Thursday 5 March

Official Reception – in the foyer of the Holiday Inn 

Friday 6 March

Briefing on Convention Arrangements and Introduction of Delegates

• Welcome and Introduction of the Theme from EAC Chairman, Gilbert Buekenberghs, (Belgium)
  The work of HFAWG and progress on Display Pilot safety since Convention 2008
  
  
• “100th Anniversary of Airshows – a century of excitement and growing safety awareness”
  Andy Pawsey (UK) introduces a visual production which highlights 100 Years of   Airshows and sets the scene for the Convention.
  
  
• Keynote Address – General Peter Buyse (Belgium)
  The Chief of Operations and Training of the Belgian Air Force speaks about the development of Airshows over the years drawing on his wide aviation experience.

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• Lessons Learnt (1) “From Warbirds to Red Bull Races”
  Nigel Lamb (UK) shares his experiences as a display and race pilot and contrasts the skills required in each discipline
  
  
• Improving Safety (1) “Changing the Culture of Air Safety”
  John Cudahy (USA) Chairman of ICAS on their safety initiatives in 2008.
   
• “Airshows, the EAC and the EU”
  Mr Diego Canga-Fano (Spain) EU Air Transport Minister
  
  
• Lessons Learnt (2) “The Airshow is cancelled”
  Tim Prince (UK) discusses the challenges faced by RIAT in 2008.
   
• Lessons Learnt (3) “Minimising Display related accidents”
  Anders Saether (Norway) President of the Scandinavian Historic Flight draws on his experiences as a display pilot and founder of the Flight over 30 years ago.
   
• “A new approach to team aerobatics”
  Chris Norton (UK) discusses the Blades innovative marketing and sponsorship strategies and the development of the Blades Aerobatic Team.
   
• Improving Safety (2) “Regulation and Standardisation - are we moving forward?”
  James Black (UK) reports on pan European progress.
   
• Improving Safety (3) “After an incident and/or accident – stress management and counselling”
  Hans Rahmann (Germany) of Stiftung Mayday (Mayday Foundation)

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• Open Forum: including a proposal for a seminar in 2010 on “How to run a safer Airshow – a shared responsibility”
  Practical guidance on Display Directors, Safety Committees and Organisers responsibilities and action.

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• Transport to Airshow Dinner at Sanicole Aero Club 

Saturday 7 March

• Lesson Learnt (4) “Fast jet air displays in Europe and the USA – contrasting experiences”
  Capt Ralph ‘Sheik’ Aarts (Netherlands) RNLAF F-16 Display Pilot shares his lessons learnt after 2 seasons as a display pilot including Nellis AFB, USA during Aviation Nation 2008
   
• Lessons Learnt (5) “New Challenges from the Environment”
  Practical experiences including  Conny Cornelius (Germany) ILA Operations Director, on noise pollution limitations  and Jörg Thurnheer (Switzerland) Swiss CAA, on carbon emissions compensation measures. 
   
• Improving Safety (4) “Aerobatics in the display of Warbirds”
  Coert Munk (Netherlands) looks at the various techniques of displaying Warbirds from the viewpoint of the spectator.
  
  
• Improving Safety (5) Human Factors in Airshow Safety

  

  
  Dr Steve Jarvis (Cranfield) (UK --member of the HFAWG (Human Factors Airshow Working Group) and using results of the research of Miltos Popadakis (MSc Research Student currently training a new F-16 Squadron in Greece) An important update on discussions and research in 2008 and future research.

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• Chairman’s forum and closure at 1230.

Coffee Break subjects (optional)