Oleg Aksamentov, our law office' advisor and Director of the Institute of Air and Space Law AEROHELP, joined to the 12th Air Law Conference held on June 12–13, 2025, in Rome. The event, hosted by LUISS School of Law and Pierallini Studio Legale, focused on “Smart Skies, Legal Horizons: The Developing Landscape of Aviation Regulations”.
Key Discussion Topics:
Featured speakers included heads of ICAO, EASA, ENAC, IATA, airlines (ITA Airways, Emirates, Wizz Air), legal experts from Clyde & Co, Mannheimer Swartling, and academics from McGill, LUISS, and Leiden. The conference highlighted critical trends in digitalization, sustainability, and regulatory harmonization.
Key Discussion Topics:
- Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF)
- — Regulatory and governmental expectations (speakers: Nicolas Rallo, ICAO; Rita Sousa Uva, EASA; Joerg Eberhart, ITA Airways).
- Flight Safety
- — Helicopter operations (Fabio Nicolai, ENAC; Donatella Catapano, Leonardo Helicopters).
- — Just culture in aviation (Katja van Bijsterveldt, Dutch Aviation Prosecutor; Peter Neenan, Stewarts).
- Passenger Experience
- — Travel package regulations, airport capacity, baggage policies (Mia Wouters, GDS Advocaten; Alessandra Priante, ENIT; Michael Tegethoff, Munich Airport).
- Passenger Data Systems
- — API/PNR implementation and border security (Vincent Correia, McGill University; Stéphanie Golinvaux, Adastone; Nóra Rabe, Wizz Air).
- Multimodal Transport
- — Risks and opportunities (Steven Truxal, Leiden University; Mario Alovisi, Trenitalia; Maurizio Paggetti, ENAV).
- Innovation in Air Transport
- — Emerging technologies (Alessio Costantini, AEI; Rajesh Singh, IndiGo; Eduardo Carrillo, Boeing).
Featured speakers included heads of ICAO, EASA, ENAC, IATA, airlines (ITA Airways, Emirates, Wizz Air), legal experts from Clyde & Co, Mannheimer Swartling, and academics from McGill, LUISS, and Leiden. The conference highlighted critical trends in digitalization, sustainability, and regulatory harmonization.
