10:00 - 10:20

With the increasing concerns about Global Warming and Climate Change, aviation took an active approach towards the abatement of green house gases. The objective of keeping the maximum temperature rise to below 2 degrees Celsius requires more than emissions monitoring. It requires definitely the mobilization of a multitude of endeavors; namely: collective political will, understanding the difference between the development of nations, endeavors for the use of bio-fuel, governments’ reform of the infrastructure and finally the continuous development of airframe and engines technologies.
The industry needs to avoid a patch work of environmental initiatives which may take the easy road of taxing airlines even more. The industry, especially in the Arab world, continues to invest in newer fleets and in technology to deliver better environmental footprint.

• What does the industry expect from COP-16? And what role it expects from Governments, to help mitigate carbon footprint?

• Was ICAO triennial Assembly able to put the aviation on the track of a Global Environmental Aviation Scheme and avoid a patch work of initiatives like the EU ETS?

• What should the industry expect in terms of future development of bio-fuel and its commercial use?

• Are the CEOs of Arab Airlines satisfied with the planned technological developments to meet the environmental requirements?

Mr. Christopher Surgenor, Editor & Publisher of GreenAir Online, will moderate the Joint Aviation Forum panel. Our distinguished panel of speakers will share their views as follows:

• Mr. Akbar Al Baker / Chief Executive Officer / Qatar Airways

• Mr. Raymond Benjamin / Secretary General / ICAO

• Mr. Andrew Parker / Senior Vice President for Public, Industry, International & Environment Affairs/ Emirates Airlines

• Mr. Paul Steele / Executive Director / ATAG

• Mr. Richard Jory / Regional GM, ME, South & Central Asia, Africa / Shell Aviation

 [1] Simultaneous translation Arabic/English – English/Arabic is available