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FLY AI Forum 2025

From Machine Learning to Generative AI
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09:00 - 16:00
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FlyAI Forum 2025

In partnership with the FLY AI group members

FlyAI Forum 2024 partnerships

The third edition of the FLY AI Forum will take place on 22-23 April 2025 at our Brussels Headquarters, bringing together key stakeholders to explore the transformative role of AI in the aviation sector.

Organised on behalf of our FLY AI partners—including the European Commission (EC), European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), Aerospace and Defence Industries Association of Europe (ASD), Civil Air Navigation Services Organisation (CANSO), European Defence Agency (EDA), International Air Transport Association (IATA), International Federation of Air Traffic Controllers' Associations (IFATCA), International Federation of Air Traffic Safety Electronics Associations (IFATSEA), ACI EUROPE, NATO and SESAR Joint Undertaking —the Forum will showcase cutting-edge AI applications in aviation.

The event will focus on practical demonstrations and operational use cases across the following key areas:

  • Research and Innovation
  • Regulatory Compliance
  • Machine Learning and Generative AI
  • Societal and Human Aspects
  • Technical Challenges in AI Product Development
  • Addressing Major Aviation Challenges (e.g., crisis management in response to climate change)
Location
EUROCONTROL Headquarters

Rue de la Fusée 96
1130 Brussels
Belgium

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Activities
Innovation, research and simulation
Digitalisation and information management
Artificial intelligence

Showcase your AI project to fellow participants!

We would love to hear about your organisation’s experience with AI in one of the areas listed above.

To feature as one of the event’s use cases profiling AI success stories that have boosted and improved the performance of the aviation sector, you can submit a proposal via this online form by Friday, 20 December 2024, COB.

Proposals should include:

  • A brief summary of the AI application
  • The benefits the application provides to your organisation or the broader aviation sector
  • The current maturity stage of the application
  • Whether you can provide a live demonstration at the event

Please submit your proposals using the online form below.

We look forward to discovering your innovative AI initiatives and learning about the positive impact they are making in aviation.

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Agenda

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08:30 - 10:00

Registration & welcome coffee

Moderated by:

10:00 - 10:15

Welcome by Tony Licu, Acting Head of NM Technology Division & Head of the Digital Transformation Office, EUROCONTROL

10:15 – 12:00

Session 1: Research and Innovation

This first session will provide an overview of key European research and innovation programmes in artificial intelligence (AI) for air traffic management (ATM).

Starting with an overview of all SESAR AI-related research projects, the SESAR JU will present its strategic orientations and AI research needs for ATM.

ANITI CEO will take participants through the latest trends in AI that could further shape the future of aviation.

NATS will present its Project BlueBird, the first AI system to control a section of airspace to be demonstrated in live shadow trials based on a digital twin of UK airspace.

EUROCONTROL experts will then present our latest AI products which have been successfully developed and deployed for airlines and airports as well as by our Network Management Operations Centre in order to improve aviation performance and its new AI-based platform directly enhancing the accuracy of NM systems.

Moderated by:

Ruben Flohr
SESAR 3 Joint Undertaking

Keynote speaker:
Andreas Boschen, SJU

Speakers:
Romaric Redon, ANITI
Richard Cannon,  NATS
Alessandro Prister,  SJU & Jason Gauci, University of Malta, Aurélie Peuaud, ENAC, Aurelie Aurilla Arntzen, University of South-Eastern Norway, Gabriella Gigante, CIRA (the Italian Airspace Research Centre)
Camille Anoraud & Benjamin Cramet, EUROCONTROL

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AI Trends

Romaric Redon ANITI
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Project Bluebird

Richard Cannon NATS
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SESAR JU Artificial Intelligence Work Programme

Alessandro Prister SESAR Joint Undertaking
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ASTRA - AI-enabled tactical FMP hotspot prediction and resolution

Jason Gauci University of Malta
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Hypersolver

Aurélie Peuaud ENAC
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An AI-based Vision Framework for a safe Drone’s Operations in restricted and urban area - AI4HyDrop

Aurélie Aurilla Arntzen University of South-Eastern Norway
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HUCAN

Gabriella Gigante CIRA (the Italian Airspace Research Centre)
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From Ideas to Ops Room: Leveraging AI R&I for Operational Benefits

Camille Anoraud and Benjamiin Cramet EUROCONTROL
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12:00 – 13:30

Lunch break & tour of exhibits

13:30 – 15:00

Session 2: Regulation and standardisation

In view of the upcoming publication of the EU AI ACT and the preparation of the EASA AI regulation for aviation, the European Commission and EASA will brief participants on the AI regulatory frameworks, using real use cases to explain the various steps required for the certification of an AI-based aircraft equipment.

Finally, an update on the latest AI standardisation activities for aviation will be provided by CEN/CENELEC and EUROCAE.

Moderated by:

Guillaume Soudain
EASA

Speakers:
Antoine Alexandre André, European Commission
Francois Triboulet, EASA
Hugo Silva, DAEDALEAN
Patrick Bezombes, CEN/CENELEC
Anna Guégan, EUROCAE

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Session 2: AI regulation, standardisation and application

Guillaume Soudain EASA
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The AI Act and its impact on the aviation sector

Antoine-Alexandre André European Commission
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AI trustworthiness guidelines

Francois Triboulet EASA
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A sneak peek into ML certification using EASA First Usable Guidance for Level 1 AI/ML applications

Hugo Silva DAEDALEAN
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CEN-CENELEC JTC 21 (artificial intelligence) activities in the context of the AI act

Patrick Bezombes CEN/CENELEC
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WG-114 AI Standards in Aviation

Anna Guégan EUROCAE
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15:00 – 15:45

Coffee break & tour of exhibits

15:45 – 17:30

Session 3: Improving the network's performance with AI

In this session, EUROCONTROL, ENAV and NAV CANADA will present several AI applications supporting the ATM sector’s operations and their performance. FREQUENTIS will explain how AI can deliver NOTAMs in an easy, digestible and intelligent manner to the user. Finally, Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD) will present how AI will improve the optimisation of runway use at several German airports.

