SESSION 1

Co-hosted by the International Association for Energy Economics – IAEE

Date/Time : 5 August 2020, 5:30pm – 6:30pm UAE Time

Speakers : Format – moderated panel session

Moderator

Steve Griffiths (Senior Vice President, Research and Development, Professor of Practice, Khalifa University of Science and Technology, UAE)

Panelists

Robert Boyd (Senior Manager – Aviation Environment, International Air Transport Association (IATA), Switzerland)
Jim Hileman (Chief Scientific and Technical Advisor for Environment, Federal Aviation Administration, USA)
Alejandro Rios-Galvan (Director – Sustainable Bioenergy Research Consortium, Khalifa University of Science and Technology, UAE)

Session attendees will come away with insights into:

The efforts and strategies of the aviation industry to reduce its carbon footprint
The development and use of Sustainable Aviation Fuels to date, and the onset of the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA)
The outlook towards the long term goal of reducing by 50% the emissions in 2050 using 2005 as the baseline year
Short and long-term impacts of the COVID-19 demand shock for the aviation industry
The future for SAF and the pathways most likely to address the challenge – local solutions for a global industry