AVIATION FORUM 2026
AVIATION FORUM 2026
DAY 1
Wednesday, February 4th
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM (1 hour)
Hotel Lobby Lounge
REGISTRATION
10:30 AM - 10:45 AM (15 minutes)
Hotel Main Hall
WELCOME ADDRESS
TARCAN ERISEN / CEO Price Forbes Aviation & Space
JOHN THOMPSON / CEO Price Forbes Specialty
10:45 AM - 11:25 AM (40 minutes)
Hotel Main Hall
CONFERENCE 1
THE POWER OF AI, HOW PREPARED ARE WE?
SALMA ABBASI / Professor, PhD, FRGS, FCMI, FRSA Founder, Chairperson an CEO eWorldwide Group
11:25 AM - 12:00 PM (35 minutes)
Hotel Main Hall
CONFERENCE 2
THE STORY OF INTERCARIBBEAN AIRWAYS
LYNDON GARDINER /Chairman and Founder, interCaribbean Airways
12:00 PM - 12:35 PM (35 minutes)
Hotel Main Hall
CONFERENCE 3
AIR TURBULANCE & CLIMATE CHANGE. HOW BAD CAN IT GET?
PAUL WILLIAMS / Professor of Atmospheric Science at the University of Reading
BUFFET LUNCH
(12:35 PM - 2:00 PM)
2:00 PM - 2:35 PM (35 minutes)
Hotel Main Hall
CONFERENCE 4
AVIATION OUTLOOK IN LATIN AMERICA
ARTURO BARREIRA / President Airbus Latin America and Caribbean
2:35 PM - 3:50 PM (1 hour 15 minutes)
Hotel Main Hall
PANEL 1
WOMEN IN AVIATION
Moderator:
CLAUDIA ZAPATA-CARDONE / President of Latino Professionals in Aerospace (LPA) / Captain A320
Panelist:
DANIELA BERNATE / ABRA
NALINI LALLA / (prev Caribbean Airlines)
KIMBERLY PERKINS / PhD University of Washington
FERNANDA STRACHINO / Starr Consulting Services
NETWORKING BREAK
(3:50 PM - 4:20 PM)
4:20 PM - 5:10 PM (50 minutes)
Hotel Main Hall
CONFERENCE 5
HUMAN FACTORS REIMAGINED "AT THE CENTRE OF AVIATION´S COMPLEX SYSTEMS, ARE PEOPLE"
KIMBERLY PERKINS / PhD / Boeing 787 Airline Pilot / Research Scientist at the University of Washington
5:10 PM - 5:30 PM (20 minutes)
Hotel Main Hall
CHILDREN CHANGE COLOMBIA
PREVENTING SEXUAL AND GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE
SIRA STOEHRAMNN / Programmes Coordinator
NETWORKING
(5:30 PM - 5:45 PM)
5:45 PM - 7:00 PM (1 hour 15 minutes)
Hotel Lobby Lounge
NETWORKING DRINKS
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM (2 hours)
Hotel Circo Restaurant
DINNER
Note: This schedule is subject to change before the event.