Reykjavik Flight Safety Symposium

The Safety Committee of the Icelandic Airline Pilots’ Association hosts the "The Reykjavik Flight Safety Symposium” each year. Next year's Symposium will be held on 13. March, 2020. The Symposium is held in English, attracting guests from all over the flight industry and the world.
This year, there will be a special emphasis on volcanic effects. Lecturers are:

Dr. Sara Barsotti, of the Icelandic Met Office - Responding to explosive eruptions in Iceland: changes and improvements over the last 10 years
Dr. Roy Clarkson from Rolls Royce - Volcanic ash and aviation - 10 years from Eyjafjallajökull
Harry Nelson, a former test pilot for Airbus - Are we ready for the challenges of tomorrow?
Hlín Hólm, chair of NAT-SPG - NAT-SPG
Capt. Antti Tuori, MD, from IFALPA’s HUPER committee - Pilot's health - risks and solutions

2019

In 2019, the RFSS was held on April 11th, at the Hilton Reykjavík Nordica. The speakers that participated this year were the following. By clicking their names you will be forwarded to a recording of their speeches:

Ragnar Guðmundsson - RNSA - The Road from an Incident to an AD
Marika Melin - Karolinska Institutet - High-Flying Risks
Steinarr Bragason - AEEC - Datalink Objectives and Obstacles, the safety perspective
Graham Braithwaite - Cranfield - Maintaining an Authentic Safety Culture
José-María Lorenzo -The European Satellite Services Provider (ESSP) - EGNOS Service Provision
Kristín Sigurðardóttir hér og hér- Þróunarmiðstöð rannsóknaverkefna. She gave two speaches: Stress, Friend or Foe? & Resilience - What can we do?

Here you can watch the entire symposium including some words from Jens Þórðarson (Icelandair), Jeroene Kruse (ECA) and final words from FÍA President, Örnólfur Jónsson.

Högni B. Ómarsson, FÍA's Secretary, moderated the event.