Ecological and Electric Aviation 2019 March 6 Helsinki
 All-electric Lilium Jet is able to lift up vertically and its wing creates necessary lift during cruise flight. Image: www.lilium.com. |
Vertically rising VTOL electric flying machines will revolutionize urban traffic in the future, but fixed-wing electrical airplanes are also needed for passenger transport. Renewable aviation fuels are also coming into use. Aviation technology responds to the challenges of climate change. The Ecological and Electronic Aviation Conference sheds light on these issues, including urban planning. At the end of the conference, a debate will be held where the politicians of the major Finnish parliamentary groups will discuss and debate how Finland needs to be involved in this development.
 The first electrical flight was flown in Finland 31.7.2018 by the Helsinki Electric Flight Association’s Pipistrel Alpha Electro aircraft. |
Conference partner organisations
The following organisations have participated or are supporting the ecological and electric aviation conference in Helsinki.
In the near future, flying can also be emission-free and also quiet, simple, fast and even inexpensive. The introduction of eco-technology in flying and the introduction of electric aircraft into urban traffic is happening at a fast pace. How does Finland keep up with this development? How to consider this in urban architecture?
Welcome on 6 March to the new Helsinki City Library Oodi to listen to expert lectures. Among the supporters of the conference are Finavia, Finnair, Innovarch, Lilium and Neste. At the end of the day a political debate involving Minister of Energy and Environment Kimmo Tiilikainen (Center Party), Doctor of Technology, Member of Parliament Jyrki Kasvi (Green Party), Member of Parliament, chairman of parliament committee on traffic and communication Ari Jalonen (Blue reform party) and Member of Parliament, detective sergeant police Mika Raatikainen (The Finns Party), Candidate for Parliament, Eveliina Heinäluoma, (The Social Democratic Party of Finland) and Candidate for Parliament, Mia Nygård (The National Coalition Party).
MAF Finland organizes this Ecological and Electronic Flight Conference together with the Helsinki Electric Aviation Association. The purpose of the conference is to provide up-to-date information to Finnish decision-makers and to raise to public discussion the fast evolving eco-development in flying technology. The aim is also to highlight the opportunities that this development brings to Finland.
Registration to the conference
The registration fee is 20 Euros and includes coffee, lunch and afternoon coffee. Register now.
08:00-08.30 registration
08.30 coffee
09.00 Opening, Otso Kivekäs, Chairman of Helsinki City Council
09.15 Review of seminar programme, Introduction of the of organisers.
- MAF Finland, Dr. Janne Ropponen: MAF Finland aid flights
- Helsinki Electric Aviation Association, Janne Vasama
- Finnish Aeronautical Association LL.M. Timo Latikka
09.30 Lilium, Dr. Tassilo Wanner, Vice President, Global Public & Regulatory Affairs: Lilium Jet
10.00 Diamond Aircraft, MSc Maarten Frijling, Project Leader Electric Aircraft: The Development of HEMEP, the Hybrid Electric Multi Engine Plane
10.30 Finnair, Jaakko Schildt, Vice President, Operations: Towards More Responsible Air Travel
11.00 Airbus, Glenn Llewellyn, Bringing Zero-emission Technologies to Aviation
11.30 lunch
12.15 Finavia, CEO Kimmo Mäki: Future of Ecological Aviation in Finland
12.45 Neste, Dr. Virpi Kröger, Development Manager, Neste Aviation Solutions: Neste -Decarbonizing aviation
13.15 Innovarch Architects, MSc architect Juha Lampi, Director of Design, Logistics and Transport/Traffic and Innovations: City and the Sky: Four-dimensional Blood Circuit of the Built World. Innovarch Arrchitects
13.45 coffee
14.30 Debate: Ecological and Electric Aviation develops – how about Finland? Debate in Finnish language hosted by Sami Saikkonen
Ekologinen ja sähköinen lentäminen kehittyy – miten Suomi pysyy mukana?
Eveliina Heinäluoma, Candidate for Parliament, The Social Democratic Party of Finland
Ari Jalonen, MP, Transport and Communications Committee, The Blue Reform Party
Jyrki Kasvi, MP, Transport and Communications Committee, The Greens in Finland
Mia Nygård, Candidate for Parliament, The National Coalition Party
Mika Raatikainen, MP, Defence Committee, The Finns Party
Kimmo Tiilikainen, MP, Minister of the Environment, Energy and Housing, The Centre Party of Finland
Lisäksi kommenttipuheenvuorot:
Kari Salmi, RKP
Mirita Saxberg, Liike Nyt
Huom. kaikkiin eduskuntapuolueisiin oltiin yhteydessä ja pyydettiin osallistumaan.
16.00 End of conference
* programme subject to changes
 In the near future, flying can also be emission-free and also quiet, simple, fast and inexpensive according to Lilium. Image: www.lilium.com. |
Why is this important to Finland?
Finavia reports that the total tax revenue for Finland in the air traffic sector was EUR 2.5 billion already in 2012 (Source: IATA / Oxford Economics 2012). The industry is growing strongly and its volume is doubling. The new eco-technology now offers opportunities to further climate targets also in the air transport sector. The new technology will also have a significant impact on urban transport in the future. Finland must now take action and work and make decisions that promote the introduction of these new opportunities.
Why is MAF Finland the main organizer of the conference?
The development of ecological and electrical aviation and its technology is a very important issue for MAF Finland, as it is likely to change our operations significantly in the future. Flying and matters relating to flying are very important to MAF Finland in both developing countries and in Finland. As a result of global warming, matters related to ecological flying are naturally high on our agenda, as with all Finnish aviation operators. This is well known to us, because MAF flights are helping people in many areas, such as South Sudan and Chad, suffering from climate change. As an organization providing relief flights in developing countries it is natural for MAF to support technical development and especially this in aviation and in Finland. Read more about MAF Finland's work.