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AUDITORIUM ROOM
MONGE ROOM
ST GERMAIN ROOM
JUSSIEU ROOM
Rekindle the magic of progress
By Max Armanet, President of the Scientific Council, President of Forum-Media
For or against progress? In this age-old debate, even good people sometimes stand against progress. Socrates defied the democratization of thought, writing as if it were a dangerous concept. A century later, Aristotle, an advocate of democracy, argued the opposite, claiming that “Progress is worth nothing unless shared by all”. This humanist vision served as a compass for our conquest of the skies, and for the Paris Air Forum’s Scientific Council, it has inspired the title of this 2022 edition in the form of a manifesto: “Rekindle the magic of progress”.
Progress in aerospace tells the story of the great human adventure of modern times and embodies humanity’s oldest dream. It gave everyone on our planet the freedom to travel, to meet others in faraway places, and to develop an awareness of our common destiny. This dream, now a reality, has held an enduring sense of magic for humanity and it must continue to do so by helping to address the challenges that involve it today. What is the agenda for zero-carbon aviation? Can security restrictions and easy plane travel be compatible? Will funding meet the needs for recovery? When will the first moon base be created? Is Europe ready to defend itself?
In June, this international gathering of stakeholders from the third dimension will be a culminating moment, conveying the message of France’s European presidency. With 24 hours of debate on current events across the sector, the 2022 Paris Air Forum will, once again, bring together more than 250,000 participants to share the experience of live broadcasts, news in the making, the future as it unfolds, and ultimately to rekindle the magic of progress.
Program & speakers
Jean-Christophe TORTORA – President of LA TRIBUNE
Max ARMANET – President of the Scientific Committee of the Paris Air Forum and President of Forum Media
Augustin de ROMANET – Chairman and CEO of ADP Group
Thierry BRETON – European Commissioner for the Internal Market
Moderated by Philippe MABILLE, Editorial Director of La Tribune
Anne RIGAIL – Chief Executive Officer of Air France
Bruno BOUF – Vice President Aerospace and Defense of Capgemini
Damien CAZE – Director General of Civil Aviation
Moderated by Max ARMANET
Augustin DE ROMANET – Chairman and CEO of ADP Group and Chairman of Paris Europlace
Patrick POUYANNÉ – Chairman and CEO of TotalEnergies
Jean-Baptiste DJEBBARI – Former Minister of Transport of France
Moderated by Philippe MABILLE
Thomas FRIEDBERGER – Deputy Managing Director of Tikehau Investment Management
Armand DE MONTLIVAULT – Aeronautical Director of Tikehau Ace Capital
Bruno BERTHET – Chairman and CEO of Aresia
Moderated by Max ARMANET
Josef ASCHBACHER – Director General of the European Space Agency – ESA
André-Hubert ROUSSEL – Chairman and CEO of ArianeGroup
Hervé DERREY – Chairman and CEO of Thales Alenia Space
General Michel FRIEDLING – Commander of the French Air Force Space Command
Jean-Marc NASR – General Manager Space Systems, Airbus
Moderated by Peter DE SELDING
Sacha MANDEL – Founder of Lucy and Chairman and CEO of Majorelle
André SOULAGE – General Manager of SAFE CLUSTER
Sébastien BOUGON – President of Flying whales
Alain DI CRESCENZO – President of the French Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Patrick DAHER – Chairman of the Daher Group
Moderated by Max ARMANET
Eric BERANGER – Chairman and CEO of MBDA
Pierre Eric POMMELLET – Chairman and CEO of Naval Group
Nicolas CHAMUSSY – CEO of Nexter
Cédric PERRIN – Senator and Vice-Chairman of the Senate Foreign Affairs, Defense and Armed Forces Committee
Moderated by Helen Chachaty
Bernard BIRCHLER – Partner Bain & Company
Patrick DESTREMAU – Executive Vice-President and Managing Director Defense and Security, Inetum
Olivier PIEPSZ – President of PROMÉTHÉE NewSpace
Moderated by Max ARMANET
Ben SMITH – Chief Executive Officer Air France-KLM
Johan LUNDGREN – General Manager EasyJet
Olivier JANKOVEC – CEO ACI Europe
