25 March 2026
Main Stage

What ‘Sustainability’ Means in Aviation Today

Sola Zheng
Senior Researcher,
International Council on Clean Transport
  • Going beyond the bottom line. What is the long-term view from the C-Suite? Has Net Zero 2050 lost momentum? How are firms positioning themselves going forward?
  • What are the realistic pathways for aviation to decarbonise? What is working? What is unfeasible?
  • If emissions continue to grow beyond 2025 and into the next decade, what happens next? Demand and growth restrictions?
  • What can be learned from other hard-to-abate sectors, both in terms of government policy and commercial innovation?
Main Stage

Presentation | Calculating the Costs of Inaction

Edmund Rawle
Founder & CEO,
Atoma Research

Getting aviation to Net Zero is going to be a multi-trillion-dollar endeavour. But what is the cost of failing to decarbonise at all? This presentation will examine exactly that.

  • What could the penalty costs be for missing SAF mandate targets? What does that mean for airlines?
  • What are the other costs and risks of inaction to the commercial aviation industry? Could aircraft values be impacted?
  • Could aviation lose its 'social license' to grow?
Main Stage

Global Policy View: What's New and What's Coming?

Maria Whittaker
Chief Corporate Responsibility Officer,
ABRA Group
Moderator
Eduardo Mariz
Sustainability Lead,
Ishka

From SAF mandates to carbon pricing, aviation has already seen several waves of sustainability legislation. This panel of policy experts will opine on how these policies are reshaping the inudstry what's next. 

Closed-Door Forums

Lessors & Sustainability: Still in the Spotlight?

  • Regulated disclosure: What do changes to the EU's CSRD and CSDDD regulation mean for lessors?  Are lessors still covered by disclosure regulation in other regions?
  • EU Taxonomy – Who is reporting under the aviation criteria in 2026? Will operators overcome 2025's disclosure challengers?
  • What should lessors understand about their customers’ sustainability needs now? What is needed to retain and grow those relationships?
  • Product gaps – is there anything else lessors could offer to airlines?
  • What else can lessors do to help airlines decarbonise? Is there more that can be done through turnkey solutions?
Horizon Lab

Tearing Down Myths: How Can the Aircraft End-of-Life Market Help Sustainability?

Derk-Jan van Heerden
Founder & Board Member,
Aethos
  • Debate: can OEMs do more to ensure recyclability of composite materials?
  • Why do aircraft dismantling and recycling deserve more conseration in sustainability narratives? Is there a resource scarcity angle?
  • Is it 'greener' to extend the life of older assets than build new ones?
Future Flight Forum

Presentation | Blue Sky Thinking Meets Market Realities: What New Propulsion Tech Is on the Commercial Horizon?

Gabriel Hanot
CEO,
GH Aviation Consulting
  • When, where and how will the first New Propulsion Aircraft (battery-electric, hydrogen, hybrid) begin to fly commercially? Is the industry on track or behind schedule?
  • What marketing realities will clean propulsion conventional take-off and landing (CTOL) aircraft face in the 9-seat and 19-seater segments?
  • Understanding the financing and fundraising realities for New Propulsion OEMs
Future Fuels Forum

Presentation | Global Overview: SAF Supply and Pricing

  • What is the current volume and price of different types of SAF? Does it vary per region?
  • What is the forecasted supply over the next 2-3 years? Will there be enough feedstock?
  • Are current HEFA prices sustainable? What is the realistic price by 2030?
  • What would a regular ‘SAF Market’ look like? What is needed to get there? How would it work in practice?
Future Flight Forum

Fleets of the Future: How Are Airlines Approaching New Propulsion?

Denis Ilin
CEO,
e-Smart Avia
Simon MacNamara
Director of Governmental and External Affairs,
Loganair
  • Do fleet managers see the business case for new propulsion technology?
  • What needs to change to make sub-70 seats commercially viable? Why are routes in this segment often reliant on government subsidies? 
  • How much will new propulsion equipment cost airlines in practice? Can lessors help overcome these CapEx challenges?
  • What infrastructure and support are needed to enable airlines to operate new tech?
Future Fuels Forum

SAF in Practice: The User Perspective

Nic Fong
Sustainability Commercial Manager,
Cathay Pacific
Henrik von Storch
Director Global SAF,
DHL Express
  • How are airlines scaling up SAF use and securing supply over the next two years?
  • What offtake structures benefit both airlines and suppliers? What has worked so far and what could be improved? Is Book & Claim an enabler?
  • What can other airlines learn from the global leaders in SAF adoption?
  • How can airlines minimise SAF costs with sales of Scope 3 Certificates? Is demand from corporates growing?
  • How engaged are individual travellers with SAF? What is the appetite there?
Future Flight Forum

Capital Shortages: What are VCs Looking For in New OEMs?

