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Past Events
ICAO Aviation Climate Week 2025
The ICAO Aviation Climate Week 2025 took place from 2 to 4 June in Montréal, gathering global leaders and stakeholders in aviation to address the pressing challenges of climate change and sustainable air transport. ICCAIA was proudly represented by its Chair, Jan Pie (ASD), who participated in the opening “Setting the Scene” panel: How is the Industry Preparing for Net-Zero? He joined fellow leaders from IATA, CANSO, ACI, and IFALPA for a dynamic and forward-looking discussion.
This opening session underscored the aviation industry’s full commitment to ICAO’s Long-Term Aspirational Goal (LTAG). Speakers emphasized the critical importance of broad collaboration across the entire air transport ecosystem – including adjacent sectors – to achieve net-zero emissions, as well as the urgency of swift and coordinated action.
Jan Pie reaffirmed ICCAIA’s strong commitment to sustainable aviation, including the goal of ensuring that civil aviation products are compatible with and capable of operating on 100% ASTM-qualified Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF) by 2030. He also highlighted the sector’s continued investment of approximately $15 billion annually in the research and development of next-generation technologies aligned with ICAO’s long-term environmental objectives.
Throughout the event, ICCAIA experts contributed to several critical sessions, sharing technical knowledge and strategic perspectives. Topics included:
- Aircraft Technologies to Mitigate Aviation Emissions
- Operations to Mitigate Aviation CO₂ and Non-CO₂ Emissions
- Accelerating the Aviation Cleaner Energy Transition
These discussions provided an opportunity for ICCAIA and its members to engage constructively on solutions for a more sustainable future, and to reinforce the importance of innovation, collaboration, and policy support in achieving industry-wide goals.
As the ICAO Aviation Climate Week 2025 concluded, ICCAIA reaffirmed its commitment to working alongside ICAO, Member States, and the broader aviation community to make LTAG a reality. Meeting this ambitious target will require unprecedented collaboration and sustained efforts from all stakeholders.
ICCAIA extends its sincere thanks to all participants, speakers, and organizers for a successful, insightful, and impactful event. The organization remains dedicated to supporting global efforts toward a cleaner, more sustainable future for aviation.
3rd Meeting of the GAAST – Driving the Workforce of Tomorrow
From 28 April to 1 May 2025, more than 40 members from around the globe gathered in Montréal (and online) for the third meeting of the GAAST, kindly hosted by ACI World – Airports Council International.
This productive meeting showcased the significant progress achieved through the collective efforts of all members and provided an opportunity to advance discussions on building a sustainable aviation workforce.
Key outcomes of the meeting include:
- Agreement on the taskforce’s approach for ICAO’s 42nd Assembly (A42)
- A full review of deliverables and progress by workstream
- A brainstorming session on the value proposition for the aviation and aerospace sectors
- Development of an outreach strategy to gather more resources for our repository
- Website development and content review
- Creation of materials to populate the knowledge repository
Nina Brooks (ICCAIA’s EVP and Chair of GAAST) and Fiona Hau (Vice-Chair of GAAST) reiterated their appreciation to all members for their ongoing support and contributions to the taskforce’s work and initiatives. The group also expressed its enthusiasm for what lies ahead, including continued collaboration with ICAO’s Next Generation of Aviation Professionals (NGAP) programme.
ICCAIA 2025 Annual General Meeting and Conference
ICCAIA’s Annual General meeting and Conference 2025 will bring together Aerospace manufacturers,
service providers, regulators and senior ICAO stakeholders for two days in Montreal, Canada.
The Conference will provide an opportunity for ICCAIA’s members to showcase their products and
discuss priorities with policymakers, subject matter experts and other industry leaders.
Alongside ICCAIA’s Annual General meeting, the conference will include keynotes from industry and
government leaders, high level panel dialogues on subjects such as industry decarbonization and the
future of automation and connectivity.
Bringing together over 150 participants, the conference will also provide a unique opportunity to meet
with ICCAIA’s Board, industry peers, exchange views on priorities and help to steer the future of the
industry.
- Agenda
- Registration (Closed)
Sponsorship opportunities are available – please contact apare@iccaia.org
2nd Meeting of the GAAST – Building the Workforce for the Future
We are excited to announce the details of the second in-person meeting of the full taskforce from 18th – 22nd November in Abu Dhabi – Task Force Abu Dhabi Nov 2024 Information Pack.
Please use this form https://forms.office.com/r/WDBEXrzjYH to register for the event as soon as possible, at the latest by 30th July 2024, as it is essential that we can cater for meeting rooms, lunches and the all-day cultural visit.
Many thanks to the UAE for hosting the Task Force; it promises to be an excellent week!
You can find out more about the Taskforce and how it is working towards building a workforce for the future of aviation and aerospace here – GAAST and Workstream Overview.
If you are not already a member of the task force and are interested in joining, please contact secretariat@gaast.aero All members of ICCAIA are welcome, along with members of other international organizations.
ICAO Global Implementation Support Symposium (GISS 2024)
The ICAO Global Implementation Support Symposium (GISS) will take place in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, from 30 April to 2 May 2024.
Stay tuned for further details, including registration information, venue, programme, and speakers.
Global Aviation and Aerospace Skills Taskforce Meeting
Join us in Sao Paolo for the first meeting of the GAAST – Global Aviation and Aerospace Taskforce, hosted by ANAC. We will be progressing work on the five workstreams; the value proposition for the industry, attracting new talent, retaining skilled workforce, workplace culture and evolution of work.
More information about the Task Force can be found here.
If you are a member of the Task Force, please register at this link for the meeting – or if you’d like to join, please contact secretariat@gaast.aero
ICCAIA’S ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2024
ICCAIA’s Annual General Meeting will be held virtually on March 27th, 2024 by invitation only.
For further information please contact info@iccaia.org.
2024 ICAO Innovation Fair “Digital Aviation: the Future is Now”
The 2024 ICAO Innovation Fair will be held on 12-14 March 2024 in Montréal, Canada, under the theme “Digital Aviation: the Future is Now”.
Representatives of States, international organizations, industry, private sector, academia, aviation research, United Nations and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) will be able to have substantive conversations on innovation in aviation and how to adjust systems, processes, structures to better ensure future innovation brings value for aviation and its contribution to States achievement of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
ICCAIA members interested in participating should contact skanakri@iccaia.org for further information.
DRONE ENABLE 2023, ICAO Unmanned Aircraft Systems Industry Symposium
DRONE ENABLE 2023, ICAO’s Unmanned Aircraft Systems Industry Symposium will take place from 5 to 7 December 2023 in Montréal, Canada, under the theme “Innovation and infrastructure developments supporting the future of unmanned aviation”.
The symposium will be an opportunity for networking, collaboration and coordination between key stakeholders from industry, academia, government and international organizations in the unmanned aviation sector.
ICCAIA members interested in participating should contact skanakri@iccaia.org for further information.
ICAO Air Services Negotiation Event (ICAN2023)
The fifteenth ICAO Air Services Negotiation (ICAN2023) Event will be held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in a hybrid setting (in-person and virtually) from 3 to 7 December 2023.
Hosted by the General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, ICAN2023 will provide States with a central meeting place to conduct bilateral, regional or plurilateral air services negotiations and consultations, as well as networking opportunities for policy makers, regulators, air operators, service providers and other stakeholders.