Eyjafjallajökull and Aviation
A Conference on Eyjafjallajökull and Aviation will convene at Keflavik Airport, Iceland, on September 15-16, 2010. It is organized by the Keilir Aviation Academy, in cooperation with the President of Iceland Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, the Minister of Transport Kristján L. Möller, the US Embassy and the Embassy of the Russian Federations in Iceland as well ICAO, IATA, ATA, AEA. ICAA, ISAVIA, IMO, Icelandair and Inspired by Iceland.
Aviation leaders, experts and policy-makers from all over the world will assemble in Iceland in September to discuss the lessons learned from the Eyjafallajökull eruption and how technology, rules, regulations and aviation training must be improved before the next volcano eruption.
•What happened at Eyjafjallajökull?
•Why was Europe’s airspace closed?
•What procedures were followed?
•What has been learned?
•What are the effects of volcanic ash on aircraft and can they been reduced?
•What steps are to be taken, and by whom, to minimize the threats that volcanic ash poses to aviation?
Discover how the aviation and science communities can work together to increase safety and efficiency in dealing with future eruptions.
Confirmed Key Speakers:
Mr. Olafur Ragnar Grimsson President of Iceland,
Mr. Daniel Calleja-Crespo Director General Mobility and Transport European Commission,
Ms. Nancy Graham Director ICAO Air Navigation Bureau,
Mr. Karsten Theil, Regional Director of ICAO’s European and North Atlantic Office,
Mr. Gunther Matschnigg Senior Vice President for IATA Safety, Operations,
Mr. Ulrich Schulte-Strathaus Secretary General AEA,
Mr. Graham Lake Director General, CANSO,
Mr. Bo Redeborn Director of Corporative Network Design, EUROCONTROL,
Mr. John Vincent Head of Safety Analysis and Research EASA,
Mr. Douglas Kihm Boeing Technical Fellow,
Capt. M. Manfred Birnfeld AIRBUS senior flight test engineer,
Mr. Patrick Emmott Senior Vice President Technical Service Rolls-Royce,
Eng. Jacques Renvier Senior Vice President SNECMA,
Mr. Padhraic Kelleher Head of the Airworthiness Division UKCAA,
Mr. Steve Creamer Brussels FAA Executive,
Mr. Tom Hendricks ATA Vice President-Operations and Safety,
Mr. David Strand, AA airline representative ICAO working group on volcanic ash,
Capt. Robert (Bob) Graves Director of flight operations Alaska Airlines,
Mr. Birkir Holm Gudnason CEO Icelandair,
Dr. Petur K. Maack Director General ICAA,
Mr. Asgeir Palsson, Director of ISAVIA ANS and Chairman NAT/SPG,
Mr. Stephen Perkins Head of Centre Joint Transport Research Centre of the OECD and the International Transport Forum
Dr. Thorgeir Palsson former Director General of ICAA and ISAVIA.
Dr. Haraldur Sigurdsson Volcanologist and Emeritus Professor of Oceanography,
Dr. William Aspinall Geophysicist and Professor University of Bristol, UK,
Dr. Constanza Bonadonna Volcanologist and Prof. University of Geneva,
Dr. Fred Prata Senior scientis NILU, Norway,
Mr. Ian Lisk, Meteorologist WMO Manager Met Office, Uk,
Dr. Ulrich Schumann Director DLR,
Dr. John Eichelberger USGS,
Dr. Evgeny Gordeev Russian Academy of Sciences
Dr. Arni Snorrason Director of IMO.
To find out more regarding the conference, delegate registration and to download the latest program and name of speakers please visit:
http://en.keilir.net/keilir/conferences/eyjafjallajokull
