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Agenda 2023
DAY 1: WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 2023
0830 - 0930 REGISTRATION AND MORNING REFRESHMENTS
0930 - 0940 OPENING ADDRESS
0940 - 1005 ELECTRIFICATION OF AVIATION: HYPE OR GAME-CHANGER?
- Overview of the status quo (e.g., development of investments, partnerships, etc.)
- Suitable and realistic use cases based on available battery technology
- Economics of electric-powered aircraft and how they compare with the alternatives
Kolin Schunck
Lufthansa Innovation Hub
Lufthansa Innovation Hub
1005 - 1010 Q&A SESSION ON THE ECONOMIC OUTLOOK OF ELECTRIC AVIATION
1010 - 1035 HOW CITIES ARE PREPARING FOR ADVANCED AIR MOBILITY - FROM WOW TO HOW
- The highlight of policies for AAM to be integrated with local transportation goal
- How the industry engages stakeholders in the development of local AAM infrastructure
- Considerations that are helpful when engaging the public, including challenges
George Kivork
Joby Aviation
Joby Aviation
1035 - 1040 Q&A SESSION ON OUTLOOK ON AAM INFRASTRUCTURE
1040 - 1100 MORNING COFFEE BREAK IN THE EXHIBIT AREA
1100 - 1125 TOWARDS URBAN AIR MOBILITY POWERED BY A.I.
- New and future concepts of UAM and cargo drones
- Application of advanced A.I. in UAM development
- Understanding the certification and safety challenges
Miguel Martín Acosta
Airbus
Airbus
1125 - 1130 Q&A SESSION ON A.I. IN UAM DEVELOPMENT
1130 - 1155 CONCEPT OF OPERATIONS: THE TRANSITION FROM CREWED TO UNCREWED UAM
- Technical and operational innovations that are both evolutionary and pragmatic
- Autonomy, including assurance, technologies that are employed to enable this vision
- Integrating uncrewed UAM aircraft in the U.S. while providing a blueprint for UAM operations globally
Ben Ivers
Boeing
Boeing
1155 - 1200 Q&A SESSION ON TRANSITION TO UNCREWED UAM
1200 - 1330 NETWORKING LUNCH & VISIT THE ELECTRIC AIRCRAFT EXHIBITION
1330 - 1400 PANEL DISCUSSION ON LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN HYBRID ELECTRIC AIRCRAFT FOR RAM / LONG-HAUL ROUTES
- How Regional Air Mobility can open up new markets for cargo and passenger airline segments
- The most favorable power train technology for long-haul routes
- Why electric air travel will become the new normal for regional flights
- What are the markets that will adopt hybrid electric aircraft first, and why
James Dorris | Odys Aviation
Claudio Camelier | Heart Aerospace
Evgeni Ganev | EMPS Consulting LLC
Evan Deahl | Alton Aviation Consultancy
Jason Chow | Elroy Air
Claudio Camelier | Heart Aerospace
Evgeni Ganev | EMPS Consulting LLC
Evan Deahl | Alton Aviation Consultancy
Jason Chow | Elroy Air
1400 - 1425 THE PATH TO AUTONOMY FOR ELECTRIC AVIATION
- Definition of autonomy in the context of aviation
- Benefits of autonomy and how the use cases drive requirements
- Autonomous cargo and UAM concepts of operations
Taylor Alberstadt
Honeywell Aerospace
Honeywell Aerospace
1425 - 1430 Q&A SESSION ON THE AUTONOMY FOR ELECTRIC AVIATION
1430 - 1455 ADVANCED AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY AND SOLUTIONS AS ENABLERS FOR AEROSPACE
- How automotive technology can leverage innovations in aviation, focusing on electric power trains
- Hydrogen-powered (fuel cell) technology developments, opportunities, and solutions
Tony Jager-Angelo
Bosch
Bosch
1455 - 1500 Q&A SESSION ON AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGIES FOR E-AVIATION
1500 - 1530 AFTERNOON COFFEE BREAK IN THE EXHIBIT AREA
1530 - 1555 CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE - PREPARING AIRPORTS’ ELECTRIC FUTURE
- Hundreds of electric aircraft will need charging, and the airports today are not prepared for this transition
- Understanding how airports can prepare for the air mobility revolution
- Importance of airport electrification towards increasing airport's energy resilience
Laura Leoncini
Eaton
Eaton
1555 - 1600 Q&A SESSION ON AIRPORT ELECTRIFICATION INFRASTRUCTURE
1600 - 1625 AN ELECTRIC FUTURE - READYING AIRPORTS FOR ELECTRIC AIRCRAFT
- Integrating electric aircraft and Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) operations at airports
- Considering current and future electric energy usage
- Understanding the factors for upgrading electrical infrastructure
Maranda Thompson
Mead & Hunt
Mead & Hunt
1625 - 1630 Q&A SESSION ON AIRPORT INFRASTRUCTURE FOR AAM
1630 - 1655 LAUNCHING UAM SERVICES IN A LARGE CITY: THE ROME EXPERIENCE
- Making Rome one of the first cities worldwide to have a UAM commercial offering
- Progress update, key achievements to date, and the main hurdles
- Understanding the ecosystem efforts needed to bring UAM services to life
Carlo Tursi
UrbanV
UrbanV
1655 - 1700 Q&A SESSION ON VERTIPORT NETWORK FOR UAM IN ROME
