A4E Aviation Summit
In a pivotal electoral year for the EU, the Aviation Summit will examine how European aviation and its airlines have evolved in recent years and how they have become a key cog in facilitating free movement of goods, people and services that are central to the EU’s success.
At a time of global uncertainty and challenges, the Summit will ask how we nurture and sustain Europe’s airline and wider aviation sectors to be globally competitive, how we can complete the single aviation market, while also ensuring a successful energy transition that is crucial for European aviation reaching its target of Net Zero carbon emissions by 2050.
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Agenda
20 March 2024
10.30-11.20
Press Conference
11.00-11.30
Aviation Summit Registration
11.30-11.45
Welcome
Ourania Georgoutsakou, Managing Director, Airlines for Europe
11.45-12.00
Keynote Address by EU Presidency
Georges Gilkinet, Deputy Prime-Minister and Federal Mobility Minister of Belgium
12.00-12.50
An evolving industry in an evolving market: How does aviation contribute to Europe’s strategic goals?
Hosted by Florence Ranson, CEO and Founder, REDComms
Jack Chambers, Minister of State for Transport, Environment, Climate and Communications of Ireland
Steve Heapy, CEO, Jet2
Carlos Muñoz, CEO, Volotea
Rachel Smit, Member of Cabinet for Adina Vălean, Commissioner for Transport, European Commission
12.50-13.05
Keynote Address
Christian Scherer, CEO, Airbus Commercial Aircraft
13.05-14.05
Networking Lunch
14.05-14.55
CEO Debate
Hosted by Richard Quest, International Business Correspondent, CNN
Benjamin Smith, CEO, Air France-KLM
Carsten Spohr, CEO, Lufthansa
Johan Lundgren, CEO, easyJet
Luis Gallego, CEO, IAG
Michael O’Leary, CEO, Ryanair
14.55-15.15
Coffee break
15.15-16.15
Vision, practicalities and reality: what is European Aviation’s destination at a time of political and regulatory change?
Hosted by Dan Michaels, Brussels Bureau Chief, The Wall Street Journal
Julia Reinaud, Senior Director Europe, Breakthrough Energy
Kaspars Briškens, Minister of Transport of Latvia
Christophe Grudler, Member of the European Parliament, Renew Europe
Martin Gauss, CEO, airBaltic
16.15-16.30
Closing Keynote
Wopke Hoekstra, European Commissioner for Climate action, European Commission
16.30-16.40
Thank you
Ourania Georgoutsakou, Managing Director, Airlines for Europe
16.40
Networking Drinks
Speakers
Benjamin Smith
Carlos Muñoz
Carsten Spohr
Christian Scherer
Christophe Grudler
Daniel Michaels
Florence Ranson
Georges Gilkinet
Jack Chambers
Johan Lundgren
Julia Reinaud
Kaspars Briškens
Luis Gallego
Martin Gauss
Michael O’Leary
Ourania Georgoutsakou
Rachel Smit
Richard Quest
Steve Heapy
