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Farnborough International Airshow 2024

July 22 – 26, 2024
Farnborough International Exhibition and Conference Centre for the world’s best 2024 airshow

Collaboration, meet Acceleration.
Welcome to where innovation takes off.

Capgemini is proud to have participated in Farnborough International Airshow, held the week of July 22nd. FIA 2024 hosted leaders from across the aerospace and defense ecosystem who showcased leading technologies, latest innovations, and the impact of partnership.

We recognize that today’s A&D organizations face unprecedented demands to be cheaper, faster and more sustainable to remain competitive. To be successful in this complex ecosystem, A&D organizations must accelerate the ways in which they collaborate and innovate.

Our presence at the Farnborough Airshow 2024 included a booth and a chalet overlooking the airfield where we brought new perspectives on topics such as:

We see a future where executives can be visionaries, tapping into today’s innovations and technologies to utilize the convergence of products, software, data, and services. At Capgemini, we call this Intelligent Industry the next phase of business transformation, cutting across all facets of customer interaction, business operations, R&D, engineering, manufacturing, and supply chains.

We were located at Booth #1211 or Chalet (C130).

Our key sessions at Aerospace Global News (AGN) Theatre

Moderator

  • Lee Annecchino, Executive Vice President, Global Aerospace & Defense Leader, Capgemini

Panel

  • Dr Andrea Ahern, ClimHtech SAF Lead & Vice President of Net-Zero Projects IE. CATAGEN
  • Andy Billig, Senate Majority Leader. Washington State Legislature
  • Phill Godfrey, Chief Sustainability Officer. Collins Aerospace, an RTX Business
  • Carrie Lambert, Head of Sustainability. Reaction Engines
  • Sarwant Singh, President & Chief Commercial Officer – EMEA, MarketsandMarkets

Location – Aerospace Global News Theatre located in Hall 4

Date – 24 July
Time
– 12:25pm – 13:10pm BST

Moderator

  • Zoe Jackson, Vice President, Manufacturing and Aerospace and Defence Growth, Capgemini UK

Panel

  • Mike Dwyer, Vice President, Head of Intelligent Industry, Capgemini UK
  • Ian Hampson, Vice President Head of Aerospace and Defence, Capgemini UK
  • Dr. Maria Nelson, Head of Innovation & Sustainability, Aerospace Technology Institute
  • Mark Roberts, Deputy Head, Capgemini Global Generative AI Lab, Capgemini Engineering

Location – Aerospace Global News Theatre located in Hall 4

Date – 25 July
Time
 – 12:35pm – 13:20pm BST

Speaking session schedule

BST – British Summer Time*

Topic: Software framework solutions for defense

Speaker:

  • Rajat Kapoor, VP of Business Development, Software Frameworks
  • Abhi Sansi – Market Unit Leader – Manufacturing Aerospace & Defense

Time: 11:30– 12:00 BST

Topic: Generative AI at Heathrow

Speakers:

  • Bill Twibill, VP of Travel and Transportation
  • Neil Apicella, Delivery Manager and Capability Lead

Time: 13:00 – 13:30 BST

Topic: Gen AI / Large Language Models – The savior of ERP

Speaker:

  • Duncan Prior – VP, Head of ERP Advisory Services

Time: 14:00 – 14:30 BST

Topic: Augmented Engineering – Putting GenAI into context

Speaker:

  • Dr Andrew Vickers – CTO Generative AI

Time: 15:30 – 16:00 BST

Topic: Accelerating Innovation in Defense

Speaker:

  • Benjamin Schulte, Strategy & Innovation Lead Defense Europe

Time: 9:30 – 10:00 BST

Topic: How do we Collaborate to Deliver Complex Programmes?

Speakers:

  • Bruno Bouf, Executive VP, Global Aerospace & Defense for Capgemini Invent
  • Andreas Conradi, Head of Defense Europe/Executive VP
  • Mike Dwyer, VP Head of Intelligent Industry CoEx UK
  • Ian Hampson, VP – Head of Aerospace & Defense UK

Time: 11:30 – 12:00 BST

Topic: Introducing the TechnoVision Playbook for the Aerospace & Defense Industry

Speakers:

  • Patrice Duboe, Executive VP CTO Aerospace & Defense, CITO South/Central Europe Capgemini, StartUp Founder LeanConnected
  • Benjamin Schulte, Strategy & Innovation Lead Defense Europe
  • Mike Dwyer, VP Head of Intelligent Industry CoEx UK

Time: 13:00 – 13:30 BST

Topic: Security/Cybersecurity (CIS)

Speakers:

  • Neil Davis, Sales Director
  • Cheryl Martin, VP Head of Cyber Security

Time: 14:00 – 14:30 BST

Topic: Beaming 5G from the Stratosphere

Speaker:

  • Gary Kemp, Programme Director at Cambridge Consultants
  • Kevin Bean – VP Operations & VP Technical at Stratospheric Platforms

Time: 15:00 – 15:30 BST

Topic: Session in Chalet: Women in Aero & Defense

Facilitator:

  • Zoe Jackson, VP of Manufacturing and Automotive Growth

Time: 15:30 – 16:00 BST

Topic: How to ensure compliance in a digital continuity environment?

