation Zone

Moderator: Alud Davies, Asia Editor, Corporate Jet Investor

Panelists:
Artem Orange, Aeron Aero
Florian Eggenschwiler, Head of Innovation, Swissport
Christopher Mbanefo, OXI-ZEN Program

With the digital revolution impacting all aspects of mobility, it is becoming increasingly important to maintain the right balance between customer demand and service.It’s easy to see why using blockchain technology for enhanced reconciliation and data sharing is a compelling value proposition for the business aviation industry. With its abilities to reduce costs, increase security, simplify processes and much more; blockchain for aviation could make a huge difference in the industry.

The session will provide insight to how blockchain will affect the industry’s most important processes through a panel discussion between blockchain experts and thought leaders in business aviation.

11:30-12:30
FDM – Proactive vs. Reactive

Hall 3, Room R

Panelists:
Chad Bland, Gulfstream

FDM is used both for recording interactions between the aircraft and the human component and as a basis for analyzing these interactions. This can be done either Proactive – identifying and mitigating (or ideally stopping) the consequences of undesirable events – or Reactive – after a certain occurrence has taken place, to identify underlying factors which might have been initially not detected or not considered relevant.

11:30-12:30
Access to European Airports – A Business Aviation Perspective

Hall 3, Room Q

Moderator: Belarmino Goncalves Paradela, Senior Manager, Economics and Operational Activities, European Business Aviation Association (EBAA)

Panelists:
Edmond Rose, Airport Coordination Limited
Eric Herbane, COHOR & EUACA
Jason Hayward, Universal Aviation
Iryna Tissot, Vinci Airports

BizAv operators face significant challenges in obtaining and maintaining access to European airports. This impacts not only the industry, but more importantly the customers. This session will feature a wide range of stakeholders whom will share their experiences and perspectives on the major issues surrounding access, including slot availability and parking ramp capacity. This will equally aim to highlight solutions and best practices to improve access for business aviation operators to European airports.

13:00-14:00
eVTOL: an Urban Mobility Solution

Innovation Zone

Moderator: Cyrus Sigari, jetAVIVA

Panelists:
Christian Bauer, Volocopter
Michael Darcy, Vertical Aerospace
Dr. Reza Mia, Pegasus Universal Aerospace
Christian Mundigler, FACC
Benoit Senellart, Lisa Airplanes
Cameron Spencer, FLUTR
Andre Stein, EmbraerX
Pascal Traverse, Airbus

Electric Vertical Take Off and Landing (eVTOL) aircraft are a highly anticipated urban mobility solution that can directly complement business aviation. The convergence of technology advances, urban infrastructure challenges, and consumer behavior has attracted many companies and new programs are announced almost weekly. The session will present why eVTOL promises to be a disruptive technology, who the key players are, and the potential timeline for launch. Following this presentation, an interactive panel will focus on the aircraft, their capabilities and operational considerations such as airspace integration.

13:00-14:00
2018 Summer Delays: Never Again!

Hall 3, Room Q

Moderator: Pascal Lhoest, Netjets Europe

Panelists:
Olivier Baudson, Dassault Aviation
François Huet, SESAR JU
Razvan Bucuroiu, Eurocontrol
Russell Dudley, European Regions Airline Association

Air traffic is growing in Europe. Total growth prediction for business aviation in 2018 is around 1.5%. Europe however faced unprecedented delays this summer mainly due to bad weather and a lack of staff in the air traffic control. Delays forecast is even worse for 2019’s summer. Short term solutions are urgently needed as well as a long-term vision to reshaping the airspace management.

Business aviation’s promise is to get you where you want to go in the greatest convenience and the least possible time. And restrictions to airport and airspace, kill our value proposition. Following last year’s unprecedented delays, the air traffic capacity crunch impossible to ignore. How do we leverage the satellite applications that already exist, to get the most out of airports and airspace? And how to we get politicians and policy makers to see the single sky is the future for the aviation sector? Join our panel discussions to find the answers to these pressing questions.

14:00-15:00
EBACE Coffee Social

EBAA & NBAA Booths, C11 & D11

Join us for coffee, networking and a sweet treat. Connect with industry peers and decision makers. Members of EBAA and NBAA staff will be available to answer your questions and help you learn how membership can help make your business even more successful.

