Innovation Track

Where Airlines, Airports, Investors, and Start-Ups Build What’s Next

The Innovation Track brings together airlines, airports, investors and start-ups to examine how innovation is evolving as the industry shifts toward AI-driven operations, automation, new digital infrastructure and more structured investment models. Discussions look at how organisations identify which technologies will deliver real impact, how they partner with the venture ecosystem and how they turn experimentation into operational results.

The programme covers emerging tech - from agentic AI and automation to sustainability solutions, digital twins, new materials, and the realities of eVTOLs and AAM. It also highlights different innovation models across airlines and investors, the commercial conditions required for scalable progress, and the changing nature of corporate–startup collaboration.

The Innovation Track concludes with a fast-paced start-up competition, showcasing the top ideas shaping aviation’s next wave of transformation. Join us to see who will be crowned as winner!