-Seats have a huge impact on customer perception and flight costs! With rising fuel prices looming on the horizon, airlines cannot afford to miss out on the opportunity to reduce costs by further minimizing the weight of their interior design. Less carbon consumption and a further range with an increased passenger payload are the major motivators driving innovations in seating design. At the same time, airlines need to have a distinct cabin interior design in order to bind customers and to comply with their demands for comfort and safety: enhanced and innovative solutions for seating comfort and functionality, ambience and entertainment are an absolute must-have for OEMs, airlines and suppliers. Therefore the challenge is to minimize seat weight but at the same time optimize seat ergonomics and still meet with legal restrictions. Last but not least: IFE. IFE is what customers are expecting and where airlines can differentiate. With the new FAA Advisory (which describes the new acceptable means to gain approval to install electronic components integrated in seats on aircraft) IFE is a big challenge for everybody involved in aircraft seats. Main tpoics include: Identify requirements for future seats: Trends and demands of customers, wireless IFE, tablets New Materials and Technologies: Lightweight vs. cost? Lightweight construction (Composites); Materials and designs to reduce seat weight and space to save costs and improve aircraft´s efficiency IFE integration solutions: Contactless seat power, new lightweight IFE solutions, wireless IFE Maximize passenger comfort in minimal space: Research of ergonomic/human factors; translation into seat design & intelligent designs for optimal usage of cabin space Ergonomics: How can objective and subjective comfort perception and measurement come together to create the perfect seat adapted to the passenger´s activities and needs? Certification processes, international safety regulations and certification barriers: What´s next and what can be done – potentials and threats of new materials (composites); Impact of regulations on closer integration between seat and IFEC - FAA Advisory Circular AC-21-49

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Innovative
AIRCRAFT
SEATING2013
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4th International Conference
22 – 24 October 2013 | Radisson BLU Hotel, Hamburg Airport, GERMANY
Benefit from the following key discussions:
• Identify requirements for future seats: Trends and demands from customers for wireless
IFE and tablet technology
• New materials and technologies: Lightweight vs. cost? Lightweight construction
(Composites); Materials and designs to reduce seat weight and space to save costs and
improve aircraft efficiency
• IFE integration solutions: Contactless seat power, new lightweight IFE solutions, wireless IFE
• Maximize passenger comfort in minimal space: Research of ergonomic/human factors;
translation into seat design & intelligent designs for optimal usage of cabin space
• Certification processes, international safety regulations and certification barriers:
What´s next and what can be done – Understanding the potential benefits & risks associated
with new materials
Don’t miss presentations from
our 14 expert companies:
• British Airways, United
Kingdom
• Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd,
United Kingdom
• Airbus Operations GmbH,
Germany
• Boeing Commercial
Airplanes, USA
• Embraer, Brazil
• Oman Air SAOC, Oman
• Fischer+Entwicklungen
GmbH & Co KG, Germany
• Air Transport Publications
Ltd, United Kingdom
• Zodiac Seats, USA
• Thompson Aero Seating,
United Kingdom
• Optimares SPA, Italy
• TNO,The Netherlands
• TU Delft,The Netherlands
Interactive Workshop Day | Thursday, 24 October 2013
A | IFE Seat Integration and Improvement
B | Adapting the seat to anthropometry and activities
C | Beyond the standard transport aircraft pax seat
D | Managing a fleet of Koito seats
Learn from these experts amongst others:
Richard Stevens,
Creative Director,
British Airways, UK
Peter Cooke,
Head of Design,
British Airways, UK
PhD Dianne McMullin,
Human Factors Engineer,
Boeing Commercial Airplanes, USA
Dawood Al Raisi,
Senior Manager Technical Projects,
Oman Air SAOC, Oman
Raki Islam,
Vice President, Engineering,
Zodiac Seats, USA
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22 – 24 October 2013 | Radisson BLU Hotel, Hamburg Airport, GERMANY
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Conference
Advisory Board
Antje Terno,
Manager / Change Leader, Airbus
Cabin Design Office,
Airbus Operations GmbH,
Germany
Peter Wiegmann,
Expert Seats, Cabin - Seats and
Seat Power,
Airbus Operations GmbH,
Germany
Team Discounts
We are offering attractive Team
Discounts, please contact us!
Who will you meet?
Industry:
OEMs, Airlines, Seat Manufacturers, Suppliers
Department:
• (Pre-) R&D Seating
• Cabin Seats Development
• Ergonomics
• Cabin Interior Design
Airlines
Seat Manufacturers
Material Suppliers
Design Companies
Research Institutions
Electronic Suppliers
Engineering Service Providers
Aircraft Manufacturers
Interactive Sessions
Network session:
The perfect opportunity to speak directly with your peers and network effectively.
Speakers Corner:
With your questions and comments you will actively steer the direction of this interactive panel
discussion
U-Drive:
Create your own agenda! Nominate the subject you would love to hear about and if there is
consensus from your peer group we will endeavor to find an expert to address it, failing that we will
moderate a group discussion on the topic in question
innovative aircraft seating
safety
new materials
Wireless IFE
passenger comfort
technologies
cost reduction
seating design minimizing the weight
maintenance
ergonomics
ergonomics
legal restrictions
FAA Advisory lightweight
certification barriers
IFE
seating design
Connectivity
Co-located with IQPC`s International Conference
AIRCRAFT Seating
Maintenance
www.seating-maintenance.com
22 – 24 October 2013 | Radisson Blu Hotel, Hamburg Airport, Germany