Information & Organizers

Recognizing that there was no one venue that brought the aviation industry together to address challenges and future direction with a broad, integrating view of the aviation marketplace, AIAA and The Boeing Company started partnering in 2010 to develop a new event. The objective was to develop the premier forum for presentation of both recent progress on aircraft design, air traffic management and operations, and aviation technologies as well as policy, planning, and market issues affecting the future direction of the global aviation industry. The goal was to offer a unique venue for interaction between researchers, system developers, product support personnel, managers, and business developers from throughout industry, government, and academia.

The AIAA Aviation and Aeronautics Forum and Exposition (AIAA AVIATION Forum) has continued to grow in each succeeding year, drawing participants from around the globe. Plenary and Forum 360 participants tackle the most pressing issues impacting the future of aviation, while the technical program presents innovative research and technologies that offer solutions.

Highlights from previous AIAA AVIATION Forums can be found in the Archives.

Organizers

Guiding Coalition

• Russell Boyce, AIAA Aeronautics Domain Leader
• Ludovic Aron, EASA
• Akshay Ashok, Boom Supersonic
• Julie Brightwell, Boeing Commercial Airplanes
• Atherton Carty, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics
• Scott Cary, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
• John Cavolowsky, NASA Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate
• Gokcin Cinar, University of Michigan – EATS Liaison
• Kelly Cohen, University of Cincinnati
• Bruce DeCleene, FAA
• Rob Freeland, Bell
• David Gonzalez, Office of Naval Research
• Starr Ginn, NASA Armstrong
• Arjan Hegeman, GE Aerospace
• Jarin Horton, DFW Airport
• Raymond Kolonay, Air Force Research Laboratory
• Ben Marchionna, Electra.aero
• Dimitri Mavris, Georgia Tech
• Oliver Pape, DLR
• Kolin Schunck, Lufthansa Innovation Hub
• Jeremy Wang, Ribbit

Forum Technical Chairs

• Jim Coder, Pennsylvania State University (Forum Technical Chair, Aerospace Sciences Group)
• Brandon Chynoweth, Purdue University (Deputy Forum Technical Chair, Aerospace Sciences Group)
• Jason Merret, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Forum Technical Chair, Aircraft Technology, Integration, and Operations Group)
• Vincent Schultz, NASA (Forum Technical Chair, Integration and Outreach Division)
• Tejas Puranik, Boeing Commercial Airplanes (Forum Technical Chair, Information Systems Group)
  
• Matthew Harvazinski, Air Force Research Laboratory (Forum Technical Chair, Propulsion and Energy Group)
• Chris Thomas, Southwest Research Institute (Deputy Forum Technical Chair, Propulsion and Energy Group)

The Technical Program Committee is listed on the Call for Papers page.