What is CabinSpace Live?
After four successful consecutive years in partnership with Aircraft Interiors Expo (AIX), Inflight is delighted to be hosting once again for a fifth edition in 2026 a full day conference programme as part of AIX’s CabinSpace Live forum. AIX is regarded as the leading event for the aircraft interiors market, attracting high level executives from airlines, designers and manufacturers to come together to collaborate and share best business practices. For over 30 years, Inflight has been recognised as the leading international media delivering in-depth coverage of the end-to-end in-flight experience. Together, Inflight and AIX has established CabinSpace Live as THE meeting place for industry thought leaders and fellow peers to discuss the cabin of tomorrow and beyond.
CabinSpace Live 2026
In 2026, CabinSpace Live hosted by Inflight will cover the following important topics
- Connectivity
- Content and Engagement
- The Future Cabin
- Inclusivity
- Cabin Comfort
- Passenger Experience and Personalisation
The latest event brochure is also now available presenting opportunities on how your company can participate, please download the brochure here. For more information, contact Becky Howells, becky@hmgaerospace.com. Alternatively, you can get in touch with the Inflight team on +44 1252 545993.
Past CabinSpace Live Speakers & Sponsors
What they’ve said
Kevin Clark, CEO, Bluebox Aviation:
“As ever, the CabinSpace Live sessions provide a superb opportunity to exchange views with industry peers in a comfortable and open environment. The topics are relevant with outstanding moderation that ensures healthy input and discussion between panellists as well as the audience.”
Panelist on the ‘IFE Content: Prioritising personalisation’ session
Louis Poupard, Senior Product Manager, Safran:
“It was a privilege to take part in the CabinSpace Live panel on Accessibility, as it not only validates the industry’s interest in products like our own RAVE Accessible IFE, but echoes a broader interest in the demand for enabling inflight technologies and experiences for disabled passengers.”
Gold Sponsor & Panelist on the ‘Accessibility: Ensuring equal in-flight entertainment for all’ session
Kitty Cheng, Senior Manager, Marketing, Stellar Entertainment:
“We really enjoyed participating in CabinSpace Live the past two years. The panel has been a fantastic opportunity for us to both learn from others and share our perspective.”
Silver Sponsor & Panelist on the ‘Accessibility: Ensuring equal in-flight entertainment for all’ session
CabinSpace Live 2026 Panels
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Agenda
10:00-10:45
Connectivity Part 1
Antennas and satellites: the next leap in in-flight coverage
Exploring the latest SatComs technologies in a rapidly evolving landscape and how challenges such as satellite launch capacity impact the in-flight connectivity market.
11:00-11:45
Personalisation and Passenger Experience
Going Beyond the Flight: Providing a True End-to-End Passenger Experience.
Creating a fully connected passenger journey by linking pre flight, in-flight, and post-flight digital experiences through personalisation, AI and use of data.
12:00-12:45
Content and Engagement
Beyond Hollywood: Diversifying IFE Content and Monetisation.
A look at how airlines can deliver diverse in-flight entertainment that meets the evolving passenger tastes and regulatory compliance requirements while also maximising monetisation opportunities.
Grace Hardy is an award-winning journalist writing for HMG Aerospace, covering most segments of the aviation industry from helicopters to in-flight entertainment and more. She is particularly passionate about mental health in aviation, charity-based operations, and the latest in-flight meals, and hopes to bring a little bit of literary flare to aerospace journalism.
Grace Hardy
HMG Aerospace
13:00-13:45
Cabin comfort
The Big Picture: An All-Encompassing Look at Cabin Elements to Enhance Comfort.
Exploring new technologies, smarter seating, new materials, lighting, cabin air and more to improve the cabin environments and passenger wellbeing.
Inflight Editor Satu Dahl is a highly respected aviation journalist who, for over a decade, has been reporting on airlines' latest developments and ground-breaking new products, as well as conducting extensive airline executive interviews and in-depth analysis on the global aviation marketplace, covering both commercial and business aviation.
