Emage Joins Industry Leaders at AAIS Seminar on AI-Driven Transformation in Aerospace
July 2, 2026
Singapore · 2 July 2026, more than 100 aerospace professionals, regulators, researchers and technology providers gathered at the NTUC Centre for "The Path Forward: EASA, ASTAR and Industry on AI-Driven Transformation," a seminar co-organised by the Association of Aerospace Industries (Singapore) (AAIS) and the NTUC Aerospace & Aviation Cluster.
This year's seminar built on the strong response to AAIS's earlier AI event in March, bringing the industry back together to confront a central question: how can aerospace adopt AI confidently while preserving the safety, trust and reliability that define aviation.
Emage Vision, represented by Operations Director Mr. Biju Alex Thomas, took an active role in the day's proceedings — both as a presenter and as a panellist shaping the industry-wide conversation on responsible AI adoption.
Regulators set the tone
The seminar opened with insights from the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). Ms Inês Berlenga, Project Manager for AI Ethics, and Mr François Triboulet, Project Manager for AI Assurance, outlined the agency's governance frameworks and risk-based assurance methodologies for enabling safe, responsible AI deployment.
Mr Nelson Low, Director of the Singapore Aerospace Programme at A*STAR, followed with a look at how the institute is partnering with industry to apply AI to real operational challenges across aerospace MRO, from productivity gains to smarter maintenance decision-making.
Emage Vision on the Floor and on the Panel
Biju talked through how intelligent imaging is being used to modernise legacy inspection processes —the kind of work Emage Vision does day to day — and why visual inspection is often a good place for companies to start their AI journey, since it doesn't require the huge, integrated datasets that more ambitious projects need.
He was a panellist alongside Arthur Wee from Collins Aerospace and the EASA and A*STAR speakers, moderated by Tay Gek Peng of Grounded Practice. The conversation covered the stuff that actually trips organisations up: governance, data quality, getting the workforce ready, and proving ROI.
What stuck with people
A live poll during the seminar asked participants what the biggest barrier to scaling AI was, and data quality won by a clear margin. Not a surprise, but a useful reminder that the hard part usually isn't the algorithm.
The advice that came up again and again, including from Biju, was to start small. Don't wait for every system to be "AI-ready" — pick a lower-risk use case like visual inspection, get it working, and build from there rather than trying to do everything at once.
There was also broad agreement that AI isn't going to replace the engineer's judgement call on a safety-critical issue, and nobody in the room seemed to think it should. The role AI plays is helping people get to better decisions faster, not making the decisions for them.
It was a good day for Emage Vision to be in the room, and we're glad to keep contributing to this conversation as the industry figures out what responsible AI adoption actually looks like in practice.
Thanks to AAIS, co-organiser NTUC Aerospace & Aviation Cluster, and supporting partners e2i and JTC Corporation.
Source: "The Path Forward for AI-Driven Transformation," AAIS Past Events
