**4^th^ Annual FAA International Aviation Safety Forum**

***Safety Without Borders -- Meeting Global Challenges***

###### WEDNESDAY, November 28

**6:30 -- 9:30 Opening Reception - Smithsonian National Air and Space
Museum, Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center**

###### THURSDAY, November 29

**7:30 -- 8:00 Continental Breakfast**

**10:00 -- 7:00 Displays/Exhibits**

**8:00 -- 8:10 Welcome**

**8:10 -- 8:30 Opening Remarks -- Vice Admiral Thomas J. Barrett,**
*Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of Transportation*

**8:30 -- 8:50 The Challenge -- Robert A. Sturgell**, *Acting
Administrator*

**8:50 -- 9:15** *Key Challenges in Global Aviation Safety,* **Giovanni
Bisignani**

*Director General and Chief Executive Officer, International Air
Transport Association*

**9:15 -- 9:35 Break**

**9:35 -- 11:15 Plenary Session 1: Safety Management System (SMS) -- A
Systematic Approach to Managing Safety Risk**

The potential for significant growth and increased complexity in the
global air transportation system requires a fundamental change in the
way safety is managed. The SMS concept is becoming the international
model for a formal, top-down business-like approach to managing safety
risks using a systematic method. ICAO is encouraging member States to
evolve from their current safety programs to systemwide use of SMS. SMS
seamlessly integrates the use of historical information/lessons learned
or reactive safety management, with a proactive approach to safety risk
management. There are varying degrees of progress in implementing SMS
across the global aviation community. In addition, within some countries
SMS is mature for a specific component of the system, while other
components do not use SMS. It is critical that the functions of an SMS
are standardized to promote a common recognition of SMS among nations
and organizations. How do we achieve global standardization?

**Panel Discussion:**

Do we need an international standard for SMS? What are the barriers to
the implementation and operation of SMS? How do service providers build
SMS to interface and integrate with regulatory oversight safety
programs?

**Moderator: Captain Daniel E. Maurino,** *Coordinator, Flight Safety
and Human Factors Programme, International Civil Aviation Organization*

**Panel Members:**

a.  **Captain William E. Yantiss**, *Vice President, Corporate Safety,
    Security, Quality, and Environment, United Airlines*

b.  **Michael S. Cohen**, *Vice President, Operations and Engineering,
    AAR Corporation*

c.  **Randy Gaston**, *Vice President, Flight Operations, Gulfstream
    Aerospace Corporation*

d.  **Captain Peter Griffiths**, *Director General for Civil Aviation,
    United Kingdom Department of Transportation*

e.  **Merlin Preuss**, *Director General of Civil Aviation, Transport
    Canada*

f.  **Nicholas A. Sabatini**, *Associate Administrator for Aviation
    Safety, Federal Aviation Administration*

**11:15 -- 11:30 Break**

**11:30 -- 1:00 Lunch with Guest Speaker - *The Last Man on the Moon*,
Captain Eugene A. Cernan,** *Aerospace Consultant,* *Bombardier
Aerospace and President, The Cernan Corporation*

**1:00 -- 1:10 Break**

**1:10 -- 2:55 Concurrent** **Breakout Panel Sessions A&B**

A.  **Safety Policy -- Setting the Framework: Global Safety Management
    Integration and Consistent Global Policies and Regulations**

Establishing global partnerships based on shared values is essential to
improving aviation safety. Advancing safety begins with a comprehensive
plan for strengthening safety and enabling improved operational
capabilities of the air transportation system aligned with international
objectives. International cooperation is fostered by the worldwide
adoption of SMS to improve the integration of safety within the global
air transportation system. This will lead to an increase in the number
of consistent policies, standards, training and procedures adopted
worldwide. Compliance monitoring will improve the implementation of
uniform policies, standards and procedures worldwide and increase the
number of national air transportation systems, which are compliant with
ICAO safety guidelines. We currently lack a distinct set of SMS
standards that are accepted worldwide. Can consistent SMS requirements
be the mechanism for global alignment of aviation safety?

**Panel Discussion:**

Are there some foundational attributes or common elements that
international standards should have?

How can we improve coordination and cooperation in the development and
application of SMS policies and standards? Can ICAO provide governance
and assurance that safety management requirements are being met and
facilitate global alignment?

