Elite Wings Aviation Summit
MONTREAL 2025
June 2 - 3
#EWAS2025
The Elite Wings Aviation Summit event is accepted for continuing education credit for IADA-certified brokers
Elite Wings Aviation Summit | Montreal 2025
June 2 - 3
The Elite Wings team is glad to bring a unique event to the business aviation industry.
Leaders, experts, and advisors can share their knowledge, perspective, and vision about our industry.
This event is the perfect venue for discussing the challenges facing our industry and exploring new opportunities for its growth.
With ever-evolving technologies breakthroughs and more and more sophisticated solutions, it pays to understand each other’s vision and how we are turning the industry challenges into innovation-led opportunities. This event is also an opportunity for sharing our knowledge and perspectives with anyone who wants to learn about business aviation.
EWAS2025 is hosted in beautiful Montréal, Canada. Greater Montréal stands as a cornerstone within the business aviation industry, enjoying a rich tapestry of innovation, expertise, and business opportunity
Elite Wings publishes timely, structured, validated, unbiased, and relevant business aviation intelligence. Elite Wings business aviation guides aggregates knowledge from industry leaders, shapers, and analysts to deliver relevant information about the current state of the market and its future direction in each segment of our industry. We identify the key points to consider when selecting solutions, identify what to ask who and when. Our motivation is to enable readers to make informed decisions when selecting, acquiring, and managing their business aviation strategies and decisions.
The Elite Wings Aviation Summit event is accepted for continuing education
credit for IADA-certified brokers
EWAS 2025 AGENDA
Discussing Challenges # Exploring Opportunities
7:30 AM – 8:30 AM | REGISTRATION
8:30 AM – 8:45 AM | WELCOME ADDRESS
8:45 AM – 9:30 AM | STATE OF THE WORLD AND THE INDUSTRY
- Sebastien Lavoie | Laurentien Bank Financial Group
9:30 AM – 10:00 AM | UNDERSTANDING THE NEW GENERATION OF C-SUITE
- Dr. Karl Moore | McGill University
10:15 AM – 11:15 AM | FIRESIDE PANEL DISCUSSION | HONEYWELL GLOBAL BUSINESS AVIATION OUTLOOK
- Moderator: Charles Porteous | Seefeld Group
- Kevin Schwab | Honeywell
- Sam Wellington | Honeywell
11:15 AM – 12:15 PM | BUSINESS AVIATION OEMs PANEL | OVERCOMING HEADWINDS & EMBRACING NEW OPPORTUNITIES
- Moderator: Rob Dewar
- Christian Saliba | Bombardier
- Alvadi Serpa | Embraer
- Andy Solem | Honda Aircraft Company
- Melvyn Heard | GE Aerospace
12:15 PM – 01:15 PM | LUNCH BREAK | SPONSORED BY BOMBARDIER
01:15 PM – 02:00 PM | BREAK-OUT SESSIONS:
- CONNECTIVITY MARKET EVOLUTION
- BUSINESS AVIATION SMEs
02:15 PM – 03:15 PM | TECHNOLOGY PANEL | ADVANCING SAFETY & EFFICIENCY
- Moderator: Marc St-Hilaire
- Ron Gofron | Klatt Works
- John Maris | Cert Center Canada
- Nick Giannias | CAE
- Luis Manuel Barrajon | Airbus Corporate Jets
03:15 PM – 04:15 PM | VOICES OF THE INDUSTRY | SHAPING PERCEPTIONS THROUGH GLOBAL COLLABORATION
In-Collaboration with IBAC
- Moderator: Kurt Edwards
- Bas de Brujin | Dell Technologies
- Greg Bowles | Joby Aviation
- Pascal Luciani | ICAO
- 04:15 PM – 05:00 PM | ELITE WINGS ACHIEVEMENT AWARD PRESENTATION
- 05:00 PM – 08:00 PM | NETWORKING RECEPTION
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM | WELCOME BACK & COFFEE
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM | PRE-OWNED PANEL | FUELING SUSTAINABLE GROWTH
In-Collaboration with IADA
- Moderator: Lou Seno
- Jeffrey Lowe | Asian Sky Group
- Stan Kuliavas | LevAero
- Zipporah Marmor | Opus Aero
- Leah Alexander | Duncan Aviation
10:15 AM – 11:15 AM | PASSENGER EXPERIENCE PANEL | DESIGNING FOR PASSENGER DELIGHT
- Moderator: Thomas Chatfield
- Natalie Rodriguez| Natalie Rodriguez Design
- Lisa Ventimiglia | Liventi Design
- Nolan Kiely | KipCreating
- Louis Lefebvre | Bombardier
11:15 AM – 12:15 PM | OPERATORS PANEL | NAVIGATING CHALLENGES & UNLOCKING OPPORTUNITIES
- Moderator: Anthony Norejko
- Patrick O’Brien | Execaire Aviation
- Shaan Bhanji | Fast Air
- Sheryl Barden | Aviation Personnel International
- Stephanie Ste Marie | Air Charter Service
12:15 PM – 01:15 PM | LUNCH BREAK | SPONSORED BY CAE
01:15 PM – 02:00 PM | BREAK-OUT SESSIONS:
- ATTRACTING TALENT & NEXT-GEN PROFESSIONALS
- AIRCRAFT VALUATION
- STATE OF THE INDUSTRY DIGITALIZATION
02:15 PM – 03:15 PM | SUSTAINABILITY PANEL | A PAN-CANADIAN VIEW OF SUSTAINABILITY
In-Collaboration with INSAT
- Moderator: Denis Godin
- Phil Cole | Cert Center Canada
- Catherine Marsden | Royal Military College of Canada
- Constance Drilhon | CAE
03:15 PM – 04:15 PM | FINANCING PANEL | NAVIGATING THE FINANCING LANDSCAPE
- Moderator: David Vandenberg
- Maxime Gaudreau | Echo Aviation Leasing
- Andrew McFarlane | McMillan LLP
- Isabelle Lafond | Northpoint Commercial Finance
- Simon Davies | Global Jet Capital
04:15 PM – 04:45 PM | CLOSING REMARKS & VOTE OF THANKS
EWAS 2025 Venue
LE MOUNT STEPHEN
Le Mount Stephen is located in an opulent mansion that once belonged to Lord George Stephen, and was home to the exclusive Mount Stephen Club. Great care has been taken to preserve this historic Quebec hotel, which dates back to 1880 and has been the site of many important moments in Canada’s history.