Conference Programme 2024
Preliminary version as of October 4th, 2024 | 19:00 CEST
| DAY 1 | Oct 8th, 2024 | ||||
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| OPENING Chairman: TBD | ||||
| 09:30 | Diana Schnabel Exhibition & Conference Manager Airtec 2024 »Welcome from the Management Board« | |||
| 09:35 | Dr. Wolfgang Hübschle City Council for Economic Affairs, City of Augsburg | |||
| 09:45 | Dr. Anna Christmann MdB Federal Government Coordinator of German Aerospace Policy (Video greetings) | |||
| 09:50 | René Reinhardt Policy Officer / IVD2 - Office of the Aerospace Coordinator, Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy BMWK | |||
| 09:55 | Bavarian State Minister Dr. Florian Herrmann, MdL Head of the Bavarian State Chancellery (Video greetings) | |||
| 10:00 | Keynote | Airbus Defence and Space (Manching) Andreas Hammer, Head of Combat Air Systems  | |||
| Keynote | Airbus Group Dr.-Ing. Volker Baumbach, Manager aerospace engineering at Airbus Group »Hydrogen in Commercial Aviation« cancelled due to illness | ||||
| 10:20 | Drees & Sommer Meinolf Köster, Head of Aerospace at Drees & Sommer | Divisional Director »Decarbonisation of aerospace: energy transition meets competitiveness«  | |||
| 10:40 | Roland Berger GmbH Dr. Stephan Baur, Partner »Advanced Air Mobility – the good, the bad, the ugly (and how to overcome it)«  | |||
| 11:00 | POLARIS Raumflugzeuge GmbH Dr. Alexander Kopp, Geschäftsführer / CEO »The Polaris Spaceplane Project«  | |||
| 11:20 | Strategy& Tobias Müller, UAS Competence Center Leader »Can drones help us soar towards a more sustainable future? Analyzing UAS and their role in ESG«  | |||
| 11:40 | Lunch Break | 11:40 | Lunch Break | |
| SESSION Future Air Mobility Perspectives Chairman: Mike Hirschberg, Vertical Flight Society | SESSION Innovative approaches for the future of aerospace Chairman: TBD |
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| 12:30 | Vertical Flight Society Mike Hirschberg, Director of Strategy  | 12:10 | Roland Berger GmbH Dr. Stephan Baur, Partner »Current health and future readiness of Aerospace Supply Chain« |
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| 12:50 | Flying Pages Willi Tacke, CEO  | 12:30 | Fraunhofer FKIE Dr. Martin Ulmke »Future Combat Air System FCAS: A research perspective«  |
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| 13:10 | Lilium Dr. Saskia Horsch, VP Global Regulatory & Public Affairs  | 12:50 | EFT Mobility Tobias Kahnert, Founder and CEO at EFT Mobility »Electrifying the Skies: Bridging Automotive Expertise to Sustainable Aviation«  |
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| 13:30 | Zuri Michael Illich, CEO  | 13:10 | Unisphere GmbH Michael Anger (CEO) »Navigating the Future - Leveraging Simulation Technologies to Optimize eVTOL Operations«  |
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| 13:50 | Panel Discussion | 13:30 | Fraunhofer IPA Dr. Roman Ungern-Sternberg, Head of Business Unit Operations at Fraunhofer IPA »Beyond value stream mapping: Achieve End-to-End Transparency in complex multi-level product-production structures«  |
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| 13:50 | Spherea Group Nicolas Farvacq, CTO »Electrification and Decarbonization in Aviation: Overcoming Challenges Through Advanced Testing Solutions«  |
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| 14:10 | Oppenhoff Mareike Heesing »Export Controls in the Aviation Industry«  |
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| SESSION Rotorcraft Advancements Chairman: Mike Hirschberg, Vertical Flight Society | SESSION AI in Aerospace Production and Product Development Chairman: Michael Kühnel, SGL Carbon |
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| 14:10 | Technical University Munich Prof. Ilkay Yavrucuk, Chair, Helicopter & VTOL Aircraft Institute  | 14:30 | AI Production Network Augsburg Dr. Juliane Gottmann, Scientific Managing Director, AI production network at the University of Augsburg »AI Production Network Augsburg and its importance for Aerospace production technology«  |
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| 14:30 | Airbus Helicopters Rainer Heger, Research & Innovation | 14:50 | MT Aerospace AG Marwa Klink, Business Process and Improvement Manager »Machine learning for production machines for the shot peening forming process«  |
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| 14:50 | Leonardo Helicopters Andrea Bianchi, Strategy & Innovation  | 15:10 | Mubea Aerostructures GmbH Dr.-Ing. Steffen Kress, Head of Business Development and Sales »AI-based Tool wear detection«  |
