MAA Conference 2022 - where are the business opportunities of the future?

Klaus Mueller, Senior Advisor at AeroDynamic Advisory

What is the future of aerospace? When will growth return? Which segments of the market seem likely to be the winners or losers? These are just some of the important questions Klaus Mueller, Senior Advisor at AeroDynamic Advisory - one of the world’s top aerospace consultancies - will share insights into during his keynote address at the MAA conference.

Jean-Marie Carvalho, Vice President, Actuation Systems, Collins Aerospace

"Being socially engaged in creating a better environment forms part of our mission,” says Jean-Marie Carvalho. “Sustainability is therefore a critical area we need to bring into all our decisions and thoughts.”

At the MAA Conference, Jean-Marie will talk about the wider implications of sustainability for the aerospace industry, not only for each of our own facilities but all the way along our supply chains, where questions of greenhouse gas emissions, resilience, globalisation and re-shoring, have recently come to the fore.

Simon Carlisle, Strategy Director Civil Aerospace, Rolls-Royce 

"The last two years have driven big transformations in aerospace. What does this mean for our future supply chains?"

Simon Carlisle, Strategy Director Civil Aerospace, Rolls-Royce, will draw on his deep experience in the industry to provide insights into surrent supply challenges and opportunities as well as the outlook for market growth.

Hugh Clayton, Group Director, Engineering & Strategy, Meggitt plc

What factors will drive the future aerospace sector: both in the next few years and the coming decade? Where are there opportunities to prosper and grow in a changed and changing market?

These are the questions that Hugh Clayton, Group Director, Engineering & Strategy, Meggitt plc, will be addressing from Meggitt's perspective. 

Charlie Burrell, Director Military Programs, Moog Aircraft Group and MAA Director

How is defence aerospace business environment currently evolving and what are the upcoming military aircraft programmes of the future? How is Moog approaching these opportunities and what can the wider industry learn?

Charlie Burrell, Director Military Programs, Moog Aircraft Group will be taking the MAA Conference through these questions and more.

Annette Rothwell, AR Procurement Services and MAA Director

What are the key current issues and challenges facing Midlands aerospace supplier companies and how are they managing them? What can other companies learn from their experiences? Annette Rothwell has been leading a series of peer networking groups for aerospace suppliers as part of the Midlands Aerospace UP programme, giving her unique access to in-depth conversations and information right at the "coal face" of our supply chain cluster which she will draw on at the MAA conference. 

Andy Leather, Technology Manager, MAA

Will the UK Space Strategy and rapid growth of the space industry generate opportunities for Midlands aerospace companies? Will the UK Space Agency's regional clustering policy help or hinder? What is required for organisations to pivot from aerospace and adjacent disciplines/markets to space? Should we only address upstream space (manufacturing for flight and ground requirements) or support downstream space (space data) too?

Clive Lewis, Technology Manager, MAA and Achieving the Difference

Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) includes flying taxis, personal air vehicles and alternatively powered sub-regional aircraft, which will spawn new configurations, technologies, business models and market players. It sounds exciting but is the AAM market real? What opportunity does it present to suppliers? And when will it happen?

Rolls-Royce Learning and Development Centre

Inside the Centre

US aerospace expert Richard Aboulafia addresses the first MAA conference