K-UAM Confex
Conference program
- DAY 1 – 11. 20. (Thu)
- DAY 2 – 11. 21. (Fri)
                            Opening Session
                        
                        10:00 ~ 11:30
| 10:00 ~ 10:30 | Opening Ceremony | 
| 10:30 ~ 10:50 | Keynote Speech
                                                    Speaker
                                                 
                                                    Sang-cheol Lee President, KARI
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| 10:50 ~ 11:20 | Talk Concertㅣ Vision for the Urban Air Mobility Industry and Strategies for Global Cooperation
                                                    Chair
                                                 
                                                    Keeyoung Choi Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering, Inha University
                                                 
                                                    Panel
                                                 
                                                    Sofia Stayte Head of Future of Flight Branch , Department for Transport Hunter H. Kim Director, Osceola County Economic Development Center Chang-Kyung Ryoo President of the Korean Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences Prakash Subramanian Managing Director, MITRE TBD | 
                            Session 1 - International Organizations/Countries/Cities UAM Policy -1
                        
                        13:20 ~ 14:20
| 13:20 ~ 13:40 | TBD
                                                    Speaker
                                                 
                                                    TBD
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| 13:40 ~ 14:00 | The UK Future of Flight Programme
                                                    Speaker
                                                 
                                                    Sofia Stayte Head of Future of Flight Branch , Department for Transport
                                                 Future of Flight Challenge - Phase 4: from innovation to commercialisation
                                                    Speaker
                                                 
                                                    Simon Masters Acting Director, FFC UK
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| 14:00 ~ 14:20 | Current Status and Future Directions of Advanced Air Mobility in the United States
                                                    Speaker
                                                 
                                                    Prakash Subramanian Managing Director, MITRE
                                                    
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                            Session 2 - International Organizations/Countries/Cities UAM Policy -2
                        
                        14:30 ~ 15:50
| 14:30 ~ 14:50 | Air mobility for public sector in rural and archipelagic areas
                                                    Speaker
                                                 
                                                    Kasper Aagaard Director, Business Region Fyn
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| 14:50 ~ 15:10 | CRIAQ (Quebec) and Advanced Air Mobility : portfolio of projects and societal acceptance considerations
                                                    Speaker
                                                 
                                                    Guillaume Côté CEO, CRIAQ
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| 15:10 ~ 15:30 | TBD
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                                                    TBD
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| 15:30 ~ 15:50 | TBD
                                                    Speaker
                                                 
                                                    Sang-Wok Lee Team Leader, Incheon Metropolitan City
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                            Session 3 - US UAM/AAM Industry
                        
                        16:00 ~ 17:00
| 16:00 ~ 16:20 | TBD
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                                                    TBD
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| 16:20 ~ 16:40 | TBD
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                                                    TBD
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| 16:40 ~ 17:00 | TBD
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                                                    TBD
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                            Session 4 - UAM and Citizens Social Acceptance
                        
                        17:10 ~ 18:00
| 17:10 ~ 17:30 | UAM and Social Acceptance
                                                    Speaker
                                                 
                                                    Baek, Seung-Han Associate Research Fellow, Korea Transport Institute
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| 17:30 ~ 18:00 | Introducing Korean Air’s UAM Business
                                                    Chair
                                                 
                                                    Jin Seo Park, Chief Research Director, Korea Transport Institute
                                                 
                                                    Panel
                                                 
                                                    Abrha Daniel Asfaw, Acting Director, Ethiopian Civil Aviation Authority Konga Epiphany Francis, Aeronautical Information Officer, Tanzania Civil Aviation Authority Tae Jeong Ha, Senior Research Fellow, SCIENCE and Technology Policy Institute Jung woo Cho, Assistant Professor, Inha University Roy S. Park, Editor-in-chief, Aerospace & Defense Monthly | 
* The program is subject to change due to the organizer’s circumstances.
                            Session 5 - UAM/AAM Research Trends
                        
