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Cologne, November, 2016

On Air, Issue 10: Annual Safety Conference Special: New Technologies & New Business models

Editorial - Interview - Featured topic - Figure of the month - News & events

Technologies have change the way we live and the way we do business. Technologies develops in a very rapid pace. In the 90’s we were using faxes and telex and now we cannot imaging our professional life without emails. But how can we make innovation safe? How can regulators accomplish with innovation?

Future of Innovation by Jeffrey A. "jam" McGuire

Jeffrey A. "jam" McGuire, Open Source Evangelist at Acquia, has a longstanding passion for the Drupal project and its community and is involved at the intersection of open source software, business, and culture. A memorable and charismatic communicator, he receives enthusiastic responses from audiences at events around the world, where he talks about open source technology and community, digital disruption, Drupal and more.

How the web industry keeps up-to date with constant innovation?
Huge communities of smart people who like to solve hard problems together get the web go along with the challenges. This is the Open Source model: thousands of people working in parallel give us extraordinary speed and agility. For me, the number of people sharing their innovations on the web is one of the key factors why we keep up with innovation.

Innovation is constantly changing the way aviation operates

Some new technologies and some new business models are so novel that they were unthinkable a few years ago.
In aviation, even the most innovative idea or product is useless, unless the rules allow its installation or use. In this environment, which some call ‘disruptive’, rules need to be changed in order to adapt to the new needs, or even, the new reality.