Worldwide, aviation was on track to exceed 1 gigaton of CO2 emissions this year, contributing up to 10% of the overall human climate impact. While the halt in airline travel has reduced the industry's emissions by 30% during the COVID-19 crisis, experts expect the industry to return to and exceed those levels once the pandemic has passed. Left unchecked, airline travel is on track to account for 25% of worldwide CO2 emissions in 2050.

This virtual discussion and Q&A session - centered around two 60-minute in-depth panel discussions - will bring together senior policymakers, aviation industry executives, media and influencers, to explore how the industry can reduce air pollution and transform itself into a sustainable sector of the global economy. How do we break our reliance on carbon offsets and bring real technological change? What are the near-term opportunities for progress and how can these scale over time? How will the pandemic change the agenda for sustainable aviation? What policy initiatives can drive the industry forward without hurting it at a delicate time? How to position yourself to be on the right side of this transformation?

This will be interactive so please submit your questions when signing up and don't hesitate to join the conversation.

Panel One: Challenges and New Policies Post-COVID towards Sustainability at Scale in Aviation

The first panel of the conference will address how we can reach sustainability at scale in the aviation industry, coming out of the current economic context. This panel will explore what mechanisms are available today, and which policies, technologies and practices should be implemented moving forward.

Speakers for panel one:

Jane Hupe (Deputy Director, Environment, ICAO)
Jean-Francois Brouckaert (Chief Scientific Officer at CleanSky)
Montserrat Barriga (Director General of the European Regions Airlines)
Olav Mosvold Larsen (Manager, Carbon Reduction Programme at AVINOR)

Moderator: Ben Webster, The Times

Panel Two: Which new technologies can be deployed in the next five years and can inform post-COVID roadmaps?

In this discussion, speakers will address how technology development within the aviation space is moving us towards a more sustainable aviation future already today, with impacts before mid-Decade.

Speakers for panel two:

Glenn Llewellyn (VP Zero Emissions Technology at Airbus)
Mike Mekhiche (Deputy Director at Rolls Royce Electrical)
Simon Weeks (CTO at Aerospace Technology Institute)
Val Miftakhov (CEO of ZeroAvia)

Moderator: Graham Warwick, Aviation Week

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