13 November 2024: The 12th annual Safety Forum will take place on 5–6 June 2025, at EUROCONTROL headquarters in Brussels. Organised by the Flight Safety Foundation in partnership with EUROCONTROL and ERA, this year’s theme will focus on ‘People in the Centre of Aviation Safety’. The call for presentations is now open.

Humans are the foundation of resilience in aviation, constantly adapting to the pressures of an increasingly complex industry. As these pressures grow, so does the need for resilience in the aviation system.

The volume of civil aviation operations is expected to double within the next 20 years, and with this growth will come with technological advancements, innovative operations and new entrants, all contributing to an evolving and more complex landscape. Additionally, aviation's core objectives — safety, sustainability and economic viability — are becoming increasingly interconnected, intensifying the complexity of the challenges the industry faces.

This growing complexity compels us to ask: How can the aviation industry continue to preserve and enhance the critical role of humans as the key to resilience?

The 2025 Safety Forum will take a holistic and proactive approach to examining mental health, well-being, fatigue and workload management as essential factors in maintaining resilience within aviation.

Ahead of registrations opening in January, the Forum Organizing Committee invites submissions to present as a speaker. Submissions should offer fact-based insights or proven practical approaches to address mental health, well-being, fatigue and workload management holistically and proactively.

The call will close on 1 February 2025.

To submit a proposal for consideration, please click here: https://flightsafety.swoogo.com/safetyforum2025/call-for-presentations [1])