Just 3 weeks until the International Air Safety Summit takes place in Dublin
Held annually since 1947, the Flight Safety Foundation’s International Air Safety Summit is aviation’s premier safety summit, drawing as many as 325 representatives from 50 plus countries to exchange information and propose new directions for further risk reductions. The summit covers safety, training, practical solutions, management, human factors and other issues for scheduled airlines, manufacturers and equipment suppliers, trainers, flight crews, maintenance personnel and industry executives.
This year the event is hosted by Aer Lingus and takes place in Dublin from 23rd-25th October, just three weeks away.
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The full agenda for the event is included below. Flying In Ireland is delighted to be a co-sponsor of this event.
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 22
| 0900 – 1200 | FSF International Advisory Committee Meeting (Invite-only) |
| 1400 – 1800 | Registration and Information Desk Open |
| 1700 – 1730 | Speaker Meeting |
MONDAY, OCTOBER 23
| 0730 – 1700 | Registration and Information Desk Open |
| 0730 – 0830 | Breakfast Sponsored by Aireon |
| 0830 – 1000 | Welcome and Opening Keynote Address Session Sponsored by The Boeing Company |
| Welcome Mr. Greg Marshall, Vice President, Global Programs, Flight Safety Foundation Mr. Jon Beatty, President & CEO, Flight Safety Foundation Mr. John Hamilton, VP Engineering, The Boeing Company, Chairman, Board of Governors, Flight Safety Foundation |
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| Opening Keynote Mr. Willie Walsh, CEO, International Airlines Group |
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| Safe Travels – ICAO’s Agenda for Safety Captain Claude Hurley, Vice President, Air Navigation Commission, ICAO Mr. Catalin Radu, Deputy Director (Aviation Safety), Air Navigation Bureau, ICAO |
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| 1000 – 1030 | Business Break Sponsored by Ideagen |
| 1030 – 1200 | SESSION 1 Session Chair: Captain Bill Curtis, Chair International Advisory Committee, Flight Safety Foundation Session Sponsored by The Boeing Company |
| A320 Accident, Halifax, Nova Scotia & TSB Safety Watchlist Ms. Kathy Fox, Chair, Transportation Safety Board of Canada |
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| Amazon Prime Air Mr. Sean Cassidy, Director Safety & Regulatory Affairs, Amazon Prime Air |
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| FSF President’s Citation | |
| 1200 – 1330 | Luncheon Sponsored by Rolls Royce |
| 1330 – 1500 | Session II Session Chair: David Mawdsley, Aviation Safety Advisor, Digital, Rolls Royce Digital Session Sponsored by The Boeing Company |
| Data Innovations to get Game Changing Outcomes in Operational Safety Mr. Christopher Murray, Head of Operations Singapore – Digital, Rolls-Royce |
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| Opening the Walled Garden: Using Technology to Bring Airline Flight Data Analytics to the Enterprise Mr. Christopher Solan, Senior Product Manager, GE Aviation Digital Solutions |
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| Global Safety Information Project Mr. Mark Millam, Vice President Technical, Flight Safety Foundation |
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| Boeing/FSF Lifetime Achievement Award | |
| 1500 – 1530 | Business Break Sponsored by Rolls Royce |
| 1530 – 1700 | Session III Session Chair: Captain Bill Curtis, Chair, FSF International Advisory Committee Session Sponsored by The Boeing Company |
| TCAS Resolution Advisories Not Followed: Study Results Tzvetomir Blajev, Operational Safety Coordinator, Eurocontrol, Chair, FSF European Advisory Committee Stanislaw Drozdowski, Senior ACAS Expert, Eurocontrol |
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| Safe in an Unsafe World? A Resilience Engineering / Safety-II Perspective Professor Erik Holnagel, PhD, University of South Denmark |
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| 1700 – 1730 | Speaker Meeting |
| 1800 – 2150 | Opening Reception: Christ Church Cathedral Sponsored by Aer Lingus and Irish Aviation Authority |
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 24
| 0730 – 1700 | Registration and Information Desk Open | |
| 0730 – 0830 | Breakfast Sponsored by Ideagen |
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| 0830 – 1000 | SESSION IV Session Chair: Captain Jonathan Tree, Jeppesen Session Sponsored by Airbus |
MAINTENANCE AND ENGINEERING TRACK Session Chair: Mr. Joseph Barclay, Chief Executive Officer & President, Inflight Warning Systems & Chair, Maintenance Advisory Committee, FSF Track Sponsored by Airbus |
| Aircraft Automation Training Implications for Aircraft Safety Dr. Scott Blum, Director Aviation, and Regulatory Standards, Jeppeson |
