09:00 - 09:10
09:10 - 10:10
The Big Debate: Ramping up safely – how do we combat the heightened risks of a post-Covid world?
Gary Thistlethwaite, Head of Health, Safety & Compliance, Stobart Aviation Services
James Skerritt, Manager Aircraft Turnaround, dnata
Kim Meldgaard, Area Sales Manager, Power Stow
Matthias Huettner, Senior Vice President Global Operations, Swissport
Extra strain on resources, a loss of employee expertise and heightened complexity. The pandemic has unleashed a perfect storm of accident risks onto our stations. This session will investigate how the industry counter measures the challenges and ensures safety isn’t compromised as we begin to contemplate recovery from the coronavirus pandemic.
Topics will include:
10:10 - 10:40
Human Factors: Bringing our employees back safely – stories from the frontline
Gary Thistlethwaite, Head of Health, Safety & Compliance, Stobart Aviation Services
Jakub Iwanowski, Safety, Quality and Compliance Manager, Air Dispatch
10:40 - 11:40
Autonomous GSE: How Covid will accelerate the age of driverless tech and more automated turnarounds
Nick Heemskerk, Director Global Product Development - GSE, JBT Aerotech
Sebastian Hoyos, Autonomous Technologies Growth Manager, Charlatte Manutention
11:40 - 12:10
Cargo: Mastering the safety challenge from preighters to freighters
Justin McDonald, Senior Manager – Airport Excellence & Rest of World Airports, Virgin Atlantic
Robert Fordree, Executive Vice President – Cargo, Menzies Aviation
12:10 - 12:45
Safety and sustainability
Jelmer Melissen, Chief Technology Officer, Smart Solutions by Viggo
Robert Powell, VP Technical Services, dnata
12:45 - 13:30
Lunch break
13:30 - 13:35
Interactive Virtual Roundtables
13:35 - 15:00
Roundtable 1: Human Factors - Communication and Interface Management
Ross Priday, Chairman, Kura Human Factors
Roundtable 3: Stakeholder Collaboration
Wolfgang Fasching, Founder & Owner, Agora Consulting
Roundtable 4: Enhancing a Culture of Safety
Desiree Perez, Leadership Coach & Aviation Consultant, Level Up Your Potential
James Wyatt, Aviation Consultant, aeroconcept
15:00 - 15:30
Group summary and learnings