Event

Aviation 4 Girls 2024

Spread your wings beyond limits
Banner - Aviation for Girls 2024

EUROCONTROL is thrilled to partner with Aviation for All (AviAll) , and its partners, to organise this next edition of the Aviation 4 Girls event on 25 October 2024 at our Brussels headquarters.

Running under the theme “Spread your wings beyond limits”, this event is aimed at encouraging young minds to explore the unlimited possibilities of aviation.

The event is designed for 15-18 year-olds (girls and boys) and will feature:

  • Empowering stories: Hear from our inspiring speakers about their experience and achievements in aviation.
  • Hands-on workshops:
    • Flight engineering challenge: Design, craft and test paper airplane wings
    • Flight simulators: Take the pilot's seat
    • Kinetic energy experiment: From potential to kinetic energy
    • Air traffic control experience within the new EUROCONTROL Ops Centre
  • A career fair: Discover diverse career paths in the aviation industry.
  • A livestream: A portion of the event will be livestreamed for schools!

Due to high interest in the event, registration is now closed. We are currently processing all applications and will keep you informed. You can still tune in to the livestream, which will be available on this page on 25 October from 9:30 to 10:30.

Videos

Inspiring talks

Charlotte Pedersen
Keynote speaker

Charlotte Pedersen

Charlotte Pedersen is the Founder and CEO of Pegasus Consilium SarL, ...

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Mélanie Astles
Speaker

Mélanie Astles

Mélanie Astles is an aeronautical enthusiast and an accomplished aerobatic pilot. Six times French aerobatic champion ...

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Lexie Janson
Speaker

Lexie Janson

Also known as MaiOnHigh, Lexie Janson is a trailblazer in the sky. Born in 1993, she made history as the world's first female flying car racing pilot, ...

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Farah Luu
Speaker

Farah Luu

Farah Luu is a Project Manager in the Drones Programmes at our EUROCONTROL Innovation Hub in France. ...

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Tereza Mihaylova
Speaker

Tereza Mihaylova

Tereza Mihaylova works as Network Operations Specialist in Airspace Data at EUROCONTROL’s Network Manager Operations Centre ...

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Kimberly Ullrich
Speaker

Kimberly Ullrich

Kimberly Ullrich works as an aviation consultant at To70, a global research and consultancy company ...

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Agenda

Time Description
09:15 Registration
10:00 Welcome
Nargis Zamaray, AviAll President
Iacopo Prissinotti, Director of the Network Manager
Beatriz Ventero Pena, Strategy and Operations Acting Manager at Boeing Research & Technology – Europe
10:30 Inspirational speakers
Nadja Keist, Air Traffic Controller
Mona Seeberger, Helicopter Pilot
Charifan Osso, Aviation Engineer
Lexie Janson, Electric Flying Car Pilot
Hania Mohiuddin, Aeronautical Engineer
11:30 - 13:45 Activities
11:30 - 15:00 Career fair
13:45 Lunch
14:45 Concluding remarks
15:00 End

Registration

Are you a teacher and would like to join the Aviation 4 Girls event with your class? Please reach out to us directly to discuss this further!

If you are a student, or a parent of a student who would like to join the event, please register using the form below.

Background information

The event aims to stimulate the imagination and creativity of young people, and to encourage them to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) by showing them opportunities for careers in technical companies and organisations in which women are classically underrepresented.

This event is part of EUROCONTROL’s commitment to ensuring a diverse, gender-balanced and inclusive workplace.

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