Key Issues Affecting Maintenance Safety Mr. Joseph Barclay, Chief Executive Officer & President, Inflight Warning Systems & Chair, Maintenance Advisory Committee, FSF |
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| Reactions to Unexpected Situations in Flight Captain Mike Gillen, Ph.D., United Airlines |
Managing Safety Interfaces Between Operations, CAMO & MROs Mr. Jorge Leite, Vice President Quality and Safety, Maintenance and Engineering Compliance Manager, TAP |
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| A Friend’s Eye is a Good Mirror: Using Eye-Tracking in the Airline Context Captain Mark Cameron, Pilot, Emirates Airlines Dr. Nicklas Dahlstrom, Human Factors Manager, Emirates Flight Operations Training |
Cleared to Disconnect? Understanding the Communication Barriers Between Flight Crew and Maintenance Personnel Dr. Tahlia Fisher, Senior Safety Specialist, Air New Zealand |
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| 1000 – 1030 | Business Break Sponsored by ALPA |
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| 1030 – 1200 | SESSION V Session Chair: Captain Harry Nelson, D/Chair International Advisory Committee, FSF Session Sponsored by Airbus |
MAINTENANCE AND ENGINEERING TRACK Session Chair: Mr. Joseph Barclay, Chief Executive Officer & President, Inflight Warning Systems & Chair, Maintenance Advisory Committee, FSF Track Sponsored by Airbus |
| Train Like you Design: From Scenario-Based Design to Scenario-Based Training Dr. Nicklas Dahlstrom, Human Factors Manager, Emirates Flight Operations Training Dr. Ratan Khatwa, Senior Chief Engineer, Human Factors, Honeywell Aerospace |
Safety Performance: Listening & Learning Mr. Andy Evans, Director, Aerossurance LTD Mr. Stephen Bramfitt-Reid, Safety Manager (Airworthiness), Rolls Royce Plc |
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| International Survey on Controlled Rest on the Flight Deck Dr. Alexandra Holmes, Research Director, Clockwork Research Ltd. |
Maintenance Safety Programs From an Outsiders Perspective Mr. Ronald (Ron) Donner, Chief Editor Aircraft Maintenance Technology – AMT Magazine |
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| Moving Toward Joined-Up Safety Culture Across Different Aviation Players Dr. Barry Kirwan, Safety Research Coordinator, Future Sky Project Safety Manager, Eurocontrol |
Systemic Safety Risk Analysis Ms. Christine Zylawski, Flight Safety Delegate, LOSA Project Manager, Air France |
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| 1200 – 1330 | Luncheon | |
| 1330 – 1500 | SESSION VI Session Chair: Captain Joe DePete, First Vice President and National Safety Coordinator, Air Line Pilots Association International (ALPA) Session Sponsored by Airbus |
MAINTENANCE AND ENGINEERING TRACK Session Chair: Dr. Bill Johnson, Chief Scientific and Technical Advisor Maintenance Human Factors, FAA Track Sponsored by Airbus |
| Analysis of Airspace and Airport Capabilities in the Remote North Captain Peter Black, Chair President’s Committee for Remote Operations, ALPA |
Fatigue Management in Maintenance Mr. Neil Hickey, Technical Manager Safety – Engineering,Ryanair Mr. Jorge Leite, Vice President Quality and Safety, Maintenance and Engineering Compliance Manager, TAP Dr. Maggie Ma, Associate Technical Fellow, The Boeing Company |
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| Pilot Mentoring and the Value Proposition for Safety Captain Paul Ryder, National Resource Coordinator, ALPA |
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| Electronic Flight Bags: Friend or Foe? First Officer Bryan Lesko, Chair Aircraft Design and Operations Group, ALPA |
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| 1500 – 1530 | Business Break | |
| 1530 – 1700 | SESSION VII Session Chair: Mr. Frank Hildrup, NTSB & Member, International Advisory Committee, FSF Session Sponsored by Airbus |
MAINTENANCE AND ENGINEERING TRACK Session Chair: Mr. Ronald (Ron) Donner, Chief Editor Aircraft Maintenance Technology – AMT Magazine Track Sponsored by Airbus |
| SMS is to Airline as CRM is to Pilot: The JetBlue Experience Captain John Allen, Vice President Safety, JetBlue |
Panel Discussion: Mr. Joseph Barclay, Chief Executive Officer & President, Inflight Warning Systems & Chair, Maintenance Advisory Committee, FSF Dr. Tahlia Fisher, Senior Safety Specialist, Air New Zealand Mr. Dominic Ryan, Director of Maintenance and Engineering, Aer Lingus Ms. Christine Zylawski, Flight Safety Delegate, LOSA Project Manager, Air France |
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| The Shoreham Hunter Accident Mr. Alan Thorne, Senior Inspector of Air Accidents, UK AAIB |
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| Lessons from UPS flight 6; Shipment of Lithium-ion Batteries as Cargo Mr. Daniel I. Cheney, Safety Program Manager, Transport Airplane, FAA |
