Helitech Expo 2025 Keynote Speakers

Keynote Speakers

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All Speakers

Cyril Heckel

NATO SUPPORT AND PROCUREMENT AGENCY

STATUS OF THE NGRC PROGRAMME - ROAD TOWARDS CONCEPT SOLUTIONS

Kurt Swieringa

NASA

Enabling Airspace Integration of Advanced Air Mobility as Operations Scale

Corinne Matthews

Somerset Council

Local Government Enabling Future Flight Test Zones

Craig Roberts

PwC

Skies Without Limits v3 - UK Drone Industry Progress

Dave Stepanek, FRAeS

Bristow Group

AAM: A Guide for Early Operations

Sam Redfern

RENK Test System GmbH

Validating UAM Electrical Distribution and Control Systems Through Ground Testing.

Kurt Swieringa

NASA

Enabling Airspace Integration of Advanced Air Mobility as Operations Scale

Jenny Ward

UK Department for Transport

Setting Direction for the UK''s Future of Flight

Martin Codling

Thames Water

Use of Drones in Londons Trunk Sewers

Sqn Ldr Matt Quinney

MOD- Joint C-UAS Office

Countering hostile UAS usage & the role of the UK JCO

Craig Roberts

PwC

Skies Without Limits v3 - UK drone industry progress

Richard Ellis, Fiona Smith, Mark Davidson and Charles Tavner

NATS PANEL

Establishing Commercial BVLOS Operations at Scale

Dave Stepanek, FRAeS

Bristow Group

AAM: A Guide for Early Operations

Sophie O’Sullivan, Vickie Murdie, Anne-Lise Scaillierez & Louisa Smith

UK Civil Aviation Authority Panel

Unlocking drones for UK industry – what can innovators, the regulator and government do to help?

Simon Muderack

Windracers

Delivering Outcomes with Windracers ULTRA

Gary Cutts

UK Research and Innovation

Partnerships for Prosperity – making the leap to BVLOS commercialisation

Dr. Andrei Evulet

Jetoptera, Inc.

Fluidic Propulsion: A Breakthrough Solution for Advanced Air Mobility

Maksim Drachov

Zubax Robotics

OpenCyphal: Three Easy Pieces

Paul Lewis

Verve Aero Ltd

How to make a composite UAV in 30 minutes

Siva Sai Siddartha Vadupu

UAV TECH PVT. LTD.

Overcoming Operational Challenges in High-Altitude Drone Logistics

Dr. Richard Ruiterkamp

Sovereign Autonomous Systems

Model-Based Autopilot Development

Rob Gloyns

Solent Transport

Solent FTZ - Investigating Drones for Medical Logistics

Morten Skov

Skypuzzler

Enabling autonomous drone logistics

Jonathan Robinson

RIEGL

Implementing Effective UAV LiDAR Solutions

Denis Grab

Manta Air- UAV parachutes & Airbags

Optimizing UAV Recovery Systems: Essential Design Parameters Explained

Zack Seymour and David Stone

Frazer-Nash Consultancy

UAS Pilot Competency: A framework for safe and effective operations

Nathan Bailey

Advanced Innovative Engineering (UK) limited

UAV Propulsion Technologies

Daniel Stembridge

National Drone Hub

Developing the Supporting Evidence for an Operational Safety Case

Hafeez Chaudhary

Agilica

Powering Automated Drone Operations in the Edge Spaces

Phillip Cogian

Satelite Application Catapult

Connected Autonomous Vehicles

Aditya Sinha

Scura

Effective ISR with scalable swarm UAS

David Majoe

Inteliports

Enhancing Drone Delivery Through Autonomous Infrastructure.

Michele Travierso

Atmosoar

Drone Ops vs. Mother Nature: Who Will Win? Safer Flights, Healthier Bottom Lines.

Roman Stickler

Frequentis AG

Accelerated Drone Management

Anthony Venetz

Across Safety Development Ltd

Getting Ready for SORA: Essential Insights for Drone Operators

Sam Redfern

RENK Test System GmbH

Validating UAM Electrical Distribution and Control Systems Through Ground Testing.

Kris Moell

Frost Unamanned

Eyes in the Sky - Navigating the Future of Drone Surveillance

Michael Oborne

Mission Planner

10+ Years of Mission Planner - The Past, The Present & Future

James de Beauvoir-Tupper and Edwin Purnell

UK Civil Aviation Authority

UK SORA and Digitalising Specific Category Operations

Andy Sage

NATS

NATS OpenAir: A National Digital Data Backbone for Airspace Integration

Graham Brown & Anne-Lise Scaillierez

ARPAS-UK

2024 Update and Latest Market Outlook

Simon Masters

UK Research and Innovation

Unlocking the Future of Flight in the UK.

Karen Bell & Hazel Dempsey

NHS Grampian

Once for Scotland Approach

Ángel Monllor.

