Loft Fest 2026 Program

Day 1 — Behind the Screens

TimeTopic
13:00 – 13:30​Doors Open — Welcome
13:30 – 14:00​Welcome Speech & «10 Years Loft History»
Fabi Riesen, Founder & CTO
14:00 – 14:20​Word from the CEO
Sebastien Borel, CEO
14:20 – 14:30​Workshop Organization
Group Leaders​
14:30 – 18:00​Conducting 6 Different Workshops as a Group
Participants will be divided into groups
18:00 – 18:30​Wrap-Up of the Day & Outlook
Fabi Riesen & Sebastien Borel
18:30 – 20:00​Dinner
All together​ ​

Day 2

TimeTopic
09:00 – 09:30Doors Open — Welcome / Registration & Coffee
09:30 ​Welcome to Loft Fest
Rob Spence, Moderator​​
09:40 – 9:50​Opening Speech
Fritz Messerli, Head of Division Safety Flight Operations, FOCA​
9:50 – 10:40​Beyond the Simulator: A New Era of Training​
Fabi Riesen, Founder & CTO, Loft Dynamics​
Sebastien Borel, CEO, Loft Dynamics​
10:40 – 11:00​Beyond the 5%​
Glen White, President, EuroSafety​
11:00 – 11:20​Coffee Break​
11:20 – 11:40​Scaling
Joern Larsen, Founder & CEO, Trifork​​
11:40 – 12:00​Apple in Aviation​
Michael Tchao, VP Product Marketing, Apple​
12:00 – 13:20​Lunch Break​
13:20 – 13:40​When the Door Opens, Jump
Tobias Zumsteg, Owner & CEO, Mountain Flyers​
13:40 – 14:10​Women at the Controls​
Pannel Discussion: Hillary O’Connor Muri, Murielle von Büren, Gabrielle Ritter​
14:10 – 14:30​Simulation Evolution​
Nigel Sergant, Director Flight Simulator Operations, Alaska Airlines​
14:30 – 14:50​Coffee Break​
14:50 – 15:10​Moving the World​
Ton Stam, Sales Director, E2M Technologies B.V.​
15:10 – 15:35​Crisis in the Middle of a High-Speed Chase​
Kevin Gallagher, Director of Operaitions Helinet Aviation in LA​
15:35 – 15:45​Wrap-up​
Rob Spence, Moderator
Fabi Riesen, Founder & CTO, Loft Dynamics
Sebastien Borel, CEO, Loft Dynamics
15:45 – 18:30​Breakout Sessions (Innovations Park Zurich & Loft HQ)​
18:30 – 19:00​Apéro
19:00 – 20:00​Loft Awards incl. Dinner (First Course)​
20:00 – 22:00​Dinner (Main Course) incl. Dessert ​
Music from Loft Band​