SUSTAINABLE AVIATION SHORT COURSE
November 28th – December 2nd 2011E0.05 John Dalton
BOOK EARLY TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT (FREE for MSc students !!)
Contact Mark Cresswell (M.Cresswell@mmu.ac.uk ) or by contacting Tash Campbell in CATE ( N.campbell@mmu.ac.uk, 247-6244
In keeping with tradition we will be delivering the teaching element of the MSc Sustainable Aviation as a short course that will be help during the week November 28th – December 2nd.
The programme for the week will be handed out on wednesday.
Please note that the week is split into halves:
Environmental Management at Airports
Sustainability and the Air Transport SystemInternal speakers are all internationally recognised for their expertise in the field:
Professor David Raper is has co-authored two books and over 60 scientific papers on aviation/environment issues. His particular areas of expertise include aviation sustainability, environmental constraints at airports, the impact of local air quality at airports and aircraft emissions. David was appointed by the UK Government to Chair a Committee tasked with determining best practice for assessing the air quality impacts of Heathrow Airport. He has worked for many airports across the UK including Heathrow, Manchester, East Midlands, Bristol and Birmingham. He has been advisor to Oslo Airport, to the Airports Council International WORLD Standing Committees on Environment, to the UK Government Department for Transport. He is on the steering committee or management group of a number of EU projects and expert advisory groups such as XNoise, ECATS, AERONET. David was a lead author of the 1999 IPCC report on aviation and climate change.
Professor David Lee is the Director of CATE, Professor of Atmospheric Science and Fellow of the Royal Metrological Society. He holds a PhD in atmospheric science from Manchester Metropolitan University and spent some years working at the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority and then the Defence Evaluation Research Agency before returning to academia. David leads the climate change area within CATE and works on a number of UK and European Projects relating to aviation and transport effects on climate change. David also represents the UK within ICAO as a technical advisor and provides advice to Dft, DEFRA and DTi. He has over 50 peer-reviewed publications, many recent ones dealing with aviation’s effects on climate. He was a lead author for the IPCC Special Report 'Aviation and the Global Atmosphere' David is also a Visiting Fellow at the University of Oxford's Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics Department and is Rapporteur on Aviation and the Environment for the World Meteorological Organization.
Dr Paul Hooper is Head of Enterprise Development in the School of Research, Enterprise and Innovation, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Manchester Metropolitan University. His work contributes to the Centre for Air Transport and the Environment where currently he is working with BAA on the refinement of suite of aircraft noise communication metrics for Heathrow, with the Airports Council International on the provision of environmental management and sustainability training for airports across the global, and with a power and engineering company on the development of a behavioural change programme. Past clients include; the International Air Transport Association (best practice guidance on environmental management and reporting), the Department of Regional Development Northern Ireland (BP guidance to airport noise management), Manchester Airports Group (development of a corporate responsibility programme and eco-footprinting tool, and support for stakeholder engagement in the master planning process), Technology Strategy Board (two projects designed to improve the eco-efficiency of landing and take-off operations at UK airports), and OMEGA a Knowledge Transfer Network sponsored by HIEF (carbon offsetting for aviation, new noise communication metrics and the feasibility of carbon neutral airports).
Professor Callum Thomas is Professor of Sustainable Aviation at the Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU) having returned to academia in 1998 after 13 years in the aviation industry where he established and managed Manchester Airport's Bird Control Unit, Environment and Community Relations Department all UK firsts and all of which have enjoyed international acclaim. He is internationally known in the industry and has been an advisor to the UK Government (including the Department for Transport and the CAA), European Commission, the Airports Council International (were he sat on the ACI Europe and ACI World Environment Committees) and individual airports, airlines and ATC organizations. His expertise includes the sustainable development of aviation, managing environmental constraints to airport growth and the impact of airport operations on local communities. Most recently his research has focused on the implications of a changing climate for aviation, carbon management at airports and the relationship between aviation, tourism and climate change. Thomas has co-authored three books and over 60 scientific papers.
We are also bringing in a number of external speakers – all experts in their field including:
Tim Johnson – Director of the Aviation Environment Federation . AEF has been active in the field of Aviation and Environmental protection for 35 years. It works closely with regulators on developing appropriate policy responses to environmental challenges, including having a place on the UK DfT’s External Advisory Group and the recent South East Airports Taskforce. AEF represents environmental NGOs at ICAO and leads the CAEP sub-group looking at carbón calculation methodologies and carbón offsetting, as well as participating in ICAO’s “Friends of the President” process on developing a global sectoral strategy on climate change.
Deirdre Kotze is Airline Environmental Manager for Thomson Airways. Deirdra will provide a first hand account of the airlines efforts to reduce their environmental impacts around the world and the wider sustainability activities of Tui Holidays (Thomson’s Parent Company).
Alan Melrose is Environment Lead at Eurocontrol. Alan is the leading expert in the World on the role played by air traffic management organisations in reducing the environmental implications of aviation. Alan leads the environment team at Eurocontrol in Brussels and participates at UN ICAO meetings in Montreal.
Dr David Gillingwater from Loughborough University. David is one of the Godfathers in the field of aviation sustainability. He has researched and taught the subject for over 30 years, has been an advisor to Governments and industry and is recognised throughout the World for his research and publications in this field.
Dr Dimitrios Dimitriou is Chief Executive of the Hellenic Transport Authority, responsible for developing the transport systems across southern Greece, including Athens. Dimitris, a civil engineer by training, has worked for many years in the aviation environment field but one of his greatest achievements was developing and delivering the ground transport system for the Athens Olympics. Dimitris will present on ground transport access to airports and on the links between climate change, tourism, air transport and economic development.
Professor Callum Thomas PhD BSc ARCS RAeS
