Annual Aviation & Defence Conference: Advancing to be stronger, smarter and greener

Once the formal Conference ends, we would be delighted if you could join us on our 11th floor for great views, food, cocktails and live music. 

Programme

14:00 - 14:30
Arrival and refreshments

14:30 - 14:40
Welcome and introduction
Leo Fattorini and Elizabeth Reid, International Co-Heads of the Aviation & Defence Sector Group, Bird & Bird

14:40 - 15:10
Opening Keynote: A new Era of Geopolitics
Air Marshal (Ret’d) Phil Osborn CBE FRAeS, Director Universal Defence & Security Solutions (UDSS), previously Chief of Defence Intelligence

15:10 - 16:10
Legal update:

• Your People - Things to think about at times of major change
  Liz Lang, Partner, Bird & Bird
  
• Green Advertising: Net Zero and the changing Legal Landscape
  Constantin Eikel, Partner, Bird & Bird
  
• 5 years of GDPR enforcement activities and trends for the A&D sector
  Gabriel Voisin, Partner and Katerina Tassi, Senior Associate, Bird & Bird

16:10 - 16:25
Short refreshment break

16:25 - 16:50
What is relational contracting?
Andrew White, Partner, Bird & Bird

16:55 - 17:40
Breakout zones - please choose one:

• Artificial Intelligence & Defence
  Elizabeth Reid, Partner, Bird & Bird,
  Will Bryson, Senior Associate, Bird & Bird
  Nick Sinnott, Head of AI Centre of Domain Expertise, BAE Systems Digital Intelligence
  Andy Bamford, CEO, National Security Strategic Investment Fund (NSSIF)
  Air Marshal (Ret’d) Phil Osborn CBE FRAeS, Director Universal Defence & Security Solutions (UDSS), previously Chief of Defence Intelligence
  Chase Johnson, Vice President, Legal at Anduril
  Sekou Taylor, Legal Counsel, Palantir Technologies

• Airline and Investor profitability
  Paul Briggs, Consultant, Bird & Bird
  Michael Halaby, Managing Director and Head of Aviation Advisory, MUFG Bank
  Ahsan Gulabkhan, Associate General Counsel, Virgin Atlantic
  Aisling McCarthy, Managing Director, Avionix

17:40 - 17:55
Closing speech

17:55 - 18:00
Move upstairs

18:00 - 20:30
Drinks, food and entertainment

Please RSVP with the button below, and we very much hope to see you in October!

Where possible, we try to avoid holding events over religious and cultural days of significance. Unfortunately this is not always possible and the dates of our events may fall on the same day.

Please let us know if the dates of this event impact your religious observance so we can make every effort to accommodate your participation in the event.