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EVENT

Report

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE AEROCON 2020

was conducted by SAEINDIA in collaboration with SAE International
on Nov 5 & 6, 2020. Due to COVID-19, the event was held virtually and was well
attended by various aerospace professionals, practitioners, students, and faculty
across the globe.

The event was organized at
the backdrop of COVID-19
with the theme is aligned
to “Flying through
turbulence… Reimaging
Aerospace Industry”. The
entire conference was
structured focusing on two
business themes and two
technology themes. Each
of the themes consists of a
keynote speech and a panel
discussion. These include

1. Business Themes
• Reimaging Aerospace
Industry in Post-COVID
Era.
• Challenges and
Opportunities for
Safe and Sustainable
Operations.
2. Technology Themes

• Technology Landscape
in Post-COVID Era.

• Disruptive technologies
in Aerospace and by over 11 distinguished and eminent industry and
Aviation.
academic experts gave insights into how the aerospace
Many eminent speakers and panelists across the industry is re-imagining itself and the various challenges
aerospace ecosystem from OEM, Suppliers, Airlines, and opportunities for safe operations. In Day-2, there
MROs, Regulators, Start-ups, Technology Providers were 4 keynote addresses, and two panel discussions
to Academicians have presented their perspective by 10 distinguished and eminent industry and academic
on current challenges of the aerospace industry, experts.
opportunities in present and post-COVID Era. Over
600 delegates attended the event. The inaugural The aerospace industry had faced many challenges in
function had Guest of Honour speeches by Dr. Prith the past. The aerospace industry had overcome the
Banerjee, CTO, Ansys, and Dr. V. Sumantran Chairman, challenges associated with safety during the early years
Celeris Technologies. The subsequent panel discussions of its inception. Post-9/11 crisis, security had become

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