Saturday 31 May 2025 - 78th Annual Scientific Meeting and dinner
Hyatt Regency Hotel, Atlanta, USA
Welcome to the 78th meeting of IAMA in the heart of Atlanta, home to the world’s busiest airport. In addition to the excellent opportunity to network with your colleagues, the program this year offers a range of topics from infectious diseases updates presented by local CDC experts, to an interactive expert panel discussion on Cabin Air Quality, and the complex multifactorial aspects of pilot health including the human ageing process.
There is a treat in store for the members dinner event, celebrating the history of aviation in style.
A full program including details will be available in a few weeks, we look forward to seeing you in Atlanta!
- Global Infectious Diseases and Aviation including wastewater surveillance and other advancements
- Longevity and Licenses including neuropsych, general health and training challenges
- Ralph Fennel Award presentation
- Cabin Air Quality: current challenges and future directions
- Other Updates including passenger oxygen systems, flying and diving, proactive pilot health management, etc
- Networking opportunities and social programme including an aviation Night at the Museum conference dinner
Members: please log into your account, pay your annual dues and select the number of conference and dinner tickets that you require. Special meal requests should be made in advance. This year the Annual Dinner is hosted in the Delta Flight Museum, celebrating 100 years of Delta. The dinner theme acknowledges the wonderful combined histories of our airlines. So please wear something form your airline.
Non-members Conference registration: Non-members can pay for the conference here
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THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS & EXHIBITORS
| Gold | MedAire Inc | |
| StatMD | ||
| Bronze | MD Onboard | |
| OdiliaClark | ||
| Exhibitors | CardioSecure | |
| Fit2Fly | ||
| Omega Laboratories |
Program:
Celebrating the past, Embracing the future
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0730 |
Registration and visit Exhibitors |
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0800 |
Welcome: Dr Rui Pombal. Program Introduction: Sara Souter |
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0820 |
Session 1: Aviation and Communicable Disease update Global Infectious Diseases and Aviation session-Centre for Communicable Diseases (CDC) [20 min each] Strategies to reduce Communicable Diseases related to Air Travel - Dr Clive Brown CDC Travellers Health Branch- Communication and Surveillance Activities - Dr Lisa Rotz Global Pathogen detection at 30,000 feet-Aviation Wastewater as a Sentinel Surveillance system - Dr Cindy Friedman Glowacon Safe Skies- Monitoring Aviation Wastewater for Health Protection - Dr Bernd Gawlick, European Commission |
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0940 |
Discussion and Questions |
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0950 |
Morning Coffee - Sponsors/networking |
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1020 |
Session 2: Longevity and Licenses [20 min each] |
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Overview, Pilot Training and Performance Assessment- Stuart Fox, Director Flight and Technical Operations, IATA Brain Health at Any Age - Practical Tips for Aviators – Dr Ronan Murphy, Neurologist, Office of Aerospace Medicine, FAA The Role of Neuropsychological Testing - Dr Joyce Fowler Chief Neuropsychologist, Office of Aerospace Medicine, FAA Airline Pilot Age considerations from the IATA Medical Advisory Group – Dr Rui Pombal, IATA Medical Advisor |
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1140 |
Discussion and Questions |
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1210 |
Networking Lunch – Exhibition Hall |
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1310 |
Session 4: Panel Session: Advancing Cabin Air Quality: Experiences, Challenges and Best Practice - Moderated by Dr Richard Pleus (Intertox) Update on Toxicological Science- Dr Richard Pleus Airline Experiences, Protocols, Consideration of Best Practice Management- Airline Medical and Safety Participants What’s next? Summary of Panel Discussions- Dr Richard Pleus |
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1410 |
Discussion, Questions, Afternoon Coffee - Sponsors/networking |
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1440 |
Session 5: Updates and Upcoming Review of Passenger Oxygen Systems - Dr Stephen Houston, British Airways [10 min] Under Pressure - Updates on Flying and Diving - Frauke Tillmans - Divers Assistance Network [10 min] Safe Haven - an approach to proactive pilot health management - Dr Tim Sprott, CAA NZ [10 min] Turbulent Skies ahead? Update on climate change, meteorological research and impacts on aviation - Ass Prof Stacey Hitchcock, National Weather Center, Univ of Oklahoma [20 min] |
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1530 |
Program Close, Dinner information, Rest room break |
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1540 |
IAMA General Business Meeting |
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1730 |
Buses depart to Conference Dinner |
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