Newsletter No 4 2024

STIFTELSEN SOLAKONFERANSEN / THE SOLAKONFERANSEN FOUNDATION

SOLAKONFERANSEN 2024

Clarion Hotel Air, Sola
16 – 18 September

Covering
Safety, Quality and Environment in Aviation

Discussing
Sustainability through improved environmental footprint and adopting new technologies such as Advanced Air Mobility – Zero Emission – SAF – UAS – eVTOL – Offshore Aviation including Wind Farm Operations

- Booking is open -

You are hereby cordially invited to sign up, and we proudly present, on our website
www.solakonferansen.no
newsletters on “A Brief Introduction and Invitation”, “Invitation by Chairman”, “Programme” and “Speakers”, and of course, the most important one, please find the link

A provisional great thanks and special recognition addressed to

Speakers and the Lead Host Speaker, thank you for your helpful attitude and willingness contributing to the programme. Confirmed speakers/companies as of 20 June as follows

• Ministry of Transport, name tbc

• Mayor Janne Stangeland Rege, Conservative (H), Sola Municipality

• Allan, Scott, MSc and MRAeS, Technical Director, HeliOffshore

• Airbus Helicopters, name tbc

• Bell Textron Inc, name tbc

• Beta Technologies, name tbc

• Boumans, Mark, Shell Air Safety Manager, IOGP ASC Human factors Working Group

• Foss, Abraham, CEO, Avinor AS

• Gerber, J.J., Operations Services Manager, Cougar Helicopters

• Grovenik, Mariann, Nordics Account Manager, Air bp

• Halvorsen, Jon, Director, The Norwegian Joint Rescue Services

• Halvorsen, Kåre, Department Director, Norwegian Safety Investigation Authority (SHK)

• HTM Helicopter, name tbc

• Høiby, Espen, CEO, AAP Aviation

• Johansen, Thor Gunnar, Key Account Manager, Leonardo Helicopters Norway

• Jøsendal, Harald, Manager of the AAM Project, The Norwegian Air Ambulance Foundation (SNLA)

• Kerr, Nikolai, Head of Safety/Safety Manager, Widerøe AS

• Kiraly, Juliana (Juliana Carolina Kiraly Thomaz Rodrigues), Business Development Lead – Europe, Eve Air Mobility Systems

• Knudsen, Martin L., Chief Pilot, Flight Safety Officer, KN Helicopters

• Kobberstad, Lars, Director General, Civil Aviation Authority Norway

• Lahnstein, Erik, Managing Director, The Federation of Norwegian Aviation Industries (NHO Luftfart)

• Medici, Luca, Head of Aircraft System Integration – Engineering, Leonardo Helicopters

• Naylor, Richard, Offshore Lead – Flight Operations Inspector, CAA UK

• Norwegian National Security Authority (NSM), tbc

• Rolfe, Tim, CEO, HeliOffshore

• RNoAF 330 Squadron, name tbc, CO or acting,

• Rønnevik, Joachim, Senior Advisor, Avinor AS

• Sellevåg, Stig Rune, Research Leader, Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (FFI)

• Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin Company, name tbc

• Skyport, name tbc

• Steinland, Jan Petter, Director Strategic Analysis and Transformation, CAA NO

• Stepanek, David, Executive Vice President, Sales and Chief Transformation Officer, Bristow Group Inc

• Wiig, Knut Roar, independent

  Lead Host Speaker

• Knutsen, Axel, VP Local Airports North and West, Avinor AS

  Another provisional great thanks and special recognition addressed to

  Sponsors, collaborators and advertisers for your highly valued and crucial contribution, your support, and excellent cooperation that enables us to offer this year's programme and conduct this year's conference.

  Welcome to Sola for three exciting conference days!

  Until then, All the best from here – Flight Safety First – Solakonferansen, for Aviation Safety Since 1987.

  Kind regards,

  Håvard Haugen
  General Manager
  Stiftelsen Solakonferansen
  (The Solakonferansen Foundation)