Aerial Cities

Joining the Aerial Cities event in London next week? If yes, come hear our Hamburg Project Lead Denise Braemer 13.11. at 13:10! She will be joining the session called "Emerging trends and the evolving landscape of the aerial cities" with wonderful experts from the field of urban air mobility to discuss the latest trends, challenges, and successes. Read more about the event: https://lnkd.in/ejS42kdg #UrbanAirMobility #UAM #SmartMobility #drones

We’re excited to announce our opening keynote for day one of Aerial Cities 2024: Pedro Fernandez! Pedro Fernandez is a Civil Engineer with a Master’s in Construction and Transportation. He has been a National Corps of State Engineers member for over ten years. He is Head of the Department of International Mobility and Environment Projects in the corresponding Government Area of the Ayuntamiento de Madrid (Madrid City Council).   Previously, he has worked on issues related to transportation and construction. During his first stage as a National Corps of Engineers member, he worked at the Ministry of the Environment. He participated in various environmental projects, such as problems with the coast and climate change. Subsequently, he has worked for five years in Spain's largest local and regional transport authority, the Consorcio Regional de Transportes Públicos de Madrid.   Pedro has experience in other fields, such as group classes or cultural activities. He has actively participated in many NGO projects in Spain and abroad. Aerial Cities is only one week away; see the full conference schedule on our website now! https://lnkd.in/ejS42kdg #AerialCities #UrbanAirMobility #LondonEvents #Profit #DroneIndustry #London #Investors #Investing #Scaling #Revenue #Keynote #Speaker

As aerial cities become a reality, the journey toward achieving SORA SAIL IV operations is essential. In November, our SAIL IV panel will explore the strategic roadmap to securing the most ambitious and highly sought-after operational approval for drone systems. Experts from regulatory bodies, industry leaders, and technology innovators will discuss the challenges and opportunities in meeting the rigorous safety, security, and performance standards required for SAIL IV. Roberto Gándara Ossel has been an active member of JARUS since 2018, contributing to the CONOPS, Automation, and SRM-SORA Working Groups. He led the UAS Training and Technology Service and headed the UAS Division at AESA - Agencia Estatal de Seguridad Aérea from 2018 until March 2024. He has been the Head of the UAS Division since February 2024. Soo Soon Teong is heading ST Engineering’s UAS business for commercial and defence markets. He has over 25 years of aviation experience in significant modifications of manned aircraft (such as Passenger-to-Freighter conversions) and developing bespoke solutions for unmanned aircraft systems. Jordi Salvador Bernadí, CEO of BCN Drone Center, focuses on developing testing,  evaluation, certification procedures, and services that upcoming advanced UAS applications need to comply with all safety and security requirements. Furthermore, with more than 15 years of experience in the UAS sector, he is helping any UAS stakeholder successfully deploy any new application or technology to the market. In 2020, Markus Bardach joined the Frequentis New Business Development department to evaluate innovative ideas in the drone sector. Markus was one of the founders of the corporate start-up skyzr, where he was managing director since early 2022, developing innovative software solutions for drone operators. skyzr offers one of the most advanced SORA automation tools and SORA consultation for UAS operations all over Europe. Juan José Sola is the Director of Regulatory Affairs and Commercial Space at Murzilli Consulting. He is an aerospace engineer and a licensed pilot for traditional aircraft and UAS with a background in air traffic control. He was the former head of the UAS Division of the Spanish CAA (AESA), and before that, he was their ATM/AIS Oversight Inspector and ATC Training Manager. Join us at Aerial Cities 2024! Visit our website to see the complete program for this year’s event in London. https://lnkd.in/ejS42kdg #AerialCities #UrbanAirMobility #LondonEvents #Profit #DroneIndustry #London #Urban #Challenge #Operations #SAILIV #Approval

Our Venture Partner Gabriela Matic will be at Aerial Cities 2024 in London, and participating in the panel discussion, Investor Views on Scaling Businesses 📣 Gabi will join key stakeholders from private and public investment sectors to discuss insights and perspectives on the drone and eVTOL markets, following a particularly challenging year in 2023. Joining her on the panel: 🔹 Dario Di Martino, Founder and Technical Director of DMD Solutions 🔹 Gary Cutts, UK Research and Innovation 🔹 Gordon Baker, Policy Lead for Robotics at the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT). Learn more here 👉 https://lnkd.in/ejS42kdg -- #AerialCities #LondonEvents #DroneIndustry #AerialCities2024 #UrbanAirMobility #DroneTech #eVTOL #ScalingBusiness #InnovationInAviation #FutureOfMobility

