The Urban Air Planning Forum, based at the Urban-Air Port city-centre vertiport in Coventry, UK, has been redesigned as a global, virtual event. The Planning Forum will be available to watch on-line, free of charge and will be held over two days, 10 and 11 May between 1400 hrs and 1600 hrs BST, with the same line-up of expert speakers, interspersed with video content and interviews. It brings together representatives of the local authority hosting the world’s first city-centre vertiport with security, industry and government urban air mobility experts from around the world. Interactive discussions will range from the strategic issues of integrating urban air mobility into long-term transport planning for local authorities to day-to-day operational issues. The new event will feature video presentations of the passenger experience of using a vertiport and current unknown challenges facing industry in areas such as eVTOL charging and parking, airspace integration and security procedures.
Speakers
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1. Councillor Jim O'BoyleCabinet Member for Jobs and Regeneration and Climate Change -
2. Professor Martin ReevesCEO, Coventry City Council -
3. Gary CuttsChallenge Director, Future Flight - UK Research & Innovation -
4. Sunil BudhdeoTransport Innovation Manager, Coventry City Council -
5. Ricky SandhuFounder, Urban-Air Port -
6. Darrell SwansonElectric Aviation Strategic Advisor - NASA, Swanson Aviation Consultancy -
7. Yolanka WulffExecutive Director, Community Air Mobility Initiative (CAMI, US) -
8. Mariya TarabanovskaCo-Founder, Flight Crowd -
9. Kerry BlakemanWest Midlands Police -
Andrew Charlton - ModeratorDirector General, CIVATAglobal -
Philip Butterworth-Hayes - ModeratorCommunications Director, CIVATAglobal
If you have any questions please email us – [email protected]
Hourly Schedule
Tuesday 10 May
- 14:00 - 14:05
- Introduction
- An introduction to the Urban-Air Port and Coventry
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Speakers:
2. Professor Martin Reeves
- 14:05 - 14:10
- Video One Strategic issues: local authority responsibilities for UAM
- urban transport planning, local authority responsibilities, licensing etc. Interviews with Coventry City Council and Urban-Air Port.
- 14:10 - 15:00
- Panel discussion
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Speakers:
1. Councillor Jim O'Boyle, 3. Gary Cutts, 4. Sunil Budhdeo, 5. Ricky Sandhu
- 15:00 - 15:05
- Video Two Operational issues local authority responsibility for UAM
- airspace management, working with first responders, health and safety, public liaison etc. Interviews with Coventry City Council and Urban-Air Port.
- 15:05 - 16:00
- Panel discussion
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Speakers:
1. Councillor Jim O'Boyle, 3. Gary Cutts, 4. Sunil Budhdeo, 5. Ricky Sandhu
Wednesday 11 May
- 14:00 - 14:05
- Introduction
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Speakers:
Andrew Charlton - Moderator
- 14:05 - 14:10
- Video three: The public experience – travelling as passengers
- Walk-through of the vertiport.
- 14:10 - 14:20
- Interview discussion with Rick Sandhu on the passenger experience and check-in, security, operational issues etc
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Speakers:
5. Ricky Sandhu
- 14:20 - 15:00
- UAM in action discussion
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Speakers:
7. Yolanka Wulff, 8. Mariya Tarabanovska
- 15:00 - 15:05
- Video four: vertiport operations and commercial activities from an industry viewpoint
- Walk-through of the vertiport.
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Speakers:
9. Kerry Blakeman
- 15:05 - 16:00
- The legal and operational lessons of Coventry
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Speakers:
6. Darrell Swanson, 7. Yolanka Wulff, 8. Mariya Tarabanovska, 9. Kerry Blakeman, Richard Ryan
2. Professor Martin Reeves
CEO, Coventry City Council
1. Councillor Jim O'Boyle
Cabinet Member for Jobs and Regeneration and Climate Change
3. Gary Cutts
Challenge Director, Future Flight - UK Research & Innovation
4. Sunil Budhdeo
Transport Innovation Manager, Coventry City Council
5. Ricky Sandhu
Founder, Urban-Air Port
Andrew Charlton - Moderator
Director General, CIVATAglobal
7. Yolanka Wulff
Executive Director, Community Air Mobility Initiative (CAMI, US)
8. Mariya Tarabanovska
Co-Founder, Flight Crowd
9. Kerry Blakeman
West Midlands Police
6. Darrell Swanson
Electric Aviation Strategic Advisor - NASA, Swanson Aviation Consultancy
Richard Ryan
DJB