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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 - 14:20 (20 mins)

[Forum Opening] Europe’s Sovereign Fuel Strategy: Why e-SAF Matters Now
  • e-SAF as Europe’s strategic industrial and energy security opportunity
  • STIP, Innovation Fund & current investment landscape
  • Remaining financing and commercialization gaps before scale-up

14:20 - 15:00 (40 mins)

[Opening Panel] From Policy to Projects: Building a Bankable e-SAF Investment Framework
  • What policy signals are driving long-term e-SAF demand across Europe?
  • Where are projects constrained by power, hydrogen, carbon, and infrastructure availability?
  • What regulatory and commercial conditions are still needed for projects to reach FID?
  • How can Europe translate policy ambition into bankable industrial assets?

15:00 - 15:40 (40 mins)

[Panel] Commercialising e-SAF: From Hydrogen Supply to Long-term Offtake
  • What defines commercially scalable e-SAF production today?
  • What is the real appetite for long-term airline and corporate offtake?
  • How are developers structuring supply chains, partnerships, and delivery models?
  • What role do long-term contracts play in unlocking project finance?

Coffee Break

16:10 - 16:50 (40 mins)

[Panel] Stimulating Capital: Public Hub, Private Finance & Industrial Scale-Up
  • Which risks can private capital absorb and where is public support still required?
  • How are banks, infrastructure funds, and public institutions evaluating e-SAF today?
  • What financing structures are emerging across Europe’s first wave of industrial-scale projects?
  • How can Europe accelerate capital deployment before 2030?

16:50 - 17:30 (40mins)

[Panel] Scaling Europe’s e-SAF Ecosystem: From Power to Flight
  • How can power, hydrogen, carbon, fuel production, and aviation infrastructure be developed in parallel?
  • Where are the biggest coordination gaps delaying industrial deployment today?
  • How should developers sequence infrastructure, supply, and offtake commitments?
  • What partnerships are needed to move from isolated projects to industrial-scale deployment?
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