In December 2020, ICAO organized an online global symposium that addressed innovation implementation in aviation. The ICAOTV broadcasts offered eleven sessions for the Asia Pacific region to address innovation implementation in different fields of aviation: environment, training, security and facilitation, artificial intelligence, digitization, rulemaking, new technologies.
What triggers innovation? Is technology always required for innovation? How do you stimulate and incubate new projects? How are regulations developed while innovation is developing? How do you change the mindset of individuals to embrace innovation? How do you address newcomers who are not from the aviation world? All these questions created fruitful discussions among the CAA, ANSP, and the industry, and there were concrete examples of innovation projects under implementation in the Asia Pacific region.
The ICAO Regional Office would like to thank all the moderators and speakers from Australia, Bangladesh, China, Hong Kong China, Indonesia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Republic of Korea, Singapore, Thailand, IATA, ACI. We are sharing some of the sessions below. All the recorded videos are now available on ICAOTV. This video library on innovation in aviation is a very good chance to enlarge your aviation horizon and discover what is coming next in aviation.
- Mr. Tinnagorn Choowong, Aerothai Executive Vice President (Operations)
- Captain Chester Voo, CEO CAA Malaysia
- Mr. Arun Mishra, ICAO APAC Regional Director
- Air Vice-Marshal Mr. Mafidur Rahman, CAA Bangladesh
Participants of the above session included:
- Mr.Glot Sanalaksna, CAA Thailand, Manager of Personnel Licensing Department
- Mr Owen Lange, CASA Australia, Manager Design & Delivery
- Mr. Blair Cowles, IATA Asia Pacific, Regional Director – Safety and Flight Operations
- Captain Norazman bin Mahmud, CAA Malaysia, Director of Flight Operations
- Mr Dalen Tan, CAA Singapore, Director (Safety Policy & Planning)
- Mr. Zhang GuangFu, CAA China, Director of the division of Legal Affairs, Department of Policy, Law and Regulations
Participants of the above session included:
- Mrs. Futri Stella Arisafitri, DGCA Indonesia, Head of License and Rating of Air Navigation Personnel section, Directorate of Air Navigation
- Ms. Kyung SHIN, Korea Office of Civil Aviation, Deputy Director for Advanced Aviation Division
- Mr. Chapman Fong, Airport Authority Hong Kong, General Manager, Airfield
- Mr. SL Wong, ACI Asia-Pacific, Head – Technical Affairs, Safety, Capacity and ATM
- Mr Ong Chun Yang, CAA Singapore, Deputy Director (Aviation Industry)
- Ms. Sharon Cooke, Airways International Ltd CEO