Newsletter No 2 2025

SOLAKONFERANSEN 2025

Clarion Hotel Air, Sola

22 – 24 September

Covering

Safety, Quality and Environment in Aviation 

Discussing
Sustainability through improved environmental
footprint and adopting new technologies such as
Advanced Air Mobility – Low and Zero Emission – SAF – UAS – eVTOL –
and, last, but not least, Offshore Aviation

A provisional great thanks and special recognition addressed to

Speakers and the Lead Host Speaker, thank you for your helpful attitude and willingness contributing to the programme. Confirmed speakers/companies as of 17 June as follows

• Ministry of Transport, name tbc  

• Mayor Janne Stangeland Rege, Conservative (H), Sola Municipality  

• Airbus Helicopters, name tbc

• Bell Textron Inc, name tbc

• Beta Technologies, name tbc

• Bradshaw, Cristopher, President and CEO, Bristow

• Burke, Tom, CEO, CHC Group

• Foss, Abraham, CEO, Avinor AS

• Gerber, J.J., Operations Services Manager, Cougar Helicopters

• Gjertsen, Mats Bye, Head of Avinor Drone Programme, Avinor AS

• Hahn, Tony, Senior Aviation Advisor, ConocoPhillips Global Aviation,
  Vice Chair IOGP Aviation Safety Subcommittee

• Høiby, Espen, CEO, AAP Aviation

• Johansen, Jan Otto, Head of Counter-Unmanned Aircraft System, Norwegian National Police, Oslo Police District

• Olsen, Wenche, Director Department of Air Operations, Civil Aviation Authority Norway

• Lahnstein, Erik, Managing Director, The Federation of Norwegian Aviation Industries (NHO Luftfart)

• Larsen, Ida M., Funding and Research & Development, Norsk e-Fuel AS or
  Larsen, Lars Bjørn, CCO, Norsk e-Fuel AS  

• Moore, Duncan, Executive Vice President International Offshore and Onshore & Group COO, Omni Helicopters International (OHI)

• Nilsson, Hans, Global Practice Leader Civil Aviation, Country Manager Norway,
  Alumni Global

• Olsen, Erlend, CEO, Lufttransport

• Rolfe, Tim, CEO, HeliOffshore  

• Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin Company, name tbc

• Solvik-Olsen, Ketil, Associated Partner, Geelmuyden Kiese Norge 

• Stepanek, David, Executive Vice President, Sales and Chief Transformation Officer, Bristow Group Inc

• Tufekcic, Nikola, Head of Unmanned Traffic Management & Counter-UAS, Avinor AS 

• Wiig, Knut Roar, Independent

Lead Host Speaker

•  Knutsen, Axel, VP Local Airports North and West, Avinor AS

A provisional great thanks and special recognition addressed to

Sponsors, collaborators and advertisers for your highly valued and crucial contribution, your support, and excellent cooperation that enables us to offer this year's programme and conduct this year's conference.

Welcome to Sola for three exciting conference days!

Until then, All the best from here – Flight Safety First – Solakonferansen, for Aviation Safety Since 1987.

Kind regards,  

Håvard Haugen (sign)

General Manager
Stiftelsen Solakonferansen (The Solakonferansen Foundation)