The Asian Aerospace Congress will focus on the issues central to the growth of the aviation industry in the Asia-Pacific region. With its core subjects of air transport strategy, operations and aerospace technologies, the congress will focus on the critical issues affecting the rapidly evolving Asian market.
Heading the speakers list will be Eva Cheng, transport and housing secretary of the Hong Kong government and one of the most powerful women in the region, who will be giving the official welcome.
Among the speakers on the opening morning will be Dr Krishnadas Nair, president of the Society of Indian Aerospace Technologies and Industries (SIATI) and former chairman of Hindustan Aeronautics, who will be talking about the outlook for air transport in India and touching on the future of aerospace technology in the country.
Also speaking will be Zhang Hongbiao, executive vice-president and president of China Aviation Industry Corporation II and Wu Fanghui, president of the Hongdu Aviation Industry Company who will talk about the outlook for China's aerospace industry and the experience of working in partnership with the west.
Airline chief executives Tony Tyler of Cathay Pacific and Tony Davis of Tiger Airways will be among those speaking at the congress, along with ministerial delegates from India and the Civil Aviation Administration of China. There will also be specialist master classes running parallel to the main congress to complement the main daily session themes.
Each day's proceedings are chaired by a Flight Group senior editor, the executive sessions starting at 09:30, with others starting throughout the day, with a break for lunch at 13:00 and the day's proceedings coming to an end at 17:30. There will be organised networking opportunities as well as hosted tours of the Asian Aerospace exhibition on each afternoon of the event.
Running in conjunction with the Asian Aerospace congress are two other events: Air Freight Asia and the Asia Pacific Airline Training Symposium.
Air Freight Asia will focus on the critical issues that will affect the Asia-Pacific air freight industry in the coming years, with speakers from the Hong Kong Airport Authority, Boeing and Jade Cargo International among the many already confirmed.
The Asia-Pacific Airline Training Symposium will focus on pilot and maintenance training issues in the region with topics ranging from future recruitment and training of pilots in Asia to the struggles encountered while meeting International Civil Aviation Organisation English language requirements as well as how regulatory changes have changed the training and maintenance fields.
Source: Flight International
