My Prediction of the Global UAM Market Size and Pricing for 2025 to 2040

James Wang

Nanyang Technical University
Professor

Dr. James Wang is an internationally renowned expert in Advanced Air Mobility, manned/unmanned eVTOL aircraft and helicopter designing and operation. His expertise spans across technology and business in the aviation and eVTOL industry and his advice is highly sought after. In 2013, WIRED Magazine named him “the Steve Jobs of Rotorcraft” for inventing the world’s first all-electric VTOL technology demonstrator aircraft – the AgustaWestland Project Zero.
Dr. Wang has held several executive leadership positions, including as Senior Vice President of Marketing and Customer Services, and as Vice President of Research and Technology at Leonardo Helicopters; and at Sikorsky Aircraft worked on numerous famous helicopter designs and engineering programs, and led Strategic Sales that culminated in multi-billions of dollars in international sales. He is now a professor and the Director of the eVTOL Research & Innovation Centre at Nanyang Technological University. He has been invited as a guest lecturer at Stanford University and a guest professor at Seoul National University.
He received his bachelor degrees in Aeronautics and in Electrical Engineering from M.I.T., a master’s from M.I.T. Sloan Business School and a PhD in rotorcraft design from the University of Maryland. He holds numerous patents and major international awards, including Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society, UTC Gold Mead Award, VFS Honorary Fellow, AHS Grover Bell Award, AHS Fellow, M.I.T. Luis de Florez Award, NASA Research Award, Finmeccanica Innovation Gold Award, Italian National Innovation Grand Prize, and the coveted Royal Aeronautical Society Gold Team Award.

Advanced Air Mobility: Planning a Clean, Green, and Equitable Aerial Future

Robin Grace

MassAutonomy
Chief UAS Operations

Professional Experience

MASSAUTONOMY, Boston, MA
Chief Advanced Aviation Policy and Operations, 11/2023 - Present

MASSDOT AERONAUTICS, Boston, MA
Chief UAS Operations Officer, 11/2019 - Present

LYNN WATER AND SEWER COMMISSION, Lynn, MA
Commissioner, 6/2022- Present

UAS CONSULTING GROUP, Boston, MA
Project Lead, 5/2018 - 6/2020

BGI, LLC/AOCE, Syracuse, NY
Instructor Pilot, Large UAS (MQ-9)/Subject Matter Expert, 2/2018 - 11/2019

UNITED STATES AIR FORCE, Las Vegas, NV
Evaluator/Instructor Pilot / Senior Director, 06/1998 - 5/2018

Educational Background

Master of Business Administration (Business Analytics), 2022
SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY – Syracuse, NY

Master of Arts in International Relations, 2010
UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA – Norman, OK

Bachelor of Science in Political Science, 1998
U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY – Colorado Springs, CO

Fostering Sustainable Advanced Air Mobility Operations: Let's Pull Together!

Kay Plötner

Bauhaus-Luftfahrt
Head of Economics & Transportation

Since 2016 Head Economics and Transportation Team at Bauhaus Luftfahrt

Since 2018 Lead Munich Aerospace Urban Air Mobility Research Group
“Modelling, simulation, optimisation and concepts of urban air mobility transport systems” with academic partners: Technical University of Munich, Katholic University Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, University of Applied Science Ingolstadt and University of the Bundeswehr Munich

2009-2016 Research Associate at Bauhaus Luftfahrt
Deputy to Head Visionary Aircraft Concepts, Bauhaus Luftfahrt research focus group leader “Operations”, Industry research project leader

2010 Technical University of Munich, Institute of Aeronautical Engineering
Doctoral degree “Simulation and Identification of Passenger Demand for Future Aircraft Concept Definition”

2005-2009 Technical University of Munich, Institute of Aeronautical Engineering
Research Assistant and PhD student

1999- 2005 Technical University of Munich, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Aerospace diploma degree

