EASN Newsletter - October 2021 Special Edition

EASN News

• Thank you for making 11th EASN Conference a success!

  

  Dear Colleagues,

  We would like to seize the opportunity and cordially thank all of you who have participated to the 11^th EASN Virtual Conference. Many thanks are also due to the Keynote Speakers, Session Chairs, Authors and Presenters as well as to the International Scientific Committee who have contributed to making this event a success. Finally, it would have been an omission, if we wouldn’t express our sincere thanks to the EASN Conference Team for organizing and supporting this demanding virtual event.

  We are happy and proud to note that through the years the EASN Conference has been established as a major dissemination event of European research related to Aviation and Space. This year, 85 currently running research projects exploited the 3-days technical program to present their activities and achieved goals, to discuss on current trends and future needs of the aeronautics research and to identify possible synergies.

  Moreover, the 11^th EASN Virtual Conference has served as a forum where innovative ideas, breakthrough concepts and disruptive technologies were presented with the aim to establish new research partnerships. Furthermore, the Conference included a number of thematic sessions and technical workshops on topics of particular interest to the European Aviation and Space Community.

  Yet, we are recognizing that not everything has been as we would have wished. The fully virtual format of the event, which once more was necessary due to the COVID pandemic, has been an obstacle for extensive networking and face to face meetings, both being essential elements for enhancing interactions and creating new synergies for future collaborations.

  Therefore, we are happy to announce the 12^th EASN International Conference, which will be held in Barcelona, Spain from the 18^th to the 21^st of October 2022 and will be with physical participation.

  We kindly ask you to save the dates in your agendas and we are looking forward to welcoming you in person.

  Sincerely,

  The Conference Chairpersons

  Prof. Liberata Guadagno	Prof. Andreas Strohmayer	Prof. Spiros Pantelakis
  EASN National Contact Point Italy University of Salerno	EASN Chairman University of Stuttgart	EASN Honorary Chairman University of Patras

• Save the Date for the 12th EASN Conference

  

  The EASN Association and the Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya - BarcelonaTech (UPC) are glad to announce the 12th EASN International Conference on "Innovation in Aviation & Space for opening New Horizons" which will take place in Barcelona, Spain from the 18th until the 21st of October 2022.

  The EASN Team is working for organizing a physical Conference in Barcelona, Spain and we are confident and optimistic that despite of the current COVID-19 pandemic situation it will be by then, possible.

  The aim of this gathering is dual: To act as a forum where innovative ideas, breakthrough concepts and disruptive technologies are presented with the aim to establish new research partnerships and possible synergies, while in parallel be the place for disseminating the knowledge and results achieved and discussing on current trends and future needs in the frame of research projects of the Aviation and Space field. The previous 11th EASN Conference, which, due to the COVID pandemic, was held virtually, was attended by more than 420 participants from various disciplines.

  Like its predecessors, the 12th EASN International Conference on "Innovation in Aviation & Space for opening New Horizons" will include a number of Plenary Talks by distinguished personalities of the European Aviation and Space sectors from the academia, industry, research community and policy makers. It will also include Thematic Sessions, along with Technical Workshops where evolving ideas, technologies, products, services and processes will be discussed. Furthermore, the conference is expected to be a major European Dissemination and Exploitation event of Aviation and Space - related research. The majority of the currently running research projects will exploit the 3-days technical program to present their activities and achieved goals, discuss on current trends and future needs of the Aviation and Space - related research and try to identify possible synergies with each other. Additionally, a number of policy development projects will also find the floor to present the strategic priorities of the European aviation sector.

  In this frame, you are cordially invited to join us and be part of this year's conversation of the European Aviation & Space community!

  

• 11th EASN Virtual Conference Highlights

  

  The 11th EASN International Conference on "Innovation in Aviation & Space to the Satisfaction of the European Citizens", took place between the 1st and 3rd of September 2021. Due to the COVID pandemic, the event was held virtually.

  The event has been attended by more than 420 participants from 31 countries worldwide. These facts make the 11th EASN Conference the second largest event in the series of the EASN Conferences.

  The Conference included 9 Keynote Speeches given by distinguished personalities of the European Aviation & Space Community and more than 370 technical presentations distributed in 69 virtual sessions. Important is also to underline that 85 Aviation and Space projects have disseminated their latest research results as well as the future trends on the respective technological field.

  These facts make the 11^th EASN Conference the second largest event in the series of the EASN Conferences. 

  Catch up on the keynotes highlights video: https://lnkd.in/emiJpPTw

  

• 11th EASN Virtual Conference Keynotes

  

  Following to the successful carrying out of the 11th EASN Virtual Conference on "Innovation in Aviation & Space to the Satisfaction of the European Citizens", we are happy to inform you that several keynote lectures, are now published and available for downloading. More specifically, the published keynote presentations are the following:

  • How to attract more women in aerospace, by Mrs. Valerie Guenon, Safran Aircraft Engines | VP Products Environment Policies
  • Circular economy boosting aerospace industry, by Mr. Andreas Kotter, Altran Deutschland SAS & Co. KG. | Advanced Business Manager Technology & Innovation
  • The future is green: the role of Clean Sky to deliver European impactful research, by Mr. Axel Krein, Clean Sky 2 Joint Undertaking | Executive Director
  • The new challenges for aviation after COVID-19 by Prof. Dr. Dieter Schmitt, EASN | Stakeholders Advisory Board Chairman and Independent consultant for aeronautics
  • Evolution through Space, by Dr. Angela Vozella Italian Centre For Aerospace Research | Head of Safety and Security Department

  In this frame the EASN Conference Team would like to seize the opportunity and cordially thank the Keynote Speakers who have contributed in making this virtual gathering a real success.

  View the keynote speaches here and check out  the keynotes highlights video here.

  

• 11th EASN Virtual Conference Evaluation

  

  We would like to cordially thank all of you, who participated to the questionnaire campaign, evaluating the 11^th EASN Virtual Conference.

  We are particularly happy that our Conference was rated highly by the vast majority of you and we would like to ensure you, that we will keep trying to continuously improve our Conference.

  The results can be found here.

• 11th EASN Conference Publication Policy

  

  This year’s gathering already belongs in the past and we are in the process of implementing the publication policy of the EASN Conferences. 
  As you may already know, the permanent aim of the EASN Association is to ensure excellence and high scientific merit of the EASN Conference series. Publication of high-quality proceedings and special issues of reputable peer-reviewed international journals contribute to achieving this aim. 
  In this frame, all authors of the works presented during the 11th EASN Virtual Conference, are invited to submit their full-length papers by considering the following options: 

  1. This year's Conference Proceedings will be published in a dedicated issue of the open-access publication series IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering. The deadline for submitting a full-length paper has been extended to October 15th,  2021. View details here.
  2. A number of selected papers, following a standard peer-review process, will be published in dedicated special issues of a number of international journals. Useful information can be found here.