For three days, from June 16 to 18, 2026, in Chantilly, Virginia, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) held the FAA-EASA International Aviation Safety Conference.

This conference, hosted annually by the FAA and EASA to discuss international aviation safety, is held alternately in the United States and Europe. As in previous years, aviation authorities from around the world—including the Japanese Civil Aviation Bureau of Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, as well as private-sector organizations such as manufacturers and airlines participated; approximately 400 experts attended this year’s event.

The theme of this year’s conference was “Safety Together: Innovation, Integration, and Trust,” with a particular focus on the handling of new technologies such as AI. As I attended the conference, I will outline its main points below.