CAPA Americas Aviation & LCCs Summit

Globally, consumers, communities, corporations, and governments are focusing more intently than ever on the need to arrest growth in carbon emissions and ways to transition to a net-zero future.

Following a dramatic 2021 IPCC report, and the 2021 COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, there has been more pressure than ever for industries to demonstrate decarbonisation strategies and outcomes.

The airline industry is a prominent target, despite generating a relatively small 2.5% to 3.5% of the planet’s greenhouse gas emissions – but it is a conspicuous target.

In 2016 ICAO, supported by IATA, established CORSIA, the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation, which was arguably the first industry to target 2050 emission ceilings. Implementation has now been delayed by the dramatically lower level of aviation emissions caused by the pandemic. As its name implies, the strategy combined reducing emissions, as well as offsetting them.

The industry now potentially faces interim 2030 targets as demands intensify to reduce emissions even faster. This will be an extreme challenge, as most of the anticipated technological solutions are not expected to occur until the 2030s and beyond.

In this session we hear from industry experts as they look to the future to determine when, and if, targets can be achieved.

• What are the milestones that need to be met in the near term to reach those targets? 

• What are the biggest challenges the industry faces as it works towards meeting those ambitions?

Moderator: CAPA - Centre for Aviation, Advisor, Joe Mohan

• American Airlines, Head of ESG, Jill Blickstein
• Embraer, Head of Sustainability, Commercial Aviation, Henrique Heidemann  
• Frontier Airlines, President & CEO, Barry Biffle
• ICCT, Aviation Director,  Dan Rutherford                         

CAPA Elevate is designed to showcase the most influential innovations transforming aviation in the next decade. In this unmissable session key stakeholders from select CAPA partner organisations will deliver overviews of their products or services and explore its real-world applications.

Showcasing innovation has always been at the forefront of CAPA’s event strategy, and it has never been more important than it is in 2022. Expect to hear from a wide variety of interesting speakers who are revolutionaries in their own right.

This is a 10-minute time slot to showcase an innovation and explore how it is set to change the industry.

Our host, Puerto Rico Tourism Company, is inviting all delegates to a Networking Dinner at the Museum of San Juan. Busses will depart at 6:45pm from the hotel and take you to old San Juan. After the dinner, busses will take you back to the hotel.

The Museum of San Juan is located within the walls of what, for many decades, used to be Old San Juan’s marketplace. in addition to being a bustling centre where one could acquire everything from spices to fresh seafood to artisanal bread, the structure’s open air central plaza served as the perfect location for the city residents to socialize, make business deals and exchange the latest news. The Museum recently reopened its doors and with its two galleries currently hosting the “A Celebration of History” exhibition a chronicle of the 500-years of history of Puerto Rico’s capital.

Join us at this historic venue to enjoy Puerto Rico’s renowned hospitality and rich cultural and historic heritage. During the evening’s event you’ll be able to sample local fare, the world-famous Rums of Puerto Rico, and relax and mingle surrounded by the tropical rhythms of bomba, plena and salsa.

Dress code: Casual Attire