Introducing the third panel of day one at Aerial Cities 2024: Investor views on scaling businesses. In this session, key stakeholders from private and public investment sectors (already invested in drones or AAM) will share their insights and perspectives on the drone and eVTOL markets following a particularly challenging year in 2023. The conversation aims to highlight how investors navigate the evolving landscape, adapt strategies, and identify areas with potential for significant growth despite recent adversities. Dario Di Martino is the founder and Technical Director of DMD Solutions, an aerospace company specialising in RMS Engineering (Reliability, Availability, Maintainability, and Safety). Dario is an engineer with a solid technical background and excellent management skills. Gabriela Matic is a Venture Partner at Aerospace Xelerated. This Boeing-led global startup accelerator invests in and supports early-stage companies developing scalable solutions for the aerospace industry and beyond. She is also a co-founder and director of Metta, an agency focused on improving the sustainability and accessibility of innovation. Gary Cutts of UK Research and Innovation has 35 years of experience in the Aviation industry and is now leading the UK government’s Future Flight Challenge programme. In this role, he works across government and industry to create innovative new aviation systems encompassing drones and Advanced Air Mobility vehicles. He is a member of the UK’s Future of Flight Industry Group, the Zero Emissions Flight Regulatory Group. Gordon Baker is the policy lead for Robotics at the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT). In this role, he aims to understand society's opportunities and challenges around robotics and automation and support innovative R&D and commercialisation of these technologies for the public good. He has a long-standing interest in drones and has coordinated the Drone Industry Action Group for several years. This is just one of our many highly anticipated panels for this year! To check out the other panels, click the link below. https://lnkd.in/ejS42kdg #AerialCities #UrbanAirMobility #LondonEvents #Profit #DroneIndustry #London #Investors #Investing #Scaling #Revenue

Aerial Cities 2024 is SOLD OUT! With such high demand this year from industry leaders, government officials, investors, and executives, the event is officially sold out. This year, over 150 attendees and speakers from all over the world will join us. Our mission is to create a shared understanding and collaborative framework for integrating drone technologies into our urban infrastructures, paving the way for the cities of tomorrow. This year, with a focus on revenue generation and profitability, we’re sure to gain valuable insights into what’s next for the drone and AAM industries. We thank our event partners, GSMA and Ondas Holdings, and our many sponsors for making this event possible! For those of you who have tickets, we look forward to seeing you very soon—there are only a few weeks to go! To get up-to-date information on the panels, speakers, and location, please visit our Aerial Cities website: https://lnkd.in/dgYsKgE2 Unisphere GmbH MoWiN.net e.V. Switzerland Global Enterprise BCN Drone Center DMD Solutions blueflite Murzilli Consulting HHLA Sky GmbH Kongsberg Geospatial AVSS | Drone Parachute Recovery Systems & Guided Delivery Systems Iridium Volatus Aerospace Hansadrone ResilienX ATC Network ST Engineering Unmanned Airspace Unmanned Systems Technology Advanced Air Mobility International Future Transport-News Aerospace Defense Review Jedsy Moonrock Drone Insurance skyzr Gotonomi Amazon NUAIR Mobility Makers Nokia #Profit #Drones #London #Scaling #Revenue #DroneTalks #Innovation #AAM #Profitability #Scaling #AerialCities #SoldOut

Announcing one of our most anticipated panels for Aerial Cities 2024: ‘A perspective on smart cities’! This session offers a comprehensive exploration of the smart cities ecosystem, focusing on integrating smart mobility, robust ground infrastructure, advanced communication networks, and the pivotal roles of data and artificial intelligence. Since 2014, Barbara Pareglio has been the technical lead for several focus areas within GSMA, such as 5G, IoT, automotive, aviation and more. Barbara is leading several activities and communities with the GSMA members, particularly the GSMA Drone Interest Group and the Aerial Connectivity Joint Activity, to investigate and help the mobile industry create a trusted solution for commercial unmanned aircraft. Marcel Kägi is the director of aviation policy and strategy at the Federal Office of Civil Aviation Switzerland FOCA, the Swiss CAA. He co-leads the FOCA’s aviation policy and strategy division, which is in charge of regulatory, environmental, economic and international matters, as well as new technologies, such as drones and UTM. Joe Darden is the Director of Aviation and Business Development for Iridium, a company offering global satellite communications. He is responsible for new business development in the Iridium Aviation line of business and is leading Iridium’s Autonomous/Remotely Piloted Vehicle development strategy. Dave Pankhurst founded BT Group’s Drones unit in 2019. He is a regular contributor on how the UK can enable the full potential of a drone economy. Dave sits on the advisory board of Altitude Angel and ARPAS-UK (The UK Drone Association). He is a co-chair of the Future Aviation Industry Working Group on Airspace Integration and a Drone Industry Action Group member. Olaf Weber is the CTO of Hansadrone and drives the overall product definition and development. He co-founded two startup companies in mobile computing and worked for industry-leading companies in navigation technology and healthcare IT. Join us at Aerial Cities 2024! Visit our website to see the complete program for this year’s event in London. https://lnkd.in/ejS42kdg #AerialCities #UrbanAirMobility #LondonEvents #Profit #DroneIndustry #London #Urban #Cities #SmartCities

