At the opening day of Aerodays 2025 in Warsaw the AREANA project will be presented in the “Synergy” Session of the Aerodays. Together with CINEA and the two “aviation” Joint undertakings, Clean Aviation and SESAR, AREANA will present its current results, including the newly introduced Memorandum of Understanding on creating Synergies in European Aviation Research. The Memorandum which is expected to be signed in the next months by ministries and other entities responsible for funding and managing aviation research from up to ten countries with strong aviation industries. The Session will provide insights into the different approaches to cooperation by the four represented organisations. Following 4 short presentations, a panel discussion will allow the invited speakers to discuss how those approaches relate and might complement each other to jointly create a framework that help to strengthen and expand the leading position of European aviation research.
The session will be moderated by Hartwig Hagena, Manager International Relations of the German Aerospace Center (DLR) project management organisation for aviation research (PT-LF). His summary of the sessions topic: “There are so many highly motivated and well-trained people in European aviation. We must create the conditions that allow these people to connect and work together for a successful Europe.”