John Rees
Director, Strategic Initiatives & Chief Engineer, Systems,
Ampaire
  • Overcoming the first-mover disadvantage: What can be done to help the capital shortage off new CTOL OEMs?
  • What lessons can be drawn from recent company failures?
  • What does a successful ‘New’ OEM look like?
  • Case studies: What is the ROI?
Future Fuels Forum

Presentation | Corporates: The Missing Piece of the SAF Puzzle?

  • How much do corporates matter to SAF users and procuders? 
  • How finite is Scope 3 SAF certificate demand from corporates? 
  • Is there potential for it to grow, and if so how much could it contribute to bridging the SAF price gap to convential fuel?
Future Fuels Forum

Scope 3 Certificates: How Can Aviation Ensure Credibility & Impact?

  • Credibility – How can Scope 3 strategies align with science-based targets? What’s the perspective from buyers?
  • What is the 'sustainability' demand profile of corporate travel buyers? Are some reducing travel or favouring certain airlines?
  •  What do corporates need to mitigate their Scope 3 travel emissions? How can this market be accelerated?
  • Motivation - What drives companies' sustainability initiatives around travel? What can the aviation industry do better to facilitate impact for corporates?
  • Inset vs offset: why pay more?
Future Flight Forum

Presentation | New Realities: BETA Technologies ALIA

Simon Newitt
Head of Sales and Support,
BETA Technologies

New programs are no longer theoretical - BETA's ALIA program has clocked up over 100,000 nms and is performing market survey demonstrations around the world. Hear a focused program update from BETA Technologies as ALIA moves towards certification.

  • Programme status
  • Market Survey Demonstrations - facts and figures, results to date

Future Fuels Forum

Quickfire Roundtable: The Uncomfortable Realities of the SAF Scale-Up

  • Is the SAF market broken? What is being done to reduce its price and counter price gouging by some suppliers? What isn’t working?
  • Feedstock: is there likely to be enough to meet capacity? Does aviation need to vigilant about the rise crop-based fuels in other regions?
  • Should HEFA and 2nd-gen SAF be skipped entirely?
  • Will there be enough clean energy to produce the volume of eSAF required by mandates?
  • Should all investment and regulatory efforts be channelled towards zero emission technologies  and other levers?
Closed-Door Forums

Advanced Corporate Strategies for Insetting Scope 3 Emissions with SAF Certificates

This workshop is for corporates aiming to deepen their understanding of emissions insets cost-conscious procurement strategies. Participants will learn about advanced techniques to leverage SAF certificates effectively within complex value chains and sustainability frameworks.

  •  Explore sophisticated Scope 3 insetting frameworks that integrate SAF certificates to drive verifiable emissions reductions beyond compliance.
  • Gain insights into how strategic supplier engagement and procurement policies can amplify impact and generate measurable cost efficiencies through optimised carbon management.
  • Examine cutting-edge data tools and collaboration platforms that enhance transparency, traceability, and reporting across multi-tier supplier networks.
  • Access industry-leading case studies demonstrating successful integration of SAF certificates into corporate decarbonisation and investment strategies.
  • Interactive: Refine your company’s current Scope 3 approach, identify scalable SAF insetting opportunities, and align with emerging regulatory and investor expectations.
  • Learn how to craft an authentic and compelling sustainability narrative that connects your SAF insetting efforts to your corporate values and broader climate goals. This includes strategies to transparently communicate challenges, demonstrate measurable impact, and engage stakeholders emotionally by showing real decisions and outcomes.
Future Flight Forum

Accelerating New Propulsion: Leasing and Finance Perspectives

Alistair Blundy
CEO & Lead Underwriter Advanced Technologies,
Advanced Technology Assurances
Simon Newitt
Head of Sales and Support,
BETA Technologies
  • Understanding lessor strategy around New Propulsion OEMs. How do they view the market and business case?
  • How are New Propulsion aircraft buyers selling the story internally and to investors? Why now? What are the ways into the market? 
  • What are the infrastructure hurdles for electric and low-emission aircraft? 
  • How to structure lease contracts for New Propulsion aircraft? Do the right insurance products exist? How are lessors approaching residual value risk on New Propulsion?
Future Fuels Forum

Investing in SAF: Institutionals as Venture Capital?