Marco SANSAVINI – CEO Vueling Airlines
Moderated by John STRICKLAND
Romaric REDON – Head Advisor on Artificial Intelligence technologies, Airbus
Ayedin MANZARI – Aeroline Zero Emission Program Manager, Sopra Steria
Benoit SPOLIDOR – Head of Artificial Intelligence, Sopra Steria
Moderated by Max ARMANET
Guillaume FAURY – Chairman and CEO of Airbus and Chairman of Gifas
Moderated by Michel CABIROL and Léo BARNIER
Arjan MEIJER – Chairman and CEO of Embraer Aviation Commerciale
Colin MAHONEY – President of Customer and Account Management, Collins Aerospace
Eric SCHULZ – President – Consultant – Advisor at SHZ Consulting
Mr Luc Tytgat – Strategy & Safety Management Director, EASA
Stéphane VIALA – Senior Vice President Engineering at ATR
Moderated by Thierry DUBOIS
Bob LANGE – Senior Vice President, Head of Airbus Business Analysis and Market Forecasts
Jean-François DOMINIAK – Chairman and CEO ASL Airlines France
Marie-Christine LOMBARD – Chairman of the Management Board of Geodis
Moderated by Léo BARNIER
Mauro SPONZA – Director of Aeronautical Activities, Michelin Group
Raphaël DANINO-PERRAUD – IFRI researcher
Orianne CHENAIN – Deputy Director of transport equipment, mechanics and energy at the DGE
Julien BURDEAU – Director of Transformation and Strategy, Aubert & Duval
Moderated by Léo BARNIER
Mathieu DAUBERT – Customer Director of the ADP Group
Sergio COLELLA – President of Sita Europe
Muriel ASSOULINE – General Manager French Bee
Talel KAMEL – Vice President of International Business Development, Customer and Account Management, Collins Aerospace
Moderated by Léo Barnier
Introduction by Héloïse CONTE – Secretary of ORAJe (Organisation des Rencontres Aéronautiques et de la Jeunesse)
Olivier CHANSOU – Director General of the National School of Civil Aviation
Thierry BARIL – Director of Human Resources at Airbus
Martin SION – President of Safran Electronics & Defense and of the Equipment Group (GEAD) of GIFAS
Xavier GONDAUD – President of Securitas Aviation Transport Security and of Sesa’s social commission
Moderated by Olivier JAMES
Thomas JUIN – President of the Union of French and Francophone Associated Airports
Alain BATTISTI – President of the Fédération Nationale de l’Aviation Marchande – Chairman and CEO of Chalair Aviation
Pascal de IZAGUIRRE – Chairman and CEO of Corsair
Nathalie STUBLER – Chairman and CEO of Transavia France
Marc ROCHET – CEO of Air Caraïbes
Moderated by Frédéric BENIADA
General Stéphane MILLE – Chief of Staff of the Air Force and Space
Admiral Pierre VANDIER – Chief of Staff of the Navy
Emmanuel CHIVA – Director of the Defense Innovation Agency at the Ministry of the Army
Moderated by Michel CABIROL
Joël BARRE – General Delegate for Armaments – General Directorate of Armaments
Bruno EVEN – Chairman and CEO of Airbus Helicopters
Christian CAMBON – Chairman of the Senate Foreign Affairs, Defense and Armed Forces Committee and Senator of Val-de-Marne
Eric TRAPPIER – Chief Executive Officer of Dassault Aviation
Moderated by Michel CABIROL
Patrice CAINE – Chairman and CEO of Thales
General Eric AUTELLET – Major General of the Army
Michael SCHOELLHORN – President of Airbus Defence and Space
Hubert VEDRINE – Former Minister of Foreign Affairs
Moderated by Daphné BENOIT
Willie WALSH – Director General of the International Air Transport Association (IATA)
Moderated by John STRICKLAND
Colonel Guillaume BOURDELOUX – Air Force Space Operations Commander
Colonel Pascal IANNI – Communication advisor and spokesman for the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces
Colonel Thierry BAUER – Head of the COMCYBER operations division
Moderated by Aude Leroy
Raphaël GAUVAIN – Member of Parliament for Saône-et-Loire
Sophie SCEMLA – Lawyer at the Paris and New York Bars, partner at Gide Loyrette Nouel
Nicolas RAVAILHE – Professor at the School of Economic Warfare
Emmanuel PITRON – Senior Vice-President, Head of Business Ethics at ADIT
Thierry CARLIER – Director of International Development at DGA
Moderated by Philippe MABILLE
Josef ASCHBACHER – Director General of the European Space Agency – ESA
Moderated by Stefan BARENSKY
Stéphane ISRAEL – Chairman and CEO of Arianespace
Eva BERNEKE – CEO of Eutelsat
