LAST CHANCE TO ENTER! Deadline to enter eVTOL Insights’ AAM Awards ends today

Time is run­ning out for com­pa­nies yet to sub­mit into a cat­e­go­ry or which still have a nom­i­na­tion in progress for eVTOL Insights’ first Advanced Air Mobil­i­ty Awards.

There’s been an over­whelm­ing response to the inau­gur­al awards — which takes place on Thurs­day, May 2nd at Le Mount Stephen Hotel, after our indus­try con­fer­ence ear­li­er that day.

Nine­teen cat­e­gories are avail­able, split into ‘Team’, ‘Com­pa­ny’ and ‘Indi­vid­ual’ sec­tion and the final dead­line to sub­mit an entry is today, Fri­day, April 19th.

The entry process is free and extreme­ly straight­for­ward and takes about 15 min­utes to com­plete. Once you have entered, entrants are encour­aged to pur­chase tick­ets to the awards cer­e­mo­ny, which takes place from 6pm to 7.30pm. Drinks and canapés will be pro­vid­ed.

To recap, the full list of cat­e­gories are below:

TEAM

• Com­mu­ni­ty Engage­ment Team of the Year 2024

How do you engage with the com­mu­ni­ty which lives and works near your fac­to­ry or office; or the com­mu­ni­ties which you are tar­get­ting to deploy your tech­nolo­gies? Cel­e­brate the effort you put into buildf­ing strong rela­tion­ships and the results you have achieved by enter­ing this cat­e­go­ry.

• Mar­ket­ing Team of the Year 2024

What does your mar­ket­ing team do dif­fer­ent­ly to make you stand out from the crowd? What mag­ic do they pos­sess that brings your propo­si­tion to life and your com­pa­ny to pub­lic notice? Let them take the applause for the great work they do on your behalf, and on behalf of the AAM indus­try as a whole.

•  Finance & Legal Team of the Year 2024

The unsung heroes who keep the lights on and wheels turn­ing. Whether they cov­er both finance and law, or if it’s a small team look­ing at just one of these areas, bring their work to pub­lic atten­tion and shine a spot­light on the peo­ple who facil­tate oth­ers’ work.

• Design Team of the Year 2024

Enter this cat­e­go­ry to cel­e­brate inno­va­tion, excel­lence and capa­bil­i­ty demon­strat­ed by your design team. Whether con­sul­tan­cy or in-house team we want to hear how you cre­ate and deliv­er the world-class out­put that you are known for.

• Engi­neer­ing Team of the Year 2024

Your engi­neer­ing team is the best. Enter this cat­e­go­ry and tell us what makes them spe­cial. How do they bring designs to life? What is their approach to prob­lem solv­ing? What is their con­tri­bu­tion to your suc­cess?

COMPANY

• Best Place to Work 2024

What makes your com­pa­ny the best place to work? Is it the team, the loca­tion, the ben­e­fits, the engi­neer­ing excel­lence, the vision or is there some­thing else. Your busi­ness deserves to be recog­nised for the effort it puts in to be the very best, tell the world about it by enter­ing this cat­e­go­ry.

• Best Com­pa­ny Cul­ture Award 2024

Does your com­pa­ny do things dif­fer­ent­ly? Do you offer perks, ben­e­fits and an envi­ron­ment which your team loves and which oth­ers seek to emu­late? Enter this cat­e­go­ry, share your knowl­edge and expe­ri­ence and shout about your company’s cul­ture and the ben­e­fit it brings to your busi­ness and the wider indus­try.

• Best Approach to Diver­si­ty, Equal­i­ty & Inclu­sion 2024

How does your busi­ness approach Diver­si­ty, Equal­i­ty and Inclu­sion (DEI), ensur­ing all employ­ees and poten­tial new col­leagues are treat­ed equal­ly and fair­ly in the work­place? Include details about your ini­tia­tives, how they were cre­at­ed and have devel­oped. Pro­mote your achieve­ments and the impact they have had to date and how your approach might evolve in the future.

• Best Third Par­ty Ser­vices Sup­pli­er

We want your nom­i­na­tions for the best busi­ness­es who act to sup­port your Com­pa­ny. Whether they are PR, HR, mar­ket­ing, audi­tors, accoun­tants, lawyers, busi­ness con­sul­tants or any oth­er ser­vice provider, this is your oppor­tu­ni­ty to give them recog­ni­tion for the great work they do.

• Best Aware­ness Rais­ers of AAM

Are you the com­pa­ny which has con­tributed the most to rais­ing aware­ness of the eVTOL, Drone and AAM mar­ket over the past 12 months? Whether you’re a PR pro­fes­sion­al or a promi­nent indus­try play­ers. We want to cel­e­brate your role in pro­mot­ing the indus­try far and wide.

• Com­pa­ny of the Year (under 50 employ­ees)

Which is the small busi­ness that impress­es you most? Tell us why you think they deserve this award.

• Com­pa­ny of the Year (50–100 employ­ees)

Which is the mid-size busi­ness that deserves the applause? Tell us why you think they should win this award.

• Com­pa­ny of the Year (100+ employ­ees)

Which is the larg­er busi­ness which most stands out as hav­ing excelled in 2024? Tell us why they deserve recog­ni­tion.

INDIVIDUAL

• Com­mu­ni­ca­tor of the Year

Who is the stand out indi­vid­ual who tells the sto­ry of their com­pa­ny, the indus­try or the future that marks them as the best in the sec­tor? Whether they work with you or anoth­er com­pa­ny nom­i­nate them for this cat­e­go­ry and recog­nise the pos­i­tive impact their words have

• Tech­nol­o­gy Leader of the Year

Whether it’s your company’s CTO, an indi­vid­ual spe­cial­is­ing in mate­ri­als tech­nol­o­gy or anoth­er busi­ness’ Chief Archi­tect. Who con­tributes the most to tech­ni­cal excel­lence across the Indus­try and why do they deserve recog­ni­tion as Tech­nol­o­gy Leader of the Year 2024? Enter this cat­e­go­ry and give them the recog­ni­tion they deserve

• Engi­neer of the Year

This cat­e­go­ry is for you to reward the builders, those who craft the objects and sys­tems that will play a part in our col­lec­tive future. Whether its inno­v­a­tive soft­ware, light­weight mate­ri­als or smart engi­neer­ing solu­tions, which engi­neer­ing spe­cial­ist should be con­grat­u­lat­ed on their vision and abil­i­ty to con­sis­tent­ly deliv­er excel­lence?

• The Under 30 ‘Ris­ing Star’ Award

Who is the per­son who best rep­re­sents the future for the indus­try? Nom­i­nate from with­in your busi­ness or across the indus­try as a whole. Whether they’re in HR, Engi­neer­ing, Project Man­age­ment, Man­u­fac­tur­ing, IT, Mar­ket­ing, Gen­er­al Man­age­ment regard­less of their role, lev­el or respon­si­bil­i­ties: who in your view will lead this indus­try in the future?

• Leader of the Year

Nom­i­nate the CEO, Founder, Chair­man or oth­er senior leader who stands out in the Indus­try: what­ev­er their title they are the leader of a team and a leader in the sec­tor. We want you to nom­i­nate them and tell us what makes them spe­cial and why they deserve to be recog­nised as Leader of the Year 2024

• Out­stand­ing Con­tri­bu­tion Award

Who is the per­son who, in your view, has made the sin­gle biggest con­tri­bu­tion to the devel­op­ment of the indus­try through­out 2024?