UAM 핵심 요소 기술 R&D 성과 발표 Announcement on R&D Achievement in Key Technological Elements of UAM

Antonios Tsourdos

Cranfield University
Professor

Professor of Autonomous Systems and Control
Director of Research, School of Aerospace, Transport and Manufacturing
Head of the Centre for Autonomous and Cyber-Physical Systems
Education and Qualifications

Sept 1999 Cranfield University, Department of Aerospace Power and Sensors, England.
PhD Title: ‘Non-linear Flight Control Systems with Parametric Uncertainty’

Sept 1996 University of Wales, Cardiff, Wales
MSc degree in Systems Engineering (Automation & Robotics), Department of Systems Engineering
(Dissertation project: ‘Faults Contour-A drift-fault diagnostic method for condition monitoring based on the (B,C) coefficient plane model’)

June 1995 University of Sheffield, Sheffield, England
BEng (Hons) Electronic, Control and Systems Engineering
(Final year project: ‘Fusion of ultrasonic and vision sensors in a robot tracking system’)

Awards

• UK MoD Grand Challenge Winner: RJ Mitchell Trophy (Team Stellar - Sensing and Autonomous Tactical Urban Reconnaissance Network)
• IET Innovation Awards 2009: Team Award (Team Stellar - Sensing and Autonomous Tactical Urban Reconnaissance Network)
• 2008 PE Publishing Best Paper Award to SB Lazarus, A Tsourdos, P Silson, B White and R Zbikowski for the paper Unmanned aerial vehicle navigation and mapping, published in Vol. 222, issue G4

Urban Air Mobility(UAM) & Airports

Philip Chi Kan kwok

ACI Asia-Pacific
Manager, Economics

Manager – Economics, ACI Asia-Pacific & Middle East

Philip is Manager – Economics at ACI Asia-Pacific & Middle East. Philip’s main areas of focus include analysing passenger traffic trends, airport financial performance, commercial development, airport capital expenditure projects and privatisation processes in Asia-Pacific and the Middle East. Philip also assists in leading the Regional Economics Committee and provides regional specific insights to complement ACI World’s advocacy strategies and policy positions.

Prior to joining ACI, Philip worked for Singapore Airlines, responsible for passenger services and apron operations.

Philip holds a Master’s Degree in Globalisation and International Development from the University of East Anglia, U.K.

CV
Work Experience
• Manager – Economics, ACI Asia-Pacific 01/2023-present
• Economic Research Analyst, ACI Asia-Pacific 09/2018-01/2023
• Customer Services Officer (Airport), Singapore Airlines Limited 01/2015-07/2018
• Aircraft Dispatch and Station Control Officer, Jardine Aviation Services 09/2011-07/2012
Education
• MA Globalisation And International Development, University of East Anglia, U.K.
• BA (Hons) International Development With Overseas Experience, University of East Anglia, U.K.

인천공항 UAM 공항셔틀 서비스방향 Direction(Guidelines) for UAM Airport Shuttle Service at IIAC

권영민 / Young-min Kwon

인천국제공항공사 / Incheon International Airport Corporation
선임연구원 / Senior Researcher

Curriculum Vitae

Ph.D. YEONGMIN KWON
Senior Researcher, Airport Industry Technology Research Institute (Jul. 2020 – Present)
Incheon International Airport Corporation, Republic of Korea

EDUCATION

Ph.D. The Cho Chun Shik Graduate School of Green Transportation, KAIST (March 2014 – August 2019)
- Dissertation: Empirical Analysis of Electric Vehicle Market and Policy
M.S. The Cho Chun Shik Graduate School of Green Transportation, KAIST (March 2012 – February 2014)
- Dissertation: Analysis of Factors for Hybrid Electric Vehicle Adoption using Total Cost of Ownership
B.S. Department of Industrial Engineering, Pusan National University (March 2006 – February 2012)
- The National Scholarship for Science and Engineering
- graduate with Magna Cum Laude honors

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

Jul. 202 - Present Senior Researcher, Airport Industry Technology Research Institute, Incheon International Airport Corporation (IIAC)
Aug. 2019 – Jul. 2020 Postdoctoral Researcher, Mechanical Technology Research Center, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)

AAM at Airports: Results from Global Survey

Apple Lee

Munich Airport
Senior Advisor

Experienced Consultant in Fortune 300 companies with a demonstrated history of working in aviation industry. Skilled in collaboration with stakeholders and international perspective gained through employment in Qatar Airways, Cathay Pacific, GE Capital and Jacobs Engineering.


