0850-0900 | Welcome to DISPAX World 2023

– Toronto to Frankfurt: hand baggage as a weapon
Luis Manuel Gonzalez Gonzalez

– Reykjavik to Riga: "you're all going to die"
Evija Broka

– London to Dubai: when stag parties turn bad
Alberto Tebaldi

Session Moderator: Brian Kinane, Management, Aviation Security, & Training Consultant (and former head of Aircrew Security Training, Emirates), France

The Implications of the Tokyo Convention for Aircrew: are airlines, and their crew, immune from civil legal action as well as criminal prosecution?

Dr. Rebekah Tanti-Dougall, Partner, Tanti-Dougall & Associates, Malta

Restraining Unruly Passengers to Their Seats: are there legal concerns?

Dr. Sofia Mateou, Associate Professor, Aviation Management, Prince Sultan University, Saudi Arabia

One in the Sky is Worth Two on the Ground: does alcohol really have greater impact at altitude?

Frederick Reitz, Managing Director, SAFEsky Inc, USA

Session Moderator: Brian Kinane, France

Unmasked: the legacy of the pandemic in terms of passenger behaviour

Daniela Modonesi, Chairperson, Ground Staff Committee, European Transport Workers Federation, Italy

Xenophobia & Paranoia: geopolitical trends and the media’s impact on passenger behaviour and aircrew response

Harel Peled, Operational Psychologist, Israel

Avion Patera Flights: faked unruly passenger incidents and illegal migration

Alexandra James, Analysis Output Manager, Osprey Flight Solutions, UK

State-Sponsored Hijacking: Ryanair Flight 4978’s forced diversion to Minsk

Piotr Dudek LLM, Director, New Technologies, Defence & Aerospace, TGC Corporate Lawyers, Poland

Session Moderator: Brian Kinane, France

Daniela Modonesi, Chairperson, Ground Staff Committee, European Transport Workers Federation, Italy

Harel Peled, Operational Psychologist, Israel

Alexandra James, Analysis Output Manager, Osprey Flight Solutions, UK

Piotr Dudek LLM, Director, New Technologies, Defence & Aerospace, TGC Corporate Lawyers, Poland

Session Moderator: Aaron Le Boutillier, Regional Vice President (South-East Asia), ASIS International; PhD. candidate, Rangsit University; and, CEO, Le Boutillier Group, Thailand

Airline Own Goals: our contribution to the scourge of air rage

Communication with Law Enforcement: ensuring an appropriate ground response

Intendent Daniel António de Sousa Magalhães, AIRPOL Disruptive/Unruly Working Group & Commander of the 3rd Division of the Oporto Metropolitan Police – Public Security Police (PSP) of Portugal, Portugal

Session Moderator: Philip Baum, UK

Suicidal Ideation: assessing the propensity for aircrew to take their own lives inflight

Aleksandra Kapela, Aviation Psychologist & Founder, MyWingman, Poland

‘Crazy Passengers’: modernising aircrew mental health awareness training

Akbota Kaliyeva, Senior Officer Safety Compliance & Aviation Security, Air Astana, Kazakhstan

Understanding Frotteurism & Toucherism: paraphilia in the aircraft cabin

Dr. Ross Bartels, Senior Lecturer, School of Psychology, College of Health & Science, University of Lincoln, UK

Invasion of Flight Attendant Privacy: a Japanese case study

Akira Naito, President, Japan Federation of Aviation Industry Unions, Japan and
Dr. Mizuki Urano, Regional Manager Asia-Pacific, Inflight Innovations Inc., Japan

Session Moderator: Brian Kinane, France

The Need for Industry Collaboration: a European initiative

John Franklin, Head of Safety Promotion, European Union Aviation Safety Agency, Germany

Airport Security: a role in mitigating unruly passenger incidents inflight

Eva Haas, Security Procedures and Training Manager, Prague Airport, Czech Republic

Penalising Perpetrators: ensuring that the punishment matches the crime

Irene Patanè, External Affairs & Sustainability, DDG-EUR-RA-Regional External Affairs & Sustainability, International Air Transport Association (IATA), Spain

Panel Q&A

Session Moderator: Brian Kinane, France

Airline Innovation: preventative measures

Pollý Hilmarsdóttir, Security Manager, Icelandair, Iceland

Airline Innovation: diffusion techniques

Rania Lagopodis, Training Coordinator, Flight Operations, Air Inuit, Canada

Airline Innovation: restraint techniques

Petr Zollman, Security and Emergency Response Planning Manager, Smartwings a.s., Czech Republic

Airline Innovation: incident management

Kaspars Rencis, Head of Security & Emergency Response, AirBaltic Corporation, Latvia

Panel Q&A

Session Moderator: Aaron Le Boutillier, Thailand

MASTERCLASS: BEHAVIOURAL INTERVENTIONS, PHYSICAL INTERVENTIONS AND RESTRAINT:
WHAT CAN AVIATION LEARN FROM OTHER SECTORS?

• Training for Reality: in light of the Mubenga case

Eric Baskind, Chair, SWC Experts Group (Safety Without Compromise); Senior Lecturer (Law), Liverpool John Moores University; and, Chair, Centre for Physical Interventions, UK

• Restraint Safety: from acute behavioural disturbance to pain compliance

Dr. Anthony Bleetman, Honorary Senior Lecturer, Centre for Neuroscience, Surgery and
Trauma, Blizard Institute, Queen Mary University of London, UK

• Biomechanical Considerations & Joint Immobilisation: transitioning from manual holds to restraint devices

Dr. Stanislav Lifshitz, Lecturer, Enhancing the Safety and Wellbeing of Persons in Care and Custody, Queen Mary University of London, UK

Aircrew as Law Enforcement: a question of mindset

Aaron Le Boutillier, Regional Vice President (South-East Asia), ASIS International; PhD. candidate, Rangsit University; and, CEO, Le Boutillier Group, Thailand

Session Moderator: Aaron Le Boutillier, Thailand

1. Quik-Restraint System

• Richard J. Strickland, Director,  Passenger Safe, UK
• Doug Melia, Director, Passenger Safe, UK

2. Lapaj

Roman Hrubý, CEO & Founder, Pelta s.r.o., Slovakia

Chairman’s Take Away

Philip Baum, Conference Chairman, DISPAX World 2023