About AVIATION Forum
Recognizing that there was no one venue that brought the aviation industry together to address challenges and future direction with a broad, integrating view of the aviation marketplace, AIAA and The Boeing Company started partnering in 2010 to develop a new event. The objective was to develop the premier forum for presentation of both recent progress on aircraft design, air traffic management and operations, and aviation technologies as well as policy, planning, and market issues affecting the future direction of the global aviation industry. The goal was to offer a unique venue for interaction between researchers, system developers, product support personnel, managers, and business developers from throughout industry, government, and academia.
The inaugural AVIATION Forum occurred in August 2013. Addressing the theme of “Charting the Future of Flight,” this event offered a compelling program that included keynote addresses from leaders in the industry, panel discussions focused on critical issues for the industry, and a strong technical program that featured the AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations Conference and the International Powered Lift Conference. Also featured was the Complex Aerospace Systems Exchange, AIAA’s unique event that tackles some of the most important system development issues facing aerospace chief engineers, program managers, and systems engineers today, such as minimizing cost overruns and delays, and mitigating late test failures.
The key focus areas of AVIATION 2013 were:
- Commercial Aviation: Global Outlook, Opportunities, and Challenges
- Military Aviation: Future Challenges Facing Military Aviation
- Business Aviation, General Aviation, and Rotorcraft: Global Outlook, Opportunities, and Challenges
- The Connectivity Challenge and Cybersecurity: Protecting Critical Assets in a Networked World
- The Energy Imperative
- Developing the Market for Unmanned Aerial Systems
- Shaping the Discussion: Key Policy Issues
Starting in 2014, AVIATION has been expanded to include a broader cross-section of the aviation industry and a larger offering of technical disciplines.