DAY 2 – TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018

Aviation Youth Event ‐ Military Technical Academy

Welcome Remarks
 Dr. Fang LIU; Secretary General, ICAO
09:00 – 09:30
 Head of the Romanian Military Technical Academy
 Mihnea COSTOIU, Rector, Politechnical Institute of Romania (TBC)
Building a National Next Generation of Aviation Professionals (NGAP) Strategy
This session will explore how Romania should develop a national NGAP strategy by discussing the
coordination and collaboration required between government, education, labor and industry to engage
and retain the next generation of aviation professionals.

Moderator: Catalin Radu, Deputy Director, Aviation Safety, NGAP Global Coordinator,
09:30 – 10:30 ICAO
 Ministry of Transportation
 Ministry of Education
 Chair of the Strategy and Planning Working Group
 Industry (Air Carrier, Airport, ANSP)
 Academia
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break
Cybersecurity and the Next Generation of Aviation Professionals
This interactive session will provide Students an opportunity to gain first hand information from Policy
Makers and Technical Experts in the field of cybersecurity. It will serve as a platform to exchange views
and information on the requirement of the air transport sector to attract and retain the right profile of
next generation of aviation professionals.

Moderator: Farid ZIZI, Senior Advisor, Civil aviation technical center, DGAC, France
11:00 – 12:00
 Poppy KHOZA, Director General, South African Civil Aviation Authority (TBC)
 Ron ABEL, President, IFALPA (TBC)
 Nico VOORBACH, Director, ICAO Affairs, CANSO (TBC)
 Ziad Mohammed ALABBOUD, Information Security Manager, GACA,
Saudi Arabia (TBC)
 Professor of Cybernautics, Romania
 Student (Romania)
12:00‐13:30 Return to Palace and Lunch

As of 17 April 2018