Moderated by Stefan BARENSKY
Elodie VIAU – Director at ESA in charge of telecoms and the Moon Light program
Massimo Claudio COMPARINI – Chairman and CEO of Thales Alenia Space Italia and Deputy Chairman and CEO of Thales Alenia Space
Franck POIRRIER – Chairman and CEO of Sodern and representative of space equipment manufacturers at COSPACE
Yohann BALLOT – Business Development Manager of EREMS
Moderated by Stefan BARENSKY
Introduction by Ophélie TAN – President of ORAJe (Organisation des Rencontres Aéronautiques et de la Jeunesse)
Michel WACHENHEIM – President of the Air and Space Academy
Grégoire CARPENTIER – Co-founder of Aéro-Décarbo
Thibaud NORMAND – VP Climate at Safran
Justine COUTARD – Director of Orly Airport, ADP
Moderated by Olivier JAMES
Marwan LAHOUD – Executive Chairman of Tikehau Ace Capital
Jean-Louis THIERIOT – Member of Parliament for Seine-et-Marne
Antoine BOUVIER – Director of Strategy and Public Affairs, Airbus
Alexandre LAHOUSSE – Head of the Industrial Affairs and Economic Intelligence Department, DGA
Solenne LEPAGE – Deputy General Manager of the French Banking Federation
Moderated by Jean-Michel BEZAT
Jean-Luc MARIA – Chairman and CEO of Exotrail
Clément GALIC – Founder and CEO of Unseenlabs
Louis de GOUYON MATIGNON – Founder and CEO of Gamma
Jean-Baptiste PAING – Chief Engineer of the French Armament Directorate (architect of the “Command and Information Management” defense systems, connectivity, and space coordinator)
Géraldine NAJA – Director of marketing, industrialization and procurement at ESA
Moderated by Jean-Jacques DORDAIN
Raúl VERDU – Business Development Director of PLD Space
Adrià ARGEMI – Founder and CEO of Pangea Aerospace
Josef FLEISCHMANN – Chief Operating Officer of ISAR Aerospace
Daniel NEUENSCHWANDER – Director of Space Transportation at ESA
Yohann LEROY – Executive President of Maïa Space
Moderated by Peter DE SELDING
Founder and CEO of Pangea Aerospace
President of the National Federation of Merchant Aviation - Chairman and CEO Chalair Aviation
President of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of France
Head of the Industrial Affairs and Economic Intelligence Department, DGA
Chief of Naval Staff
Chairman and CEO of ArianeGroup
General Manager of SAFE CLUSTER
Chief Executive Officer of Air France
Director of Strategy and Public Affairs, Airbus
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Embraer Aviation Commerciale
Chairman and CEO of ADP GROUP
Aeroline Zero Emission Program Manager, Sopra Steria
Chief Executive Officer of Air France-KLM
Head of Artificial Intelligence, Sopra Steria
Partner Bain & Company
Senior Vice President, Head of Airbus Business Analysis and Market Forecasts
Chairman and CEO of Airbus Helicopters
Senator and Vice Chairman of the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defense and Armed Forces
Chairman of the Senate Foreign Affairs, Defense and Armed Forces Committee and Senator of Val-de-Marne
Founder and CEO of Unseenlabs
President of Customer and Account Management, Collins Aerospace
Air Force Space Operations Commander
Communication advisor and spokesman for the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces - Staff of the Armed Forces
Director General of Civil Aviation
ESA Space Transportation Director
Directeur général Groupe ADP
Director at ESA in charge of telecoms and the Moon Light program
Director of the Defense Innovation Agency at the Ministry of the Army
Senior Vice-President, Head of Business Ethics at ADIT
Chairman and CEO of MBDA
President - Consultant - Adviser at SHZ Consulting
Chairman and CEO of Dassault Aviation and President of the UIMM
Director General of Eutelsat
Chairman and CEO of Sodern and representative of space equipment manufacturers at COSPACE
Major General of the Armed Forces
Air and Space Force Space Commander
Chief of Staff of the Air Force and Space
Director of Marketing, Industrialization and Supply of ESA
Chairman and CEO of EREMS
Co-founder of Aéro-Décarbo
Chairman and CEO of Airbus and Chairman of Gifas
Secretary of ORAJe
Chairman and CEO of Thales Alenia Space
Former Minister of Foreign Affairs
Former Minister Delegate in charge of Transport
