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The 5^th International Aviation Management Conference 18 – 19^thNovember 2024

Conference Programme

Day 1 - Monday 18 November 2024

Venue	Auditorium
08:30-09:00	Delegate Arrival & Registration
Moderator	Shereen Afana, Senior Registrar, Emirates Aviation University, UAE
09:00-09:05	Official Conference Inauguration by His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al-Maktoum, Chairman and Chief Executive for Emirates Airline & Group
09:05-09:10	Opening Address by Prof. Dr. Ahmad Al Ali, Vice Chancellor – Emirates Aviation University
Keynote Speakers
Venue	Auditorium
Moderator	Shereen Afana, Senior Registrar, Emirates Aviation University, UAE
09:10-09:30	Colonel Engineer Marwan Mohammad Singel – Director of Dubai Civil Aviation Security Center, Dubai Police The impact of quality control on aviation security sustainability
09:30-09:50	Oliver Grohmann- Executive Vice President Human Resources - Emirates Group Aviation Trends: Advancements, Regulations, and Sustainability from Emirates Human Resources Perspective
09:50-10:10	Mohamed Abubaker Farea - ICAO Middle East Regional Director Aviation Trends: Advancements, Regulations, and Sustainability from ICAO Perspective
10:10-10:30	Steve Allen - Chief Executive Officer – dnata Aviation Trends: Advancements, Regulations, and Sustainability from dnata Perspective
10:30-10:50	Breakfast
Venue	Auditorium
Moderator	Shereen Afana, Senior Registrar, Emirates Aviation University, UAE
10:50-11:10	Kashif Khalid- Regional Director, OSS Africa and the Middle East, IATA Aviation Trends: Advancements, Regulations, and Sustainability from IATA Perspective
11:10-11:30	John Walker - Vice President Base Maintenance – The Emirates Group Aviation Trends: Advancements, Regulations, and Sustainability from Emirates Group Engineering Perspective
11:30-11:50	Kieran Dowd- Emirates Flight Catering Vice President of Sourcing Solutions and the General Manager of Bustanica Aviation Trends: Advancements, Regulations, and Sustainability from Emirates Bustanica Perspective
11:50-12:10	Prof. Bijan Vasigh- Professor of Economics and Finance at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University *The Rise of Drones and Their Market Potential*
12:10-12:20	Break
Venue	Auditorium
Moderator	Dorian Notman, Senior Lecturer, RMIT University, Australia
12:20-12:40	Prof. Paul D. Williams- Professor of Atmospheric Science - University of Reading, UK Turbulence Ahead: Air Travel in a Warmer World
12:40-13:00	Prof. Anil Padhra - Senior Researcher - University of Cambridge, UK The climate impact of aircraft condensation trails (Contrails)
13:00-14:00	Lunch
Author Presentations
Venue	Auditorium	Seminar Room	Library- PhD Lab 1
Session Title	Corporate Responsibility in Aviation	Workforce and Industry Dynamics	AI Innovations for Sustainable Aviation
Session Chair	Sven Maertens, Research Associate, German Aerospace Center, Germany	Kaitano Dube, Professor, Vaal University of Technology, South Africa	Hossein Zare-Behtash, Associate Professor, University of Southampton, UK
14:00-14:20	Influence of an Airline's Corporate Social Responsibility on Passengers' Airline Choices *Natalie Porter, Kim Dirks, Priyanka Dhopade*	The System of Quick Advance Payments for Air Passengers *Agnieszka Fortońska*	Advanced Air Mobility: Regulatory Trends, Societal Implications and Relations with Manned Air Transport Andrea Trimarchi *Andrea Trimarchi*
14:20-14:40	An Examination of Airlines’ Environmental and Social Disclosure: Does Board Gender Diversity Count? *Enoch Opare Mintah, Mahmoud Elmarzouky*	Are Older Employees the Most Satisfied in the Workplace? A Meta-Analysis Case Study Focused on Aviation Industry *Ahlam Mohammed, Omar Chafic*	Artificial Intelligence for Optimal Departure Time Recommendations in Sustainable Flight Operations *Deepudev Sahadevan, Hannah Al Ali, Dorian Notman, Hossein Zare-Behtash, Zindoga Mukandavire*
14:40-14:50	Break(Session Continues)
14:50-15:10	Evaluating Airport Operators Performance: An Asset Management Assessment Framework *Dimitrios Dimitriou*	A Review of Main Causes of Aircraft Runway Excursion: A Case Study of Seven Aviation Markets Across the World *Aliyu Mohammed Tata, Chuba Henry Okeke, Liman Blessing, Usman Mohammed Sani*	Revolutionizing Airline Catering with AI: Harnessing Deep Learning and Cloud Technology for Accurate Food Waste Quantification and Sustainable Solutions *Khayyam Sikander, Rukshanda Kamran, Zainab Rasheed, Mostafa Kamil*
15:10-15:30		Revenge Tourism Post-COVID-19: Analysing the Surge and Its Implications for the Travel Industry *Nidhi Chaturvedi, Ronak J. Lad*	Improving Transportation Safety: A Bayesian Network Approach for Road Traffic and Aviation Risk Analysis *Elham Tolouei, Zindoga Mukandavire, Valentine Osegbo, Tabassom Sedighi, Alireza Daneshkhah*
19:00-22:00	Gala Dinner: Jumeirah Creekside Hotel

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Day 2 - Tuesday 19 November 2024