**Moderator: Captain Henry P. Krakowski**, *Chief Operating Officer, Air
Traffic Organization, Federal Aviation Administration*

**Panel Members:**

a.  **Dr. Michael Romanowski**, *Vice President, Aerospace Industries
    Association of America*

b.  **The Honorable Mark V. Rosenker**, *Chairman, National
    Transportation Safety Board*

c.  **Fred H. Junek**, *Vice President, Safety & Regulatory Compliance,
    ExpressJet Holdings, Inc*.

d.  **Shane Carmody**, *Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Australia Civil
    Aviation Safety Authority*

e.  **Peter Stastny**, *Head of Safety Regulation Unit, EUROCONTROL*

    B.  **Safety Risk Management -- Controlling Risk: A Global
        Approach**

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As air transportation systems become increasingly integrated and
co-dependent, the need for a consistent and standardized approach to
safety risk management increases exponentially. Definitions for an
acceptable level of safety risk or a target level of safety must become
more standardized to alleviate confusion for entities that operate in
multiple countries. If a system or procedure or even an air carrier or
service provider is adequately safe in one country, should it not be
adequate for all? Consistently applied safety risk management with
consistent definitions also provides assurance to system customers, the
flying public, that the global air transportation system is acceptably
safe.

**Panel Discussion:**

What are some of the \"best practices\" used to identify and mitigate
risk? How do we globally apply these best practices? Would international
standards for safety risk management ensure consistency? Is it possible
to set an acceptable level of safety risk or a target level of safety
for aviation that is applicable worldwide?

**Moderator: Steven M. Atkins**, *Vice President, Product Integrity and
Technical Excellence, The Boeing Company*

**Panel Members:**

a.  **Peter Bunce**, *President and Chief Executive Officer, General
    Aviation Manufacturers Association*

b.  **Chris R. Glaeser**, *Vice President Safety, Alaska Airlines*

c.  **General José Manuel Huepe**, *Director General, Civil Aviation
    Authority, Chile*

d.  **Kanu Gohain**, *Director General, Directorate General of Civil
    Aviation, India*

e.  **Ernesto Ruiz**, *Chief Executive Officer, Aeromantenimiento, S.A.*

**2:55 -- 3:15 Break**

**3:15 -- 5:00 Concurrent Breakout Panel Sessions C&D**

C.  **Safety Assurance -- Monitoring the System: Safety Data Sharing and
    Metrics**

Often, in the aftermath of an accident, we discover we had information
about the hazards that caused the accident but had not noted their
presence. Unfortunately, it may take an accident to point us in the
right direction to find data that existed already but we did not know
where to look or we could not because of obstacles to sharing this
important safety information due to competitive or liability concerns.
We need to overcome these barriers to ensure that in the future, as the
demand on the air transportation system increases, we have access to the
data we need to manage safety risks.

We must better understand where there are hazards in the system and what
threat they pose. Metrics help us monitor for the hazards of which we
are aware and tools help us discover vulnerabilities in the system to
allow us to mitigate the risk. The users of the system must join as
partners to share their knowledge, information, and tools for the
continued safety of the air transportation system. Can we harmonize
aviation safety information sharing to reduce safety risks globally?

**Panel Discussion:**

What are the barriers to information sharing? How can we prevent the
next accident using data sharing and metrics? How can we distill the
large amount of data that is collected to identify safety risk?

**Moderator: Jan Schilling**, *Chief Engineer, GE-Aviation*

**Panel Members:**

a.  **Kenneth J. Hylander,** *Senior Vice President, Safety and
    Engineering, and Chief Safety Officer, Northwest Airlines*

b.  **J. Randolph Babbitt**, *Director, Oliver Wyman*

c.  **Dr. Harold O. Demuren**, *Director General, Nigeria Civil Aviation
    Authority*

d.  **Dr. Norbert Lohl**, *Director, Certification, European Aviation
    Safety Agency*

e.  **LIU Yajun,** *Director General, Aviation Safety Office, General
    Administration of Civil Aviation of China*

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D.  **Safety Promotion -- Supporting the Culture: Safety Culture
    Enhancement**

Safety culture is the product of individual and group values, attitudes,
competencies, and patterns of behavior that determine commitment to, and
the style and proficiency of, an organization's safety management. A
safety culture has four key attributes: reporting, justness,
flexibility, and learning. A reporting culture encourages employees to
divulge information about all safety hazards that they encounter. A just
culture holds employees accountable for deliberate violations of the
rules but encourages and rewards them for providing essential
safety-related information. A flexible culture adapts effectively to
changing demands and allows quicker, smoother reactions to nominal
events. A learning culture is willing to change based on safety
indicators and hazards uncovered through assessments, data, and
incidents. Impacting organizational change in a meaningful and
sustainable way in any system requires a multilayered approach,
including structural influences, policy changes, performance, training,
measurements, and targeting interventions. It also requires time,
commitment, and flexibility. What is the biggest challenge to enhancing
a safety culture?

