There’s not long to go until our first London conference for the eVTOL aircraft and urban air mobility markets, where some of the industry’s biggest names will be providing key insights about the growing market.
The in-person event takes place on Wednesday, April 20th at the Leonardo Royal Hotel in Tower Bridge — situated near the iconic Tower of London. Registration is at 8.30am, with a mixture of panel discussions and presentations beginning from 9am.
Companies speaking and attending include Joby Aviation, Volocopter, Skyports, Avolon‑e, Vertical Aerospace, US Air Force, Reed Smith LLP, Airspeeder, EHang, NATS, Dufour Aerospace, Airborne, Manta Aircraft, Skyroads, Wisk, Five-Alpha, Skyportz, UK Research and Innovation, Atkins, Rolls-Royce Electrical, Limosa Inc, Eve Air Mobility and Swanson Aviation Consultancy.
A finalised agenda is below, with tickets costing £399 and students able to attend for £199. The price also includes entry to a pre-event drinks reception the day before the conference on Tuesday, April 19th, which starts from 7pm. You can buy your tickets at our Eventbrite site by clicking here.
For more information or questions about the event, please email eVTOL Insights’ editor Jason Pritchard at editorial@evtolinsights.com
PRELIMINARY AGENDA (last updated: April 13th)
TIME | SPEAKER & COMPANY |
09.00–09.20 | Planning ahead for UK launch Andrew Macmillan, Director of Infrastructure, Vertical Aerospace |
09.20 – 09.40 | Setting the Scene – Where the eVTOL Aircraft Industry is Going in 2022 Kolin Schunck, Senior Specialist – Aerospace and Defence, Roland Berger |
09.40 – 10.00 | Powering Advanced Air Mobility Stefan Breunig, Head of Strategy, Rolls-Royce Electrical |
10.00 – 10.20 | Bringing eVTOL Technology to Life Oliver Walker-Jones, Head of Comms, Marketing and Brand, Joby Aviation |
10.20 – 10.40 | BREAK |
10.40 – 11.00 | Panel Discussion How well placed is AAM ahead of commercial launch? Clem Newton-Brown, CEO of Skyportz Dana Jensen, Senior Data Industry Analyst, US Air Force Gary Cutts, Future Flight Director, UKR&I Marc Tembleque-Vilalta, Head of Avolon‑e |
11.00 – 11.20 | Creating the seamless passenger journey for AAM John Drever, Technical Director for Future Borders and Security, Atkins |
11.20 – 11.40 | How LimoConnect v1 will integrate into AAM and play a role in Canada’s airspace Hamid Hamidi, CEO, Limosa Inc |
11.40 – 12.00 | Advanced Air Mobility: The key to co-evolving a sustainable ecosystem Andrew Sage, Director of Safety Transformation, NATS |
12.00 – 13.00 | LUNCH |
13.00 – 13.20 | Can we ensure that regulation doesn’t stifle innovation in AAM? Richard Hakes, Chair of Global Transportation Group, Reed Smith LLP |
13.20 – 13.40 | Panel Discussion Future use cases for eVTOL aircraft Sascha Hardegger, CCO at Dufour Aerospace Lucas Marchesini, CTO at Manta Aircraft Andreas Perotti, Chief Marketing Officer, EHang |
13.40 – 14.00 | Racing to accelerate the UAM movement James Warren, Head of Communications, at Airspeeder |
14.00 – 14.20 | Volocopter – Transforming air mobility for decades to come Anna Hoelzle, Senior Business Development Manager, Volocopter |
14.20 – 14.40 | BREAK |
14.40 – 15.00 | Panel Discussion Addressing the Infrastructure challenge Duncan Walker, CEO of Skyports Rex Alexander, Founder and President, Five Alpha Darrell Swanson, Swanson Aviation Consultancy Corvin Huber, CEO of Skyroads |
15.00 – 15.20 | From Prototype to Production: Challenges and Opportunities for the eVTOL Industry Jamie Snudden, Business Development Manager UK, Airborne |
15.20 – 15.40 | Addressing UAM in London: Our UK ConOps and the next steps Juliana Rodrigues, Business Development Lead – Europe, Eve Air Mobility |
15.40 – 16.00 | Fireside chat Autonomous UAM Aircraft Operations and Vertiport Integration Erick Corona, Head of Product Management, Wisk Ankit Dass, CTO, Skyports |
16.00 — 18.00 | Close and networking drinks |