14:00 – 18:00 Satcom Direct Workshop
19:00 – 21:00 MACE Networking Event
sponsored by Satcom Direct
09:30 Conference Opening
09:35 Transport Minister – Welcome
Aaron Farrugia
09:45 TM CEO – TM’s Role and the Vision for the Sector
Jeffrey Curmi
09:55 Coffee Break
sponsored by Opes Jet
10:25 Keynote – Pessimism Never Won a Battle
Reinhold M. Karner
11:10 Panel Discussion – Roundtable with the Gov of Malta
Aaron Farrugia; Kanika Tekriwal; Haris Coloman; Athar Husain Khan, Anita Sengupta
12:30 Lunch
sponsored by MIA
14:00 Keynote – Emerging Technology & Aviation
Joshua Ellul
14:45 Keynote – Air Malta – Looking to the Future: A sustainable vision for a resilient national airline
David Curmi
15:30 Coffee Break
sponsored by MAMO TCV
15:50 Presentation – No Fear of the Altitude: Future Steps for the Space Sector
Simonetta Di Pippo
Space Research and Aviation Economics
Andrea Conconi
16:25 Panel Discussion – Finance/Legal Discussion
Alexandra Asche; Khader Mattar; Nick Valenzia
17:10 Close Day 1
19:00 Networking Event
sponsored by VistaJet
09:30 Welcome to Day 2
09:35 Keynote
Kanika Tekriwal
10:00 Panel Discussion – Aviation Cargo. Here to stay?
Edward Micallef; Kenneth Chircop
sponsored by Challenge Group
10:40 Coffee Break
11:15 Presentation – Moving to a new jurisdiction: A case study
Stefan Beveridge
11:30 Panel Discussion – Can we future proof the industry in Malta
Stanley Bugeja; Wayne Pisani; Stefan Beveridge; Charles Pace; Puja Mahajan
sponsored by Malta Enterprise
12:15 Panel Discussion – Communications Panel
Anna Montanuay; Aaron Child, Kenneth Rizzo
sponsored by Epic
12:50 Presentation – EBAA Ambassadors are changing the face of the industry
Paul Walsh
13:00 Lunch
sponsored by EBAA
14:30 Presentation – Taxing the Industry: will it really work?
Nadia Giordimaina
15:00 Panel Discussion – Attracting & Developing Talent in Aviation
Dr Adnan Branbo; Daniel Galea; Frits Widdershoven
sponsored by SR Technic
15:30 Coffee Break
16:00 Panel Discussion – The Future of Business Aviation
Vlada Lushinkova; Richard Hekker; Zaher Deir
16:40 Conference Close – FlightSafety Raffle