Breaking New Ground in Technologies, Partnerships

Breaking New Ground in Technologies, Partnerships and Innovation Chains
PROGRAMME
At The Hotel, Boulevard de Waterloo 38, 1000 Brussels
9.15 am
Registration and welcome coffee
10.00 am
Welcome address:
Looking ahead for European aeronautics
Richard Parker - Clean Sky Governing Board Chairman, Rolls-Royce Chief Technology Officer
10.10 am
Video message from Carlos Moedas, Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation
10.15 am
Keynote speech:
Competitiveness, environment, and mobility: The impact of Clean Sky in the Horizon
2020 vision
Rudolf Strohmeier - Deputy Director General, DG Research and Innovation, European Commission
10.30 am
The Clean Sky journey to improving air transport
Eric Dautriat - Executive Director, Clean Sky Joint Undertaking
10.50 am
Session 1: From the classroom to the testbench: How to assemble and empower the
best innovation chains within Clean Sky
Strong collaboration between industry, universities, public research institutes and SMEs is a core principle
of Joint Technology Initiatives under Horizon 2020. How do research centres, academia and SMEs integrate
in global value chains? How to maximise pooling skills, know-how and the spill-over effects between front
runners and others?
Manuela Soares - Director Transport, DG Research and Innovation, European Commission
Eric Bachelet - Executive Vice President for Research & Technology, Safran
Dimitri Bofilios- Managing Director, INASCO
Hester Bijl – Dean, Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, University of Delft
Moderator: Jean Francois Brouckaert - Project Officer Sustainable and Green engines, Clean Sky
Joint Undertaking
Q & A with audience
11.50 am
Session 2: The future will not be business as usual: Clean Sky, Clean Sky 2, and the
aircraft of the future
Aeronautics is one of European sectors of excellence making a major contribution to European
competitiveness. Its innovation leadership is based on quality science and adaptation to mature and
emerging markets. What are the new technologies on demand, how to reconcile bigger planes with less
CO2 emissions and noise? Who will help Clean Sky and Clean Sky 2 invent the plane of the future?
Axel Flaig - Head of Airbus Research and Technology, Airbus
Peter Hecker - Chairman of the Clean Sky Scientific Committee
Marco Protti - Head of Advanced Research, Alenia Aermacchi
Josef Kaspar - Chairman of EREA
Moderator: Giuseppe Pagnano - Coordinating Project Officer, Clean Sky Joint Undertaking
Q & A with audience
13.00 pm
Networking lunch
14.00 pm
Keynote speech:
European Aerospace Competitiveness: Successes and Challenges
Fred Abbink - CEAS Chairman - Retired NLR General Director
14.20 pm
Session 3: Innovating for sustainable European aviation in a global world
European and global demand for air transport will continue to grow over the coming decades.
Competitiveness, environment and mobility remain key targets to achieve. What is the role to play by the
different actors in aviation? Who is innovating on what? How to achieve these goals in a global world?
Florian Guillermet - Executive Director, SESAR
Thomas Roetger - Assistant Director, Aviation Environment- Technology, IATA
Johann-Dietrich Wörner - Chairman of the Executive Board DLR, Vice-Chair of ACARE
Maurizio Castelletti - Head of Unit, Single European Sky, European Commission
Gerben Klein Lebbink – Chair, Clean Sky State Representatives Group
Moderator: Ron van Manen - Clean Sky 2 Programme Manager, Clean Sky Joint Undertaking
Q & A with audience
15.20 pm
Visit of the Clean Sky Exhibit Area / Information Session on Clean Sky 2
16.20 pm
Award ceremony for best Clean Sky projects from Associates and Partners
16.45 pm
Closing remarks
Eric Dautriat – Executive Director, Clean Sky Joint Undertaking
17.00pm
18.00 pm
Networking drinks