Chief Armaments Engineer at the Directorate General of Armaments (architect of "Command and Information Management" defense systems, connectivity, and space coordinator)
President of La Tribune
Chairman and CEO ASL Airlines France
Member of Parliament for Seine-et-Marne
President and CEO of Exotrail
General Manager Space Systems at Airbus
General Delegate for Armaments - Directorate General of Armaments
CEO EasyJet
Director General at European Space Agency - ESA
Director of Operations of ISAR Aerospace
Director of Transformation and Strategy, Aubert & Duval
Director of Orly Airport - ADP
Founder and CEO of Gamma
Chief Executive Officer of Air Caraïbes
Vueling Airlines Chairman and CEO
Chairman of the Management Board of Geodis
President of Safran Electronics & Defense and of the Equipment Group (GEAD) of GIFAS
Executive Chairman at Tikehau Ace Capital
Chairman and CEO of Thales Alenia Space Italia and Deputy Chairman and CEO of Thales Alenia Space
Chief Commercial Officer EXCOM Member Groupe ADP
Director of Aeronautical Activities, Michelin Group
Chairman of the Scientific Committee of the Paris Air Forum and Chairman of Forum Media
President of Airbus Defence and Space
President of the Air and Space Academy
General Manager French Bee
CEO of Nexter
Professor at the School of Economic Warfare
Director General of the National School of Civil Aviation
Managing Director ACI Europe
Founder and CEO of Prométhée
President of ORAJe
Chairman and CEO of Corsair
Chairman and CEO of Thales
Chairman of the Daher Group
Executive Vice President, Defense & Security General Manager, Inetum
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Total
Chairman and CEO of Naval Group
IFRI researcher
LREM Member of Parliament for Saône-et-Loire
Business Development Director of PLD Space
Head Advisor on Artificial Intelligence technologies, Airbus
Chief Technical Officer of Airbus
Founder of Lucy and Chairman and CEO of Majorelle
President of Flying whales
Sita Europe President
Deputy General Manager of the French Banking Federation
Lawyer at the Paris and New York Bars, partner at Gide Loyrette Nouel
CEO Arianespace
Senior Vice-President Engineering at ATR
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Transavia France
Vice President of International Business Development, Customer and Account Management, Collins Aerospace
VP Climate at Safran
Vice President Human Resources Airbus
European Commissioner for Internal Market
Director of International Development at the French Defence Procurement Agency (DGA)
Deputy Managing Director of Tikehau Investment Management
President of the Union of French and French-speaking Associated Airports
Director General at International Air Transport Association (IATA)
President of Securitas Aviation Transport Security and of the social commission of Sesa
Deputy General Manager Avionics and member of the Thales Executive Committee
Business Development Manager of Erems
Executive President of Maïa Space
BtoB meetings

On June 7th, meet the world’s aeronautics industry leaders through exclusive and programmed meetings at la Maison de la Mutualité in Paris.
By registering for the business meetings, you will also be granted access to the VIP area reserved for the event’s prestigious speakers and partners. An opportunity for informal networking over a coffee break not to be missed!
- You register for the event
After opening your participant area, fill in your profile and choose your participation package.
- You submit your meeting requests
When the catalogue is displayed, you selecta and request the people you wish to meet.
A predictive algorithm will suggest the participants that meet your needs: a considerable time saving.
- You validate the received requests
Each participant can submit a meeting request: you simply have to accept or decline their ones.
- You receive your meeting’s schedule
A few days before the event, you receive your optimised meeting schedule, including the meetings validated by both parties, as well as the conferences you wish to attend.
- On 7 June
You attend your programmed meetings and conferences and also meet participants casually.