Speaker:

  • Nicolas Piveteau, Managing Consultant – Compliance & Digital

Time: 16:00 – 16:30 BST

Topic: Future of Aviation

Speaker:

  • Andrew Hawthorn, Chief Architect for High-Integrity Systems and Intelligent Industry

Time: 9:30 – 10:00 BST

Topic: The time to act is now: Accelerating production in the defense industry

Speakers:

  • Andreas Conradi, Head of Defense Europe/Executive VP
  • Benjamin Schulte, Strategy & Innovation Lead Defense Europe
  • Holger Lips, Vice President

Time: 10:30 – 11:00 BST

Topic: Lifecycle Optimization for Aerospace – AWS

Speakers:

  • Tim Murnin (AWS), Head of Industry Solutions & GTM
  • Graham Upton, Technology & Innovation Director, Intelligent Industry, Capgemini

Time: 11:30 – 12:00 BST

Topic: Decarbonizing civil aviation

Speaker:

  • Osman Kocini, Consultant – Sustainable Futures

Time: 13:00 – 13:30 BST

Topic: Solar Airship

Speaker:

  • Antoine Mallet, Research & Innovation Program Lead: Future of Engineering

Time: 14:00 – 14:30 BST

Topic: ASE – solving sustainability

Speakers:

  • Anthony Belcher – Facilitator and Knowledge Worker
  • Rachael Normanton – Vice President

Time: 15:30 – 16:00 BST

Topic: Creating resilient, sustainable supply chains through collaborative partner networks

Speaker:

  • Ash Naughton, Senior Director Supply Chain & Procurement

Time: 9:30 – 10:00 BST

Topic: Takt Time Optimization

Speaker:

  • Dan Howarth – IOT Solutions Architect | Smart Factory

Time: 10:30 – 11:00 BST

Topic: Capgemini in Digital Assembly for WiNG

Speaker:

  • Yasmin Hanson, Industrial Automation Solution Architecture & Integration

Time: 11:30 – 12:00 BST

Topic: Software as a savior, not nemesis

Speaker:

  • Andrew Hawthorn, Chief Architect for High-Integrity Systems and Intelligent Industry

Time: 13:00 – 13:30 BST

Topic: Collaborative and Predictive Supply Chain for Aerospace & Defense

Speakers:

  • Naimeesh Chauhan, Trend Leader for Intelligent Manufacturing
  • Shobha Kulavil, VP – India Industry Platform, Aerospace and Defense
  • Santosh Soni, Senior Director – Intelligent Supply Chain

Time: 14:00 – 14:30 BST

Friday at FIA was open to the public, so we hosted families in our booths allowing them to interact with our demos and learn about what Capgemini does. We also engaged with young women interested in STEM and new Talent looking to learn more about careers at Capgemini. 

TechnoVision Report: Aerospace and Defense

TechnoVision 2024 is here, and after a year in which technology in business evolved even faster than normal.

Expert perspective

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Aug 7, 2024
Talent and people, Technology

Telling the A&D story: How better messaging can solve our talent crisis 

Lydia Aldejohann
Jul 3, 2024
Business operations, Digital core, Intelligent industry

Capgemini's vision for A&D: Collaboration, meet acceleration

Ian Hampson
Jun 26, 2024

Meet our people

Lee Annecchino

Executive Vice President, Global Aerospace & Defense Leader
Lee has over 25 years of experience driving growth, innovation and revenue in a series of executive and leadership roles in the Aerospace industry. As Global Aerospace & Defense Leader at Capgemini, Lee is responsible for creating the global A&D industry strategy that drives a portfolio of capabilities and the ecosystem needed to address the evolving needs of the industry. Lee believes that data driven connected A&D ecosystems and resilient supply chains will drive efficiencies in the aerospace and defense industry.

Patrice Duboé

EVP – CTO Global Aerospace & Defense, CTIO South & Central Europe
Patrice Duboé has been working in innovation and technology for more than 20 years. He leads innovation and technology teams to deploy innovation at scale for global corporations and clients, with key partners and emerging startups.

Frédéric Grousson

Head of Aerospace & Defense industry
Frederic is Dr.-Eng in control system and has joined the group in 2000, and has worked since then in the Aeronautic sector for many customers with a huge experience at Airbus account in the industry sales team since 2015, he now leads the Aerospace and Defense sector globally for Capgemini Engineering.

Ian Hampson

Vice President, Head of Aerospace and Defense UK
Ian heads up Aerospace and Defense in the UK for the private sector, working in partnership with several major Aerospace and Defense organizations to achieve their business goals, whether this be through digital transformation, incremental change, or taking the strain of the day-to-day running. Ian has gained experience across multiple sectors leading major engagements with key clients and is passionate about building successful teams and relationships to deliver business value to our clients.

Antoine Scotto d'Apollonia

VP, Digital Continuity Advisor, Capgemini Invent
Antoine has more than 25 years in civil aerospace leading Engineering transformation and PLM implementation for new programs. He is driven by the ability to develop new Digital Design-Manufacturing-Service platforms and deploy global Business Transformation for his clients. He manages Aerospace transformation best practices for Capgemini Invent and leads Digital Continuity insights across multiple industries. Antoine believes that development principles and digital enablers for the Aerospace industry are foundational for Intelligent Industry, the next era of digital transformation defined by the convergence of product, software, data, and services across all industries.

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