It is no secret that successful proof of concepts are challenging to scale. The fifth panel of day two at Aerial Cities 2024 will discuss the challenges of operations and manufacturing at scale. Selected companies share their journey to the holy grail of sustainable, scalable business. James McClearen is the CTO and President of blueflite, a company that solves challenges in the logistics industry. Blueflite offers a unique platform featuring a delivery drone, enabling significantly faster deliveries at a much lower cost than conventional transport. The blueflite logistics solution allows for integration into an all-automated supply chain for large-scale, high-speed deliveries. Susan Roberts is an aviation executive specialising in disruption and innovation to pursue new business strategies and models. Susan is the Vice President at American Robotics Inc. and is passionate about challenging the assumptions that prevent the adoption of a new way of life enabled by new technologies, including robotics, artificial intelligence, and smart interoperability. For over 30 years, Philip Butterworth-Hayes of Unmanned Publications Ltd has specialised in delivering highly complex technical and industrial aerospace information and advice to many government and industry clients. His background includes posts as the director of communications and strategy at the Civil Aviation Navigation Organization (CANSO) in Amsterdam, the launch editor of the European Defence Agency’s European Defence Matter, and many more. Josh Ogden is the CEO and Co-founder of AVSS | Drone Parachute Recovery Systems & Guided Delivery Systems. He is responsible for leading the company's long-term vision and assisting the engineering team with building products that meet current and future regulatory needs. Josh is an active member of the drone industry. He is the Technical Lead on the ASTM F3322 parachute recovery system standard and is a member of the British Standards Institution advisory group for drone regulations. Manoel R. Coelho, visionary entrepreneur and CEO of Speedbird Aero, boasts over two decades of dynamic business leadership and a history of guiding start-ups with groundbreaking technologies. A Thunderbird School of Global Management honours graduate, Coelho seamlessly integrates technological innovation with international business strategies. To see our full program for this year’s event, visit our website: https://lnkd.in/dgYsKgE2 #AerialCities #UrbanAirMobility #LondonEvents #Profit #DroneIndustry #London #Speakers #Concepts #Scaling #Manufacturing #Scale

Can we export the lessons of ports and marine operations to entire cities? We aim to tackle this question in the third panel of day two this year at Aerial Cites! This panel session features a dialogue with users of drone services in marine and port settings. It explores their success stories and examines the potential to extrapolate these lessons to broader urban environments. The discussion will highlight how drones have been effectively utilised in marine operations and ports for surveillance, maintenance, and logistics and will consider the applicability of these strategies in city-wide applications. Since February 2020, Matthias Gronstedt has been the Managing Director of HHLA Sky GmbH in Hamburg, Germany. The company focuses on developing hardware and software solutions to control drones and AMRs (Autonomous Mobile Robots) safely and securely for end-to-end mobility solutions. Michael Splett is Global Head of Operation Offshore Wind at EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG and CTO of EnBW Erneuerbare Operation & Service GmbH. He is responsible for the O&M of all EnBW Offshore Wind Assets and is a four-time winner of the WFO economic forum award “Best German Offshore Wind Farm in Operation” with the EnBW fleet. Connor Lyons is an Innovation Consultant and Innovation Lead at Associated British Ports, the UK’s largest port operator. He leads the Innovation Program across 21 ports, focusing on driving technological advancements to improve efficiency, productivity, and safety. Richard Boden is the Director of the Business Unit at Murzilli Consulting. At Murzilli Consulting, Richard delivers strategic drone consulting to various organisations, such as start-ups, government authorities and established companies. His primary focus is flight operations, technical certifications, c-class marking projects and company structuring. Join us at Aerial Cities 2024! Visit our website to see the complete program for this year’s event in London. https://lnkd.in/ejS42kdg #AerialCities #UrbanAirMobility #LondonEvents #Profit #DroneIndustry #London #Urban #Challenge #Ports #MarineOperations

Make sure to check out our latest blog post with 14 new featured speakers for Aerial Cities 2024! Aerial Cities is just around the corner, and this year, from 13-14 November in London, the exclusive VIP Aerial Cities event will host a variety of C-level executives, investors, and government officials who will share their insights into the drone and AAM industries' operations in cities. Revenue generation and profitability will be a significant focus at this year’s event. Let us introduce you to 14 of our featured speakers, who will dive into conversations about profitability, revenue generation, and user insights: Gary Cutts, Challenge Director at Future Flight Challenge Programme UK Research and Innovation Kara Jones, Director of GENIUS NY Manoel R. Coelho, CEO at Speedbird Aero Denise Braemer, Project Lead, CITYAM (Interreg Baltic DSea Region-Hamburg) Hamburg Aviation  Thomas Curran, Head of the Survey & Mapping Division at Dublin City Council  Gwen Lighter, CEO at GoAERO Markus Bardach, Managing Director at skyzr Bobby Healy, CEO and Founder of Manna Drone Delivery Maron Kristófersson, CEO and Founder of aha.is Tim Murrell QFSM, National Fire Chiefs Council (NFCC) Drone Lead, Drone Manager for Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service Michael Splett, Global Head of Operation Offshore Wind at EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG Philip Butterworth-Hayes, Publisher and Editor at Unmanned Publications Ltd phil hanson, Aviation Technical Assurance Manager at the Maritime and Coastguard Agency Connor Lyons, Innovation Lead at Associated British Ports Visit our website to read our newest blog now! https://lnkd.in/dUcD4uHQ #AerialCities #UrbanAirMobility #LondonEvents #Profit #DroneIndustry #London #Scaling #Revenue #DroneTalks #AAM #Innovation #Networking #Speakers