This session will focus on means to ensure adequate assistance to aircraft accident victims and their families will be provided in all parts of the world. What cross-border or intermodal arrangements could perhaps help to secure the availability of such assistance? Putting in place and maintaining appropriate emergency support systems requires commitment, vision and determination. It relies on strategic decisions taken by both States and industry, in terms of time and money. States and industry are called to invest even though the probability of experiencing an aircraft accident and having to deal with the consequences is statistically low. How to weigh up the costs and benefits of such support systems and how ensure that the necessary steps are taken to develop and maintain an adequate level of expertise and availability of resources in all regions?

Moderator: Michel Arslanian, ICAO Council Representative Brazil.

Round Table Discussion / Q&As
• Susheel Gupta, Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP).
• Elmarie Marais, Chief Executive Officer, GoCrisis.
• Abigail Pollard, Blake Emergency Services.
• Patricia Reverdy, Executive Secretary European Civil Aviation Conference (ECAC).
• Gill Sparrow, Manager Emergency Response Planning Emirates, Chair IATA Emergency Response Planning Task Force (ERP-TF).