NBAA announced that its inaugural National Safety Forum will be conducted on the last day of the business aviation association’s annual convention, which will be held November 17 to 19 in Las Vegas. The day-long forum is tailored for aviation department managers, chief pilots, directors of maintenance, safety managers, schedulers/dispatchers, cabin crew and anyone interested in improving business aviation safety.

“The National Safety Forum is designed to bring together international business aviation leaders to engage in discussions with top FAA and NTSB officials so they can together address the major business aviation safety issues in an open forum,” said NBAA Safety Committee chair Steve Charbonneau.

Confirmed opening speakers include NTSB chairman Christopher Hart and FAA director of accident investigation and prevention Wendell Griffin. In addition, the forum will include presentations by Flight Safety Foundation CEO Jon Beatty, International Business Aviation Council director general Kurt Edwards and members of the NBAA Safety Committee focus teams.

Topics to be discussed at the forum will include runway excursions, fitness-for-duty, data sharing, professionalism and procedural compliance and airport and ground handling safety. Material presented during the forum, along with the associated discussions, will enable aircraft operators to address these significant safety issues within their own operations through hazard identification, risk management and use of other safety management techniques.

Participants already registered for NBAA 2015 will be admitted to the forum free of charge, but charged a $40 fee for the aviation safety networking luncheon.

The National Safety Forum is designed to complement the NBAA Single Pilot Safety Standdown, which will be held on the eve of the convention on November 16.