Taking Flight - SATE Conference

About SATE

The Sustainable Aviation Test Environment (SATE), part of the UKRI Future Flight Challenge, is the UK's first operationally based low-carbon aviation test centre based at Kirkwall Airport on Orkney.

SATE brings together an international consortium of industry partners, public sector bodies and academia which work with a range of regional businesses and stakeholders to apply state-of-the-art aviation technology to deliver targeted economic growth.

The Highlands and Islands represents an ideal "living laboratory" for emergent aviation technologies, demonstrating their practical applications in addressing connectivity challenges, as well as creating an emerging new sector with significant job creation potential. SATE is at the forefront in progressing both the UK and Scottish government's aviation aspirations and has already delivered new airport infrastructure and demonstrated hybrid-electric aircraft and autonomous logistics.

Taking Flight Conference

The SATE conference will bring together stakeholders from across the sustainable aviation industry to deliver a programme that will feature:

• Highlights of SATE and progress to implement sustainable regional aviation across the Highlands & Islands
• The future of sustainable regional aviation and the socio-economic impact
• The ‘airmap’ to 2040 – the challenges and opportunities in net zero aviation for the region and beyond
• Networking opportunities with a chance to collaborate with key members of the sustainable aviation industry

Timings and venue

Time: Registration and networking from 9am, event starting at 10am. The event will close at 5pm and there will be a networking opportunity with refreshments and canapes thereafter.

Venue: Kingsmill Hotel, Inverness, IV2 3LP. You can find all venue information here: https://www.kingsmillshotel.com/

We will be running four afternoon workshops, two simultaneously, so you will be asked to choose when registering.

Programme

Registration

Welcome from David Holden, HITRANS and introduction to SATE, Jayne Golding, SATE Manager

Rob Datson, Chief Flight Operations Officer, Windracers - technical advances and commercial capability of Sustainable Aviation

“In conversation with…” chaired by David Holden and panelists:

o Ranald Robertson, Director, HITRANS

o Neil Kermode, Managing Director, EMEC

o Jenny Kavanagh, Chief Strategy Officer, Cranfield Aerospace

o Andy Smith, Head of Sustainability Strategy, Loganair

o Vicki Murdie, Future Flight Challenge Innovation Lead, UKRI

BREAK

Iain Coutts, Aviation & Mobility Consultant, Arcadis - “Knowledge share from US strategy work on advanced air mobility”

Neil MacRae, Partnership Manager, HITRANS – regional transport strategy

LUNCH

Workshops 1 (Passengers) + 2 (Freight)

BREAK

Workshops 3 (Tourism) + 4 (Airspace)

Airmap to 2040: Challenges & Opportunities in Net Zero Aviation

•Andrew Chadwick, Ecosystem Director, Air Mobility and Airports, Connected Places Catapult - A national perspective

•Lukas Princ, Business Manager, SATE - Summary of workshops and a local perspective from Orkney

Ranald Robertson, closing remarks

Networking, drinks and canapes