Tanguy Cosmao
Project Director, PtX/eSAF,
CIP
David Jerez Antoni
Portfolio Manager - Infrastructure,
PGGM

Institutional investors are stepping into uncharted territory - where climate impact meets early-stage innovation.

This session explores how and why institutional investors are deploying capital into SAF projects - and what else they need to feel comfortable. Are there parallels between SAF projects and early stage renewables that were once considered riskier investments?

Main Stage

CORSIA Airline Costs: Is the Sleeping Giant Waking Up?

  • Where are we with CORISA compliance? What countries and airlines are board? What is the supply and price of credits?
  • What has been holding back credit supply and creating uncertainty?
  • Making sense of all the moving parts: How should airlines approach this?
Future Flight Forum

View From the 'Incumbent' OEMs

  • What are they working on today? What aircraft and engines could come to market in the next 10 years? 
  • Will it be an evolution of turbofan engines? Will it be an open rotor? Could it come in a parrellel or even series hybrid configuration?
  • How do established OEMs view New Propulsion start-ups?
Future Fuels Forum

Derisking Advanced SAF Projects: What Else Can Be Done?

Roberto Gonzalez
Principal,
EBRD
Frédéric Pieus
CFO,
ATOBA Energy
Maximilian Held
Head of Solutions Lab and Shipping Initiative,
H2 Global
  • What e-SAF projects have reached FIDs? Are more expected to reach FID soon?
  • What has failed in cross-industry derisking? What has worked?
  • EU STIP: What incentives and support is coming to develop the e-SAF market in Europe?
  • Can regulators improve policy frameworks to distribute risk across the value chain? Who is best placed to take what risk?
  • How can regulation facilitate longer-term SAF contracts?
  • What role can lessors play to get future SAF technology off the ground?
Main Stage

Lenders and Sustainability: What’s the Way Forward For Aviation?

Dr. Ulrike Ziegler
President,
impact
Moderator
John Pearson
Partner,
Vedder Price
  • Have banks pulled back from sustainability initiatives and lending preferences? What drove that? Is this a short-term exception or a longer-term trend?
  • What is the current appetite for sustainability-linked structures? Why have some borrowers accessed these tools but not others?
  • What should transition finance for aviation look like? What does a credible transition plan look like?
  • Can sustainable financing meaningfully improve margins or access to liquidity?
  • Case study: How have sustainability-linked KPIs performed in practice? Have sustainability performance targets (SPTs) been met? How are past deals standing up?
  • Is there a reputational risk from weak or missed targets?
  • What is the ROI for financiers on sustainability-linked deals? Should banks get all the upside from margins in these deals?
  • With Basel and capital weighting regulations, could banks class aviation as higher risk if it doesn’t decarbonisation sufficiently?

Horizon Lab

Carbon Capture and Storage (CSS): An Overlooked Decarbonization Lever for Aviation?

  • What is the funding, regulatory and operational horizon for CCS technologies including direct air capture (DAC)?
  • How can DAC fit into the aviation narrative? Is it being included in companies’ net zero roadmaps?
  • What are the opportunities for aviation stakeholders and investors?

Main Stage

Route Optimisation: Operational and Cost Realities

  • What are the realities of optimising routes to manage fuel and reduce CO2 emissions? Could more be done? What is the cost?
  • How can ATCs be effectively engaged in this? Is there a regulatory angle? What can be done more efficiently?
  • Should airlines reducing contrails be 'rewarded' under CORSIA or any other scheme? Is there any impetus to do anything?

Main Stage

Going Green: Finding Profitable Leasing Opportunities in Sustainability

Pauline Gasquet
Head of Sustainability,
RIVE Private Investment
Milan Posarac
Vice President,
Macquarie AirFinance
  • Pathway to a Net Zero lease: Can lessors help their customers manage the longer-term costs of carbon?
  • What are the opportunities for aircraft lessors with strong balance sheets? Are there profitable opportunities in sustainability?
  • Could lessors become more involved in how/where aircraft their are deployed to maximise portfolio fuel efficiency?
  • What is the business case for ‘going green’ now? Is it investor-driven, rewarded by regulators, or a hedge against policy shift down the line? Why are some lessors more active than others?
  • What are lessors doing about their own footprint? Should they be buying Scope 3 certificates? What does it take to get internal buy-in?