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Panel Discussion: AI, Automation and the Future Aviation Workforce

07 Sept 2026
  • How AI and automation are reshaping workforce, skills and operational requirements across civil and military aviation, and where the two sectors can learn from one another
  • Preparing pilots, engineers, controllers and aviation personnel for increasingly digital and automated environments through advanced training, simulation and human-machine teaming
  • Maintaining human expertise, operational resilience and safety as greater levels of automation are introduced, while developing the regulatory, training and organisational frameworks needed to accelerate adoption across the wider aerospace sector
Chairperson
Lieutenant General Charles W. Hooper, Senior Counselor - The Cohen Group
Speakers
H.E. Dr. Sameh Ahmed Zaky Elhefny, Minister - Egyptian Ministry of Civil Aviation
General Mohamed Hajem, Chief of Staff - Tunisian Air Force
H.E. Abdulaziz Al Duailej, President - General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
AIR MARSHAL YALLA UMESH, VSM, PhD, Air Officer Commanding in Chief, Maintenance Command - INDIAN AIR FORCE

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