PEOPLE IN THE CENTRE OF AVIATION SAFETY

A holistic and proactive approach to mental health, well-being, fatigue, and workload management.

Thursday, June 5, 2025
8:30 AM - 9:45 AM

Network with colleagues and exhibitors - join us for coffee before the Forum begins!

9:45 AM - 10:00 AM

Presenter: Tzvetomir Blajev, Director Europe and Global Operational Safety, Flight Safety Foundation

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Presenter: Hassan Shahidi, President & CEO, Flight Safety Foundation

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
 
11:00 AM - 11:15 AM
 
11:15 AM - 12:45 PM

➥ 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

➥ 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

➥ Building Effective Systems to Address Mental Health Assistance Avoidance Behaviors 

     Presenter: Kimberly Perkins, Airline Pilot & Research Scientist, United Airlines

12:45 PM - 1:45 PM
 
1:45 PM - 3:30 PM

➥ Mental Health in Aviation - Yoga and Vegetables, right? Wrong...

     Presenter: Dave Fielding, Chair, International Peer Assist Aviation Coalition

 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)

➥ Evolution of Pilot Peer Support in Modern Airlines

     Presenter: David Morrissey, Chairman, Pilot Advisory Group and Director Safety & Technical, Aer Lingus & IALPA

3:30 PM - 3:50 PM
 
3:50 PM - 4:50 PM

 Regulators' Role in Aviation Mental Health and Wellbeing

     Presenters:

  • Janis Vegers, Senior Medical Expert, EASA
  • Cristian Ionut Panait, Rulemaking Medical Officer, EASA

➥ 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, IATA
4:50 PM - 5:00 PM
 
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
 
Time Zone: (UTC+02:00) Brussels [Change Time Zone]
Friday, June 6, 2025
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM

Network with colleagues and exhibitors - join us for coffee before the Forum begins!

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM

➥ Mental Health and the Price of Exclusion: Diversity and Inclusion Untangled

     Presenter: Milena Bowman, Executive Manger, EUROCONTROL

➥ Developing a Just and Fair Culture in Mental Health: An Initiative for Enhancing Self-Declaration and Mental Health Integration

     Presenter: Sebastien Follet, Coordinator of Aerosentinelles Workgroup, DSAC - Aerosentinelles Workgroup

 Positive Organisational Culture; the Path to Resilience for the Organisation and the Human Within?

     Presenter: Paul Reuter, Vice-President, European Cockpit Association

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
 
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

➥ Mental Health in Aviation Safety: the Mental Incapacitation Risk Assessment Process

     Presenter: Francois Brambati, Psychologist, Deep Blue Srl

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

➥ 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

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
 
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM

➥ Resilience: A Regional Safety Focus

     Presenter: Yann Duval, Safety Manager, ATR

➥  Resilient Performance in Front-Line Operators

     Presenter: Nuno Cebola, Director Human Factors & Wellbeing, NATS

2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
 
Time Zone: (UTC+02:00) Brussels [Change Time Zone]