ROLF HENKE

WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? FUTURE PERSPECTIVES IN ROTORCRAFT RESEARCH

Executive Board Member for Aeronautics Research at DLR, and
President of DGLR

Rolf Henke joined the DLR Executive Board in 2010 and is responsible for Aeronautics research. Before that he was head of the Institute of Aerospace Technology (ILR) at RWTH Aachen after he had worked at Airbus for over 20 years. He was involved in the drafting of “Flightpath 2050”, the European vision for aviation. In his keynote address he will talk about the future research goals for rotorcraft addressed in Flightpath 2050 and what challenges have to be still overcome to reach these goals.

Tuesday, 1 September 2015, 9:30

VOLKER THUM

THE FASCINATION OF HELICOPTERS AND THEIR VITAL IMPORTANCE TOCIVIL AND MILITARY AEROSPACE INDUSTRIES

Managing Director BDLI

Volker Thum joined AIRBUS in 1991. He took over different assignments in the areas of Manufacturing, finance and procurement in Germany as well in France. Before taking over his current position as Managing Director of BDLI, he was Head of Airbus Bremen plant.

In his keynote address he will talk about the facination of helicopters and their vital importance to civil and military areospace industries.

Tuesday, 1 September 2015, 10:00

THOMAS HELBIG

FEDERAL POLICE AIR SUPPORT GROUP: OPERATIONAL REALITY AND FUTURE REQUIREMENTS

Assistant Chief Constable
Head Federal Police Air Support Group Sankt Augustin

Thomas Helbig has more than 30 years of experience in Federal Police Air Support in Germany – in administration and as a pilot. Since 2009 he is Head of the Federal Police Air Support Group in Sankt Augustin. In his keynote address he will give us an insight into the operational reality and future requirements in his very special field of work.

Tuesday, 1 September 2015, 11:00

JEAN-BRICE DUMONT

INDUSTRIAL ANSWERS TO CHANGING CONSTRAINTS

Executive Vice President, Engineering, AIRBUS HELICOPTERS

Jean-Brice DUMONT was appointed Executive Vice President - Engineering for EUROCOPTER group in June 2012, now AIRBUS HELICOPTERS.  In his role, he is in charge of defining the long-term R&D strategy in line with the company’s product policy. He ensures the on-time implementation in Engineering of the company’s development plans and the successful industrialization of new products.

A graduate of Polytechnique and Sup’Aero Engineering Schools, Jean-Brice DUMONT started his career in 1996 as flight test engineer, managing the Tiger test program. He spent 8 years in the French MOD/DGA.

Between 2008 and 2012, he was EUROCOPTER Chief Engineer of the NH90 helicopter program and technical director of NHIndustries. From 2004 to 2008, he led Oman and NAHEMA NH90 variants as development project manager. Jean-Brice DUMONT was also head of the SUPER PUMA program, before becoming Executive Vice President.

Tuesday, 1 September 2015, 11:30

MANFRED HAJEK

EDUCATION FOR ROTORCRAFT ENGINEERS – IS THERE A NEED FOR CHANGE?

Head of Institute of Helicopter Technology, Technische Universität München

Manfred Hajek has studied Mechanical Engineering with a focus on Aerospace Sciences at TUM where he received his PhD. He began his career in MBB Helicopters - later Eurocopter – in structural dynamics, later in pre-design. From 1998 to 2006, he was Engineering Director for Eurocopter Deutschland. During this period, various first flights and type certifications were achieved. In 2010 he established the Institute of Helicopter Technology at TUM where he teaches “everything a good helicopter engineer needs”. Key research areas of the institutes are rotor aerodynamics and dynamics, pilot assistance, rotorcraft design and flight safety.

Wednesday, 2 September 2015, 11:00

MICHEL MASSON

TECHNOLOGIES THAT CAN SAVE THE DAY. A STUDY BY THE EUROPEAN HELICOPTER SAFETY TEAM (EHEST) - Part 1

Safety Promotion Coordinator
EHEST Secretary
European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA)

Michel Masson is the Secretary of the European Helicopter Safety Team (EHEST) and of the European Strategic Safety Initiative (ESSI). He also co-chaired the European Helicopter Safety Analysis Team (EHSAT) until 2014 and contributed to various EHEST material including analysis reports, leaflets and toolkits. His plenary presentation is shared with Jos Stevens, NLR.

In his presentation he will introduce EHEST and it‘s various fields of work.

Wednesday, 2 September 2015, 11:45

JOS STEVENS

TECHNOLOGIES THAT CAN SAVE THE DAY. A STUDY BY THE EUROPEAN HELICOPTER SAFETY TEAM (EHEST) - Part 2

Senior Scientist, National Aerospace Laboratory NLR

Jos Stevens graduated in aerospace technologies from Delft University of Technology in 1982. He joined the National Aerospace Laboratory NLR in 1985 as a research scientist in the areas of rotorcraft flight performance and operational support. He has been working in various international research projects and has been involved in the EHEST initiative right from the beginning. Within EHEST he has been leading the Specialist Team on Technology.

His plenary presentation will look at the potential of (new) technologies to mitigate helicopter safety issues.

Wednesday, 2 September 2015, 11:45

THOMASZ KRYSINSKI

CHALLENGES AND CONCEPTS: AN R&T PERSPECTIVE

Tomasz Krysinski, Vice President Research & Innovation, Airbus Helicopters

Tomasz Krysinski re-joined Airbus Helicopters as Vice-President Research and Innovation in May 2014. In his role, he contributes to the definition and the cascading fo the company strategy & objectives, communicate and translate these into a clear set of implementation activities; ensure their successful delivery across the company. From 2011 to May 2014 Mr. Krysinski was in charge of the innovation laboratory at PSA Peugeot Citroën. Tomasz
Krysinski joined Aérospatiale (which later became Eurocopter and then Airbus Helicopters) as an aerodynamics engineer in 1986, and was involved in the development of most of their helicopter product range, inlcuding the hybrid high-speed demonstrator X3 and the combat helicopter Tiger. Mr Krysinski who was born in Lodz in Poland holds a Master of Engineering from the  Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Arts et Métiers (ENSAM) Paris and the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Pétroles et des Moteurs (IFP) as well as a Master of Science in Energy Processes from Université Paris VI.

Thursday, 3 September 2015, 11:00

SONJA SCHUBERT

HELICOPTERS IN THE GERMAN ARMED FORCES –  FUTURE REQUIREMENTS AND NEW CHALLENGES

Flight Test Engineer and Scientific Director for aeronautical weapon systems at the Federal Academy of Education and Training in the German Armed Forces, Mannheim

Dr. Sonja Schubert received her PhD degree in aerospace engineering from the University of Stuttgart. After joining the German Armed Forces, she graduated at the National Test Pilot School in Mojave, California and worked as a flight test engineer at the Technical Center for Aircraft (WTD 61) in Manching. Since 2013, Dr. Sonja Schubert leads the department for aeronautical weapon systems at the Federal Academy of Education and Training in the German Armed Forces in Mannheim. Also in her spare time she’s addicted to aeronautics and has a  skydiving license as well as private pilot licenses for airplanes and helicopters.

In her plenary presentation she will give us an outlook on future requirements and challenges for helicopters in the German Armed Forces.

Thursday, 3 September 2015, 11:45