Satu Dahl
Inflight
During her airline career, Jennifer Coutts Clay has held several senior job positions, spread across three continents. At British Airways, Jennifer was the first woman in the airline to be appointed to run operations and.sales as Head of a geographical region. Subsequently, she held the position of Control/er Corporate Identity during British Airways' transition from government- to investorownership. At Pan American World Airways, she served as Genera/ Manager Product Design and Development. She worked as Consultant to Eastern Airlines, to United Express and Atlantic Coast Airlines, and to South African Airways. She was a certified Consultant (#PA-23925) to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. She is a Contributing Editor to Aircraft Interiors International magazine and is a Sponsor of the Pan Am Museum Foundation and the Crystal Cabin Awards.
Jennifer Coutts Clay
Jetliner Cabins
Anita Gradwohl is an Austrian aviation and aircraft interiors expert and currently serves as Group Director of Customer Relations & Sales for the New Business Unit Aviation at F/LIST, a global leader in high-end interiors for business & private jets, commercial aviation and residential spaces.
She began her career in aviation in 2005 at Diamond Aircraft as a dispatcher and quickly advanced to Area Sales Manager for the EMEA and Asia-Pacific regions. In 2011, she joined F/LIST, where she has played a key role in building and expanding the company’s aviation division and strengthening international customer relationships.
With extensive experience in sales, customer relations, and global business development, Gradwohl brings a strategic, customer-focused perspective to the future of aircraft interiors.
Anita Gradwohl
F/LIST
14:00-14:45
Connectivity Part 2
Delivering Reliable In-Flight Connectivity in a Shifting Market
How different IFC providers help operators maintain uninterrupted in-flight connectivity by
ensuring a diverse scale of technologies such as GEO, LEO and MEO and Air-to-Ground.
Corinne Streichert is the founder of IFECtiv LLC, a West Coast-based consulting firm specializing in Inflight Entertainment and Connectivity (IFEC). A multi-award-winning veteran of the IFEC industry, Corinne is renowned for her innovative approach to enhancing inflight entertainment and connectivity (IFEC) experiences in the commercial aviation sector. She is also the producer and host of the “On Your Flight Today” podcast, where she interviews global experts on topics ranging from aircraft interiors and inflight entertainment to the overall passenger experience. Corinne is currently a member of the judging panel for the prestigious Crystal Cabin Awards, an international accolade recognizing excellence and innovation in aircraft interior design and passenger experience.
Corinne Streichert
IFECtiv LLC
15:00-15:45
Inclusivity
Embracing diversity
A focused look at how inclusive design, improved policies and innovative new products are making air travel more accessible and dignified for passengers with diverse needs.
I’m the owner and founder of Rocket Girl Coaching and a proud wheelchair user. My life and work are dedicated to personal and organisational development to provide practical help to improve inclusion and understanding in society.
I do this through consultancy, disability equity training and coaching, following 28 years in software engineering, which took me around the world. I work in practical and repeatable ways to improve the passenger experience in aviation. I am chair/co-chair and member of several access advisory groups in aviation and public standards (Department for Transport Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee, British Airways, Wilson James, British Standards Institute, RAF Museum).
I deliver first class Disability Equity in Aviation training and co-created passenger service courses distributed by IATA and learned to fly in 2012 as a massive AV geek.
Mary Doyle
Rocket Girl Coaching
16:00-16:45
The future of the Cabin
What Passengers May Expect from the Aircraft
Cabin in 2030 and Beyond.
A visionary discussion with operators, tech providers and supplier companies looking at how passenger expectations and sustainability goals are reshaping the in-flight experience now and in the future.
Stephanie is an aviation and passenger experience communications professional with over a decade of experience across editorial, media, and industry insight roles.
She is currently serving as APEX Insights Editor for the Airline Passenger Experience Association, but first cut her teeth on aviation journalism at HMG Aerospace, where she learned her trade working on Inflight and LARA magazines as an editorial assistant and then later as Assistant Editor.
