Abu Dhabi to host Global Aerospace Summit



Abu Dhabi will host the Global Aerospace Summit 2012 between April 16 and 20, it was confirmed yesterday.

Global Aerospace Summit 2012, hosted by Mubadala Aerospace, is a forum that brings together international and regional senior executives from across the aerospace, aviation and space sectors for a four-day event designed to promote cross-industry talks and discussions of future growth strategies.

Among those attending the summit will be James Albaugh, chief executive of Boeing Commercial Airplanes; Marwan Lahoud, the chief strategy and marketing officer of EADS; Francois Auque, the chief executive of EADS Astrium; Mary Ellen Jones, the president of Engine Alliance; August Wilhelm Henningsen, the chairman of Lufthansa Technik; Miles Cowdry, the  director of global corporate development for Rolls-Royce; Reynald Seznec, the president chief executive of Thales Alenia Space; George T Whitesides, the chief executive and president of Virgin Galactic.

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