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Conference Programme 2024

Preliminary version as of September 19th, 2024 | 17:35 CEST

DAY 1 | Oct 8th, 2024
OPENING
Chairman: TBD
09:30Diana Schnabel
Exhibition & Conference Manager Airtec 2024
»Welcome from the Management Board«
09:35Dr. Wolfgang HĂĽbschle
City Council for Economic Affairs, City of Augsburg
09:45René Reinhardt
Policy Officer / IVD2 - Office of the Aerospace Coordinator, Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy BMWK
09:50Bavarian State Minister Dr. Florian Herrmann, MdL
(Video greetings)
Head of the Bavarian State Chancellery
10:00Keynote | Airbus Defence and Space (Manching)
Andreas Hammer, Head of Combat Air Systems


10:20Keynote | Airbus Group
Dr.-Ing. Volker Baumbach, Manager aerospace engineering at Airbus Group
»Hydrogen in Commercial Aviation«


10:40Drees & Sommer
Meinolf Köster, Head of Aerospace at Drees & Sommer | Divisional Director
»Decarbonisation of aerospace: energy transition meets competitiveness«



11:00Roland Berger GmbH
Dr. Stephan Baur, Partner
»Advanced Air Mobility – the good, the bad, the ugly (and how to overcome it)«


11:20POLARIS Raumflugzeuge GmbH
Dr. Alexander Kopp, Geschäftsführer / CEO
»The Polaris Spaceplane Project«


11:40Strategy&
Tobias MĂĽller, UAS Competence Center Leader
»Can drones help us soar towards a more sustainable future? Analyzing UAS and their role in ESG«


12:00Lunch Break11:50 Lunch Break
SESSION
Future Air Mobility Perspectives

Chairman: Mike Hirschberg, Vertical Flight Society
SESSION
Innovative approaches for the future of aerospace

Chairman: TBD
12:30Vertical Flight Society
Mike Hirschberg, Director of Strategy


12:30Roland Berger GmbH
Dr. Stephan Baur, Partner
»Current health and future readiness of Aerospace Supply Chain«


12:50Flying Pages
Willi Tacke, CEO


12:50Fraunhofer FKIE
»Future Combat Air System FCAS (working title)«


13:10Lilium
Dr. Saskia Horsch, VP Global Regulatory & Public Affairs


13:10EFT Mobility
Tobias Kahnert, Founder and CEO at EFT Mobility
»Electrifying the Skies: Bridging Automotive Expertise to Sustainable Aviation«


13:30AutoFlight Europe
Dan Jiang, Head of Engineering


13:30Unisphere GmbH
Christoph Schlettig (CEO) or Michael Anger (CTO)
»Navigating the Future - Leveraging Simulation Technologies to Optimize eVTOL Operations«


13:50Blackbird
Pamir Sevincel, Managing Partner


13:50Tekniker
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)«


SESSION
Rotorcraft Advancements

Chairman: Mike Hirschberg, Vertical Flight Society
SESSION
AI in Aerospace Production and Product Development

Chairman: Michael KĂĽhnel, SGL Carbon
14:10Technical University Munich
Prof. Ilkay Yavrucuk, Chair, Helicopter & VTOL Aircraft Institute



14:10AI 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«




14:30Airbus Helicopters
Rainer Heger, Research & Innovation


14:30MT Aerospace AG
Boris Ozolin, Process Development and Data Engineer
»Machine learning for production machines for the shot peening forming process«



14:50Leonardo Helicopters
Andrea Bianchi, Strategy & Innovation


14:50Mubea Aerostructures GmbH
Robert Becker, Senior Manager Innovation & Technology
»AI-based Tool wear detection«


15:10Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin Co.
Christian Albrecht, International Business Development Manager


15:10Fraunhofer IFF
»AI methods for completeness verification in assembly inspection of turbine and structural components«


15:50Panel Discussion15:30Panel Discussion
16:30Coffee Break15:50Coffee Break
SESSION
Airborne AI and Cybersecurity in Aerospace Applications

Chairman: Michael KĂĽhnel, SGL Carbon
16:05Technical University of Applied Sciences Augsburg (THA)
Prof. Dominik Merli, Head of Institute THA_innos
»Engineering Cyber-Secure Aerospace Components«



16:2516:35
Bavarian State Minister Dr. Fabian Mehring, MdL
Bavarian State Minister of Digital Affairs
16:40Airbus Helicopters
Dr. Matthias Niedermaier, Cyber-Security Project Management Officer




17:00
Data Machine Intelligence Solutions GmbH
Max Najork (Co-Founder & CEO) & Marius Wedemeyer (Aerospace Strategy & Engineer)
»Drones & AI - how system-of-system operations disrupt dual-use aerial operations«


17:20Airbus Protect GmbH
Thorsten Wollweber, Line Manager Product Security & GRC GE
»Threat-based Risk Assessment – Safety through Security«




17:40Fraunhofer AISEC
Dr.-Ing. Matthias Hiller, Hardware Security


18:00End of Conference Day18:00End of Conference Day
DAY 2 | Oct 9th, 2024
SESSION
Ceramic Composites

powered by Composites United e.V. | Chairman: Prof. Dietmar Koch
SESSION
Future Air Mobility Developments