15:00-16:00
‘Lexi, book me a jet’: Artificial Intelligence and Business Aviation

Innovation Zone

Moderator: Eric Leopold, Director, Transformation for Financial and Distribution Services, International Air Transport Association (IATA)

Panelists:
Josh Gelinske, Appaero
Peter Conrardy, GE Aviation
Bernhard Fragner, CEO & Founder, GlobeAir
Kurt J. Doughty, Collins Aerospace

While companies like Facebook, Apple and Amazon rollout revolutionary changes to how we interact with machine-learning technology, many are still uncertain on exactly how artificial intelligence (AI) is being used by aerospace businesses. As an industry, business aviation is constantly striving to improve both the way it works and its customer satisfaction. To that end, it embraces technological advancements by constantly adapting to society’s needs. But AI can potentially go far beyond its current uses. Quite simply, AI can redefine how our industry goes about its work.

In this session we will share insights by industry representatives on the improvements AI contributes to the aviation sector. We invite you to join us for this exciting panel discussion.

15:30-16:30
FDM – What Do You Need?

Hall 3, Room R

Moderator: Johan Glantz, EBAA

Panelists:
Dave Jesse, FDS
Brad Thurow, Appareo

Whether you were already considering an FDM solution or plan on an acquiring an aircraft already fitted with one, this session aims at discussing the financial and operational impact, as well as the implications it has on your aircraft’s cockpit and on-ground hardware.

15:30-16:30
BREXIT: How to Deal With It?

Hall 3, Room Q

Moderator: Graham Williamson, Sonas Aviation

Panelists:
Giulia Mauri, Pierstone
Mark Bisset, Clyde & Co
Frédérique Jos, BRJ Avocats Associés
Marc Bailey, CEO, British Business and General Aviation Association (BBGA)
David Kendrick, British CAA

What will be the impact of Brexit for business aviation is still unclear and when it comes to Brexit: “Nothing is agreed until everything is agreed.”

EBAA, in partnership with the EBAA national associations and Clyde & Co, published a Brexit report analysing how key topics would fare under future possible scenarios. This report became a reference for the aviation sector and is widely used by the European affairs community but it’s high time to address how to concretely handle Brexit. The aim of this session will be to provide business aviation operators with concrete directions and advice on how to mitigate the impact of Brexit based on the latest developments/state of play.

16:30-17:00
Tomorrow’s Landscape: A Look at Disruptive Modes of Transport

Innovation Zone

Presenter:
Dr. Anita Sengupta, Chief Product Officer (CPO) of Airspace Experience Technologies (ASX)

How will new modes of transport, like hyperloop, urban air taxis, supersonic flight, and suborbital travel, which champion high-speed and autonomous technology, impact the current operational landscape of business aviation? Are these potential competitors or partners? Disruptors or pipe dreams? What can our industry learn from their experiences?

Thursday, 23 May 2019

08:30-16:00
Attendee, Exhibitor and Media Registration Open
08:30-16:00
Media Headquarters Open

Hall 3, Room X

09:00-16:00
Exhibit Hall Open
09:00-14:00
Static Display Open
10:00-11:00
Beyond Limits: How I Broke into Business Aviation and How You Can Too

Innovation Zone

Moderator: Peter Korns, Manager, Tax, Operations & Workforce Development, National Business Aviation Association (NBAA)

Panelists:
Charlotte de Beaumont, Privatefly
Roman Kok, EBAA
Magdalena Korpal, Luxaviation
Mathijs Marttin, Jet Support
Bruno Hallwood, Netjets Europe
Antonin Benet, Ortec Engineering

There’s no denying that business aviation is an incredibly attractive industry for anyone interested in aviation, technology, engineering, customer service, entrepreneurship and innovation. The question is, however, how to break in? What kinds of business aviation companies are seeking new entrants in the job market? What kinds of skills are most valued? What roles are open to people with no prior experience? What does a “typical” career path in business aviation look like?

Discover the answers to these questions and more during this Career Day session, open to high school and university students across Europe, eager to discover the wide and wonderful world of business aviation. Students may attend as a class, group or individually to meet directly with industry professionals and recruiters, and tour Europe’s largest business aviation exhibition and business aircraft static display.

11:00-12:00
University Roundtable Session

Innovation Zone