THE WORLD’S PREMIER
MILITARY FLIGHT TRAINING CONFERENCE

31st March – 2nd April 2026 | Hotel & Conference Center Sempachersee, Switzerland

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Sponsorship Opportunities

2026 Military Flight Training Thought Leaders Include:

Lieutenant General Francesco Vestito
Commander, Italian Air Force Education and Training Command
Italian Air Force

Air Vice-Marshal Ian Townsend
Commanding Officer, No 22 Group
Royal Air Force

Brigadier General Oliver Kaladjian
Commanding General
French Air and Space Force Academy

Air Commodore Brett Williams
Officer Commanding Air Academy
Royal Australian Air Force

Brigadier General Krzysztof Cur PhD
Commandant
Polish Air Force University

Air Commodore Rob Caine
Head of Flying Training
Royal Air Force

Brigadier General Paolo Rubino
Chief of Staff, Air Education Training Command
Italian Air Force

Colonel Daniel Fernández de Bobadilla
Commander 23rd Fighter Wing
Spanish Air and Space Force

Colonel Carlos Herráiz Linares
Commander
European Tactical Airlift Centre

Group Captain Mike Jordan
Commandant No 1 Flying Training School and DCASO
Royal Air Force

Colonel Laurianne Denis
Director Air Simulation and Training
Canadian Armed Forces

Colonel Roger Waleski Jr.
Commander
US Army Special Operations Aviation Command

Wing Commander Stuart Phillips
Officer Commanding 54 Squadron
Royal Air Force

Commander Jean Duboin
Navy Rafale Program Manager
French Navy

Lieutenant Colonel Erik Frijters
Head of Department for Operational Training and Readiness
Center for Man in Aviation Aerospace and Operational Physiology Department Mini

Center for Man in Aviation Aerospace and Operational Physiology Department Mini

Lieutenant Colonel Zoltán SZILI
Deputy Commander
MHTC

Lt Col Arne Boost
SME Training Transport Pilots
German Air Force

Frederic Dehais
Neuroergonomics & Human Factors Lab, DCAS
ISAE-SUPAERO / Groupe ISAE

Hayley Reynolds
Group Leader
MIT Lincoln Laboratory

Justin Bronk
Senior Research Fellow for Airpower
RUSI

Richard Curzon
Head Air Mobility & Air Enablers
Royal Air Force

Jason Hawker
Principal Officer NATO Flying Training Europe
NSPA

Peter Saunders
Director General - NORAD Continental Defence Modernization Office
RCAF

CONFERENCE CHAIRS

Lt. General David Nahom
Former Commander, Alaskan Command
US Air Force

Lieutenant General (Ret’d) Anthony J. Rock
Former Inspector General
U.S. Air Force

2025 Speakers

Lieutenant General Silvano “Fritz” FRIGERIO
Commander of the Italian Air Force Education and Training Command
Italian Air Force

Lieutenant General Raimondo Nogueira
Commander of the Training Command
Brazilian Air Force

Lieutenant General Brian Robinson
Commander, Air Education Training Command (AETC)
US Air Force

Air Flotilla General Ioan Mischie
Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations and Training
Romanian Air Force

Air Vice-Marshal Ian Townsend
Commanding Officer, No 22 Group
RAF

Major General J.D. Smyth
Chief Fighter NORAD Capability
Royal Canadian Air Force

Major General Pierre Real
Director
French Air Force Academy

Major General Ioannis Asimakopoulos
Commander
Hellenic Air Training Command (HATC)

Brigadier General Edi Turco
Chief of Staff of the Air Education Training Command / 3rd Air Region, and Head of the International Flight Training School (IFTS) Program Office
Italian Air Force