Events at Flight Safety Foundation

Flight Safety Foundation hosts a series of prestigious events that unite aviation professionals, regulators, and industry leaders from across the globe. These events are dedicated to advancing global aviation safety by promoting collaboration, sharing best practices, and tackling critical safety challenges through expert-led discussions, hands-on workshops, and exclusive networking opportunities with key decision-makers. Each event serves as a dynamic platform for knowledge exchange and innovation, setting new benchmarks in safety standards across all sectors of the aviation industry.

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2026 events

79th annual International Aviation Safety Summit

NOVEMBER 10-12, 2026 | Montreal, Canada
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The three-day International Aviation Safety Summit (IASS) is the industry’s foremost safety event, attracting over 300 participants from over 50 countries. It serves as a global forum for exchanging critical insights and proposing new strategies to further reduce risks, continuously improving the world’s safest mode of transportation. The summit’s content is tailored to address a broad range of topics, including safety management, training, practical solutions, human factors, mental health, maintenance, engineering, and offshore operations. Held in major cities around the world, IASS fosters collaboration, tackles emerging safety challenges, and shares innovative solutions to enhance aviation safety on a global scale. The summit also features an exhibit marketplace, showcasing cutting-edge safety products and services, providing an ideal setting for networking and business connections.

Webinar | AI & Safety – Let’s Talk About People

OCTOBER 28, 2026 | → Registration NOW OPEN!

Rather than another discussion of what AI might do to people, the webinar will focus on what actually happens in practice. What can aviation learn from early implementations of AI in the industry — and from its use in other safety-critical domains with longer experience with AI? How does AI affect professional judgement, autonomy, expertise, skills, resilient performance, and the way work is actually done? How should these effects be observed and measured over time?

The discussion will explore how organisations can introduce AI with people rather than to them, while learning continuously, whether it is strengthening human capability and safety – or gradually eroding them.

Panelists:
Nadine Bienefeld | ETH Zurich
Jon Holbrook | NASA
Steven Shorrock | EUROCONTROL

Moderator:
Tzvetomir Blajev | Flight Safety Foundation

Webinar | Learning From All Operations: Moving from theory to practice

NOVEMBER 3, 2026 | → Registration NOW OPEN!

Routine operations offer valuable insights that can improve safety, efficiency, and organizational learning. By engaging frontline workers and understanding how everyday work gets done, organizations can learn from what goes right as well as what goes wrong. This panel will explore how aviation organizations are putting these ideas into practice, overcoming implementation challenges and using practical tools to build a culture of continuous improvement.

Panelists:
Jon Holbrook | Human Factors Discipline Deputy, NASA Engineering and Safety Center, NASA,
Adam Johns | Senior Vice -President, Aviation Operational Risk Consulting, Marsh Risk
Nikhil Mathen | Fleet Captain, Human Factors, IndiGo
Greg Scheidel | Southwest Airlines, Senior Safety Culture Program Manager

Moderator:
Kristy Kiernan, Ph.D., ATP, RPC | Associate Director, Boeing Center for Aviation and Aerospace Safety, Associate Professor, College of Aviation, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

SAVE THE DATE – 2027 events

72nd Business Aviation Safety Summit

April 20-21, 2027 | Tampa, Florida
Registration opens November 2026 → Sign up for updates

The Business Aviation Safety Summit (BASS) is a two-day premier event that brings together industry leaders, safety experts, and key decision-makers to advance safety practices in business aviation. Drawing over 300 participants, the summit offers a comprehensive agenda featuring expert panels, interactive workshops, and exceptional networking opportunities. A signature moment of the event is the presentation of the prestigious Business Aviation Meritorious Service Award, recognizing outstanding contributions to aviation safety. The summit also includes an exhibit marketplace, showcasing cutting-edge safety products and services, providing an ideal setting for networking and business connections.

Organized by Flight Safety Foundation in partnership with the National Business Aviation Association and NATA.

The African Aviation Safety & Operations Summit

MAY 2027 | Kenya
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The African Aviation Safety & Operations Summit is a crucial two-day event dedicated to elevating safety and operational standards across the continent’s aviation sector. Co-hosted by Flight Safety Foundation and AAFRA, the summit attracts approximately 200 participants, including regulators, airline executives, and aviation professionals. These gathering fosters meaningful dialogue and collaboration to tackle the unique challenges faced by African aviation, driving progress and innovation in the industry. The summit also features an exhibit marketplace, showcasing cutting-edge safety products and services, providing an ideal setting for networking and business connections.

Safety Forum

May 25-26, 2027 | Brussels, Belgium
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The Safety Forum is a two-day event held annually at EUROCONTROL headquarters in Brussels. Organized by Flight Safety Foundation in partnership with EUROCONTROL and the European Regions Airline Association, the Forum brings together aviation safety experts, regulators, and industry leaders to explore how cutting-edge technologies can improve decision-making and risk assessment in aviation operations. By facilitating collaboration among professionals from diverse sectors, the forum fosters the exchange of best practices and innovative solutions to address safety challenges and drive progress across the industry. The forum includes a select exhibition area, offering a curated display of cutting-edge safety products and services. This focused setting fosters meaningful networking and impactful business connections.

13th annual Networking & Awards Dinner

JUNE 15, 2027 | Washington, D.C
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The Flight Safety Foundation Annual Networking and Awards Dinner is a marquee event, drawing 200 aviation professionals, including safety experts, regulators, and industry executives, to foster connections and collaboration across the sector. The evening highlights and honors significant contributions to aviation safety, featuring the presentation of the prestigious Gloria Heath Trophy — named after a trailblazing leader in the Foundation’s early history — which recognizes a woman for outstanding achievements in civil aviation. Additionally, the Richard Crane Award recognizes an organization for its sustained corporate leadership through lasting contributions in the field of civil aviation, making the event a key moment of recognition and celebration within the industry.

5th annual Asia Pacific Summit for Aviation Safety

July 20-22, 2027 | Singapore
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The Asia Pacific Summit for Aviation Safety is a three-day event jointly organized by Flight Safety Foundation and the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore. The Summit brings together over 500 aviation safety professionals, regulators, operators, key decision-makers, and industry leaders to advance safety standards and share best practices across the region. Focused on addressing critical safety issues, the summit fosters collaboration and provides expert insights tailored to the unique challenges of aviation safety in the Asia Pacific. The event is designed for aviation professionals involved in flight operations, safety, and quality assurance, as well as those from civil aviation authorities (CAA), Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul organizations (MROs), fixed base operators (FBOs), manufacturers, service providers, educational institutions, airports, and air navigation service providers (ANSPs). This annual seminar serves as a key platform for sharing the latest developments, challenges, and initiatives aimed at elevating safety standards throughout the Asia Pacific aviation industry. The summit also features an exhibit marketplace, showcasing cutting-edge safety products and services, providing an ideal setting for networking and business connections.