Later this year, ICAO, in collaboration with the Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT), will bring together the global advanced air mobility community in Bangkok, Thailand, for the Second Advanced Air Mobility Symposium.
Held under the theme “From Vision to Implementation: Enabling the AAM Ecosystem,” the 2026 event is being hosted by the Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand. States, industry, and stakeholders from across the aviation and innovation landscape will examine how AAM can be safely and effectively integrated into global aviation systems.
Building the Foundation for AAM
During the inaugural symposium in 2024, ICAO, in collaboration with Canadian Advanced Air Mobility (CAAM), created a global platform for dialogue across the full AAM ecosystem. We brought together voices from both aviation and non-aviation sectors to examine not just aircraft and operations, but the broader challenges and opportunities that will define successful implementation. Conversations spanned safety, sustainability, legal and regulatory frameworks, infrastructure, community engagement, accessibility and the connection between AAM and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
AAM 2024 helped establish a common foundation for the sector. It enabled relationships to form across jurisdictions and disciplines. It created momentum around the idea that AAM is not simply a technological shift, but a systems-level transformation that touches transportation, cities, emergency response, supply chains, workforce development and equitable access. It reinforced that AAM will only succeed if it is developed through shared learning and collective action.
Through the ICAO and CAAM collaboration, Montréal helped move AAM from concept toward global coordination. It showed that the global ecosystem is ready to do the hard work of aligning around shared principles and practical pathways. The value of the symposium was not just in the conversations held, but in the signal it sent: that AAM is no longer a future possibility being discussed in isolation, but a global priority being shaped through cooperation. That work will continue in Bangkok.
The next chapter
This year’s event will take place from 1-3 December 2026.
The 2026 symposium will build on the Call to Action from AAM 2024 and examine the critical pathways from early operations to safe, scalable and globally interoperable systems. It will draw lessons from pioneering unmanned aircraft systems and eVTOL deployments, while also addressing the evolving role of the human in increasingly automated and autonomous environments. Just as importantly, it will explore the workforce strategies, infrastructure needs and collaborative frameworks required to support seamless integration. Leading into the event, we are working closely with ICAO and the Canadian government and inviting industry partners to participate in a pavilion exhibition.
The Canadian Advanced Air Mobility (CAAM) is the federal industry sssociation for Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) in Canada. Learn more about the CAAM delegation to AAM 2026 by subscribing to CAAM’s newsletter: The Pulse.
CAAM is leading a delegation that will bring a Pavilion to ICAO AAM 2026. International engagement is strongest when you show up as a coordinated, credible, and forward-looking presence. By joining the delegation, participants become part of a shared global presence aligned around shared goals: safe integration, commercial growth, innovation, and long-term partnerships.
