Objectives:

The CEO’s and CTO’s of the major aerospace and defence manufacturers will debate and discuss the potential infusion of the emerging nano-technologies into the next generation of their aircraft, spacecraft, and defence applications.  They will discuss how the aerospace community can influence future MNT investment by government agencies and private capital. The policy-makers will debate and discuss the issues related to the implementation of these international collaborations between the three regions.  They will discuss how current national and international policy agreements can be formulated to achieve this vision. 

Composition:

The panel composition includes CEO’s and Presidents of Aerospace companies and Policy-makers from the USA, Europe and Japan. The proposed speakers include:

1. Antoine Bouvier, CEO EADS, Astrium
2. Alain Charmeau, CEO, EADS-Space Transportation
3. Pascale Sourisse, Chairman & CEO, Alcatel Alenia Space
4. Marwan Lahoud, Chairman & CEO, MBDA
5. Michel Courtois, Director, ESA/ESTEC – TEC
6. William H. Swanson Chairman of the Board and CEO, Raytheon Company
7. W. James McNerney, Jr.  Chairman, President and CEO, The Boeing Company
8. G. Thomas Marsh, Executive Vice President, Space Systems, LMCO
9. G. Humbert, Airbus
10. The CEO's of Dassault Aviation, Thales, and Safran