Held on 7 September 2026 in the Historical City, ahead of the El Alamein International Airshow 2026, the symposium will provide a focused platform for strategic dialogue, partnership development, and senior industry engagement around the technologies shaping the future of aerospace operations.
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Registration and Welcome Coffee
Delegate registration and welcome coffee.
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- Industry innovation supporting next-generation airpower
- Aligning operational requirements with emerging technologies
- Strategic partnerships driving aerospace capability development
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- Egypt’s strategic vision for aerospace and regional security
- The role of airpower in maintaining stability and deterrence
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- The evolution of 6th generation combat air platforms and system-of-systems integration
- Integrating autonomy, sensors, ISR and next-generation strike capability into future airpower concepts
- Multi-domain operations, survivability and operational advantage in increasingly contested and denied environments
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Coffee Break, Networking and Light Refreshments
Networking break with light refreshments.
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- The growing role of Al in supporting faster operational decision-making
- Human-machine teaming, trust and cognitive advantage in future operations
- Preparing military organizations and personnel for Al-enabled aerospace environments.
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- How Al is changing the sector and the skills young people will need to succeed.
- Preparing students for an Al-enabled future by building Al, digital and aerospace skills into education and training.
- Connecting education with industry, bringing universities, government and industry together to give students practical experience and clearer career pathways.
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- 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
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Coffee Break, Networking and Light Refreshments
Networking break with light refreshments.
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• The growing importance of space domain awareness
• Protecting critical space-enabled infrastructure and assets
• Emerging threats and technologies shaping future space operations -
- Integrating space-enabled ISR, communications and data to strengthen situational awareness, operational resilience and decision advantage across air and aerospace operations
- Bridging civil, commercial and military space capabilities to accelerate the adoption of dual-use technologies and strengthen national aerospace capability
- Harnessing AI, data fusion and advanced analytics to transform growing volumes of space and sensor data into timely, actionable insight
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Closing remarks and key takeaways from the symposium.
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Lunch and Networking
Networking reception & Lunch
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