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| 1700 – 1730 | Speaker Meeting | |
| 1700 – 1800 | Networking Reception in the Exhibit Marketplace Sponsored by Rolls Royce |
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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 25
| 0730 – 1700 | Registration and Information Desk Open |
| 0730 – 0830 | Breakfast |
| 0830 – 1030 | SESSION VIII Session Chair: Captain Mike Gillen, PhD, United Airlines |
| FORAS – A Tool to Make your SMS Great! Danny Ho, Chief Executive Vice President, EVA Air Greg Marshall, Vice President Global Programs, Flight Safety Foundation |
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| Measuring the Effects of New Go Around Policy & Procedures, Simulator Trials – Methodology & Results Dr. Martin Smith, Chief Executive Officer, Presage Group Captain Bill Curtis, Chair, FSF International Advisory Committee |
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| Improving Go-Around Compliance Captain John Gronlund, Director Flight Operations, Porter Airlines |
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| 1000 – 1030 | Business Break |
| 1030 – 1200 | SESSION IX Session Chair: Dr. Ratan Khatwa, Senior Chief Engineer, Human Factors, Honeywell Aerospace |
| Beyond Assessment of Individual Safety Management & Operational Processes: A Set of Uniform and Novel Aviation Safety Metrics Dr. Nektarios Karanikas, Associate Professor of Safety and Human Factors, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences |
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| The Implementation of Safety Performance Management in China Ms. Rong Mei, Senior Engineer of Safety Management, China Academy of Civil Aviation Science and Technology |
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| A Data-Driven Approach to Making Safety Investment Decisions Mr. Andrew Kilner, Human Performance & Safety Research, Eurocontrol |
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| Laura Taber Barbour Award | |
| 1200 – 1330 | Lunch |
| 1330 – 1500 | SESSION X Session Chair: Mr. Michel Piers, Principal Safety Advisor, NLR – Netherlands Aerospace Centre |
| Measuring Safety Through an Integrated Safety Assessment Model Dr. Poornima Balakrishna, Research Engineer, SAAB Sensis Corporation |
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| Integrating Live ATM Data Sources and SWIM in Support of Safety/Risk Performance Assessment Mr. Ian Crook, Director, ISA Software |
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| Undeclared Dangerous Goods Captain Steve Jangelis, Aviation Safety Chair, ALPA |
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| 1500 – 1530 | Business Break |
| 1530 – 1700 | SESSION XI Session Chair: Captain Harry Nelson, D/Chair International Advisory Committee, Flight Safety Foundation |
| Cyber Threats and Vulnerabilities to the Aviation Ecosystem Mr. Christopher Carney, Project Manager Senior Specialist, National Aviation Intelligence Integration Office, USA Mr. Daniel Johnson, Director, National Aviation Intelligence Integration Office, USA |
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| Management of Cross Department Risks in the Ramp Environment Captain Davina Pratt, Director of Operations, Aer Lingus Mr. Dominic Ryan, Director of Maintenance and Engineering, Aer Lingus |
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| Understanding Pilot Wellbeing and its Impact on Flight Safety: Identifying Self-Management Strategies to Promot the Bio-Psycho-Social Pillars of Wellbeing Captain Paul Cullen, Independent Researcher |
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| 1710 | IASS 2017 Concludes – See You Next Year! |
About the Author
Mark Dwyer Mark is an airline pilot flying the Boeing 737 for a major European airline. In addition he is also a Type Rating Instructor, Type Rating Examiner and Base Training Captain on the B737. Outside of commercial flying Mark enjoys flying light aircraft from the smallest 3 Axis microlights up to heavier singles. He is also an instructor and EASA Examiner on single engines and a UK CAA Examiner. He flies the Chipmunk for the Irish Historic Flight Foundation (IHFF). Mark became the Chairman of the National Microlight Association of Ireland (NMAI) in 2013 and has overseen a massive growth in the organisation. In this role he has worked at local and national levels. In 2015, Mark won ‘Upcoming Aviation Professional Award’ at the Aviation Industry Awards sponsored by the IAA. Mark launched this website back in 2002 while always managing the website, he has also been Editor and Deputy Editor of FlyingInIreland Magazine from 2005 to 2015.
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