2026 SPEAKERS

Abigail Grenfell

Director, Sustainable Aviation

Lacewood Consulting

Adam Morton

Head of Technology – Sustainability & Strategy

Aerospace Technology Institute (ATI)

Adelfio Ronci

Director Environmental Products

ICE

Andrew Chadwick

Managing Director

Ventura System Solutions

Andy Jefferson

Director

A&G Jefferson Ltd

Andy Smith

Somerset Council

Anna Stukas

VP Strategic Partnerships

1PointFive

Ash Owen

Head of Future Technology

Rolls-Royce

Ben Story

Venture Partner / Non-Executive Director

New Vista Capital / Vertical Aerospace

Cameron Scott

Strategic Partnerships

CUR8

Carlotta Breman

Carbon Analyst

STX Group

Caroline Longman

Director

Equilibrion

Cesar Pereira

Head of Sustainability for Commercial Aviation

Embraer

Cheryl Duke

Principal Sustainability Specialist

Department for Transport

Chris Thurgood

Principal Aviation Consultant

Egis

Dan Walker

Technical Director

Sustainable Aviation

Darryl Abelscroft

Technical Strategy Portfolio Manager, Future Safety & Innovation

UK Civil Aviation Authority

David Debney

Head of Technology: Whole Aircraft

Aerospace Technology Institute (ATI)

David Herschell

Senior Specialist Fellow – Deactivation and Disposals, Defence Recycling and Disposals Team (DRDT)

Royal Air Force

Dominic O’Connor

Principal

Marks & Clerk LLP

Duncan McCourt

Chief Executive

Sustainable Aviation

Eddy Liégeois

Head of the Aviation Policy

European Commission

Elena Cuenca

Policy Officer Sustainability

European Regions Airline Association

Emma Brown

Emissions Strategy Researcher

Heathrow

Erin Smith

Senior Business Manager

Estuaire

Finlay Asher

Safe Landing

George Hibberd

Safe Landing

Grace Field

Senior Consultant - Sustainable Aviation

ICF

Greg Archer

European Policy Director

Lanzatech

Haldane Dodd

Executive Director

Air Transport Action Group

Hattie Whittaker

Climate Science and Strategy Manager

Carbon Direct

Hugh Salway

Principal, Markets

Gold Standard

Ian Collier

Business Development Director – Aviation

1PointFive

Ian Jopson

Director of Sustainability

NATS

Isha Moharir

Team Manager

AeroDelft

James McMicking

Chief Strategy Officer

ZeroAvia

Jan Petter Steinland

Director Strategic Analysis and Transformation

Norwegian Civil Aviation Authority

Jenny Kavanagh

Co-Chair

Zero Emissions Flight Infrastructure group (ZEFIG)

Joanna Bailey

Editor

Aerospace Global News

Jonathan Bean

CEO & Co-Founder

MatNex

Jonathan Chestney

RISE UK Technical Director

Dowty - a GE Aerospace Company

Jonathan Wood

Chief Commercial Officer

Nova Pangaea Technologies

Jonathon Counsell

Group Head of Sustainability

International Airlines Group (IAG)

Juliana Scavuzzi

Carbon Policy Manager

Heathrow Airport

Kamran Iqbal

Founder and CEO

Electric Aviation Group

Keir Mather

Minister for Aviation, Maritime and Decarbonisation

Department for Transport

Kerissa Khan

Past President, Royal Aeronautical Society, Future Flight Innovation Lead

UKRI

Kerri Moss-Beaumont

Founder

Impetus Carbon

Lahiru Ranasinghe

Director of Sustainability

easyJet

Lionel Roques

Executive Director

Aircraft Fleet Recycling Association (AFRA)

Mai Bui

Director of Climate Science

Supercritical

Maria Whittaker

Chief Corporate Responsibility Officer

Abra Group

Marjan Schoeke

VP Commercial Strategic Projects

Vertical Aerospace

Mark Bentall

Head R&T

Airbus

Mark Kelly

Senior Sustainable Aviation Consultant

ICF

Martin Riegler

Chief Sales Officer

Econetix

Marylin Bastin

Head of Aviation Sustainability

EUROCONTROL

Matt Ridley

Director of Sustainability and Innovation

Oneworld

Max Coppin

UK General Manager

Joby Aviation

Maxime Meijers

CEO

Estuaire

Mukesh Patel

Head of Design Organisation

Evolito

Neil Dickson

Secretary, CAEP; Chief, Environmental Standards

International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)

Nichola Bates

Founder & CEO

Xelerated Fifty

Nicholas Earl

Vice President

Safran UK

Nikhil Sachdeva

Principal

Roland Berger

Peter Albin

Carbon Offset Research Lead

Wood Mackenzie

Peter Goult

Director

Project SkyPower

Phil Hunter

Chief Executive Officer

LAYRR

Philip New

Former CEO

Energy Systems Catapult

Preeti Jain

Head of Net Zero Research and Programs

IATA

Rachel Gardner-Poole

Director

Aviascia

Rebecca Borresen

Director of Safety & Sustainability

Loganair

Richard Wilson

Executive Committee Member

Royal Aeronautical Society

Robert Crawford

Communications Director

Sustainable Aviation

Rudolf Gradinger

Sustainable and Circular Aviation Specialist

Austrian Institute of Technology (AIT)

Ruth Purvis

Research Scientist

National Centre for Atmospheric Science

Sameer Savani

Transport Managing Director

Connected Places Catapult

Sanjeev Gajjela

Founder & CEO

PySAF

Sebastian Hirsz

Strategy Advisor – Fuels & EV Charging

BP

Sebastien Cross

Co-founder and Chief Innovation Officer

BeZero Carbon

Shea Bickerstaff

Senior Business Development Manager Global Military

SPX

Simon Meakins

Director Advanced Air Mobility EAMEA

Bristow Group

Sofia Stayte

Head of Future Flight

Department for Transport

Stephen Fitzpatrick

Director of NMIS Digital Factory and the Remake Value Retention Centre

National Manufacturing Institute Scotland

Tim Johnson

Director

Aviation Environment Federation

Tim Lederer

Vice President of Regulatory Affairs & Fuel, Global Aviation

DHL Express

Vanessa Lowe

Vice President Global Banking | Structured Finance

Santander

Vianney Vales

CEO

Wastefront

Vicki Wilkes

Commercial Director

Darvick

Wakina Mutembei

Senior Manager, Innovation and Sustainability

Kenya Airways

Will Gifford

Policy Manager - Aviation & NCS Lead

IETA

William McClintock

Senior Manager, Markets & Sustainability

IBA