PEOPLE IN THE CENTRE OF AVIATION SAFETY
PEOPLE IN THE CENTRE OF AVIATION SAFETY
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EUROCONTROL Headquarters, Brussels
The 2025 Safety Forum
Humans are the foundation of resilience in aviation, constantly adapting to the pressures of an increasingly complex industry. As these pressures grow, so does the need for resilience in the aviation system. The volume of civil aviation operations is expected to double within the next 20 years, and with this growth will come with technological advancements, innovative operations, and new entrants, all contributing to an evolving and more complex landscape. Additionally, aviation's core objectives — safety, sustainability, and economic viability — are becoming increasingly interconnected, intensifying the complexity of the challenges the industry faces.
This growing complexity compels us to ask: How can the aviation industry continue to preserve and enhance the critical role of humans as the key to resilience?
The 12th Safety Forum is scheduled for June 5–6, 2025, at EUROCONTROL headquarters in Brussels. The Forum is organized by Flight Safety Foundation in partnership with EUROCONTROL and the European Regions Airline Association. The theme of the 2025 Safety Forum is “People in the Centre of Aviation Safety”. The Forum will take a holistic and proactive approach to examining mental health, well-being, fatigue, and workload management as essential factors in maintaining resilience within aviation.
Safe flight operations depend on people having not only the external physical resources to do their work, but also the internal mental resources that are crucial for success. These mental resources support problem detection, situation assessment, planning, decision making, coordination, and adaptation. Factors that negatively affect the mental health and well-being of front-line operators can drain or restrict the availability of essential mental resources, hindering the ability of individuals to perform critical tasks. Mental performance mediators such as fatigue and workload can similarly and adversely affect performance.
Resilience in the face of increasing complexity and shifting demands depends largely on preparedness and the ability to maintain sufficient physical and mental resource margins.
Organizational philosophies, policies, procedures, and practices significantly influence these resources, sometimes in unintended ways. These ways may not be recognized until a tragedy or near-tragedy occurs. As the industry moves forward, it is essential to support and strengthen the human element that ensures safety and operational resilience.
Agenda
Day 1
Thursday, June 5, 2025
| 8:30 AM - 9:45 AM |
Network with colleagues and exhibitors - join us for coffee before the Forum begins! |
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| 9:45 AM - 10:00 AM |
Presenter: Tzvetomir Blajev, Director Europe and Global Operational Safety, Flight Safety Foundation |
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| 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM |
Presenter: Hassan Shahidi, President & CEO, Flight Safety Foundation |
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| 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11:00 AM - 11:15 AM | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11:15 AM - 12:45 PM |
➥ What Every Aviation Professional Needs to Know About Their Brain. A Positive Outcome from Preventive Measures. Presenter: Gösta Centerwall, Norwegian Airshuttle ➥ The impact of self-sufficient workgroups in the aviation industry, the correlation to organizational attachment and how to foster their mental health state. Presenter: Cordula Pflaum, Lufthansa ➥ Building Effective Systems to Address Mental Health Assistance Avoidance Behaviors Presenter: Kimberly Perkins, United Airlines |
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| 12:45 PM - 1:45 PM | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1:45 PM - 3:30 PM |
➥ Mental Health in Aviation - Yoga and Vegetables, right? Wrong... Presenter: Dave Fielding, International Peer Assist Aviation Coalition ➥ Pilot Mental Fitness: Advancing Safety & Human Performance with Peer Support Programs Presenters:
➥ A Fully Functioning Model for Physical and Emotional Well Being of Front Line Workers Presenter: Captain Travis Ludwig, Airline Pilots Association (ALPA) ➥ Evolution of Pilot Peer Support in Modern Airlines Presenter: David Morrissey, Aer Lingus & IALPA |
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| 3:30 PM - 3:50 PM | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3:50 PM - 4:50 PM |
➥ Regulators' Role in Aviation Mental Health and Wellbeing Presenters:
➥ Fatigue Safety Performance Indicators (SPIs): A Key Component of Proactive Fatigue Hazard Identification, the Perspective from the Airlines Presenters:
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| 4:50 PM - 5:00 PM | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Day 2
Friday, June 6, 2025
| 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM |
Network with colleagues and exhibitors - join us for coffee before the Forum begins! |
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| 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM |
➥ Mental Health and the Price of Exclusion: Diversity and Inclusion Untangled Presenter: Milena Bowman, EUROCONTROL ➥ Developing a Just and Fair Culture in Mental Health: An Initiative for Enhancing Self-Declaration and Mental Health Integration Presenter: Sebastien Follet, DSAC - Aerosentinelles Workgroup ➥ Positive Organisational Culture; the Path to Resilience for the Organisation and the Human Within? Presenter: Paul Reuter, European Cockpit Association |
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| 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM |
➥ Mental Health in Aviation Safety: the Mental Incapacitation Risk Assessment Process Presenter: Francois Brambati, Deep Blue Srl ➥ Organization's Support to Operators' Mental Health: Tools, Processes, Benefits, Return on Investment. Experience Feedback of 3 SNCF Business Units of Train Drivers, France Presenters:
➥ How to Use Sport Psychology Tools from Elite Sports to Improve Performance and Mental Health for ATCO Trainees and Impact the General View on Working with Mental Health Among Professional ATCO's Presenter: Christina Nordentoft, Naviair |
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| 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
➥ Resilience: A Regional Safety Focus Presenter: Yann Duval, ATR ➥ Resilient Performance in Front-Line Operators Presenter: Nuno Cebola, NATS |
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| 2:30 PM - 3:00 PM | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Time Zone: (UTC+01:00) Brussels
