Conference Objectives
The 2023 Conference Schedule
will appear when confirmed.
Times will be
1500 to 2000 UK Local time
10am to 3pm EST
The 2021 Aircraft Cabin Air Conference schedule was as follows
DAY ONE
Monday 15 March 2021
SESSION ONE: Introductions and the history of the issue
15:00-15:07
Conference introduction
Captain Tristan Loraine BCAi
Conference Director
15:08-15:13
Understanding filtration and 'bleed air'
Short films
15:14-15:29
Contaminated air - the perspective of a former airline-training captain
Captain Nicholas McHugh
GCAQE board member
15:30-16:00
History of Contaminated air
Captain Tristan Loraine BCAi
16:01-16:06
Comfort Break
SESSION TWO: Understanding engine seals and exposures
16:07-16:18
Aircraft Cabin Air and Engine Oil - An Engineering Update
Professor Dr.-Ing. Dieter Scholz, MSME
Aircraft Design and Systems Group (AERO)
Hamburg University of Applied Sciences
16:19-16:35
Radial Lip Seals for Aerospace Applications - an overview
Ms. Sarah Shabbir
Institute for Aerospace Technology
The University of Nottingham
16:36-16:44
Engine seals from a pilot's perspective
Captain Tristan Loraine BCAi
16:45-17:01
Study On Aircraft Bleed Air Contamination By Engine Oil: Experimental And Numerical Investigation Of Dispersed Air-Oil Two-Phase Flow Through The Environmental Control System
Mariano Di Matteo
Aero-Thermo-Mechanics Department
Université Libre de Bruxelles
17:02-17:22
Discussion and Q&A
17:23-17:28
Comfort Break
SESSION THREE: Global perspectives
17:29-17:33
CAQS Cabin Air Quality Sensor Product Showcase
Pall Promo Film
17:34-17:47
IATA perspective on Cabin Air Quality standards development
Mr. Dragos Munteanu
Assistant Director Safety and Flight Operations - IATA
17:48-18:09
Air Quality: The State of Standards
Mr. Frank Brehany
18:10-18:27
Operational aspects of contaminated air - an engineer’s perspective
Mr. Ricardo Pavia
Aircraft Maintenance | Systems Engineering - TAP
18:28-18:38
Short film
18:39-18:55
Cabin Air Contamination Sensors and European Regulations
Mr. Arie Adriaensen
KU Leuven University
Department of Mechanical Engineering
18:56-19:06
Flight safety and the key role of flight attendants
Ms. Alessandra Airaldi
GCAQE board member
19:07-19:17
GCAQE global 'Clean Air Campaign'
GCAQE
Short film
19:18-19:32
A breath of fresh air: ECA's view on CAQ
Captain Rudy Pont
European Cockpit Association - Air Safety Committee
19:33-19:43
ITF / ETF perspective of contaminated air
Mr. Eoin Coates and Mr. Kris Major
European Transport Workers' Federation (ETF)
19:44-19:58
Discussion and Q&A
19:59-20:00
Day 1 Closing comments
Captain Tristan Loraine BCAi,
Conference Director
DAY TWO
Tuesday 16 March 2021
SESSION FOUR: Operational aspects
15:00-15:02
Day 2 conference introduction
Captain Tristan Loraine BCAi,
Conference Director
15:03-15:09
Captain Tristan Loraine BCAi
and a short film
15:10-15:25
Patching up risks
Ms. Gitte Furdal Damm
Human Factors Consultant
15:26-15:46
Oil fumes, flight safety, and the NTSB
Ms. Judith Anderson, MSc CIH
Industrial Hygienist
Association of Flight Attendants-CWA
15:47-16:00
Discussion and Q&A
16:01-16:06
Comfort Break
SESSION FIVE: Air Accident Incidents and Findings
16:07-16:28
Air accident bureau incident reports - Case study review
Dr. Susan Michaelis
Michaelis Aviation Consulting
16:29-16:59
An air accident investigator's perspective
Tony Cable
Aircraft Accident Investigation Consultant (AAIB - retired)
17:00-17:13
Discussion and Q&A
17:14-17:19
Comfort Break
SESSION SIX: Air monitoring and measuring
17:20-17:27
Session 6 introduction
Captain Tristan Loraine BCAi,
Conference Director
17:28-17:33
BASF Film 1
BASF Film
17:34-17:49
DELAYED UNTIL END OF DAY 3
Air and Surface Purification System
Mr. Jonathan Saltman
Member - Business Development
Aviation Clean Air
17:50-18:05
Ultrafine Particle Levels Measured On Board Short-haul Commercial Passenger Jet Aircraft.
Michaelis et al
Short film
18:06-18:20
Considerations and Logistics for Global Ground and In-flight Trace Contaminant Testing to Aid in Fault Isolation of Odor Events
Dr. Richard Fox
Aircraft Environment Solutions Inc.
18:21-18:35
Use of Particulates as a Marker for Bleed Air Contamination
Professor Byron Jones
Professor of Mechanical Engineering,
Kansas State University
18:36-18:47
One night near Malmo and further research
GCAQE
Short film
18:48-19:01
HALO, a new wireless cabin air quality system for aerospace markets, using detection, data, and alerting to create the healthiest environments possible.