                        09:30 ~ 11:30
| 09:30 ~ 09:50 | Safe integration of vertiport operations in controlled and uncontrolled airspace
                                                    Speaker
                                                 
                                                    Marzia Corsi Research Engineer, DLR
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| 09:50 ~ 10:10 | Cognitive Human-Autonomy Collaboration for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
                                                    Speaker
                                                 
                                                    Yang Xing Senior Lecturer, Cranfield University
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| 10:10 ~ 10:30 | Passenger Drone Ssafety and Social Acceptance : A Human Factors View
                                                    Speaker
                                                 
                                                    Andreas Riener Professor, THI
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| 10:30 ~ 10:50 | Passenger Drone Ssafety and Social Acceptance : A Human Factors View
                                                    Speaker
                                                 
                                                    Marius Paraschivoiu Professor, Concordia University
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| 10:50 ~ 11:10 | Passenger Drone Ssafety and Social Acceptance : A Human Factors View
                                                    Speaker
                                                 
                                                    James Birdsong Director , Auburn University
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| 11:10 ~ 11:30 | TBD
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                                                    TBD
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                            Session 6 - UK UAM/AAM Industry
                        
                        13:00 ~ 14:40
| 13:00 ~ 13:20 | Overview of the UK sector and opportunities for collaboration and investment
                                                    Speaker
                                                 
                                                    Tony Clemson Country Director, British Embassy Seoul
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| 13:20 ~ 13:40 | Vertical Aerospace update on flight test and commercialisation progress
                                                    Speaker
                                                 
                                                    Derek Cheng Head of Commercial APAC, Vertical Aerospace
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| 13:40 ~ 14:00 | Sora Aviation : Equitable Access to Urban Air Mobility
                                                    Speaker
                                                 
                                                    Furqan CEO, Sora Aviation
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| 14:00 ~ 14:20 | TBD
                                                    Speaker
                                                 
                                                    Oli Watts Business Development Director, Zero Aviation
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| 14:20 ~ 14:40 | AAM infrastructure, a global perspective
                                                    Speaker
                                                 
                                                    Mitcell Williams Country GM Korea, Skyports
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                            Session 7 - UAM and entrepreneur
                        
                        14:50 ~ 16:30
| 14:50 ~ 15:10 | TBD
                                                    Speaker
                                                 
                                                    Alex McCord Infrastructure Principal, Joby Aviation
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| 15:10 ~ 15:30 | Japan’s case to commercialization and challenges of K-UAM
                                                    Speaker
                                                 
                                                    JongYoon Park Senior Manager, Joby Aviation
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| 15:30 ~ 15:50 | Introducing Korean Air's UAM Business
                                                    Speaker
                                                 
                                                    Moon, Kwang-Oh Head of Center, Korean Air 
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| 15:50 ~ 16:10 | Global Trends in Advanced Air Vehicle (AAV) Development and KAI’s Development Strategy
                                                    Speaker
                                                 
                                                    Bong-geon Cha Team Leader, Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI)
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| 16:10 ~ 16:30 | Speedy AI agent application implementation for aviation industrial error free, guaranteed task results
                                                    Speaker
                                                 
                                                    Kai-Hung Su General Manager, MIC
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                            Session 8 - UAM and Hub Airports
                        
                        16:40 ~ 17:00
| 16:40 ~ 17:00 | Plan for Establishing an Incheon Airport Future Air Mobility System
                                                    Speaker
                                                 
                                                    Insu Jeon Assistant Manager, Incheon International Airport
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| 17:00 ~ 17:20 | TBD
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                                                    TBD
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| 17:20 ~ 17:40 | Sunbelt Constellation Consortium Preparing America’s Gulf Coast for AAM and Large UAS Flight Demonstration in 2026
                                                    Speaker
                                                 
                                                    R. George Rey Sr. President,  UAS Gulf of Mexico Center of Excellence, Houma Terrebonne
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* The program is subject to change due to the organizer’s circumstances.
 
                     
                    
                     
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