Program

Welcoming participants

Opening introduction

Government of Quebec’s perspective on the aerospace industry

Welcoming remarks

Government of Canada’s perspective on the aerospace industry

Introductory remarks

Introduction to Collaboration: Innovation’s Accelerator

Industry Analysis

By way of introduction, Kevin Michaels and Richard Aboulafia of AeroDynamic Advisory set the scene by sharing data and information on market trends, emerging technologies and the effects of ICAO’s ambitious targets on the industry.

Towards Net Zero: New Aircraft Programs & Configurations

To meet the IOAC’s ambitious 2050 targets, industry, governments and research centers need to promote collaborative innovation towards different aircraft types to understand the opportunities for reducing the industry’s carbon footprint, ensuring passenger safety and comfort, while mitigating operating cost surcharges. This section will highlight some of the new thinking behind the design of the aircraft of the future.

Coffee break

Towards Net Zero: Advances in Propulsion

Propulsion is a determining factor in terms of operating costs, aircraft performance and environmental footprint. Engine manufacturers have an inherent desire to increase operational efficiency and demonstrate evolutionary improvement towards Net Zero. Our guest presenters will showcase what their organizations are doing to advance propulsion that satisfies their customers, passengers and the environment.

Towards Net Zero: A Keynote Overview of Hydrogen in Aerospace

Delivered by one of the industry’s leading innovators, this comprehensive presentation will provide a summary of the different approaches to hydrogen, the recent progress we’ve seen, and its importance in bringing the industry closer to its Net Zero aspirations.

Transition to the workshops

Roundtable: The steps, benefits and challenges of integrating hydrogen into aerospace.

This workshop is designed to explore in more detail the challenges of using hydrogen as an energy source for sustainable flight. Contributors will be asked to discuss the challenges around long range flight missions while considering not only its benefits but the challenges in aircraft design, operational propulsion, storage (in both the aircraft & ground infrastructure), its production & availability, safety & public perception acceptability.

Fully Electric Flight – The Future State of Batteries in Aerospace

This round table is designed to explore the benefits and challenges of all-electric flight. Contributors will be invited to discuss where the industry stands in terms of how batteries are being integrated into aviation, what remains to be achieved, and the potential for battery applications based on the current and projected power density of electric flight.

Lunch service

Lunch conference

Lunch conference

Bombardier: The Story and Future of the Ecojet
Hear the story behind Quebec’s historic aviation company as it unveils its newest revolutionary business aircraft to date, promising state of the art technologies, unmatched sustainability and an aircraft configuration that may set a new standard in civil aviation.

Roundtable: SAF

This roundtable is designed to explore what is needed to coordinate local, regional and international strategies around sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). What is, can be, and should be done about its means of production, its classification & certification, its scalability, transportation, distribution, storage and current and projected costs around this essential pathway to meeting ICAO’s aspirational net zero targets by 2050.

OEM & Startup Collaboration Models

With an accelerated technology transition in the aerospace sector, traditional internal development is giving way to a more open invitation to emerging or scaling external disruptive technology developers such as startups. This discussion will explore how leading aerospace companies are working with these companies to deliver leading innovation benefits.

eVTOLs: The Last 2 years

This keynote will present the ins and outs of the advanced air mobility market, highlighting emerging players, the status of the pioneers, the changes in the industry over the last 24 months and where the market is headed.

Advanced Air Mobility: The Vehicles, a Manufacturer’s Perspective

Leading and emerging eVTOL manufacturers will share their individual operational realities and collective needs to make advanced air mobility a success, as they progress on their roadmap to certification.

Coffee break

Air Corridors and the Social Acceptability Challenges of AAM

Developing, certifying, and selling emerging AAM vehicles have their own challenges. However, where they can take off from, the flight paths that they can take, and the infrastructure where they can land pose another set of challenges. Regulators, air traffic control, and the social acceptability of airports versus vertiports versus urban city rooftops are another set of challenge (noise, flight corridors, safety, congestion, affordability, etc.) are essential factors for successfully bringing about this disruptive form of transportation.

What are stakeholders doing in different regions to prepare for the operationalisation of these quickly approaching technologies?

Canadian Collaborative Innovation Models: New Opportunities on the Horizon Europe & Eureka

Quebec and Canada have made an important push to capitalise on its leadership as an expert in certifying its aviation innovations and opportunities for collaboration have grown with its acceptance to the invitation to join collaborative initiatives internationally.

Unlocking the Potential: A Subnational Model of Collaborative Innovation between Kansas and Quebec

Kansas and Quebec, two powerhouse regions in the aerospace industry, boast a thriving partnership exemplified by Bombardier’s strategic choice of Wichita, Kansas as its U.S. headquarters. This presentation delves into the existing synergy between the two subnational entities and outlines strategies to amplify their collaboration in burgeoning fields like sustainable aviation and defense innovations.

A NASA Aeronautics Sustainable Aviation Overview

One of the most recognized, influential, and unparalleled innovators of the industry, NASA has been at the forefront of pioneering breakthroughs in aviation and space for over 3-quarters of a century. This presentation will focus on what happens next, and the resources and people involved in the process.

Emerging technology and collaboration opportunities in the United-Kingdom

The Aerospace Technology Institute (ATI) is a vital catalyst for aviation innovation in the UK, driving collaborative research and development to propel the industry forward, ensuring global competitiveness and sustainable advancements. This presentation will discuss the roadmap to those innovations and the opportunities to participate in putting them into the air.

Closing remarks

Transition to the ^7th floor for the International Networking Cocktail

Rooftop Networking Cocktail