CONFERENCE AND WORKSHOP PROGRAM

InvestinItaly, an initiative based on a cooperation between the public Italian agencies: Italian Trade Agency and Invitalia, promotes business opportunities in Italy and helps foreign investors, through a portfolio of services, to establish or expand their business in the country. 

The Italian aerospace and defence & security industry ranks 7th in the world and 4th in Europe and represents the largest manufacturing sector in Italy in the field of high-tech integrated systems. Thanks to the quality of R&D and human resources, the large availability of suppliers, the presence of aerospace technological district and clusters, Italy represents the perfect location for aerospace companies. Moreover, incentives are provided by national and regional policies to support investments. 

The Society of Japanese Aerospace Companies (SJAC) is the sole public entity representing the interests of the Japanese aerospace industry.

Taking this opportunity, I will explain profiles for Japanese Aerospace Industry to you.

My presentation consists of Starting Point between French and Japanese Aerospace Industry, General Views of Japanese Aerospace Industries, Support activities for SMEs and cooperation with French Industry.

We will address COMAC market development status, along with a short overview of the global and Chinese air transport market in regard to the COVID-19 impacts. We will also share with the latest updates from our three aircraft programs, including production and continuous improvement for ARJ21 program, flight test campaign for C919 program, milestones for CR929 program.

Located in the French-speaking part of Belgium, Wallonia has its dedicated cluster related to Aerospace : “Skywin”.

Skywin gathers a group of Companies, Training Centers and Research Units engaged in public and private partnership (PPP’s) and building synergies around common and innovative projects.

The Wallonia region is home to 70% of Belgium’s Aerospace Industry, which supplies 5% of the Airbus range’s structure and equipment, as well as providing parts and services for Boeing, Bombardier and Embraer.

Brno is the metropolis of the South Moravian Region. This young and dynamic city located near three capitals – Prague, Vienna and Bratislava - is one of the most progressive innovation centres in Central Europe.  Brno has a strong tradition in mechanical and electrical engineering. In the field of electron microscopy it is among the best in the world. The aerospace industry is also increasingly important for the region. Even if there are only a few companies in #brnoregion dealing in the aircraft industry and astronautics, the potential for growth is clear. Brno universities and science and research centres are also intensively involved in this sector and are able to establish cooperation with companies.  The importance of popularization in this field is fully recognized in #brnoregion. There are regularly held events such as Brno Space Days, hackathons for secondary school students etc.

The presentation aims to acquaint the participants with the contemporary state of the aerospace industry in the Czech Republic and the related cooperation opportunities that emerge. The presentation will be given by a sector specialist of the Business and Investment Development Agency (Czechinvest), state agency that within its services also serves as a national point of contact for foreign entities interested in the Czech aerospace and defense sector. The presentation will provide the comprehensive overview of the industry, ranging from the key players, primary areas of specialization, R&D capacities to support programs, plans and projects or investment success stories. 

Since its creation in 2011, BoostAeroSpace (an Airbus, Dassault Aviation, Safran and Thales

company) plays a leading role in collaboration, security and harmonization of data exchange for the European Aerospace sector. With current crisis strongly impacting our industry, BoostAeroSpace team and its partners, is working on digital initiatives to contribute to industrial sector recovery while improving its efficiency. What is this project? How can you benefit from it and ask for support in this context? How can your company be part of a long-term approach combining efficiency, trust and cooperation between actors of a same industry? These are the questions Patrick Fanget, President of BoostAeroSpace, will answer during his conference.

Three years ago, Latécoère began the development of a new concept of aircraft door in order to equip future programs. The ASGARD research project was born and set itself ambitious objectives: time to market, maximized value addition and cost reduction. All of this driven by one question in mind: how to innovate on an already mature aerostructure?

Latécoère has lead this project from two sides: first of all, we approached the topic with a functional approach of the “Access to the Aircraft Cabin” system, making it possible to grasp issues with maximum creativity, and not through a product approach which could have led to doing “as before”. Then we implemented a new framework, commonly known as "agile methods" and so far applied more commonly to IT projects.

Convinced by its strengths and having made their R&T team adhere to this new mode of operation - in self-management and without formal hierarchy -, Marie Heurtel and Patrick Vergnot will share with you their experience on the application of agile methods on industrial product innovation.

The ongoing Covid-19 pandemic has impacted almost every industry in the world and the aerospace industry is considered to be in the eye of the storm. Malaysia being second-largest aerospace market in Southeast Asia, strategically located in the heart of ASEAN, with its well-developed infrastructure, stable economy and sound policies is weathering the storm ably. It is anticipated that recovery post Covid-19  will be swift and Malaysia would be able to reposition itself to be more competitive as it has all the necessary ingredients to be an important player in the international market, and become the leading aerospace nation in the region. In this regard, the presentation would be updating the audience on the current aerospace ecosystem in Malaysia and how Malaysia fits into the global supply chain; the opportunities that are present for French businesses, varies facilitation's offered by MIDA, updates on government policies and many other details to showcase why Malaysia is the ideal location to position the next Aerospace project.

You've heard about Industry 4.0, but what is it really about?

Is it for us? Should we start now before being overtaken by competitors? How do we start this journey?

We will explain in this presentation what are the immediate benefits, how to initiate your 4.0 transition and what initial investment is needed (resource and financial) and within what timeframe.

The presentation will be illustrated with a live demo of our individual process digitisation solution.