MRO BEER: The Speakers' Thoughts

"Huge growth opportunities require joined efforts on staffing, technology and infrastructure," says Heiko Holm, head of technical services for Wizz Air Hungary and speaker on the Leader Insight Panel: MRO in the BEER Region at #MROBEER.

"We need to stop thinking regionally and start to act globally," Boris Rybak says, director for Infomost Consulting and speaker on the Leader Insight Panel: MRO in the BEER Region at #MROBEER.

"We are entering a new world of engineering and maintenance support by big data analysis," says Holger Appel, program manager of monitoring, diagnosis and prognosis for aircraft engineering and line maintenance for Luftahsa Technik AG and speaker on Case Study: Predictive Maintenance In Practice at #MROBEER.

"[The most important goal is to] feel market needs and surpass customers' needs," says Igor Panshin, deputy general director of sales and planning, engineering, for The Aviation Maintenance Holding and speaker on Leader Insight Panel: MRO in the BEER Region at #MROBEER.

"We must prioritize new technology for innovative growth," says Robbie Bourke, director for Cavok and speaker on MRO Baltics, Eastern Europe and Russia (BEER) Forecast & Key Trends at #MROBEER.

"[I'm most excited about] how digitalization and predictive maintenance are making a big change in our industry," says James Kornberg, director of engineering and maintenance innovation for Air France &KLM and speaker for "Innovation: What Next?" at #MROBEER.

"MROs can benefit today from 3D printing, scanning, visioning, RFID and augmented reality," says Risto Maeots, CEO for Magnetic MRO and speaker on Innovation: What Next? at #MROBEER.

"[I'm most excited about the] fourth Industrial Revolution for MROs and the beginning of [Boeing 737] MAX and [Airbus A320] NEO era," says Birkan Guneralp, senior vice president of base maintenance for Turkish Technic and speaker on Innovation: What Next? at #MROBEER.