1700 - 1725 INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS FOR HIGH-POWER-DENSITY E-MOTORS FOR AEROSPACE PROPULSION
- E-motors for high-performance aerospace applications to comply with high safety factors and power density
- Key to potential solutions through advanced materials, multiplex systems, and liquid cooling systems
- Solution for modeling various topologies depending on operating range and supply
Shi-Uk Chung
Ansys
Ansys
1725 - 1730 Q&A SESSION ON HIGH-POWER DENSITY E-MOTORS
1730 - 1830 NETWORKING DRINKS RECEPTION
DAY 2: THURSDAY, MAY 11, 2023
0900 - 0930 MORNING REFRESHMENTS
0930 - 0940 OPENING ADDRESS
0940 - 1005 CHALLENGES IN THE AIRWORTHINESS OF ELECTRIC VERTICAL FLIGHT
- Certification of new eVTOL aircraft is hard and requires thousands of real flight tests
- To accelerate the process, ML/AI and data analytics can play a fundamental role in general automation
- A high quantity of flight data collected during each demonstration can be used to develop the flight control
Gianmarco Scalabrin
Capgemini Engineering
Capgemini Engineering
1005 - 1010 Q&A SESSION ON CERTIFICATION OF EVTOL THROUGH AUTOMATION
1010 - 1035 LAUNCHING ELECTRIC AVIATION: A VIEW FROM THE OPERATOR’S PERSPECTIVE
- The electric aviation industry is rushing toward first flight and relevant certifications
- Understanding how to evaluate market demand for electric aviation
- What will it take to make electric aviation operation a profitable venture
Eliot Lees
ICF
ICF
1035 - 1040 Q&A SESSION ON THE PROFITABILITY OF ELECTRIC AVIATION VENTURES
1040 - 1105 ASSESSMENT OF EVTOL ROLL-OUT IN TODAY’S ENVIRONMENT
- The commercial viability, affordability, and applicability of eVTOL
- Reasonability of certification timelines and next-gen developments in AAM
Jonathan Ornstein
Mesa Airlines
Mesa Airlines
1105 - 1110 Q&A SESSION ON EVTOL VIABILITY
1110 - 1130 MORNING COFFEE BREAK IN THE EXHIBIT AREA
1130 - 1155 ENABLING EVTOL WITH BREAKTHROUGH BATTERIES
- eVTOL vehicles and UAVs will be critical to the next generation of mobility
- Offering more energy and power per unit of weight than other batteries
- Extracting a higher percentage of available energy and power, enabling more flight miles and load
Sujeet Kumar
Ionblox
Ionblox
1155 - 1200 Q&A SESSION ON ADVANCED BATTERIES FOR AAM
1200 - 1230 RESERVED PRESENTATION
1230 - 1255 HYBRIDIZATION IS THE MISSING LINK BETWEEN ELECTRIFICATION AND SUSTAINABLE FUELS
- Aerospace applications need high energy density, consistent power delivery from flight to flight
- Liquid fuels have a high energy density and are consistent from the first to the last drop
- Hybrid propulsion is the missing link connecting the attributes of electric motors with the performance of liquid fuels
Eric Bartsch
VerdeGo Aero
VerdeGo Aero
1255 - 1300 Q&A SESSION ON HYBRID PROPULSION SYSTEM FOR ELECTRIC AIRCRAFT
1230 - 1300 RESERVED PRESENTATION
1300 - 1325 POWER OF HYBRID-ELECTRIC ESTOL AIRCRAFT FOR REGIONAL AIR MOBILITY
- Overview of what is understood as hybrid-electric propulsion
- Understanding how the technology of hybrid-electric works
- What future airports of tomorrow might look like
Marc Ausman
Electra Aero, Inc.
Electra Aero, Inc.
1325 - 1330 Q&A SESSION ON HYBRID-ELECTRIC AIR MOBILITY
1330 - 1345 FEEDBACK & RAFFLE DRAW
1345 - 1500 NETWORKING LUNCH
Key topics for 2023:
- Market fundamentals for next-generation electric aviation technologies
Understand the key market drivers for the electric aircraft industry from a global perspective and explore the opportunities for commercialization of the associated technologies. - Exploring AAM technologies and advances toward autonomous flight
Discover the latest innovations in (eVTOL/eSTOL/eCTOL), the strides made in autonomous flight technologies, and the infrastructure (vertiports) required for next-generation aviation. - Latest research in Electric and Hybrid Propulsion with improved efficiency
Evaluate the breakthroughs in designing safe electric and hybrid propulsion systems with fixed-wing and rotary-wing technologies. - Advanced battery and hybrid energy system design for extending the range
Gain insight from battery experts on high-energy density battery technologies for take-off thrust, and flying longer distances, looking beyond sole reliance on batteries with hybridized propulsion systems such as turbogenerators and fuel cells. - Use cases of urban e-aviation development and commercialization
Understand the current situation of developments in electric urban aviation, use cases of air taxis and last-mile logistics services, and the status of their commercialization. - Upcoming regulations and safety standards for the electric aviation industry
Hear from key regulators and certification bodies on ensuring electric aircraft meet statutory and safety requirements in line with existing aviation standards.