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| 15:10 | ULTRA Energy Wade Ewing, Business Development  | 15:30 | Fraunhofer IFF Erik Trostmann, Manufacturing Metrology and Digital Assistance Systems, Group Leader Optical Metrology »AI methods for completeness verification in assembly inspection of turbine and structural components«  |
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| 15:50 | Panel Discussion | |||
| 16:10 | Coffee Break | 15:50 | Coffee Break | |
| SESSION Aerospace supply chain: Ecosystem, materials, and high-purity environments Chairman: Dr.-Ing. Simon M. Kothe, Fraunhofer AVIATION & SPACE | SESSION Airborne AI and Cybersecurity in Aerospace Applications Chairman: Michael Kühnel, SGL Carbon |
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| 16:25 | Fraunhofer IPK Henning Berg »Ecosystem for an efficient and sustainable Aerospace Supply Chain«  | 16:05 | Technical University of Applied Sciences Augsburg (THA) Prof. Dominik Merli, Head of Institute THA_innos »Engineering Cyber-Secure Aerospace Components«  |
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| 16:45 | Tekniker Dr. Amaya Igartua, Coordinator of Materials Initiatives, Co-secretary of the European Materials Platform (EUMAT), Vicepresident for Spain of the International Tribology Council »Materials landscape and research opportunities for Aircraft and Space Materials (Working Title)«  | 16:25 | 16:35 Bavarian State Minister Dr. Fabian Mehring, MdL Bavarian State Minister of Digital Affairs |
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| 17:05 | Fraunhofer IPA Dr. Udo Gommel, Head of the »Intelligent Automation and Purity Technology« division »Cleanroom technology: The invisible hero for successful space missions!« | 16:40 | Airbus Helicopters Dr. Matthias Niedermaier, Cyber-Security Project Management Officer »A Glimpse into Industrial Security within the Aviation Industry« |
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| 17:00 | Data Machine Intelligence Solutions GmbH Max Najork (Co-Founder & CEO) »Drones & AI - how system-of-system operations disrupt dual-use aerial operations«  |
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| 17:20 | Airbus Protect GmbH Thorsten Wollweber, Line Manager Product Security & GRC GE »Threat-based Risk Assessment – Safety through Security«  |
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| 17:40 | Fraunhofer AISEC Dr.-Ing. Matthias Hiller, Head of Department Hardware Security »Trusted Electronics for Aerospace and Space«  |
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| 18:00 | End of Conference Day | 18:00 | End of Conference Day | |
| DAY 2 | Oct 9th, 2024 | ||||
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| SESSION Ceramic Composites powered by Composites United e.V. | Chairman: Prof. Dietmar Koch | SESSION Future Air Mobility Developments Chairman: Willi Tacke, Flying Pages |
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| 10:00 | Welcome and Introduction by the session's chairman | 10:00 | Welcome and Introduction by the session's chairman | |
| 10:05 | Airbus Group Christian Metzner, Materials & Process Scientist »CMCs at Airbus (Working Title)« | 10:05 | Airbus Urban Mobility Dr. Andreas Thellmann, Head of Air Mobility Initiative »Building up an Advanced Air Mobility ecosystem« |
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| 10:25 | BJS Ceramics Dr. Werner Humbs, Geschäftsführer »European SiC-Fibers and SiC/SiC CMC«  | 10:25 | Volocopter Rohit Wariyar, Head of Public Affairs  |
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| 10:45 | Schunk Group Dr. Hartmut Gross, Director New Business & Technology »CMC Flying High - Schunk lightweight solutions for the next generation engines«  | 10:45 | ERC Dr. David Löbl, CEO  |
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| 11:05 | SGL Carbon Michael Kühnel, Principal Data Scientist »Closing the digital chain for CMCs – CT data and its usage in product and process engineering«  | 11:05 | Vaeridion Evan O’Connor, Head of R&D »Electrified Regional Air Mobility with VÆRIDION’s Microliner«  |
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| 11:25 | short break for re-arrangements | 11:25 | Panel Discussion | |
| 11:45 | Panel Discussion | |||
| 12:05 | Lunch Break | 12:05 | Lunch Break | |
| SESSION Composites in Aerospace powered by Composites United e.V. | Chairman: Marc Fette | SESSION Future Air Mobility Critical Technologies Chairman: Prof. Ilkay Yavrucuk, Technical University Munich |
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| 13:00 | Welcome and Introduction by the session's chairman | 13:00 | Welcome and Introduction by the session's chairman | |
