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IATA announces 2025 World Safety & Operations Conference focus on emerging aviation risks
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Willie Walsh Director General | International Air Transport Association

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has announced that the 2025 World Safety and Operations Conference (WSOC) will be held in Xiamen, China. The event aims to address future challenges in aviation safety as new technologies and risks emerge.

“This year’s WSOC will have a future focus. Our efforts to date have made aviation operations safer. Evolving technologies, including AI, will enable us to do even better as the landscape of risks changes. WSOC is the opportunity to look at technology and risk as we examine topics including safely managing the proliferation of lithium batteries carried by travelers, GNSS interference near conflict zones, improving accident reporting, managing supply chain challenges, and maintaining spectrum integrity in the face of growing telecom needs. By addressing these and other issues today we’ll be better prepared to take on the challenges of the future,” said Willie Walsh, IATA’s Director General.

Zhao Dong, Chairman of Xiamen Airlines, highlighted China’s position in global aviation: “Hosting WSOC 2025 in Xiamen highlights China’s important role in shaping the future of aviation safety. As one of the world’s largest and fastest-growing air transport markets, China has built a strong safety record while making significant investments in new infrastructure and technology. Holding WSOC here is especially meaningful: it offers Chinese carriers a platform to share their experience in building safe and reliable operations. More importantly, the event brings together China’s insights and global expertise to forge shared best practices.”

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The conference will feature speakers such as Walsh; Zhao; Mark Searle, IATA’s Global Director of Safety; Xie Bing, CEO and President of Xiamen Airlines; senior leaders from the Civil Aviation Administration of China; executives from COMAC; Yannick Malinge from Airbus; Elmarie Marais from GoCrisis; Al Madar from Boeing; Crispin Orr from the UK Air Accidents Investigation Branch; and Foong Ling Huei from Singapore's Civil Aviation Authority.

WSOC 2025 will offer four expert tracks focused on key areas:

- The Safety track covers predictive risk management strategies, data-driven operational audits (IOSA), preparing new safety auditors, evaluating organizational safety performance, accident investigations, runway incidents prevention measures, and overall safety approaches.

- Cabin Operations sessions address human factors affecting cabin crew performance, best practices for transporting lithium batteries safely by travelers—an issue that has grown with increased battery use—crew protection protocols, and aircraft door security.

- Flight Operations discussions include recent advances in training methods for pilots using competency-based models. Additional topics are radio spectrum management for navigation systems resilience amid increasing telecom demand—a challenge due to competing needs for radio frequencies—parts supply chains stability issues affecting airlines globally due to logistical disruptions over recent years—and artificial intelligence applications for maintenance tasks alongside sustainability efforts.

- Crisis Management features developments such as effective response coordination during emergencies involving aircraft removal or communication strategies with affected parties.

Workshops supplementing these tracks include practical sessions on IATA's operational audit program (IOSA), forums discussing turbulence prediction through real-time data analytics with Turbulence Aware initiatives that help airlines mitigate turbulence impacts during flights via shared information networks across carriers worldwide—and collaborative discussions about optimizing airspace usage globally.

Registration details along with further information about WSOC can be found on IATA's website.

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