ADVANCED AIR MOBILITY INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE (AAMIC 2025)
Tuesday 22-Jul-25 - Conference Reception and Gala Dinner
17:00-18:30
AAMIC Welcome Reception (Sponsored event) @ West Bund Art Gallery
eVTOL Flight Display (Ehang) and West Bund helicopter VIP Aerial Tour at Longhua Airport
18:30-20:30
VIP Dinner @ Italian Restaurant at West Bund (Invitation Only)
20:30-20:50
AAMEXPO Opening Drone Light Show
Day 1 Wednesday 23-Jul-25
09:30-10:00
Sign-in
10:00-10:05
Opening Remarks
Honorary President of Royal Aeronautical Society China, Mark Sisson, FRAeS
10:05-10:10
Welcome Speech
Representative from University of Nottingham Ningbo China
10:10-10:15
Welcome Speech
Laura Bishop, Vice Provost of University of Nottingham Ningbo China
10:15-10:30
Keynote Speech – Preview of Advanced Air Mobility Expo 2025
Section I – Regulatory Framework and Operational Procedures
10:30-11:10
Panel Discussion – Airworthiness Authority Panel
Moderator: Representative from leading consultancy firm
Speakers:
-Representative from CAAC Eastern Bureau (TBC)
- Ingrid Lagarrigue, North East Asia Representative, EASA
- Roberto José Silveira Honorato，interim Director-President, currently the Director of Airworthiness, ANAC from Brazil (TBC)
- TBC, Representative from GCAA from UAE
- Tan Kah Han, Chief Technology Officer and Senior Director (Unmanned Systems Group),Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (TBC)
- Representative from JCAB (TBC)
11:10-11:30
Keynote Speech – Update on AAM Operational Procedures – Outlook of AAM Operational Readiness (takeoff and landing)
Speaker: ZHANG Yuan, General Secretary, China Civil Airports Association (TBC)
Section II – Market Updates and Investor Outlooks
11:30-11:50
Keynote Speech – AAM Market Update and Outlook
[Highlight：pdates on key AAM programme, difference in AAM business models in different region, future addressable market size, financing and investment activities briefing, key challenges the industry is facing, etc]
Speaker – Kolin Schunck, Senior Manager, Strategic Intelligence, Lufthansa Innovation Hub
11:50-12:30
Panel Discussion - Investor's Insights and Market Prospect
[Highlight：exchange of views of the market potential of key AAM/eVTOL programmes, clash of view on the financial sustainability of each claimed business models, key factors to be considered for the project financings, debate between different type of financial investors, what is the most plausible ways of exiting]
Moderator: FU Qiang, Principal, Roland Berger
Speakers:
- TBC, Abu Dhabi Investment Office
- Senior Vice President, BoComm Leasing
- VP, AVIC Leasing
- LIU Zhongyu, Chief Economics of Aviation Industry, CICC Research Institute
- Chang Chao, Global Banking & Markets Investment Banking Executive Director, Goldman Sachs
12:30-13:30
Lunch
Section III – Infrastructure Planning and Entry-Into-Service Readiness
13:30-14:10
Panel Discussion – Commercial Requirements for Successful Launch AAM/eVTOL in business environment – Voice of the Future Operator Customer
Moderator: CHEN Yu, Chief Analyst, Transportation, GF Securities
Speakers:
- [OEM] Michael Nee, Director of International Business Development, ehang (AAM OEM)
- [investment Fund] CHEN Zhaowei, Managing Partner, New Margin Capital (Low Altitude Economy Fund)
- [Operator] ZHU Hao, Vice President, HYNFAR –UAM (EH216 Operator in Shanghai)
- [infrastructure] TBC, China Communication Information & Technology Group, Co. Ltd. (Infrastructure provider)
- [MRO] TBC, HAECO (AAM MRO Service Provider)
14:10-14:50
Panel Discussion – AAM Infrastructure Planning in Practice
[Highlight: knowledge sharing between merging infrastructure company that is specialist in Vertiport design and construction that provides services to leading AAM players, and existing large airport group that is trying to expands on existing airport services that is designed for airlines carriers to adapt to the needs of the emerging AAM networks]
Moderator: Alton Consultancy
Speakers：
- HUANG Yueyu, Head of Planning and Construction, Shanghai Low-Altitude Economy Development Co. Ltd, Shanghai Airport Group
- Mitchell Williams, Korea GM, APAC Partnerships & Acquisitions, Skyports
- YU Jianjun, Vice General Manager, Shanghai Research Institute Industrial Development Department, China Mobile Communications Group Co., LTD.
