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Investing in e-SAF Forum 2027
— Turning e-SAF Ambition into Bankable Reality

Day 1 Featured Forum: Investing in e-SAF Forum
The Investing in e-SAF Forum is SAF Europe Summit 2027’s dedicated platform for policy, investment, and strategic partnerships across the synthetic aviation fuel ecosystem.

As Europe moves beyond SAF compliance toward long-term fuel security, e-SAF is emerging as a critical pathway for post-2030 aviation decarbonisation. Scaling the market will require coordinated action across renewable power, hydrogen, fuel production, airline demand, infrastructure, and investment.

Bringing together policymakers, project developers, airlines, technology providers, infrastructure leaders, and investors, this focused forum is designed to accelerate the partnerships and commercial frameworks needed to move e-SAF from ambition to execution.

14:00 - 14:10  (10 mins)

[Forum Opening] Welcome: Why e-SAF Is Europe’s Sovereign Fuel Programme
  • The strategic reframe: e-SAF is not a compliance mechanism — it is Europe’s sovereign energy answer
  • The 2027 policy and investment landscape: what STIP funded, what the Innovation Fund is supporting, and where the critical financing gaps remain

14:10 - 14:50

(40 mins)

[Opening Panel] From Policy to Projects: Building a Bankable e-SAF Investment Framework
  • What is driving demand for e-SAF across European aviation?
  • Where are projects constrained by cost, hydrogen and infrastructure?
  • How can policy translate into bankable project structures?

14:50 - 15:30 (40min)

[Project Pitch] Reserved for Sponsor (20min-each)
  • Developers present FID-ready or near-FID e-SAF projects
  • Focus on project structure, partners and investment needs

15:30 - 16:10 (40min)

[Panel] Commercialising e-SAF: From Hydrogen Supply to Airline Offtake
  • What is defining the cost and scale of e-SAF production today?
  • Where are the biggest bottlenecks across hydrogen, infrastructure and delivery?
  • How does airline offtake determine project viability?
  • How can long-term contracts unlock large-scale deployment?

16:10 - 16:50

(40 mins)

[Project Pitch] Reserved for Sponsor (20min-each)
  • Star Innovation Roadshow

16:50 - 17:20 (40 min)

[Panel] Building e-SAF at Scale: Partnerships That Deliver from Production to Aircraft
  • What does a full e-SAF value chain look like in practice?
  • Where are coordination gaps between fuel, hydrogen and aviation?
  • How can partnerships align production, infrastructure and demand?
  • How do projects move from pilots to scalable delivery systems?
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