Authors’ Presentations
08:00-08:30	Arrival
Venue	Auditorium
Session Title	Sustainability in Aviation Operations
Session Chair	Elmar M. Giemulla, Professor, Technical University Berlin, Germany
08:30 – 08:50	Optimizing a sustainable aviation ecosystem with green hydrogen: An essential overview *Soha Lupescu*
08:50 - 09:10	Mapping Aircraft Turbulence in South African Airspace: A Climate Perspective *Kaitano Dube*
09:10 - 09:30	Cost and Sustainability Comparison of Airship vs. Long-Haul Trucking for Cold Chain Vegetable Logistics in Europe *Carlo Giovanni Ferro, Laura Leopoldo, Paolo Maggiore*
09:30- 10:00	Breakfast(Networking)
Venue	Auditorium	Seminar Room	Library-PhD Lab 1
Session Title	Operational Resilience with Emerging Technologies	Weather, Materials and Reliability	Optimising Airline Operations
Session Chair	Wolfgang Grimme, Business Economist, German Aerospace Center, Germany	Hossein Zare-Behtash, Associate Professor, University of Southampton, UK	Dorian Notman, Senior Lecturer, RMIT University, Australia
10:00-10:20	Emerging Technologies in Focus: The Impact of AI and IoT on Operational Resilience in the Air Transport Industry *Serafeim Tsiakalos, Hayat El Asri*	Fog and Global Aviation: The State of Knowledge Evolution *Nthabiseng Letsatsi, Kaitano Dube, Kevin Mearns*	Airline Practice of Short Turnaround Times and Pilot Fatigue *Oliver Stuart Hart, Viktoriia Ivannikova*
10:20-10:40	Enhancing Flight Delay Predictions with CNN-Random Forest Algorithm *Blessy Trencia Lincy. S. S., Marwah Jalal Akbar Jumah Alblooshi, Sunday Moses Benjamin, Alireza Daneshkhah*	Analysis of Advanced Super Alloys Materials in Jet Engine High Pressure Turbine Blade and Thickness Optimization for Thermal Barrier Coating Rashed Hussein, Hicham Machmouchi, Walid Abou-Hweij	Airline Pilots' Perception of Mixed Fleet Flying and Its Influence on Mitigating Manual Flying Skills Erosion *Ahmad Oshaibat, Zara Canbary*
10:40-11:00	Single Pilot Operations: A Battle for the Public’s Hearts and Minds *Sebastian Hall*	The Factors Which Impact Reliability of Aircraft Operations Fares Alhamamdi, Sheharyar Malik, Abdulla Alaleeli, Ali Yousef, Mohammed Alhosani	Analysing air traffic dynamics in North America: A study of delay impacts and strategies to maintain schedule resilience *KPD Frank Perera, Kazushi Sano, and WM Nalaka Bandara Abeyrathne*
11:00-11:10	Break
Venue	Auditorium	Seminar Room
Session Title	Aviation Regulations and Liability	Risks in Autonomous Aviation Systems
Session Chair	Mohamed Torbati, Associate Professor, University of Southampton, UK.	Anil Padhra, Senior Researcher, University of Cambridge, UK
11:10- 11:30	The Brussels Effect of the Recent Amendments to the European Union Emissions Trading System for Aviation *Garry Gumelar Pratama*	Design of Rapid Response Unmanned Aerial System for Cardiac Arrest Victims Rescue *Bartłomiej Dziewoński, Krzysztof Kaliszuk, Artur Kierzkowsk*
11:30- 11:50	International Air Carrier Liability: Two Decades of Montreal Convention *Anselm M. Giemulla*	Pilot Shortage Problem-Solving with Extended Minimum Crew Operation *Khalid Binsultan, Attila Sipos*
11:50- 12:10	Revised Pilot Training Requirements in Advanced Air Mobility Space: An Exploratory Study *Fahad ibne Masood, Meer Ali Buksh*	Risk Dynamics: Unveiling Autonomous Drone Collision Risks Through Simulated Skies of the Future *Rudolfs Rumba, Maris Galauskis, Agris Nikitenko*
12:10-12:20	Break
Venue	Auditorium	Seminar Room
Session Title	Sustainable Airport Management	Leadership and Training in Aviation
Session Chair	Sven Maertens, Research Associate, German Aerospace Center, Germany	Attila Sipos, Senior Researcher, Ludovika University of Public Service, Hungary
12:20 – 12:40	Airport Comprehensiveness Management Towards Sustainability: A Multidimensional Assessment Framework *Maria Sartzetaki, Aristi Karagkouni, Dimitrios Dimitriou*	Leadership in Airline Companies: A Comparative Analysis During and After COVID-19 Pandemic *Evangelia Pantelaki, Andreas Papatheodorou*
12:40 – 13:00	Differentiation Strategy and Financial Performance in Flight Training Organizations *Sevda Ahmadian*	An Evidence-Based Framework for Customizing Flight Training Scenarios *Gerasimos Kontos, Oliver Lehmann*
13:00-14:00	Lunch
Venue	Auditorium
Session Title	Enhancing Connectivity and Security
Session Chair	Dorian Notman, Senior Lecturer, RMIT University, Australia
14:00- 14:20	Segment Versus OD Traffic: The Development of Passenger Flows Between Europe and the UAE and Potentials for New Direct Flights *Sven Maertens, Wolfgang Grimme*
14:20- 14:40	Enhancing Aviation Security: Impact of Employee Engagement on Reducing Human Factor Errors *Ahmad Alsuwaidi, Shamma Almheiri, Yahya Almansoori, Wajd Almarri*
Venue	Auditorium
Moderator	Shereen Afana, Senior Registrar, Emirates Aviation University, UAE
14:40-15:00	Closing Session: Prof. Dr. Ahmad Al Ali, Vice Chancellor – Emirates Aviation University

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