- HUANG Wei, Deputy Director, Shanghai Typhoon Research Institute, China Meteorological Bureau
14:50-15:10
Keynote Speech – eVTOL/AAM Technology Development
Speaker: Prof. James Wang, Professor at Nanyang Technological University of Singapore
15:10-15:50
Panel Discussion – AAM Industry Opportunities and Challenges – Scholars and Technical Experts Insights
Moderator: Professor, Civil Aviation University of China
Speakers：
- Prof. ZHANG Shuguang, Beihang University
- Prof. Giampaolo Buticchi, Associate Dean for Research and Knowledge Exchange, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Nottingham Ningbo China
- Prof. LI Yongdong, Deputy Director, Department of Electrical Engineering, Tsinghua University
- Dr. YANG Liuqing, Acting Director of Low Altitude Systems and Economy Research Institute, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou)
Section IV - Advanced Air Mobility Panel Powered by GUAAS Farnborough International Airshows – Global AAM Ecosystem and Industry Landscape
09:40-10:20
Panel Discussion – Future AAM Leaders (International)
[Highlight: discussion of the programme updates in their indigenous market as well as the strategy in APAC region; overview of the potential of the APAC market, requirement for infrastructure developments and potential supply chain partner in the region]
Moderator: David Jiang, General Manager APAC, IBA
Speakers
- Joel Goh, Marketing Director, EVE Air Mobility
- Derek Cheng, Head of APAC, Vertical Aerospace
- MA Tao, Sales Director, Textron
- Hiroyuki Murai, Chief Strategy Officer, Skydrive Inc. (TBC)
Section V – AAM Industry Leaders and System Suppliers
Day 2 Thursday 24-Jul-25
08:30-09:00
Sign-in
09:00-09:20
Keynote Speech – China Low-Altitude Economy Overview
Speaker: Wang Can, Head of China Region, Leonardo Helicopters
09:20-09:40
Supplier Keynote Speech – Avionics & Flight Control in Low-Altitude Economy: Intelligent Evolution and Industry Transformation
Speaker: Jakkie Mao, Marketing Director, Aviage Systems
09:40-10:20
Panel Discussion – Future AAM Leaders (Chinese)
[Highlight: discussion of the competitive landscape of China market, SWAT analysis in the indigenous market and in the global market, overview of the plans to achieving EASA certification, and project plans in middle east]
Moderator: Scott Zhao, Senior Analyst, Cirium
Speaker
- DANG Tiehong, Chairman, Hefei Range Aviation
- XU Qiang, Chairman, AeroOne Tech
- CAI Wenkuan, CEO and Co-founder, Dreamfly
- CHEN Kaiming, Founder and CEO, Zephyr
10:20-10:40
Supplier Keynote Speech – Technology, Regulation and Infrastructure for AAM
Speaker: Dr. XU Jun, President of Asia Pacific, Honeywell Aerospace
10:40-11:10
Fireside Chat – AAM Battery
Moderator – Ingrid Lagarrigue, North East Asia Representative, EASA
Speaker:
- HU Wenbin, Vice President, CATL (TBC)
- Loic Poly, Sales Director, Aviation International, SAFT (TBC)
11:10-11:30
Keynote Speech - leading AAM Programme Update (China)
[Highlight: updates from a Chinese AAM development programme on the CAAC certification programme best practice, overview of the commercialization strategy and key milestones to be achieved]
Speaker: GUO Liang – CEO and Chief Scientist, AeroFugia
11:30-12:10
Panel Discussion - Global Supply Chain enabling AAM industrialization
[Highlight: how company could leverage global supply chain to continuously drive unit cost to ensure commercial success of its launching AAM product, what is the prospect of the cross-boarder collaboration in AAM industry?]
Moderator: Emerson Xu, Managing Director, Nexavian (Former Head of APAC, Volocopter)
Speakers:
- Jack Liu, Sales Director, GKN Aerospace
- SUN Haitao, General Manager, AVIC Leihua Rockwell Collins Avionics Company (ALRAC)(TBC)
- Alexandre Moureaud, Senior Manager Sales & Business Development – Asian Market, Safran Electric & Power
- [Supplier placeholder] TBC
12:10-12:20
Summary and Wrap-up
