ADVANCED AIR MOBILITY INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE (AAMIC 2025)
Tuesday 22-Jul-25 - Conference Reception and Gala Dinner
16:00-18:30
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
President of Royal Aeronautical Society, Dr. Alidair Wood, FRAeS
10:05-10:10
Welcome Speech
QIU Guoping, Vice Provost for Education and Student Experience of University of Nottingham Ningbo China
10:10-10:20
Keynote Speech – Preview of Advanced Air Mobility Expo 2025
Section I – Regulatory Framework and Operational Procedures
10:20-11:00
Panel Discussion – Airworthiness Authority Panel
Moderator:Angela Guo, Deputy Secretary General, Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) of China
Speakers:
- XU Chaoqun, Chair of Airworthiness Committee, China Society of Aeronautics and Astronautics (Form Director of Airworthiness, CAAC)
- Tan Kah Han, Chief Technology Officer and Senior Director (Unmanned Systems Group), Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore
- Ingrid Lagarrigue, North Asia Representative, EASA
- Ali AlMulla, Assistant Manager, Emerging Technologies, Aviation Safety Affairs Sector, GCAA
11:00-11:20
Keynote Speech – Managing Risk in Low Altitude Economy and Product Innovation
[Highlight：Overview of the market risk of AAM and eVTOL operation, and the relevant insurance product develop to mitigate against the operational risk, etc]
Speaker:LIANG Feng, General Manager of Corporate Client/Overseas/Aviation/Space & Marine Insurance Department, Group Customer Center, Shanghai Branch of China Pacific Property Insurance Co., Ltd.
Section II – Market Updates and Investor Outlooks
11:20-11:40
Keynote Speech – Reflections on the Framework System of Low-Altitude Economy Infrastructure
Speaker: HUANG Weihong, Deputy Secretary Generaland Director of the Low-Altitude Economy Infrastructure Branch，China Civil Airports Association
11:40-12:20
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: Frank Fu, Partner, Roland Berger Enterprise Management (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
Speakers:
- LI Jiong, Deputy General Manager of Aviation Department, BoComm Leasing
- CHANG Chao, Executive Director, Goldman Sachs
- LIU Zhongyu, Chief Analyst in Machinery & National Defense, China International Capital Corporation Limited
- Luong Pham, Founder and CEO, AXIM Investment Management
12:20-13:30
Lunch
Section III – Infrastructure Planning and Entry-Into-Service Readiness
13:30-14:10
Panel Discussion – Discussions on the Operational Application and Ecosystem Development of EHang EH216-S, the World's First eVTOL Product with Full Four Certifications, in Low-Altitude Tourism
Moderator: CHEN Yu, Overseas Co-Chief Analyst, Transportation, GF Securities
Speakers:
- [OEM] Michael Nee, International Senior BD director, Ehang Intelligent (AAM OEM)
- [investment Fund] CHEN Zhaowei, Managing Partner, New Margin Capital (Low Altitude Economy Fund)
- [Operator] ZHU Hao, Deputy General Manager of Oprations, HYNFAR –UAM (EH216 Operator in Shanghai)
- [Infrastructure] LI Yan,Vice President,Civil Airport Construction of China, Co. Ltd. (CACC)(Infrastructure 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: Daniel Zhou, Senior Associate, Alton Aviation Consultancy
Speakers：
- HUANG Yueyu,Direcor of planning and construction，Shanghai low-altitude economy and development CO.LTD
- Mitchell Williams, Country Manager, Korea, Skyports
- YU Jianjun, Vice President of Business Development Department,China Mobile Shanghai Industry Research Institute
- HUANG Wei, Deputy Director, Shanghai Typhoon Research Institute, CMA
14:50-15:10
Fireside Chat – A Legal Trio in Low Altitude Economy: Orchestrating Regulation, Liability, and Innovation?
Moderator: LIU Feng, Senior Partner at AllBright Law Offices and Director of Allbright’s Aerospace Committee
Speakers:
- LI Yaning, Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Regulations and Standards, China Academy of Civil Aviation Science and Technology, Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC)
- LI Zhiliang, Vice President of Donghai Airlines
- Dr. Mohamed Amara, General Counsel of the UAE Federal Geographic Information Center (Former General Counsel of the UAE Space Agency)
15:10-15:50
Panel Discussion – AAM Industry Opportunities and Challenges – Scholars and Technical Experts Insights
Moderator: Professor WEI Zhiqiang, Civil Aviation University of China
Speakers：
- Liuqing YANG, Chair Professor, Acting Director, Low-Altitude Systems and Economy Research Institute (LASERi), The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou)
- Prof. MENG Zhijun, School of Aeronautics Science & Engineering, Beihang University
- Prof. Chris Gerada, Professor of Electrical Machines, Co-director of the PEMC, University of Nottingham Ningbo China
- Prof. LI Yongdong, Deputy Director, Department of Electrical Engineering, Tsinghua University
Section IV - Advanced Air Mobility Panel Powered by GUAAS Farnborough International Airshows – Global AAM Ecosystem and Industry Landscape
15:50-16:30
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: Emerson Xu, CEO, NexAvian (Former Head of APAC, Volocopter)
Speakers:
- Joel Goh, Head of Business Development, Asia, EVE Air Mobility
- Derek Cheng, Head of APAC, Vertical Aerospace
- Martin Ma, Sales Director, Textron Aviation
- Arnaud Coville, Chief Strategy Officer, SkyDrive Inc.
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 – Outlook for Low-Altitude Rotorcraft Technologies
Speaker:ZHANG Jianye，Chairman of Leonardo (China) Co., Ltd.
09:20-09:40
Supplier Keynote Speech – Avionics & Flight Control in Low-Altitude Economy: Intelligent Evolution and Industry Transformation
Speaker: James Liu, Vice President of AVIAGE SYSTEMS, CEO of AvioNova
09:40-10:10
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, Principal Aviation Analyst, Cirium
Speakers:
- Kellen Xie, Senior Vice President, AutoFlight
- Louis Lu, Co-founder & Chief Marketing Officer, INFLYNC
- SHENG Liang,Vice President, Vertaxi
10:10-10:30
Supplier Keynote Speech – Technology, Regulation and Infrastructure for AAM
Speaker: Dr. XU Jun, President of Asia Pacific, Honeywell Aerospace
10:30-10:50
Keynote Speech - Unlocking the commercial potential of low altitude economics
Speaker: Prof. James Wang, Professor at Nanyang Technological University of Singapore
10:50-11:10
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
11:10-11:30
Keynote Speech - Certification of ENGINeUS and Global Electric Motor Market Outlook
Speaker: Alexandre Moureaud, Sales Director, Safran Electrical & Power
11:30-11:50
Fireside Chat - 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: David Jiang, General Sales Manager APAC, IBA
Speakers:
- Jack Liu, Head of BD GKN Aerospace China, GKN Aerospace
- Sun Liye, Vice President of United Aircraft Group
11:50-12:10
Keynote Speech - From Innovation to Application: Flypion's Technology Roadmap and Co-building a Low-Altitude Ecosystem
[Highlight: Analyzing opportunities and challenges in China’s low-altitude market, detailing proprietary R&D progress and commercialization strategies, and advocating cross-sector collaboration for sustainable development of the Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) ecosystem]
Speaker: Wei Wenbo, Chief Brand Officer, Guangdong Flypion Technology Co., Ltd.
12:10-12:20
Summary and Wrap-up