Mr. Mike McConnell
L2 Aviation
19:02-19:32
Sensing Technology
Dr. Rick Mlcak
Sr. Principal Engineer
Pall Aerospace
19:33-19:59
Discussion and Q&A
19:59-20:00
Day 2 Conference closing comment
Captain Tristan Loraine BCAi,
Conference Director
DAY THREE
Wednesday 17 March 2021
SESSION SEVEN: Introduction to organophosphates
15:00-15:04
Day 3 conference introduction
Captain Tristan Loraine BCAi,
Conference Director
15:05-15:18
Understanding organophosphates used in aviation
Short film
15:19-15:34
Simultaneous inboard and outboard, inflight measurements of ultrafine particle concentrations
Dr. Paul I. Williams
Senior Research Fellow
Centre for Atmospheric Science and
National Centre for Atmospheric Science (NCAS)
The University of Manchester
15:35-15:50
Two sides of the same coin. Exposure to lubricants from aircraft turbine engines and offshore aeroderivative gas turbines –
Why aviation and offshore oil and gas production share the same health risk from synthetic engine oils.
Mr. Halvor Erikstein
Industrial Hygenist
SAFE – Norwegian Union of Energy Workers
15:51-16:11
Chronic low level exposure to organophosphates
Professor Alvin V. Terry Jr., Ph.D.
Regents Professor and Chair
Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology
Medical College of Georgia
Associate Vice President for Basic Science Research
Augusta University
16:12-16:29
Discussion and Q&A
16:30-16:34
Comfort Break
SESSION EIGHT: The toxicology and neutoxicity of contaminated air
16:35-16:40
BASF Film 2
BASF Film
16:41-17:01
Toxicology of contaminated air
Professor Vyvyan Howard
Professor of Pathology (toxicology) - University of Ulster
17:02-17:21
Aircraft Cabin Air – Neurotoxicity: Update and in-depth analysis
Mr. Daniel Dumalin, M.Sc.(Psy)
Research Psychologist specialised in Neurophysiology
17:22-17:41
Autoantibodies to glial and neuronal proteins as biomarkers for neurodegeneration - Induced by Contaminated air
Professor Mohamed B Abou-Donia, Ph.D.
Duke University School of Medicine
17:42-17:54
Discussion and Q&A
17:55-17:59
Comfort Break
SESSION NINE: Occupational health and exposures
18:00-18:09
Human Intoxication Following Inhalation Exposure to Synthetic Jet Lubricating Oil
Short Film
Dr. Mark Montgomery PhD,
Toxicologist
18:10-18:21
Crew exposure - a personal experience.
Short film
18:22-18:41
Australian union perspective on contaminated air
Captain Marcus Diamond
Technical Manager, Safety
The Australian Federation of Air Pilots (AFAP)
18:42-19:02
Occupational medicine and contaminated air exposures – quarter decade later
Dr. Robert Harrison, MD, MPH
Clinical Professor of Medicine
Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
University of California, San Francisco
19:03-19:23
Aerotoxic Syndrome, the Heart and Organophosphates
Dr. Jonathan Burdon
Consultant Respiratory Physician
19:24-19:39
Investigating health and exposure circumstances of persons after aircraft fume events: a narrative review with medical protocol
Dr. Jonathan Burdon et al.
19:40-19:55
Discussion and Q&A
19:56-20:00
Day 3 Conference closing comments
Captain Tristan Loraine BCAi,
Conference Director
20:00-20:15
RESCHEDULED FROM DAY 2
Air and Surface Purification System
Mr. Jonathan Saltman
Member - Business Development
Aviation Clean Air
20:16-20:25
Discussion and Q&A
DAY FOUR
Thursday 18 March 2021
SESSION TEN: Safety analysis and biomarkers of exposure
15:00-15:03
Day 4 conference introduction
Captain Tristan Loraine BCAi,
Conference Director
15:04-15:24
Cabin air quality: Safety analysis and certification
Dr. Susan Michaelis
Michaelis Aviation Consulting
15:25-15:44
Have You Been Exposed to Aircraft Engine Oil? - Biomarkers of Exposure
Professor Clement Furlong
Professor of Medicine and Genome Sciences
University of Washington
15:45-15:59
Discussion and Q&A
16:00-16:05
Comfort Break
SESSION ELEVEN: The legal aspects of contaminated air exposures
16:06-16:10
Introduction of the session
Captain Tristan Loraine BCAi,
Conference Director
and
Session host
Mr. John T. Martin
Trial Lawyer
KJC Law Firm
16:11-16:18
A passenger's perspective of contaminated air
Short film
16:19-16:24
A journey to the High Court of Australia
Short film
16:25-16:59
How to Win a Claim Arising out of a Fume Event
Mr. Glen Lasken
Specialist worker's compensation attorney
17:00-17:29
Legal actions in the United States
Ms. Zoe Littlepage
Athea Trial Lawyers &
Littlepage Booth Leckman
17:30-17:58
Discussion and Q&A
Hosted by
Mr. John T. Martin,
Trial Lawyer
KJC Law Firm
17:59-18:04
Comfort Break
SESSION TWELVE: Filtration solutions
18:05-18:19
Advanced Technology Filtration For A Better Crew And Passenger Experience
Mr. David Conrad
Vice President, Business Development
PTI Technologies
18:20-18:49
BASF Ozone-VOC Converters: Enhance Your Comfort
Mr. Victor Leung
Global Marketing Manager, Clean Air
BASF
18:50-19:19
Filtration Technology
Mr. Paul Roux
Sr. Principal Engineer R&D
Pall Aerospace
19:20-19:49
Discussion and Q&A
19:50-20:00
Conference closing comments
Captain Tristan Loraine BCAi,
Conference Director
CONFERENCE ENDS