"Training as a important instrument in aviation safety and development"
SYMPOSIUM EUROCONTROL HEADQUARTERS - BRUSSELS
9/11/2018
Organizers: “European Association of Aviation Training and Education Organisations – EATEO”
Supporters : ICAO - ECAC
OBJECTIVES
- Given the generally recognized future expansion of air transport and the inevitable increased needs for aviation training, to highlight the importance of training as a necessary instrument in satisfying future demands for more capacity, safety and effective regulation.
- Given the current fragmentation in training provision, to highlight the need for better coordination and cooperation between regulators , providers and academic institutions.
- Given that a substantial percentage of air traffic is interregional, to highlight the need of cooperation between the various regions in achieving as much as possible common policies , practices and working arrangements in training.
- To discuss and possibly suggest practical ways in achieving the necessary coordination and cooperation between all the relevant stakeholders (regulators, training centres, training Departments of airlines, airports, ANSPs, Academia e.t.c.), at regional as well as at interregional level.
OPENING SESSION
- Opening address: Alessio Quaranta - Chairman EATEO and Chairman of the Symposium
- Welcome remarks: Eamon Brennan - DG EUROCONTROL
- Key-note address: Peter Bombay, on behalf of Henrik Hololei - DG /DG MOVE, European Commission
SESSION ONE: “Global and European perspectives”
- Sarantis Poulimenakos - ICAO
- Willy Sigl - EASA
- Alex Wandels - EUROCONTROL
SESSION TWO: “ Need for cooperation between regulators and training providers”
- Eric Schoonderwoerd - JAATO
- Giancarlo Buono - IATA
- Hans Plets - BELGOCONTROL
COFFEE BREAK
SESSION THREE: “ Need for Cooperation with Academic Institutions providing Aviation related courses”
- Roxani Athousaki - Coventry University / Air Transport Department
- Geert Boosten - Amsterdam University Aviation Academy
LUNCH
SESSION FOUR: “ Need and challenges for cooperation between regions in aviation training”
- Christos Petrou - EATEO
- Maria Dipasquantonio – Federal Aviation Administration, USA
- Margareth Moyo - African Association of Aviation Training Organisations-AATO
- Michael Lim - Singapore Aviation Academy
SESSION FIVE: “What needs to be done “ : Panel Discussion / Questions and Answers
- Chaired by the Former SG of ICAO and Special Advisor to EATEO Raymond Benjamin.
FINAL SESSION: CONCLUSIONS