SESSION 1

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

TITLE : THE CHALLENGE FOR SUSTAINABLE AVIATION FUELS BEYOND COVID-19

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

VIEW SESSION 1 HERE DOWNLOAD DR. ALEJANDRO RIOS-GALVAN’S PRESENTATION DOWNLOAD DR. JAMES HILEMAN’S PRESENTATION DOWNLOAD ROBERT BOYD’S PRESENTATION