Agenda: Safety Forum 2025

THURSDAY
FRIDAY

Thursday, June 5, 2025
8:30 AM - 9:45 AM																☕︎ REGISTRATION & INFORMATION DESK OPEN Network with colleagues and exhibitors - join us for coffee before the Forum begins!
9:45 AM - 10:00 AM																CALL TO ORDER Presenter: Tzvetomir Blajev, Director Europe and Global Operational Safety, Flight Safety Foundation
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM																WELCOME AND EXECUTIVE SESSION Presenters: Hassan Shahidi, President & CEO, Flight Safety Foundation Iacopo Prissinotti, Director, NMD EUROCONTROL Jesper Rungholm, President, European Regions Airline Association
10:30 AM - 10:50 AM																KEYNOTE SPEECH Introduced by Steven Shorrock, EUROCONTROL
10:50 AM - 11:15 AM																MORNING BREAK
11:15 AM - 12:45 PM																Session 1 \| DEVELOPING A SAFE CULTURE Session Chair: Dai Whittingham ➥ Mental Health and the Price of Exclusion: Diversity and Inclusion Untangled Presenter: Milena Bowman, EUROCONTROL → Click here for Q&A ➥ Developing a Just and Fair Culture in Mental Health: An Initiative for Enhancing Self-Declaration and Mental Health Integration Presenter: Sebastien Follet, DSAC - Aerosentinelles Workgroup → Click here for Q&A ➥ Positive Organisational Culture: The Path to Resilience for the Organisation and the Human Within? Presenter: Paul Reuter, European Cockpit Association → Click here for Q&A
12:45 PM - 1:45 PM																LUNCH BREAK
1:45 PM - 3:30 PM																Session 2 \| PEER SUPPORT NETWORKS - EXPERIENCE & LESSONS LEARNED ➥ Evolution of Pilot Peer Support in Modern Airlines Presenter: David Morrissey, Chairman, Pilot Advisory Group and Director Safety & Technical, Aer Lingus & IALPA → Click here for Q&A ➥ Pilot Mental Fitness: Advancing Safety & Human Performance with Peer Support Programs Presenters: Rondeau Flynn, National Aeromedical Chairman, Allied Pilots Association Peter Gillespie, Allied Pilots Association ➥ A Fully Functioning Model for Physical and Emotional Well Being of Front Line Workers Presenter: Captain Travis Ludwig, ALPA Pilot Assistance Chair, Airline Pilots Association (ALPA) ➥ Mental Health in Aviation - Yoga and Vegetables, right? Wrong... Presenter: Dave Fielding, Chair, International Peer Assist Aviation Coalition
3:30 PM - 3:50 PM																AFTERNOON BREAK
3:50 PM - 4:50 PM																Session 3 \| RESILIENCE DRIVING AVIATION SAFETY Session Chair: Veronica Taliano ➥ Resilient Performance in Front-Line Operators Presenter: Nuno Cebola, Director Human Factors & Wellbeing, NATS → Click here for Q&A ➥ Resilience: A Regional Safety Focus Presenter: Yann Duval, Safety Manager, ATR → Click here for Q&A
4:50 PM - 5:20 PM																AWARDS SESSION
5:20 PM - 6:30 PM																RECEPTION in EUROPA LOBBY

Time Zone: (UTC+02:00) Brussels []

Friday, June 6, 2025
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM																☕︎REGISTRATION & INFORMATION DESK OPEN Network with colleagues and exhibitors - join us for coffee before the Forum begins!
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM																Session 4 \| THE TOOL BOX - LEARNING FROM OTHERS Session Chair: Maxime Wauters ➥ Mental Health in Aviation Safety: the Mental Incapacitation Risk Assessment Process Presenter: Francois Brambati, Psychologist, Deep Blue Srl → Click here for Q&A ➥ Organization's Support to Operators' Mental Health: Tools, Processes, Benefits, Return on Investment. Experience Feedback of 3 SNCF Business Units of Train Drivers, France Presenters: Céline Soul, President, HOF Specialist, CC CRM Instructor, Certified Sophrologist, Cabinet Angélia Arnaud Morel, Sophrologist - FH Expert, SNCF → Click here for Q&A ➥ How to Use Sport Psychology Tools from Elite Sports to Improve Performance and Mental Health for ATCO Trainees and Impact the General View on Working with Mental Health Among Professional ATCO's Presenter: Christina Nordentoft, Training Specialist, Naviair → Click here for Q&A
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM																MORNING BREAK
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM																Session 5 \| MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS Session Chair: Maxime Wauters ➥ What Every Aviation Professional Needs to Know About Their Brain. A Positive Outcome from Preventive Measures. Presenter: Gösta Centerwall, Captain, TRE, CRM and Human Factors Trainer, Norwegian Airshuttle → Click here for Q&A ➥ The impact of self-sufficient workgroups in the aviation industry, the correlation to organizational attachment and how to foster their mental health state. Presenter: Cordula Pflaum, Training Captain Airbus A330/A350/A380, Lufthansa → Click here for Q&A ➥ Building Effective Systems to Address Mental Health Assistance Avoidance Behaviors Presenters: Herwin Bongers, Air New Zeland and Chris Finlayson, Executive Director of the Pilot Mental Health Campaign → Click here for Q&A
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM																LUNCH BREAK
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM																Session 6 \| OBSERVATIONS FROM THE INDUSTRY Session Chair: Claudia Cabaco ➥ Regulators' Role in Aviation Mental Health and Wellbeing Presenter: Janis Vegers, Senior Medical Expert, EASA → Click here for Q&A ➥ Fatigue Safety Performance Indicators (SPIs): A Key Component of Proactive Fatigue Hazard Identification, the Perspective from the Airlines Presenters: Mark Searle, Global Director - Safety, IATA Johanna Tikanmaki, Finnair Sasa Janine Leal Tennberg, Air Europa → Click here for Q&A
2:30 PM - 2:50 PM																CONCLUSION SESSIONS

Time Zone: (UTC+02:00) Brussels []