Ascendance to host eVTOL Insights’ Europe Conference in Toulouse and offer exclusive factory tour as part of event programme

French hybrid-elec­tric avi­a­tion com­pa­ny Ascen­dance has been announced as the host of the eVTOL Insights Europe Con­fer­ence on Octo­ber 15th, with del­e­gates also invit­ed to an exclu­sive behind-the-scenes tour of the com­pa­ny’s facil­i­ties the fol­low­ing day.

The part­ner­ship will pro­vide atten­dees with a rare oppor­tu­ni­ty to expe­ri­ence first-hand one of Europe’s most excit­ing Advanced Air Mobil­i­ty inno­va­tors, while gain­ing exclu­sive insight into the devel­op­ment of Ascen­dance’s ATEA hybrid-elec­tric VTOL air­craft and its STERNA propul­sion sys­tem.

Fol­low­ing a full day of fire­side chats, pan­el dis­cus­sions and keynote pre­sen­ta­tions about the glob­al Advanced Air Mobil­i­ty mar­ket, del­e­gates will be wel­comed to Ascen­dance’s head­quar­ters on Octo­ber 16th for a guid­ed fac­to­ry tour. The vis­it will offer a rare look inside the com­pa­ny’s engi­neer­ing, man­u­fac­tur­ing and test­ing facil­i­ties, show­cas­ing the tech­nolo­gies help­ing to shape the future of sus­tain­able avi­a­tion.

The exclu­sive site vis­it will allow del­e­gates to learn more about the progress being made across both pro­grammes, hear direct­ly from Ascen­dance’s team and gain valu­able insight into the tech­ni­cal and indus­tri­al chal­lenges involved in bring­ing next-gen­er­a­tion air­craft to mar­ket.

Jason Pritchard, Exec­u­tive Edi­tor of eVTOL Insights, said: “We’re delight­ed to be part­ner­ing with Ascen­dance for this year’s Europe Con­fer­ence. Toulouse is one of the world’s great aero­space hubs, and Ascen­dance is at the fore­front of devel­op­ing tech­nolo­gies that will play an impor­tant role in the future of Advanced Air Mobil­i­ty.

“One of the biggest ben­e­fits of attend­ing our con­fer­ences is the oppor­tu­ni­ty to go beyond pre­sen­ta­tions and pan­el dis­cus­sions. The exclu­sive fac­to­ry tour will give del­e­gates the chance to see first-hand how one of Europe’s most inno­v­a­tive com­pa­nies is turn­ing ambi­tious con­cepts into real­i­ty, while speak­ing direct­ly with the peo­ple dri­ving that progress.”

Ahead of the con­fer­ence, del­e­gates will also have the oppor­tu­ni­ty to vis­it Musée Aero­scopia on Octo­ber 14th, one of Europe’s pre­mier avi­a­tion muse­ums. Locat­ed adja­cent to Toulouse-Bla­gnac Air­port, the muse­um is home to an excep­tion­al col­lec­tion of his­toric air­craft, includ­ing the icon­ic Con­corde, Air­bus A300B, A380 and numer­ous mil­i­tary and civ­il avi­a­tion exhibits that chart the evo­lu­tion of flight.

The vis­it will pro­vide atten­dees with the chance to net­work in a relaxed set­ting while explor­ing the rich his­to­ry of aero­space inno­va­tion that has helped estab­lish Toulouse as a glob­al avi­a­tion cap­i­tal. As the indus­try looks towards the next gen­er­a­tion of sus­tain­able air­craft, the muse­um offers a fit­ting back­drop, con­nect­ing the achieve­ments of the past with the tech­nolo­gies shap­ing the future of Advanced Air Mobil­i­ty.

Full event sched­ule

Octo­ber 14th: Tour of Musee Aero­scopia (Time TBC, like­ly mid after­noon), fol­lowed by net­work­ing drinks

Octo­ber 15th: eVTOL Insights’ Europe Con­fer­ence (9am to 5pm, at Ascen­dance), fol­low­ing by net­work­ing drinks

Octo­ber 16th: Fac­to­ry site vis­it at Ascen­dance (Time TBC, like­ly to be mid-morn­ing)

Why Toulouse?

Toulouse has long been recog­nised as one of the world’s lead­ing aero­space cen­tres, earn­ing a glob­al rep­u­ta­tion as the heart of the Euro­pean avi­a­tion indus­try. Home to thou­sands of aero­space com­pa­nies, research organ­i­sa­tions and engi­neer­ing spe­cial­ists, the city com­bines decades of com­mer­cial avi­a­tion exper­tise with a rapid­ly grow­ing ecosys­tem focused on the future of sus­tain­able flight.

As the birth­place of numer­ous aero­space inno­va­tions, Toulouse brings togeth­er air­craft man­u­fac­tur­ers, propul­sion spe­cial­ists, tech­nol­o­gy devel­op­ers, uni­ver­si­ties and cer­ti­fi­ca­tion experts, cre­at­ing an envi­ron­ment that encour­ages col­lab­o­ra­tion and accel­er­ates inno­va­tion.

Ascen­dance has rapid­ly estab­lished itself as one of Europe’s lead­ing hybrid-elec­tric air­craft devel­op­ers. Its flag­ship ATEA air­craft com­bines ver­ti­cal take-off capa­bil­i­ty with hybrid-elec­tric propul­sion to deliv­er greater range, oper­a­tional flex­i­bil­i­ty and low­er envi­ron­men­tal impact. Along­side the air­craft pro­gramme, the com­pa­ny is also devel­op­ing STERNA, an inno­v­a­tive mod­u­lar hybrid-elec­tric propul­sion solu­tion designed for a wide range of cur­rent and future air­craft appli­ca­tions.

Ear­ly Bird tick­ets now on sale

Tick­ets to attend eVTOL Insights’ Europe Con­fer­ence in Toulouse are now on sale for £500 until Sep­tem­ber 4th. The price includes entry to the con­fer­ence and site vis­its, as well as the numer­ous net­work­ing recep­tions. After Sep­tem­ber 4th, tick­ets will go on gen­er­al sale for £700.

You can buy your tick­ets here.

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