British Airways and Virgin Atlantic CEOs to speak at Sustainable Skies World Summit 2024
Aviation leaders Shai Weiss, CEO of Virgin Atlantic and Sean Doyle, CEO of British Airways have been announced in the first wave of keynote speaker announcements of the Sustainable Skies World Summit 2024.
Taking place 15-16 May 2024, Sustainable Skies World Summit 2024 will see representation from the global aerospace, energy, manufacturing, finance and investment sectors, alongside regulators, academia and government departments, come together for two days of networking, demonstrations and insight sharing.
Bringing regulators and policy makers together to accelerate global standards from all corners of the world, the programme has been designed to stimulate collaboration and enable industry pioneers to leave with tangible outcomes to reach net zero targets by focusing on five key topics: sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), carbon removal, zero emissions, operation efficiency and future of flight.
Making significant steps to be more sustainable, British Airways and Virgin Atlantic are among the airlines leading the industry within the sustainable aviation sector.
Sean Doyle, Chairman and CEO at British Airways, said: “I am delighted to be participating in the opening panel of the Sustainable Skies World Summit 2024. The UK aviation industry is united in its commitment to achieve net zero emissions by 2050 or sooner and we must act at pace and in collaboration to achieve this goal.
“Significant action is required to address aviation’s climate impacts and at British Airways we have a clear roadmap of initiatives, including investing in sustainable aviation fuel and carbon removals, and improving our operational efficiency to reach net zero. I look forward to an interesting discussion.”
Sustainable Skies World Summit 2024 programme includes the following speakers:
- Sean Doyle, CEO, British Airways
- Shai Weiss, CEO, Virgin Atlantic
- Brian Moran, Chief Sustainability Officer, Boeing
- Val Miftakhov, CEO, ZeroAvia
- Russ Dunn, Chief Technology Officer, GKN
- Dr Mark Bentall, Head of R&T, Airbus
- Dr Florian Allroggan, Executive Director, MIT
- Raimund Zopp, Co-Founder, Flight Keys
- Jonathon Counsell, Group Head of Sustainability, IAG
- Dr Ulrike Ziegler, Managing Director, Impact on Sustainable Aviation
- Shashank Nigam, Founder and CEO, SimpliFlying
- Mark Pilling, Aviation Journalist, Editor and Consultant
- Dirk Singer, Head of Sustainability, SimpliFlying
- Gianni Spinelli, Carbon Markets Development Lead, Drax Group
- Vladimir Borodin, ECP Specialist, Decarbonizing Aviation, World Economic Forum
- Jon Matthews, Group Head of Capital and Planning, AGS Airports Ltd
- Sebnem Erzan, Head of Travel Sustainability, Google
The conference and technology showcase will display the latest developments in sustainable aviation technology and provide a forum to discuss how industry is moving in earnest from goal setting to implementation of its net zero strategies.
Attendees of the two-day show will be able to take advantage of a wealth of unparalleled networking opportunities, including the highly successful Business Connections Exchange and Welcome Reception.
