Turbo Expo forum will evaluate the future of the aerospace industry

An international group of aerospace experts will gather during ASME's 2004 Turbo Expo in June to assess the industry's future.

The experts assembled for the International Aerospace Panel and Dinner on June 15 at the Vienna Hilton in Austria will include members of the U.S. Commission on the Future of the U.S. Aerospace Industry and the European Advisory Group on Aerospace, which is also known as the Strategic Aerospace Review for the 21st Century, or STAR-21.

The dinner, which begins at 7 p.m., will be held in conjunction with ASME's Turbo Expo 2004 — Power for Land, Sea and Air, an annual conference and exposition focused on gas turbine technology.

The Commission on the Future of the U.S. Aerospace Industry was appointed to formulate public policy programs that foster a favorable environment for advanced technology development in the commercial sector.

Panelists representing the U.S. commission will include former U.S. Rep. Robert S. Walker, who serves as commission chair, along with John W. Douglass, president and CEO, Aerospace Industries Association and co-chair of Aerospace Technology, and William Schneider Jr., chairman of the Defense Science Board and co-chair of Aerospace Global Issues.

Joining the U.S. panelists will be STAR-21 representatives Sir Ralph Robins, former chairman of Rolls-Royce, and Jean-Paul Béchat, chairman and CEO of the Snecma Group. Other participants from STAR-21 will be named later.

The European Advisory Group on Aerospace was established to analyze the regulatory framework impacting the industry and create proposals for fostering innovation and development.

Both groups will discuss their recommendations aimed at establishing a sustained competitive foothold on the future of their respective aerospace industries.

For more information on Turbo Expo 2004 — Power for Land, Sea and Air, or to register, visit www.asme.org/igti/events/te2004/index.html.

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