| 13:05 | Airbus & DLR Piet Wölcken & Prof. Dr. Michael Kupke »The Multifunctional Fuselage Demonstrator: From Idea to Reality«   | 13:05 | Fraunhofer Institute for Transportation and Infrastructure Systems IVI Henri Meeß, Group Leader, Highly Automated Flying »Recent advances in autonomous flight research at Fraunhofer IVI«  |
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| 13:25 | Blackwave GmbH Benedikt Borchert, HO Business Development »No bullshit, just tanks - new business models for an evolving space industry«  | 13:25 | Fraunhofer-Institut für Integrierte Systeme und Bauelementetechnologie IISB Florian Hilpert, Power Electronic Systems »Critical challenges in high voltage power distribution and conversion«  |
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| 13:45 | Teijin Carbon Europe Dr. Julian Lowe, Business Development Manager »Sustainable Carbon Fibre based Composite Materials«  | 13:45 | RENK Test System Hicham Benmar, Product & Business Development Manager »Validating UAM Electrical Distribution and Control Systems by Ground Testing«  |
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| 14:05 | Airbus Tamara Blanco, Composites Materials & Processes Research & Technology Airbus Expert in Composites »Composite contribution to aviation challenges« | 14:05 | EUROCAE Alain Vallée, Senior Technical Programme Manager »Standards as means of compliance for aviation regulations: defining the global roadmap for acceptance of AAM's innovative concepts. (working title)«  |
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| 14:25 | short break for re-arrangements | 14:25 | short break for re-arrangements | |
| 14:30 | Panel Discussion | 14:30 | Panel Discussion | |
| 15:00 | Coffee Break | 15:00 | Coffee Break | |
| SESSION Additive Manufacturing powered by Mobility goes Additive e.V. | Chairman: Marc Fette | SESSION Unmanned Aerial Systems and Air Defence – a look ahead Chairman: Roland Haag |
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| 15:15 | Welcome and Introduction by the session's chairman | 15:15 | Welcome and Introduction by the session's chairman | |
| 15:20 | BigRep Silas Dortmann, Application Engineer for Advanced Manufacturing Solutions »The Journey from Simple to Complex Parts with FDM: A Solution for Today and Tomorrow«  | 15:20 | BDSV Bundesverband der Deutschen Sicherheits- und Verteidigungsindustrie e.V. Roland Haag, Head of Business and Legal Department »Current challenges for the German security and defence industry«  |
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| 15:40 | HSU/UniBW Hamburg & CTC Florian Fuchs, »Additive Manufacturing with High Performance Thermoplastics for hydrogen Systems«   | 15:40 | Spherea GmbH Martin Kugelmann, Managing Director »AI in defence: Questions and first answers on the example of electronic warfare« |
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| 16:00 | TRUMPF Frantisek Hacik, Industry Manager Additive Manufacturing Aerospace »Consistent AM production for critical components«  | 16:00 | Wehrtechnische Dienststelle für Luftfahrzeuge und Luftfahrtgerät der Bundeswehr (WTD 61) Karsten Benkel, Chief of UAS Overall Systems Branch & Head of National Competence Center UAS »Specific aspects of war-capable UAS«  |
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| 16:20 | OHB System AG Dr. Marco Mulser, Head of Technology Coordination »Additive Manufacturing for spacecraft components«  | 16:20 | Donaustahl GmbH Stefan Thumann, Founder, Managing Director & Chief Designer  |
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| 16:40 | short break for re-arrangements | 16:40 | AVILUS GmbH Maximilian Wechner »BVLOS with 700kg UAVs? Proportionality in System Safety!«  |
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| 16:45 | Panel Discussion | 17:00 | Fraunhofer IFF Dr. Olaf Poenicke, Industrial Metrology and Digital Assistance Systems »Adaptive drone flight control for artifact-free sensor data acquisition in drone-based ordnance detection« |
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| 17:20 | Panel Discussion | |||
| 17:15 | End of Conference Day | 18:00 | End of Conference Day | |
| DAY 3 | Oct 10th, 2024 | ||||
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| SESSION Future Air Mobility Propulsion Chairman: Prof. Ilkay Yavrucuk, Technical University Munich | ||||
| 13:00 | Welcome and Introduction by the session's chairman | |||
| 13:05 | Technische Hochschule Augsburg Prof. Dr.-Ing. André Baeten & Prof. Dr.-Ing. Neven Majic  | |||
| 13:25 | SGL Carbon Sebastian Grasser, Director Sales Fuel Cell Components »SGL fuel cell materials – from development to large volume serial supply« | |||
| 13:45 | Piasecki Aircraft Stefan Andres, Chief of Product  | |||
| 14:05 | H2FLY Prof. Dr.-Ing. Josef Kallo, CEO  | |||
| 14:25 | Panel Discussion | |||