(Posted 16th March 2025)
You’re invited to join us online for our Airbus Summit, on 24-25 March, where we will explore the future of sustainable aerospace.
Aviation is in its fourth revolution. After mastering flight, ensuring its safety and making air travel accessible, the next frontier for aviation is decarbonisation, and Airbus is taking bold action. Throughout the Summit, you’ll get exclusive insights into how aviation is rising to the decarbonisation challenge, bringing to life new technologies, told through the eyes of experts and visionaries from the aerospace industry and beyond.
The Summit will be broadcast via the Airbus YouTube channel (connect here for Day 1 and here for Day 2) and on the Airbus LinkedIn.
Airbus Summit agenda
Discussions will be moderated by Bloomberg Anchor, Guy Johnson.
Monday 24 March
From 3:00pm – Opening keynotes from Airbus Chief Sustainability Officer, Julie Kitcher, Airbus Chief Executive Officer Guillaume Faury and Founder and Chairman of the Solar Impulse Foundation Bertrand Piccard.
3:30pm – 4:00pm – The Big Picture
Panel discussion with Guillaume Faury and Bertrand Piccard.
Tuesday 25 March
9am – 9:45am – SAF in Focus: What’s Next for Aviation Fuel?
With participation from:
- Julie Kitcher, Airbus CSO
- Vanessa Hudson, Qantas CEO
- Elena Schmidt, RSB Executive Director
- Julia Fidler, Microsoft Environment Sustainability
- Gabrielle Walker, Cur8 Chief Scientist
10:15am – 11am – Identifying, investigating and mitigating non-CO2 emissions
- Keynote from Prof. Steve Barrett, University of Cambridge
Panel discussion with:
- Prof. Steve Barrett, University of Cambridge
- Tim Johnson, ICSA
- Mark Bentall, Airbus Head of R&T
- Ilona Sitova, Vice Chair of FABEC SC ESO
11:30am – 12:30pm – Pioneering technology for future aircraft
Series of talks with:
Series of talks with:
- Bruno Fichefeux, Airbus Commercial Aircraft
- Karim Mokkadem, Airbus Aircraft Head of R&T
- Frank Haselbach, Airbus SVP Propulsion Engineering
- Mohamed Ali, SVP Engineering, CFM
- Sue Partridge, Airbus Head of Wing of Tomorrow
- Maud Delourme, Airbus Head of Multi-Systems Engineering & Integration
- Gwen Llewellyn, Airbus Head of Hydrogen Aircraft
2:00pm – 2:45pm – Stronger together: European innovation for helicopters
Panel discussion with:
Panel discussion with:
- Brice Makinadjian, Airbus RACER Chief Engineer
- Sébastien Dubois, Head of Unit, Clean Aviation
- Konstantinos Grapsas, EU Project Officer, Defence Development Programme
- William Sampson, Airbus Head of Market Operations
3:15pm – 4pm – Putting artificial intelligence to work for the greater good
Panel discussion with:
Panel discussion with:
- Eric Even, Airbus Connected Intelligence
- Vincent Poncet, Google Cloud sustainability specialist
- Pierre Guyot, John Deere Power System, SVP
- Pooja Narayan, Airbus AI Fast Track Leader
4pm – Conclusion
More information on the Summit will be available on the Airbus website via this link.
If you have any questions, please contact media@airbus.com.
