Human Factors Symposium – 26–29 June 2023 • Salzburg, Austria

News

2023-05-25 Hotel Alternatives Published

We have published a list of alternative hotels near the Symposium hotel.

2023-05-24 Programme Overview Published

We have published a detailed programme listing presentations and speakers. We have also updated event flyer.

Welcome

What could be the best way to advance the Human Factor in military and civil aviation? The Human Factor is all about interaction. We therefore created an event, where people with wide backgrounds and interests can come together to learn, discuss and share experience.

Experts, stakeholders, and other interested persons with a background in aerospace medicine, flight simulation and training are invited to participate. Whether your interest is operational flight, aerospace medicine, special operations, SAR, UPT or if you are a flight physician, instructor, aircrew, ATO, airline, aviation authority or aircraft manufacturer: The Human Factors Symposium is the chance for every person involved with aviation to get up to date with important Human Factor developments and beyond.

We designed the event to promote interaction between participants. Presentations are blended with plenty of networking opportunities. The new format and the beautiful city of Salzburg create the ideal environment for advancing Human Factor topics. Socialize, discuss problems and solutions with fellow specialists and use the symposium to create a lasting network for implementing great and sustainable ideas.

We are looking forward to welcome you!

Programme

Monday, 26 June 2023: Arrival and Icebreaker

12:00—18:00 Registration*
Foyer, Imlauer Hotel Pitter Salzburg
19:30—24:00 Icebreaker
Pitterkeller, Imlauer Hotel Pitter Salzburg

* Registration is possible throughout the event for attendees arriving later.

Tuesday, 27 June 2023: Thinktank Training

Morning Programme

08:45—09:00 Introduction and Welcome
Franz Pflug, Managing Director AMST
09:00—10:00 Human Factors. Past, Present and Future
Prof. Michael Bagshaw, Visiting Professor of Aviation Medicine at King’s College London, Consultant in Occupational and Aviation Medicine
10:00—10:30 Human Factors and Pilots: Evolution or Paradigm Shift?
Georges Rebender, Expert in Flight Standards and Artificial Intelligence EASA (ret.)
10:30—11:00 Coffee Break
11:00—11:30 Human Factors as Training Recommended by the Authority
Speaker to be confirmed
11:30—12:00 The Challenges of Measuring Human Factors during Hypoxic Training – New Ways and Perspectives
Cynthia Schinkel, Aviation Psychologist, German Air Force Aviation Physiology Training Center, Königsbrück
12:00—12:30 Automatic Performance Analysis – Benefits and Measures for Flight Training Optimisation
Dr. Rebecca Fill Giordano, Organizational Psychologist hr+ loving development
12:30—14:00 Lunch Break

Afternoon Programme

14:00—14:30 Fatigue Risk Management – Psycho-Physiological Fitness and Operational Performance
Gergely Nagy, Deputy Chief Executive Officer PharmaFlight
14:30—15:00 Neurophysiological-Based Indicators for Users’ Mental States, Training, Teamwork Assessment and Enhanced Human-Machine Interactions
Dr. Gianluca Borghini, Assistant Professor Sapienza University of Rome
15:00—15:30 Coffee Break
15:30—16:00 Human Factors, a Test Pilot’s Perspective
Lt. Col. Claus Cordes, Experimental Test Pilot and Human Factors Representative, German Military Flight Test Center, Manching
16:00—16:30 Making Reality Match Perception – A Building Block Approach
Sqn. Ldr. (ret.) Douglas Vine, Human Factors Training Consultant
16:30—17:00 Wrap up Session and Discussion
Moderated by Heinrich Grossbongardt, Aviation Industry Consultant Expairtise Communications

Wednesday, 28 June 2023: Aviation Vision 2030

The morning programme is split into streams for aeromedical and commercial aviation.

Morning Programme · Aeromedical Stream

09:00—09:30 Preservation and Change in Military Aviation Physiology
Col. Dr. Helmut Fleischer, Head of German Air Force Aviation Physiology Training Center, Königsbrück
09:30—10:00 Situation(al) Awareness: Cornerstone in Flight Safety and Mission Performance
Brig. Gen. (ret.) Dr. Erich Rödig, MD, MC, CFS
10:00—10:30 Importance of Ejection Seat Training
Franz Pflug, Managing Director AMST
10:30—11:00 Coffee Break
11:00—11:30 UPRT as Crucial Part in Pilot Training
Cristian Durante, Pilot Instructor & Examiner Leonardo Helicopters
11:30—12:00 The Use of Simulation vs. Inflight in the Austrian Air Force using the Example of the Implementation of the Helicopter AW169
Lt. Col. Herbert Trommet, Chief Training Officer, Pilot & Air Defence School Langenlebarn, Austria
12:00—12:30 Current Simulation Training in Military Aviation. Close to Reality?
Speaker to be confirmed
12:30—14:00 Lunch Break

Morning Programme · Commercial Aviation Stream

09:00—09:30 Improving Pilots’ Competency Level: Creative Training Approaches and Practices
Assoc. Prof. Capt. Mehmet Onur Balkan, SunExpress
09:30—10:00 Future Training – An Airline Perspective
Speaker to be confirmed
10:00—10:30 Biopsychological Model of Stress in Aircrew – Their ‘Right’ to Appropriate Training
Capt. Naushad Anjum, Air Arabia
10:30—11:00 Coffee Break
11:00—11:30 UPRT in Future Training
Christof Kemény, TRI/TRE A320/A340/E190, HUD and UPRT Specialist
11:30—12:00 Sustainability in Aviation Training
Cristopher Magdangal, General Manager Alpha Aviation Group Philippines
12:00—12:30 Motion Cues Boosting Training Fidelity and Effectiveness
Clemens Moser, Senior R&D Engineer AMST
12:30—14:00 Lunch Break

Afternoon Programme

14:00—14:30 Multiship Simulation in Training
Speaker to be confirmed
14:30—15:00 Advanced VR-Based Training
Speaker to be confirmed
15:00—15:30 Coffee Break
15:30—16:00 Future Requirements for Gaming, Modelling and Augmented Reality
Hannes Walter, VP Product Marketing blackshark.ai
16:00—16:30 Data Driven Decision Making
Martin Sporrer, Head of Digital Solutions AMST
16:30—17:30 Wrap up Session and Discussion
Moderated by Andrew Drwiega, Senior Defence and Aerospace Journalist;
and Heinrich Grossbongardt, Aviation Industry Consultant Expairtise Communications