The High Speed Ditching Facility (HSDF) Inaugural event will be held at the CNR-INM premises in Rome, Italy the 4th of October 2018. The main aim of this event is to present, to both EU and Italian level, the research activities performed within the SARAH project. The focus will be targeted on the recent upgrade of the High Speed Ditching Facility (HSDF) at CNR INstitute of Marine engineering, enabling unprecedented opportunities for state-of-the-art large-scale validation tests on aircraft ditching.