Chairman: Willi Tacke, Flying Pages
10:00Welcome and Introduction by the session's chairman10:00Welcome and Introduction by the session's chairman
10:05Airbus Group
Christian Metzner, Materials & Process Scientist
»CMCs at Airbus (Working Title)«


10:05Airbus Urban Mobility
Dr. Andreas Thellmann, Head of Air Mobility Initiative
»Building up an Advanced Air Mobility ecosystem«


10:25BJS Ceramics
Dr. Werner Humbs, Geschäftsführer
»European SiC-Fibers and SiC/SiC CMC«


10:25Volocopter
Andreas Fehring, COO


10:45Schunk Group
Dr. Hartmut Gross, Director New Business & Technology
»CMC Flying High - Schunk lightweight solutions for the next generation engines«


10:45EHang
Andreas Perotti, CMO-Europe



11:05SGL Carbon
Michael KĂĽhnel, Principal Data Scientist
»Closing the digital chain for CMCs – CT data and its usage in product and process engineering«
11:05ERC
Dr. David Löbl, CEO



11:25available slot11:25Vaeridion
Evan O’Connor, Head of R&D
»Electrified Regional Air Mobility with VÆRIDION’s Microliner«


11:45short break for re-arrangements

11:45Panel Discussion
11:55Panel Discussion
12:05Lunch Break12:05Lunch Break
SESSION
Composites in Aerospace

powered by Composites United e.V. | Chairman: Marc Fette
SESSION
Future Air Mobility Critical Technologies

Chairman: Pamir Sevincel, Blackbird Associates
13:00Welcome and Introduction by the session's chairman13:00Welcome and Introduction by the session's chairman
13:05Airbus & DLR
Piet Wölcken & Prof. Dr. Michael Kupke
»The Multifunctional Fuselage Demonstrator: From Idea to Reality«

13:05Fraunhofer Institute for Transportation and Infrastructure Systems IVI
Henri Meess, Group Leader, Highly Automated Flying



13:25Blackwave GmbH
Bastian Behrens, CEO
»No bullshit, just tanks - new business models for an evolving space industry«


13:25Fraunhofer-Institut fĂĽr Integrierte Systeme und Bauelementetechnologie IISB
Florian Hilpert, Power Electronic Systems



13:45Teijin Carbon Europe
Dr. Julian Lowe, Business Development Manager
»Sustainable Carbon Fibre based Composite Materials«


13:45RENK Test System
Hicham Benmar, Product & Business Development Manager
»Validating UAM Electrical Distribution and Control Systems by Ground Testing«


14:05Airbus
Tamara Blanco, Composites Materials & Processes Research & Technology
Airbus Expert in Composites
»Composite contribution to aviation challenges«


14:05Rolls-Royce
Dr. Stefan Breunig, Head of Strategy & Products, AAM


14:25short break for re-arrangements14:25EUROCAE
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)«



14:30Panel Discussion14:45Panel Discussion
15:00Coffee Break15:00Coffee Break
SESSION
Additive Manufacturing

powered by Mobility goes Additive e.V. | Chairman: TBD
SESSION
Aerial Defence and Airborne Countermeasures - a look ahead (working title)

Chairman: TBD
15:15Welcome and Introduction by the session's chairman15:15Welcome and Introduction by the session's chairman
15:20OHB System AG
Dr. Marco Mulser, Head of Technology Coordination


15:20BDSV Bundesverband der Deutschen Sicherheits- und Verteidigungsindustrie e.V.
Roland Haag, Head of Economy & Law Department



15:40Reinforce3D (INVITED)
TBD


15:40Spherea GmbH
Martin Kugelmann, Managing Director


16:00TRUMPF
Frantisek Hacik, Industry Manager Additive Manufacturing Aerospace


16:00Wehrtechnische 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«



16:20EOS GmbH
TBD


16:20Donaustahl GmbH
Stefan Thumann, Founder, Managing Director & Chief Designer



16:40short break for re-arrangements16:40AVILUS GmbH
Maximilian Wechner
»BVLOS with 700kg UAVs? Proportionality in System Safety!«



16:45Panel Discussion
17:00Fraunhofer IFF
»Adaptive drone flight control for artifact-free sensor data acquisition in drone-based ordnance detection«


17:20GMSPAZIO srl
»Space Battle Management«


17:40Panel Discussion
17:15End of Conference Day18:00End of Conference Day
DAY 3 | Oct 10th, 2024
SESSION
Future Air Mobility Propulsion

Chairman: Prof. Ilkay Yavrucuk, Technical University Munich
10:00Welcome and Introduction by the session's chairman
10:05Zuri
Michal Illich, CEO


10:25Technische Hochschule Augsburg
Prof. Dr.-Ing. André Baeten & Prof. Dr.-Ing. Neven Majic


10:45SGL Carbon
Michael KĂĽhnel, Principal Data Scientist


11:05Piasecki Aircraft
Stefan Andres, Chief of Product


11:25H2FLY
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Josef Kallo, CEO


11:45Panel Discussion