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CONFERENCE PROGRAMME 2024

Version: 22.07.24, 14:45 CEST

DAY 1 | Oct 8th, 2024
OPENING
Chairman: TBD
09:30Diana Schnabel
Exhibition & Conference Manager Airtec 2024
»Welcome from the Management Board«
09:35Dr. Anna Christmann (INVITED)
Federal Government Coordinator of German Aerospace Policy
09:40Bavarian State Minister Dr. Florian Herrmann, MdL
Head of the Bavarian State Chancellery
09:50Keynote | Airbus Defence and Space (Manching)
Andreas Hammer, Head of Combat Air Systems

10:10Keynote | Airbus Group
Dr.-Ing. Volker Baumbach, Manager aerospace engineering at Airbus Group
»Airbus – the Countdown to ZEROe – Hydrogen & Fuel Cells in aviation (working title)«
10:30Drees & Sommer
Meinolf Köster, Head of Aerospace at Drees & Sommer | Divisional Director
»Decarbonisation of aerospace: energy transition meets competitiveness«
10:50POLARIS Raumflugzeuge GmbH
Dr. Alexander Kopp, Geschäftsführer / CEO
»The Polaris Plane Space Project«
11:10Roland Berger GmbH
Dr. Stephan Baur, Partner
»Advanced Air Mobility – the good, the bad, the ugly (and how to overcome it)«
11:30General Atomics Europe GmbH
»Sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) – status and prognosis (working title)«
12:05Lunch Break12:00 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

12:30EFT Mobility (to be confirmed)
Tobias Kahnert, Founder and CEO at EFT Mobility
»Electrifying the Skies: Bridging Automotive Expertise to Sustainable Aviation«
12:50Flying Pages
Willi Tacke, CEO
12:50Unisphere GmbH
Christoph Schlettig (CEO) or Michael Anger (CTO)
»Navigating the Future - Leveraging Simulation Technologies to Optimize eVTOL Operations«
13:10Lilium
Dr. Saskia Horsch, Head of Global Regulatory & Public Affairs
13:10Tekniker
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)«
13:30Blackbird
Pamir Sevincel, Managing Partner
13:30EUROCAE
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)«
13:50Panel Discussion13:50Panel Discussion
SESSION
Rotorcraft Advancements

Chairman: Mike Hirschberg, Vertical Flight Society
SESSION
Aerial Defence and Airborne Countermeasures - a look ahead (working title)

Chairman: Dr. Hans Christoph Atzpodien, BDSV Bundesverband der Deutschen Sicherheits- und Verteidigungsindustrie e.V.
14:10Airbus Helicopters
Rainer Heger, Research & Innovation
14:10Quantum-Systems GmbH
»Aerial intelligence (working title)«
14:30Bell14:30Helsing GmbH (INVITED)
»Artificial Intelligence in Airborne Defense and Security Technology (working title)«
14:50Boeing Vertical Lift (INVITED)14:50available slot
15:10Leonardo Helicopters
Andrea Bianchi, Strategy & Innovation
15:10available slot
15:30Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin Co.
Christian Albrecht, International Business Development Manager
15:30available slot
15:50Panel Discussion15:50Panel Discussion
15:40Coffee Break15:55Coffee Break
SESSION
Battery technologies (working title)

Chairman: Prof. Dr.-Ing. RĂĽdiger Daub, Fraunhofer IGCV & Technical University of Munich
SESSION
The potential of artificial intelligence for aerospace

Chairman: Michael KĂĽhnel, SGL Carbon
16:25Vaeridion
Dr. Sebastian Seemann, Co-Founder | CTO
»Electrified Regional Air Mobility with VÆRIDION’s Microliner«
16:45available slot
17:05available slot
17:25available slot
17:45Panel Discussion
18:00End of Conference Day18:00End of Conference Day
DAY 2 | Oct 9th, 2024
SESSION
Session Session Ceramic Composites

powered by Composites United e.V. (Prof. Dietmar Koch) | Chairman: tbd
SESSION
Future Air Mobility Developers

Chairman: Prof. Florian Holzapfel, Technical University Munich
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 GmbH
Andreas Thellman, Head of Air Mobility Initiative

10:25BJS Ceramics
Dr. Werner Humbs, Geschäftsführer
»European SiC-Fibers and SiC/SiC CMC«
10:25Electra.aero (INVITED)
Diana Siegel, CFO
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
11:05Ariane Group
Dr. Stephan Schmidt-Wimmer, Head of High Temperature Materials & Technologies
»Ceramic Matrix Compisites for Hypersonic- and Space Applications«
11:05Lilium
Bhavesh Mandalia, Head of Airworthiness and Deputy CTO
11:25short break for re-arrangements11:25Volocopter (INVITED)
Oliver Reinhardt, Chief Risk & Certification Officer
11:30Panel Discussion11:45Panel Discussion
12:05Lunch Break12:05Lunch Break
SESSION
Composites in Aerospace

powered by Composites United e.V. | Chairman: Marc Fette
SESSION
Future Air Mobility Research & Development

Chairman: TBD
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«
13:05Technical University Munich
Prof. Ilkay Yavrucuk, Chair, Helicopter & VTOL Aircraft Institute
13:25Blackwave GmbH
Bastian Behrens, CEO
»tbd«
13:25Technical University Munich
Prof. Florian Holzapfel, Chair, Flight Systems Dynamics Institute
13:45Teijin Carbon Europe
Dr. Julian Lowe, Business Development Manager
»Sustainable Carbon Fibre based Composite Materials«
13:45CATL (INVITED)
TBD
14:05Airbus
Tamara Blanco, Composites Materials & Processes Research & Technology
Airbus Expert in Composites
»Composite contribution to aviation challenges«
14:05CustomCells (INVITED)
TBD
14:25short break for re-arrangements14:25Panel Discussion
14:30Panel Discussion
15:00Coffee Break15:00Coffee Break
SESSION
Additive Manufacturing

powered by Mobility goes Additive e.V. | Chairman: TBD
SESSION
Aerospace supply chain: the path to future

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
15:20Roland Berger GmbH
Manfred Hader, Senior Partner
»Current health and future readiness of Aerospace Supply Chain«
15:40Reinforce3D (INVITED)
TBD
15:40available slot
16:00TRUMPF
Frantisek Hacik, Industry Manager Additive Manufacturing Aerospace
16:00available slot
16:20EOS GmbH
TBD
16:20available slot
16:40short break for re-arrangements16:40Panel Discussion
16:45Panel Discussion
17:15End of Conference Day17:15End 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
10:05Honeywell Aerospace
Martin Miehling, Business Manager Europe–UAM/AUS
10:25Hydroplane
Dr. Anita Sengupta, CEO
10:45H2FLY
Dr. Josef Kallo, CEO
11:05Piasecki Aircraft
Stefan Andres, Chief of Product
11:25Rolls-Royce
Olaf Otto, President–Electrical
11:45Panel Discussion