Conference: Can technological improvements make aviation compatible with the Paris Agreement?

The Alumni Association is organizing a new conference in partnership with the Groupe Aéronautique des Arts & Métiers Paris, on Monday November 28, 2022 at 7pm.

Topic: Aviation contributes to global warming through its CO2 emissions and several non-CO2 effects, such as condensation trails. While breakthrough solutions make it possible to envisage a low-carbon aircraft by 2050, it is also essential to implement mitigation strategies today. This context raises many questions: how can we characterize the impact of aviation on the climate? Can we compare CO2 and non-CO2 effects? What technological solutions are being studied today to make aviation sustainable? Can we link the rate of growth in air traffic to the proportion of the carbon budget devoted to aviation? And finally, is it possible to assess the energy resources available?

The answers to these questions depend largely on societal choices and technical and economic developments that are impossible to predict with any certainty. The aim of this conference is to provide the scientific evidence needed to build informed opinions on these issues, and to stimulate debate that will help shape a collective stance on these crucial challenges.

Our two speakers, Nicolas Gourdain, professor, and Jérôme Fontane (ENSICA 2002), teacher-researcher, both at ISAE-SUPAERO, will explain the issues at stake, while Philippe Fonta (IENAC 1987), from ENAC Alumni, will give his point of view.

The conference will be followed by a cocktail reception, followed by dinner for those who wish.

Fees:
Conference/cocktail reception: 12 euros for subscribers, 17 euros for non-subscribers or external participants, 10 euros for ISAE-SUPAERO students (contact association@isae-alumni.net).

Conference - cocktail - dinner : 45 euros, one price (limited number of places)

Registration is open until the evening of Sunday 27/11 on the AM website, for the conference+cocktail, and closes on 21/11 for the conference+dinner.