Key Expertise

Performed in Airport Transaction (PPP) advisory, particularly in commercial & technical due diligence, aero & non-aeronautical revenue forecasting and business case appraisals
Specialized in commercial, pricing and revenue optimization topics
Traffic forecasts, market analysis and the creation of business strategy plan and models for airline and airport

Professional Experience

AAM Strategy & Business Model Development, Lead Consultant | South America
Riyadh Airports Company Corporate Strategy Implementation, Senior Consultant | Saudi Arabia
Medan Kualanamu International Airport Sale Side Advisory | Lead Traffic Consultant | Indonesia
Air Service Development Strategic Advisor, Associate Consultant | Taiwan

Challenges in vertiport design & integration for Rome UAM project

Calogero Giammusso

Urban V
Head of Operations

EXECUTIVE HIGHLIGHTS
Aviation professional with over 14 years of wide-ranging experience in airport
operations management, safety management and process development.
Deep knowledge in flight operations, infrastructure design and compliance with ICAO
and EASA regulations.
Passionately engaged in tackling the new aviation challenges related to Advanced Air
Mobility through innovation, technology, and new smart ideas.
Author of several scientific publications on environmental/safety issues and holder of a
private pilot license

K-UAM Grand Challenge(GC) 1단계 참여계획 K-UAM Grand Challenge(GC) Phase 1 Participation Plan

신지웅 / Ji-woong Shin

현대자동차 / Hyundai Motors Group
책임매니저 / Senior Manager

▶ ‘20~현재, AAM본부 AAM사업기획팀

SKT, Our Journey to Urban Air Mobility

김정일 / Jeong-il Kim

SK 텔레콤 / SK Telecom
팀장 / Team Leader

● 2022.02 ~ SK 텔레콤 UAM실증사업팀 팀장
● 2019.01 ~ SK 텔레콤 5GX Cloud사업본부 팀리더
● 2017.12 ~ SK 텔레콤 통합온라인채널그룹 팀리더
● 2001.01 ~ SK 텔레콤 Marketing부문
* 연세대학교 경제학(학사), 2001
* 서울대학교 경영학(석사, GMBA), 2010

글로벌 UAM 개발 동향과 시장 전망 Global UAM Trends & Potential Market Forecasts

차봉근 / Peter Cha

한국항공우주산업 / KAI
팀장 / Team Leader

▶ ’96 현대우주항공 입사
▶ ‘96~’99 항공기 구조설계
▶ ‘99~’06 항공기 생산기술
▶ ‘06~’15 민수 기체 영업
▶ ‘16~ 전사 기획/전략 총괄

한국형 도심항공교통(K-UAM) 기술개발 추진 전략 공유 Sharing plans on K-UAM technology development

김민기 / Min-ki Kim

국토교통과학기술진흥원 / KAIA
수석연구원 / Chief Researcher

▶ (석•박사) 서울대학교 기계항공공학 전공 / (학사) 한국항공대학교 기계공학 전공
▶ 前 한화에어로스페이스, 엔진개발센터, 책임연구원
▶ 前 한국전력공사 기초전력연구원, 전력연구실, 산학연구원
▶ 現 서울시, 민간투자사업 기계분과 전문위원
▶ 現 과학기술정보통신부, 국가과학기술수준평가 및 국가연구개발사업 예비타당성조사 기술성평가 전문위원