Date/Time

5/7/2024 - 5/10/2024
8:00:00 - 21:00:00 MEA

Event Registration

Event Description

Dear friends, at the European Chapter we are warming up the engines to launch the 2024 SFTE EC Symposium. This year we're heading to Vienna (Austria) to have a two-days conference followed by the traditional Technical Tour. This year, Diamond Aircraft have made themselves available for a visit to their facilities. Accompanying partners and children will have a dedicated programme.

Location

Setting: In-Person
Renaissance Wien Hotel
Linke Wienzeile/Ullmannstrasse 71
Vienna, 1150
AUSTRIA

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Contact Person

SFTE EC Secretariat
(phone: +33635097109)

Details

Symposium schedule

Day 0 – 7 May 2024, Renaissance Wien Hotel
Registration Opening (1700-2100) at Foyer, Cocktail Reception (1900-2000) Wunderkammer restaurant

Day 1 – 8 May 2024, Renaissance Wien Hotel, Room Paris

0800-1200	Registration Desk open	Conference Foyer
Symposium Opening
0900-0915	Meeting opening Welcoming remarks	Paul Koks	SFTE EC
0915-1000	Keynote	Sören Pedersen Andrei Moise	Diamond Aircraft
Coffee Break – Foyer Paris
Session 1 – Risk Management and Flight Test Safety
1030-1100	Advancing the Management of Complex Risk in Flight Test	Ben Luther	Nova Systems
1100-1130	An assessment of STPA as applied to the scaled Flight demonstrator test program	Julian MacCafferty Ryan Bumgardner	NLR / USAF
1130-1200	Testing Like It’s 1959 – A Tragic Tale for our Future.	Kevin Switick	Sapphire/Avian
Buffet Lunch – Wunderkammer restaurant
Session 2 – Test campaign status and updates - part 1
1300-1330	Testing reduced and drone flight inspection for glideslope	Jaap Heijstek Ivo Wilmes	NLR
1330-1400	Testing for runway friction, a slippery business	Gerard van Es	NLR
1400-1430	Flight test campaign of recoverable light stratospheric balloons	Graciano Martinez Fuente Jose Ribelles Fayos Jesus Javier Fernandez Orio	INTA
Coffee Break – Foyer Paris
Session 3 – Test Methods
1500-1530	Flight test methods for unmanned aircraft - employment of surrogates and testbed aircraft	Brian Karlow	US Navy
1530-1600	Capability driven validation of technical systems	Fredrik Hedby	SAAB
1600-1630	Flight Test Engineering methodologies at ISAE SUPAERO Toulouse France	Jitendra Singh	ISAE Supaero
Technical Session Closing – Day 1
Campfire Session, 8 May 2023, 1930 – Room Strasbourg The session will be animated by Sjoerd POSTMA, former FOKKER Chief Pilot

Day 2 – 9 May 2024, Renaissance Wien Hotel, Room Paris

0800-0900	Registration Desk open	Conference Foyer
Session 4 – Test Campaign Status and Updates - part 2
0900-0930	Can you hear that? Interior noise troubleshooting	Ferran Pelaez Mercadal	Airbus
0930-1000	Testing a novel Human External Cargo (HEC) hook provision for the Airbus H125	Manuela Battipede Andrea Trinchera Matteo Vazzola	Politecnico di Torino
1000-1030	EnabEl eKub, First flight to mature aircraft, lessons learned, and what next.	Guy Gratton	Cranfield University
Coffee Break – Foyer Paris
Session 5 – Enable the Future
1100-1130	Safety of LH2 ground testing: LH2 fueled 1MW class Fuel Cell Powertrain	Manfredo Martinino Michele Genoni	Universal Hydrogen
1130-1200	What do pilots who fly commercial transport aircraft think might be useful in the next generation of flight decks?	Mirjana Fritsche	independent
1200-1230	Creation of a new Flight Test Engineers Course	Guy Gratton Steven Daniels	Cranfield University
Buffet Lunch – Wunderkammer restaurant
Session 6 – Test management and principles
1330-1400	Applying Leonardo da Vinci's principles to Flight test	Jeff Canclini	SFTE
1400-1430	Flight test planning analysis: testing sorties for an electric series hybrid aircraft belonging to CS25 segment	Alessandro Ramazzotti	SFTE EC
1430-1500	SFTE - Society briefing	Jen Uchida	SFTE International
Technical Session Closing – Day 2
Coffee Break – Foyer Paris
Annual Business Meeting
1530-1630	Best Paper Award SFTE EC Business Meeting		SFTE EC
Symposium Dinner, 9 May 2023, 1930 – Room Strasbourg Dinner will host a speech by Heino Brditschka, designer and pilot of MB-E1, First Electric Powered Aircraft to fly

Day 3 – 10 May 2024, Technical Tour Diamond Aircraft Industries

0830-0900	Transportation to Diamond Aircraft Industries
0900-1600	Technical Tour and lunch	Wiener Neustadt
aprox. 1600	Return by bus to Renaissance Hotel
End of the activities