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Innovation / VFS Sessions

VFS is holding three sessions of technical content for the vertical flight community: 1. An update on Science and Technology Research in Europe 2. A discussion on Infrastructure for eVTOL/AAM and 3. Progress in eVTOL/AAM.

The Vertical Flight Society (VFS) is proud to be a partner with EUROPEAN ROTORS 2022 providing premier content programming for the event.  VFS is holding three sessions of technical content for the vertical flight community:  

  1. The first session features the pre-eminent vertical flight research organizations in Europe providing updates on their efforts advance vertical flight safety and efficiency, including helicopters and eVTOL.  We will also get an update from the EU CleanSky program in this session. 
  2. The second session will focus on the needs for new/updated infrastructure to support the changing requirements of vertical flight, especially electric VTOL (eVTOL) aircraft and tiltrotors. 
  3. And the final session will provide a progress report from the dominant eVTOL aircraft developers and their visions of the future.

We hope you will join us for these comprehensive technology-oriented sessions that will provide a glimpse at the future of vertical flight.

Time 

Topic 

Speaker

10:00–10:30

Welcome & Introduction 

Jim Sherman, Vertical Flight Society

10:30–12:00

Panel discussion: S&T

Marilena D. Pavel, TU Delft / Florian Antrack, DLR / Arnaud Le Pape, ONERA / Ilkay Yavrucuk, TUM School of Engineering and Design

13:00–14:30

Panel discussion: Infrastructure

Jörn Jaeger, Volocopter / José Soler Ribes, Ferrovial / James Earl, Bayards

15:00–16:30

Panel discussion: Progress in eVTOL

Jean-Christophe Lambert, Ascendance / Joerg  P. Meuller, Airbus / Saskia Horsch, Lilium / Axel Radermacher, Odys Aviation


Speakers (11)

James Sherman

James Sherman

AVIATION Forum Executive of AIAA

Marilena D. Pavel

Marilena D. Pavel

Associate Professor, Delft University of Technology

Arnaud Le Pape

Arnaud Le Pape

Rotorcraft program director of ONERA

Ilkay Yavrucuk

Ilkay Yavrucuk

Professor, Chair, Technical University of Munich, Chair for Helicopter Technology and VTOL Aircraft

Jörn Jaeger

Jörn Jaeger

Head of Airspace and Vertiports at Volocopter GmbH

Jose Soler Ribes

Jose Soler Ribes

Airports & Vertiports Innovation Lead in Ferrovial

James Earl

James Earl

Business Unit Manager, Bayards Vertiports

Saskia Horsch

Saskia Horsch

Head of Global Regulatory & Public Affairs, Lilium

Axel Radermacher

Axel Radermacher

Co-Founder and Head of Product at Odys Aviation

Joerg P. Mueller

Joerg P. Mueller

Head of Urban Air Mobility, Airbus

Jean-Christopher Lambert

Jean-Christopher Lambert

Co-founder & CEO of Ascendance Flight Technologies, Ascendance Flight Technologies