AGENDA

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Agenda Day 2
08:00 – 16:30 Registration
08:45 – 18:00 ALTA Safety and Flight Ops Committee Meeting – Private Session.
The detailed agenda will be shared with invited participants in due course.
08:45 – 17:15 ALTA Training Committee Meeting – Private Session.
The detailed agenda will be shared with invited participants in due course.
10:40 – 11:15 Coffee Break
12:45 – 14:00 Stand Up Lunch at Exhibition Area
16:00 – 16:30 Coffee Break
18:00 – 19:00 Final Session Happy Hour (Pre-Game World Cup Concept)
Agenda
07:30 – 16:30 Registration
08:50 – 09:20 Opening Ceremony
  • Peter Cerdá, Executive Director and CEO / ALTA, and Regional Vice President, Americas / IATA
  • Fabio Rabbani, Regional Director, South American Office / ICAO
09:20 – 10:00 Panel: Inside Argentinian Skies – Risks, Growth, and Readiness
10:00 – 10:25 Fireside Chat: Shaping the Future of Operational Safety in LATAM & the Caribbean – Airspace Complexity, Infrastructure Gaps & Regional Resilience
  • Alex de Gunten, Sr VP Government and Industry Affairs / HEICO Corporation
10:25 – 11:05 Coffee break
11:05 – 11:30 Presentation: Enhancing Airport Operational Safety Through AI-Enabled Drone Operations
11:30 – 12:10 Panel: Safe Sustainability – Integrating Environmental Goals into Flight Operations
Moderator: TBC
Panelists:
  • Billy Nolen, Chief Regulatory Affairs / Archer
  • Cedric Wilson, VP Safety & Regulatory Compliance / American Airlines
12:10 – 12:35 Fireside Chat: Just Culture in Practice – From Policy to Real Decision-Making
  • Katherine Andrea Lemos, Ph.D., Principal / DaVinci Tech Performance LLC
  • Stephen Hough, Principal Consultant / Baines Simmons
12:35 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 14:45 Panel: Regulatory Perspectives – Addressing Emerging Risks and Strengthening Oversight Effectiveness
Panelists:
  • Melvin Cintron, Director Western Hemisphere, International Affairs / Federal Aviation Administration
  • Alfonso Arroyo, Representative in Latin America and Caribbean / EASA
14:45 – 15:25 Panel: Turbulence, Climate Change & Extreme Weather – What Does the New Risk Landscape Demand?
Panelists:
  • Capt. Wendy Morse, First Vice President / Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA)
15:25 – 16:10 Coffee break
16:10 – 16:30 Presentation: Flying for Safety (an experienced Boeing Captain sharing her trajectory)
Speaker: Capt. Heather Ross, Experimental Test Pilot / Boeing
16:30 – 17:10 Panel: Harmonizing Aviation Training Regulations in Latin America – Challenges and Opportunities
Moderator: Capt. Jorge Reyes Bonilla, Director of Training / Copa Airlines
17:10 – 17:40 Special Presentation: The Next Frontier of Aviation – Technology, Innovation and Strategic Transformation in Aerospace
19:30 – 21:30 Cocktail
Agenda Day 3
07:00 – 08:30 Registration
07:45 – 09:00 Networking Breakfast
09:00 – 09:40 Special Presentation: Leadership from the Flight Deck to the Boardroom – Lessons Shaping the Future of Aviation Safety
09:40 – 10:20 Panel: OEM Perspectives – Innovation, Reliability and the Future of Aircraft Operations
Moderator: Flight Safety Foundation
10:20 – 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 – 11:45 Panel: From the Front Line – Airline Safety Directors on Today's Operational Risks
11:45 – 12:10 Presentation: Predictive Risk Assessment in Airline Operations – Using Data and AI to Anticipate Safety Threats
Speakers:
  • Ricardo Castro Valdivieso, Head of Safety Analytics / LATAM Airlines Group
  • Francisco Camilo Mena González, Senior Data Scientist / LATAM Airlines Group
12:10 – 12:50 Panel: Crisis Communications & Emergency Response – Strengthening the Aviation Industry's Collective Response
Moderator: Gianfranco Beting, CEO / JETGROUP
12:50 – 13:00 Closing remarks
13:55 – 16:30 ALTA Emergency Response & Crisis Communications Group Meeting – Private Session

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