Moderated by:

Paul Bosman
EUROCONTROL

Speakers:
Emilien Robert, EUROCONTROL
Shavin Fernando, NAV CANADA
Alessandro Longobardi, ENAV
Dirk Zinkhan, Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD)
Catalin-Sergiu Cristea, FREQUENTIS

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AI4CNS

Emilien Robert EUROCONTROL
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Digital Twin Sector Performance Optimizer (DT-SPO)

Shavin Fernando NAV CANADA
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STORY (Speech Transcription fOR safetY)

Alessandro Longobardi ENAV
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SEN4Airports

Dirk Zinkhan, Anneliesa Greisbach, Björn Zurmaar, Christina Klüver Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD)
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NOTAM WINGMAN: AI-driven Optimization of Operational NOTAM Management

Sergiu Cristea FREQUENTIS
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17:30 – 19:00

Networking drink & tour of demos

08:00 - 09:00

Registration & welcome coffee

09:00 - 09:05

Opening by Paul Bosman, Head of ATM Infrastructure, EUROCONTROL

09:00 – 10:30

Session 4: Flying with AI

This session will complement session 3 and showcase how AI:

  • is being embraced by airlines;
  • can facilitate drone operations;
  • can be used to shape a full range of new capabilities and services.

The topic of sustainability with an overview of the results from ongoing contrails detection activities will end this session.

Moderated by:

Romaric Redon
ANITI

Speakers:
Christos Skliros, Hellenic Drones
Hicham Atassi, Honeywell
Nima Barraci, Lufthansa
Oğuzhan Doğan Albayrak, Sun Express & Emre Koyuncu, ITU
Gabriel Jarry, EUROCONTROL & Junzi Sun, TU Delft

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NEFELI - Automatic non-cooperative aircraft detection and collision estimaion for autonomous aircraft

Dr Christos Skliros Hellenic Drones
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SESAR Darwin Project - Developing scalable human-AI collaborative systems for advanced operations

Hicham Atassi Honeywell
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Where we come from, where we are & where we go - AI in our production

Dr Nima Barraci Lufthansa
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AI-Enhanced Operations Shift Assitance – AIRMIND Module

Oğuzhan Doğan Albayrak & Emre Koyuncu SunExpress Airlines & ITU Aerospace Research Center
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Contrail Detection and Modelling using Deep Learning

Gabriel Jarry EUROCONTROL
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Contrail Segmentation With Deep Learning - Part II

Junzi Sun TU Delft
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10:30 – 11:00

Coffee break & tour of exhibits

11:00 – 12:30

Session 5: Human-AI Teaming

This session will focus on human-AI teaming, a collaborative approach that combines human expertise with AI, providing different levels of assistance to the human (from augmentation to autonomy). Participants will discover the first results of the HAIKU and SESAR 3JU JARVIS research projects, which are both developing digital assistants in a variety of aviation contexts (ATM, airport, air operations & drones) and understand the essential role that these assistants could play in the near future

Human-AI teaming will be further illustrated in the specific case of SCRIBE, a speech-recognition tool already in operation in France and supporting operators in their safety responsibilities.

Finally, IFATCA will share their perspective on the operational uptake of AI and in the context of human-AI teaming.

Moderated by:

Barry Kirwan
EUROCONTROL

Speakers:
Thomas Roques & Jérémi Carol, DSNA
Simone Pozzi, Deep Blue
Dmitrii Kirov, Collins Aerospace
Benjamin van der Sanden, IFATCA

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Scribe - ATC Speech Recognition

Thomas Roques & Jérémi Carol DSNA
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Haiku - Overview of the project

Simone Pozzi Deep Blue
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JARVIS - Just A Rather Very Intelligent System

Dmitrii Kirov, Anne Papenfuß, Elena Rankova Collins Aerospace, DLR
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Human-AI teaming from an ATC perspectie - joint cognitive human machine systems

Benjamin van der Sanden IFATCA
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12:30 - 14:00

Lunch break & tour of exhibits

14:00 - 15:30

Session 6: Transversal Areas of AI

In this session, our panellists will explore various transversal topics related to the use of AI in aviation, focussing on:

  • new cybersecurity threats;
  • promising technical solutions, system architecture and human responses from aviation;
  • pros and cons of AI implementation, including ethical, privacy and societal considerations.

Moderated by:

Enrico Parini
EDA

Speakers:
Monika Adamczyk, ENISA
Isidoros Monogioudis, EDA
Theodore Kiritsis, IFATSEA
Ender Çetin, Barcelona Technical University (UPC)
Bahtiar Mustafa, EUROCONTROL

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Counter Drone Systems

Dr. Ender Çetin Barcelona Technical University (UPC)
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The ATSEP Role in CNS/ATM Cybersecurity events

Theodore Kiritsis IFATSEA
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15:30 – 16:00

Close-out and Wrap-up

Participation

Our FLY AI Forum focuses on the practical application of artificial intelligence in aviation and is ideal for:

  • Engineers and experts already actively working in the domain of AI
  • AI project managers and data scientists
  • Everyone with a vested interest in AI for aviation.

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