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Bombardier Safety Standdown Aims To Elevate Influence
By: Kerry Lynch
Caption: Three-day event typically fills with more than 400 in person and another 1,000 online
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Bombardier’s Safety Standdown is returning on November 12 to 14 with a theme of "Elevate Your Influence," which the airframer said represents “a call to action to help inspire and influence better practices around you in aviation.”
The annual event is held in person at the Hyatt Hotel in downtown Wichita, but as in past years, many of the general sessions will be live-streamed for those who cannot attend in person. Typically filling to capacity, the Safety Standdown attracts more than 400 in-person attendees and 1,000 online. Now in its 28th edition, the free event has brought critical safety information to more than 10,000 over the years (with many being in-person only).
As for this year, the event will kick off with favored speaker Convergent Performance founding partner and CEO Tony Kern, who has chosen to title his presentation, “Somebody Call SportsCenter!” to relay lessons from exceptional acts of readiness from the sports world. NTSB board member Michael Graham will follow to discuss the “Impacts of Influence” and how that shapes behavior and plays in outcomes.
Other general session speakers in the first two days include Leonard Beauchemin of AeroTechna Solutions, Amanda Ferraro of Aviation Safety Solutions, Timothy Wade of Flexjet, and James Norman of the University of North Dakota, who will speak about AI.
Day three rounds out with Jennifer Pickerel of Aviation Personnel International, Timothy Schoenauer of CAE, and Ivan Pupulidy of the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
This is in addition to the numerous workshops that take place during the Safety Standdown.
“As we gather to share insights, strategies, and best practices, we are not only elevating our individual influence but also collectively enhancing safety in the aviation industry,” Bombardier says of its event.