Overview
Created in 2014 by Aéroport de Paris, La Tribune and Forum Media, the Paris Air Forum brings together a succession of debates, conferences and keynotes involving the personalities that make the news, major decision makers and experts in the aerospace, defense and space sectors. The objective: to decipher the challenges of the present and the challenges of the future to better address the challenges of tomorrow. As with every edition, the new generations are an integral part of this reflection with the presence of some twenty of the most innovative startups in the Innovation Village, they are the ones who open the sessions with percussive pitches. The 2018 Paris Air Forum theme is the theme "Connected aviation and smart territory". Objective, highlight the changing relationships and processes of civil and military aeronautics and space as well as new balances of the most dynamic and innovative international industrial sector.
Agenda
9:30 — 10:20
An aerospace power: France in the face of future challenges
Joël Barre
Head of France’s general delegation for armaments
Général Philippe Lavigne
Chief of Staff of the Air Force
Eric Trappier
Chairman of Gifas, Chairman and CEO, Dassault Aviation
What role will New Space play?
Benoit Deper
Chief Executive Officer, AerospaceLab
Jean-Jacques Dordain
Advisory board member, SpaceResources.lu
David Henri
CEO of Exotrail
Ulrich Scheib
Vice President in charge of Space Technologies of MT Aerospace
Is customer experience the driving force?
David Bartlett
Chief Technical Officer of Panasonics Avionics
Christian Draeger
Vice President Customer Experience of Star Alliance
Carole Peytavin
Customer Experience Director of Air France
David Garcia
Commercial director of Vueling
Will data revolutionise aircraft construction and operation?
Marc Fontaine
Digital Transformation Officer of Airbus
Mike Fleming
Vice President Commercial Services, Boeing Global Service
Philippe Petitcolin
Chief Executive Officer, Safran
Naveen Poonian
Chief Executive Officer of iBASEt
Nathalie Stubler
Chief Executive Officer of Transavia France
10:40 — 11:30
What New Space has changed for the incumbents
Rick Ambrose
Executive Vice-President of Space, Lockheed Martin Corporation
John-Paul Hemingway
Chief Executive Officer,SES Networks
Daniel Neuenschwander
Director of Space Transportation of ESA
André-Hubert Roussel
Chief Executive Officer, ArianeGroup
Rakesh Saasibhushan
Chairman and Managing Director, Antrix
National sovereignty and / or Europe?
Antoine Bouvier
Head of Strategy, Mergers & Acquisitions and Public Affairs of Airbus
Louis Gautier
Former French General Secretary for Defence and National Security
Hervé Guillou
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Naval Group
Tomasz Husak
Head of Cabinet of European Commissioner Elzbieta BIENKOWSKA
Dialogue - Digital, environment: the new challenges of aeronautics
Guillaume Faury
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer ofAirbus
Which air transport in France tomorrow?
François Bacchetta
Chief Executive Officer of Easyjet in France
Alain Battisti
Président de la FNAM
Thomas Juin
President of UAF
Marc Rochet
President of frenchBee
11:50— 12:40
I.A, a new frontier for aviation and space?
Thierry Breton
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Atos
Patrice Caine
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Thales
Alexandre de Juniac
Chief Executive Officer of IATA
Patrick Gandil
Director General of Civil Aviation, DGAC
Big data, A.I., robotics: Preparations in defence
Emmanuel Chiva
Director, INNOVATION AND DEFENCE AGENCY
Bruno Even
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer ofAirbus Helicopters
Rear-Admiral Xavier Moreau
Deputy Chief of Staff Plans and Programs at the Naval Staff
Bruno Sainjon
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Onera
Does low-cost long haul really have a future?
Robin Hayes
Chief Executive Officer of JetBlue
Vincent Hodder
Chief Executive Officer of Level
Bjorn Kjos
Chief Executive Officer of Norwegian
Marc Rochet
President of frenchBee
CO2, noise, employment: an impossible equation for airports?
Edward Arkwight
Deputy CEO of Development, Engineering and Transformation, Groupe ADP
Dick Benschop
President & CEO ROYAL SCHIPHOL GROUP
Vincent Capo-Canellas
Senator for Seine-Saint-Denis
John Holland-Kaye
Chief Executive Officer, LONDON-HEATHROW AIRPORT
14:15 — 15:05
Dialogue
Dirk Hoke
Chief Executive Officer of Airbus Defence & Space
Military spatial: what doctrine for France?
Riadh Cammoun
VP Public and Regulatory Affairs de Thales Alenia Space
Général Michel Friedling
Commander of Joint-Army Space Command
Caroline Laurent
Strategy Director, DGA
Stéphane Trompille
Deputy for Ain, Member of French national defence and armed forces commission
Dialogue - Reinvention to resume leadership
Ben Smith
Chief Executive Officer of Air France-KLM
Will smart airports eradicate waiting in line?
Sergio Colella
President of SITA Europe
Jean-Baptiste Djebarri
Deputy for Haute-Vienne
Frédérique Gely
Deputy Assistant Director of Security & Defence, DGAC
Fernand Gontier
Central Director of Border Police
Marc Houalla
Executive Director, Groupe ADP, Managing Director, Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport
15:25 — 16:15
More planes, less pollution: mission impossible?
Stéphane Cueille
Group Director, R&T and Innovation at Safran and Chairman of CORAC steering committee
Michael Gill
Executive Director of ATAG
Philippe Marchand
Biofuel expert
Is there a risk of a cyber Pearl Harbor?
Général Olivier Bonnet de Paillerets
Cyber Defence Commander
Fabrice Brégier
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Palantir France
Guillaume Poupard
Chief Executive Officer of ANSSI
Are single-pilot cockpits now inevitable?
Patrick Cipriani
Director of civil aviation safety, DGAC
Vincent Gilles
Vice-President, SNPL
Pierre Vellay
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of New & Next Consulting
16:45 — 17:35
Armament: why France must export
Général Stéphane Abrial
Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Safran
Thierry Carlier
General Armaments Engineer
Pascale Sourisse
Senior Executive Vice-President, International Development, Thales
The EU, a new world power in space and defence
Pascal Claudel
Operational Director of the European GNSS Agency
Tomasz Husak
Head of Cabinet of European Commissioner Elzbieta BIENKOWSKA
Natalia Pouzyreff
Deputy and Secretary of National Assembly national defence and armed forces commission
Are plane delays a foregone conclusion in Europe?
Maurice Georges
Director of Air Navigation Services, DGAC
Thomas Reynaert
Chief Executive Officer of Airlines for Europe
Anne Rigail
Chief Executive Officer of Air France
Will flying cars really take off?
Patrick Cipriani
Director of civil aviation safety, DGAC
Gratien Maire
General Manager Engineering ADP Group
François Sillion
Director of Uber's ATCP
Speakers
Augustin de Romanet, Chairman & CEO, Groupe ADP
Dirk Hoke, CEO of Airbus Defence & Space
Florence Parly, French Minister of Army
Elisabeth Borne, French Minister of Transport
Guillaume Faury, CEO of Airbus Commercial Aircraft
Hervé Guillou, Chairman & CEO of Naval Group
Ben Smith, CEO of Air France-KLM
Gratien Maire, CEO of ADP Ingenierie
Philippe Petitcolin, CEO of Safran
Venue
Location: Maison de la Mutualité
Address: 24 rue Saint-Victor 75005 Paris, France
Takeaways
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