**Panel Discussion:**

What organizational structures facilitate or inhibit safety culture
enhancement? What policies support and/or inhibit the safety culture?
How can safety culture be measured?

**Moderator: Nancy J. Graham**, *Director, Air Navigation Bureau,
International Civil Aviation Organization*

**Panel Members:**

a.  **Steven J. Grossman**, *Director of Aviation, Port of Oakland*

b.  **Dr. Steven Predmore**, *Vice President and Chief Safety Officer,
    JetBlue*

c.  **Ato Girma Wake**, *Chief Executive Officer, Ethiopian Airlines*

d.  **Ramesh Lutchmedial,** *Director General of Civil Aviation,
    Trinidad and Tobago Civil Aviation Authority*

e.  **LIM Kim Choon**, *Director General and Chief Executive Officer,
    Civil Aviation Authority, Singapore*

**6:45 -- 9:30 Evening of Cuisines and Music of The Americas**

###### FRIDAY, November 30

**7:30 -- 8:00 Continental Breakfast**

**8:00 -- 1:00 Displays/Exhibits Continued**

**8:00 -- 8:10 Call to Order**

**8:10 -- 9:45 Plenary Session 2 -- Global "Green" Skies**

Future increases in the global air transportation capacity will place
significant demands on environmental resources required for, and
impacted by, air traffic operations. To meet the environmental
challenges that aviation's growth poses in an effective manner, it is
imperative that a well-structured, long-term, and globally acceptable
approach is established to allow growth while managing the associated
environmental impacts. The approach should be based on international
support and cooperation and be a systematic and comprehensive framework
to managing the impacts of aviation's emissions through a combination of
efficiency, technology, and operational measures. This approach should
include fostering cost-effective solutions based on international
consensus. How do we work together to address global aviation
environmental impacts to ensure the sustainable growth of aviation?

**Panel Discussion:**

What improvements in scientific understanding, air traffic
management/operations, aircraft and engine technologies, alternative
fuels, and analytical tools are needed to address global aviation
environmental impacts? What approach(s) should be pursued to best
satisfy the need to reduce aviation environmental impacts most
cost-effectively and with minimal negative impact on aviation and
economic growth in developing countries? What is the role of airlines,
airports, manufacturers, air navigation service providers, and ICAO?
What actions are stakeholders taking now to reduce environmental impacts
from international civil aviation?

**Moderator: Stephen A. Alterman**, *President, Cargo Airline
Association*

**Panel Members:**

a.  **John M. Meenan**, *Executive Vice President and Chief Operating
    Officer*, *Air Transport Association*

b.  **Jessica S. Steinhilber**, *Director, Environmental Affairs,
    Airports Council International -- North America*

c.  **Billy M. Glover**, *Managing Director, Environmental Strategy,
    Boeing Commercial Airplanes, The Boeing Company*

d.  **Dr. Robert K. Porteous,** *Manager, Strategy and Planning,
    Airservices Australia*

e.  **Robert J. Shuter,** *Director, International Aviation and
    Technical Programs, Transport Canada*

f.  **Renee Martin-Nagle,** *Vice President and General Counsel, Airbus
    North American Holdings, Inc.*

**9:45 -- 10:05 Break**

**10:05 -- 11:40 Plenary Session 3 -- The Next Generation of Aviation
Professionals**

As aviation systems become more complex, technology advances, and we
transition to a system safety environment, the necessary skills,
knowledge, and human attributes of the next generation of aviation
professionals will change around the world. We must start now to focus
on the aviation professional of the future. If there is a future
shortage of aviation professionals in any geographic area, it will
affect the entire global system. How do we work together to address the
potential global shortage of qualified professionals?

**Panel Discussion:**

What are the skills and knowledge we should be cultivating? What human
system attributes are necessary for the aviation professionals who will
support the advanced aviation systems?

**Moderator: John W. Douglass**, *President and Chief Executive Officer,
Aerospace Industries Association*

**Panel Members:**

a.  **James C. May**, *President and Chief Executive Officer, Air
    Transport Association*

b.  **Captain John Prater**, *President, Air Line Pilots Association,
    International*

c.  **Alan Klapmeier**, *Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Cirrus
    Design Corporation*

d.  **Luisa Ragher**, *Head, Transport, Energy, Environment and Nuclear
    Matters Section, Delegation of the European Commission to the United
    States*

e.  **Eustacio Fábrega**, *Director, Panamanian Civil Aviation Authority
    and LACAC President*

> **11:40 -- 12:00 Closing -- Acting Administrator**
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> **12:15 -- 1:30 Buffet Lunch**