AI and the Future of Aviation and Airports | IATA, Curacao | Matthew Griffin | Futurist Keynote

#Aviation #Airports #AI #Keynotespeaker Firstly, thank you to Crystal and the team at the Dutch Caribbean Air Navigation Service Provider (DC-ANSP) and IATA, for asking me to be the opening keynote at this years Future of Aviation summit which was held at the Renaissance Wind Creek Curacao Resort on the beautiful Caribbean island of Curacao. With an invite only audience comprised of government ministers, leaders, and experts from across Europe, NAM, and LATAM, the purpose of this years event was to discuss the future of the airport, aviation, and tourism industry from a regional and international perspective. As the aviation industry does its best to recover from the deep injuries inflicted on it by the pandemic, and grapple with the ever changing geopolitical and technological environment, it was my honour to be able to dive into what the leading players in the industry are doing and the near and far future. First, I took a long view of the future of airports, airport operations, and Air Traffic Control (ATC) and Air Traffic Management (ATM), all of which are being impacted by the rapid rate of development of different technologies in different ways. Then, I dove into the future of aviation itself where we’re witnessing what I call a Wright Brothers 2.0 moment, with significant new developments in everything from airframes, energy, and propulsion as companies focus on costs, efficiency, ESG, and speed – which, as you can see from the presentation, ranges from Mach 1 to above Mach 25. And then, finally, but certainly not least I dove into the future of aviation maintenance and security, border control, and the future of the workforce – including the decentralisation of ATC and the technologies we have at our disposal to solve the industry’s almost infamous ATC hiring crisis. CONTENTS: 00:00 Hosts Introduction 03:16 Introduction 06:53 The Wright Brothers 2.0 Moment 15:49 THE AI REVOLUTION 15:55 Change at the Speed of AI 18:54 Looking Ahead to AGI 21:55 The Near Future of AI 25:04 Re-Inventing Airport Operations 27:22 Dark Airports 27:55 AI FOR THE OPERATORS 28:21 Autonomous and Drone Vehicles 29:12 General Purpose Robots 29:52 Autonomous Aircraft Cometh 30:58 Digital Twins, Commercial Optimisation 32:17 Predictive Maintenance 33:04 On Demand and Just In Time Parts Supply 34:00 AI FOR THE CUSTOMER 34:14 New Business Models 38:41 Invisible Borders 40:00 Hyper Personalised Experiences, Revenue Maximisation 41:04 AI FOR THE WORKFORCE 41:09 Upskilling ATC Faster 42:38 CEOs - The Last of their Kind 42:51 The Limitless and Unlimited Workforce 47:44 Solving the ATC Hiring Problem, Virtual Experiences 50:16 AI FOR SUSTAINABILITY 50:27 Quantum Computing, Route Optimisation 51:41 AI Designed Materials 52:18 AI Designed Jet Engines 53:16 AI Designed Batteries and SAF 54:21 WHERE TO BEGIN 54:46 Start With the End in Mind 55:24 Be Aware of the Risks 58:55 Determine your First Use Cases 1:00:33 Separate Safety and Security Divisions 1:01:33 Three Worlds not Two 1:02:47 CLOSE and Q&A