Aeronautics Conference - Business Leaders Forum 2026

✈️ Aeronautics Conference 2026

The Aeronautics Conference 2026, organized by the French Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Japan, will take place in Tokyo as part of Nihonbashi Space Week on December 2, 2026, from 2:00 PM to 8:00 PM. This event will bring together key players from the aeronautics and space sectors to discuss strategic challenges between France and Japan, particularly in terms of innovation, industrial cooperation, and sustainability.

The program will include:

Panel 1 - Space Sustainability and Earth Resilience: Building Responsible Space Ecosystems

This panel will explore the challenges of space durability: solutions towards the sustainability of in-orbit activities, as well as the concrete space applications contributing to our planet’s resilience.

Panel 2 - Scaling the Drone Industry: Innovation, Industrialization and Cross-Border Collaboration

The speakers will discuss the growing development of the drone industry, driven by technological and industrial progress, as well as an increasing international cooperation.

Panel 3 - Civil Aviation & Customer Experience: Shaping the Journey of Tomorrow

This panel will examine new forms of air mobility, changes in the customer experience, and the human resources challenges associated with the transformation of the civil aviation sector.

Exclusive keynote speeches and a fireside chat, during which two experts in private aviation financing will review investment opportunities in the sector.

A Newtorking Cocktail reception alongside representatives from the aeronautics industry to close the event.

PROGRAM

Speaker(s)

Alain CorreiaPresident and CEO, Thales Japan

Karim LahmaïdiDefence Attaché, French Embassy in Tokyo

Minoru HanakataGeneral Manager, International Affairs Department,, SJAC

Olivier AudryJapan General Delegate & Representative Direct, Safran Group SVP, Airlines and OEM relations, Safran Aircraft Interiors Japan Delegate,

Kenji YamagataAPRSAF Executive Secretary, International Relations and Research Department, Jaxa

Hishashi InoueVice President, Chief Engineer, Astroscale

Kenji SAITODirector, Managing Executive Officer, Head of Industrial Business Unit, Nikkiso Co., Ltd.

Akira TakanoCEO, Skypeak Co., Ltd

Jean-Paul ParentIndustrial Development Director Japan, Safran Japan KK

Jean LallouetEY Japan French Business Desk coordinator, EY

Saburo KOYAMAExecutive Director, Head of Transportation Finance, Japan, Natixis

Bertrand RovettoManaging Director, Head of Aviation Group Asia-Pacific, Crédit Agricole CIB

CNESSpeaker TBC

Dassault SystemesSpeaker TBC

Naoto KameyamaJetlux

Shinji SuzukiEmeritus Professor, The University of Tokyo and President, Société des Ailes Rouges

Masahito GOTOFormer Director General of Aerial Systems, ATLA, Executive Adviser, Mitsui Bussan Aerospace Co., Ltd.

Masakazu KoyanagiVP, Corporate Development, BULL SAS

Ailes Rouges (Red Wings)

The Ailes Rouges project ("Akai-Tsubasa") commemorates André Japy's Paris-Tokyo raid on a Caudron Simoun, which was cut short in 1936 by a crash near Mount Sefuri just 1,000 km from its destination, aiming to fly the restored aircraft along this final stretch to Tokyo. In 2026, events in France and Japan will mark the 90th anniversary of this flight and celebrate French-Japanese relations.

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