Opening Address | What’s NeXt? Boeing’s vision for the future of mobility

Opening address by Gareth Rogers, CEO of Farnborough International 
Session hosted by Alan Peaford, Editor in Chief of FINN 

What’s NeXt? Boeing’s vision for the future of mobility
For more than 100 years, the history of Boeing has tracked the history of aviation. As the industry looks to the next 100 years, Boeing continues its focus on creating a safe, sustainable and seamless future mobility ecosystem. Our most valuable resource is time, and from the development of autonomous cargo and passenger vehicles, to the regulatory framework required to enable their safe introduction into the airspace, Boeing is committed to  helping everyone make the best use of theirs. 
 

The UAM market finds itself in a quandary: just as momentum was building in the burgeoning sector, the COVID-19 crisis has emerged potentially dampening development. What real impact will COVID-19 have on UAM? What is the market outlook for different businesses emerging to serve UAM? How are investors reacting and how will investing decisions ultimately be made?

Remo Gerber, CCO of Lilium shares an update on the progress of the Lilium Jet and the company. He delves into regional air mobility and its importance and discusses Lilium's newly revealed vertiport design.

In many ways, Uber is considered the inceptor of the global UAM industry with the publication of their seminal Elevate white paper in October 2016. Since, over 200 UAM projects have emerged, each at different stages of maturity, from concepts seeking funding through to flying demonstrators seeking certification. At this session, Uber will share their learnings over the past 4 years, highlighting the biggest successes, and discuss the most difficult barriers yet to overcome, to deliver their vision of ‘on-demand aviation.

Investors from the private and public sectors explain what they are looking for from use cases and business cases, and what really drives their investment decisions?

Panel moderated by: Darrell Swanson

Sometimes there's an idea that everyone can agree must be part of the future. But its not easy to mobilize the resources to make it happen. Leading to the contradiction that something that is good is seemingly not worth it. This is the challenge faced by the Ambular project. It is a flying ambulance use case that was developed by volunteers of the International Civil Aviation Organization and based on an idea that was born out of ICAO’s innovation efforts. Well we think we have solved the dilemma. Watch a short video. Get excited. And be a part of it.

In this exclusive Rapid Fire Technology Briefing, Vertical Aerospace will announce their very latest news, developments and key insights into their role and plans, to be amongst the first to achieve the UAM vision of convenient, on-demand travel.

Dan Elwell will speak about the current aviation crisis and the future of emerging technologies in the midst of these uncertain times.

This panel discussion will focus on the levels of autonomy required from the operational use case, business case, and safety case perspectives; and the pathways to get there. Will early operations rely on a ‘fall-back’ pilot, over time becoming redundant as autonomy becomes more reliable? Or will full autonomy be needed in early operations, limiting them to constrained environments, and expanding as autonomy systems improve? These and other questions will be debated by an expert panel of innovators and regulators.

Panel moderated by: Charles Alcock

Creating the Urban Air Mobility ecosystem

In this exclusive Rapid Fire Technology Briefing, EmbraerX will announce their very latest news, developments and key insights into their role and plans, to be amongst the first to achieve the UAM vision of convenient, on-demand travel.

After a fascinating day of discussion, ranging from technology updates from leading UAM players, insight from investors and regulators, and outlooks on the UAM market, join this FINN wrap up session to hear Oliver Wyman’s and ADS’s views on some of the key highlights. They will also be discussing how the industry has matured in the last year, how those developments need to come together, how some use cases are showing the way, and what we hope to see in the near future in order to achieve viable operating business models in the UAM sector.