EASA Rotorcraft and VTOL Symposium EUROPEAN ROTORS 2023

EASA Rotorcraft and VTOL Safety Symposium

The EASA Rotorcraft and VTOL Safety Symposium edition 2023 will be held on Monday, 27th November in Madrid Convention Center IFEMA. The show floor opens on Tuesday 28th.

Spain which will hold the presidency of the Council of the European Union and together with EASA, will be glad to welcome the European and Global vertical lift community in Madrid.

The eVTOL industry in Europe and in the US are progressing through development and testing, the certification is ongoing, and the industry is preparing for the first operations in 2024/2025 and the scaling.

The EASA Rotorcraft and VTOL Safety Symposium will be subdivided into four blocks. First, an opening session with keynote speech from the Spanish authority, EASA and EHA. Then EASA will update you on eVTOL certification by presenting the latest status on means of compliance with a focus on the critical aspects of handling qualities and battery certification. A third block on Rotorcraft safety, giving a deeper insight in full tank retrofit and addressing new safety objectives for small rotorcraft. The last block will address the challenges of considering sustainability in the development of new policies and discuss how to design policies creating synergies between Safety and sustainability.

It is also of high importance for EASA that the Symposium will provide a platform to discuss and exchange on the latest development in safety certification. Therefore, a networking event will give an opportunity to further exchange and maintain the discussion. On the following day the fair of EUROPEAN ROTORS will open its doors and offer a wide range of conference, briefings, and training opportunities for all stakeholders.

9:30 – 10:00	Welcome Coffee
	Opening Session (10:00 till 11:50)
10:00 – 10:10	Opening Moderation and Agenda of the Day	Clément Audard, EASA
10:10 – 10:25	AESA Keynote on Authority Perspective	Montserrat Mestres Domenech, Director of AESA
10:25 – 10:45	EASA Opening and Keynote on 2023 Highlights	David Solar, EASA
10:45 – 11:20	FAA Update	Dan Elgas/ Caitlin Locke, FAA
11:20 - 11:35	EHA Keynote on Industry Perspective	Christian Müller, Charmain of EHA
11:35 - 11:50	Vertical Lift: Manufacturer's Persepectives	Pete Bunce, GAMA
	VTOL Certification Block (11:50 till 13:30)
11:50 – 12:10	Certification of Batterie for eVTOL Propulsion	Carlos Munoz Garcia, EASA
12:10 – 12:30	Handling Qualities Certification Criteria for eVTOLs	Hamdy Sallam, EASA Ross Schaller, FAA Mitchell Soth, FAA
12:30 – 12:50	Certification / Safety / Focus on Challenges	Alastair McIntosh, Lilium
12:50 – 13:15	Moving Closer to Commercial Launch: A reality Check on Challenges	Oliver Reinhardt, Volocopter
13:15 – 13:30	Question and Answers
13:30 – 14:30	Networking Break incl. Lunch + Coffee
	Rotorcraft Safety Block (14:30 – 16:30)
14:30 – 14:50	Proportionate Safety Objectives for Safety Continuum and for Small Rotorcraft	Clément Audard, EASA
14:50 – 15:10	The Use of Digital Twins in Aircraft Design and Certification Process	Nicholas D. Kefalas, Sikorsky Aircraft
15:10 - 15:30	Net Safety Benefit: Accelerating Rotor Strike Prevention	Valentin Sevrit, Aerotec & Concept
15:30 – 15:50	Enhancing Safety Example Applications	Leonardo Helicopters
15:50 – 16:10	Question and Answers
16:10 – 16:30	Coffee Break
	Sustainability Block (16:30 – 18:10)
16:30 – 16:50	100% SAF challenges Technical – EASA Technical Activities on Sustainability	Dietmar Bloemen, EASA
16:50 – 17:15	Potential of Hybrid Helicopter	Airbus Helicopter
17:15 – 17:30	Taking Sustainability and Safety to New Heights	John T. Bouma, Bell
17:30 – 17:55	Promoting Technologies with reduced Emissions Footprint in Rotorcraft, CS23/CS27	David Solar, EASA
17:55 – 18:10	Questions & Answers
18:10 - 21.30	Networking Reception