Embention Sistemas Inteligentes S.A

Flight Control for eVTOL: Unlocking Autonomous Flight

Corinne Matthews

Somerset Council

Local Government Enabling Future Flight Test Zones

Craig Roberts

PwC

Skies Without Limits v3 - UK Drone Industry Progress

Cyril Heckel

NATO SUPPORT AND PROCUREMENT AGENCY

STATUS OF THE NGRC PROGRAMME - ROAD TOWARDS CONCEPT SOLUTIONS

Dave Stepanek, FRAeS

Bristow Group

AAM: A Guide for Early Operations

Kurt Swieringa

NASA

Enabling Airspace Integration of Advanced Air Mobility as Operations Scale

Sam Redfern

RENK Test System GmbH

Validating UAM Electrical Distribution and Control Systems Through Ground Testing.

Aditya Sinha

Scura

Effective ISR with scalable swarm UAS

Andy Sage

NATS

NATS OpenAir: A National Digital Data Backbone for Airspace Integration

Ángel Monllor.

Embention Sistemas Inteligentes S.A

Flight Control for eVTOL: Unlocking Autonomous Flight

Anthony Venetz

Across Safety Development Ltd

Getting Ready for SORA: Essential Insights for Drone Operators

Craig Roberts

PwC

Skies Without Limits v3 - UK drone industry progress

Daniel Stembridge

National Drone Hub

Developing the Supporting Evidence for an Operational Safety Case

Dave Stepanek, FRAeS

Bristow Group

AAM: A Guide for Early Operations

David Majoe

Inteliports

Enhancing Drone Delivery Through Autonomous Infrastructure.

Denis Grab

Manta Air- UAV parachutes & Airbags

Optimizing UAV Recovery Systems: Essential Design Parameters Explained

Dr. Andrei Evulet

Jetoptera, Inc.

Fluidic Propulsion: A Breakthrough Solution for Advanced Air Mobility

Dr. Richard Ruiterkamp

Sovereign Autonomous Systems

Model-Based Autopilot Development

Gary Cutts

UK Research and Innovation

Partnerships for Prosperity – making the leap to BVLOS commercialisation

Graham Brown & Anne-Lise Scaillierez

ARPAS-UK

2024 Update and Latest Market Outlook

Hafeez Chaudhary

Agilica

Powering Automated Drone Operations in the Edge Spaces

James de Beauvoir-Tupper and Edwin Purnell

UK Civil Aviation Authority

UK SORA and Digitalising Specific Category Operations

Jenny Ward

UK Department for Transport

Setting Direction for the UK''s Future of Flight

Jonathan Robinson

RIEGL

Implementing Effective UAV LiDAR Solutions

Karen Bell & Hazel Dempsey

NHS Grampian

Once for Scotland Approach

Kris Moell

Frost Unamanned

Eyes in the Sky - Navigating the Future of Drone Surveillance

Kurt Swieringa

NASA

Enabling Airspace Integration of Advanced Air Mobility as Operations Scale

Maksim Drachov

Zubax Robotics

OpenCyphal: Three Easy Pieces

Martin Codling

Thames Water

Use of Drones in Londons Trunk Sewers

Michael Oborne

Mission Planner

10+ Years of Mission Planner - The Past, The Present & Future

Michele Travierso

Atmosoar

Drone Ops vs. Mother Nature: Who Will Win? Safer Flights, Healthier Bottom Lines.

Morten Skov

Skypuzzler

Enabling autonomous drone logistics

Nathan Bailey

Advanced Innovative Engineering (UK) limited

UAV Propulsion Technologies

Paul Lewis

Verve Aero Ltd

How to make a composite UAV in 30 minutes

Phillip Cogian

Satelite Application Catapult

Connected Autonomous Vehicles

Richard Ellis, Fiona Smith, Mark Davidson and Charles Tavner

NATS PANEL

Establishing Commercial BVLOS Operations at Scale

Rob Gloyns

Solent Transport

Solent FTZ - Investigating Drones for Medical Logistics

Roman Stickler

Frequentis AG

Accelerated Drone Management

Sam Redfern

RENK Test System GmbH

Validating UAM Electrical Distribution and Control Systems Through Ground Testing.

Simon Masters

UK Research and Innovation

Unlocking the Future of Flight in the UK.

Simon Muderack

Windracers

Delivering Outcomes with Windracers ULTRA

Siva Sai Siddartha Vadupu

UAV TECH PVT. LTD.

Overcoming Operational Challenges in High-Altitude Drone Logistics

Sophie O’Sullivan, Vickie Murdie, Anne-Lise Scaillierez & Louisa Smith

UK Civil Aviation Authority Panel

Unlocking drones for UK industry – what can innovators, the regulator and government do to help?

Sqn Ldr Matt Quinney

MOD- Joint C-UAS Office

Countering hostile UAS usage & the role of the UK JCO

Zack Seymour and David Stone

Frazer-Nash Consultancy

UAS Pilot Competency: A framework for safe and effective operations

Cyril Heckel

NATO SUPPORT AND PROCUREMENT AGENCY

STATUS OF THE NGRC PROGRAMME - ROAD TOWARDS CONCEPT SOLUTIONS

Kurt Swieringa

NASA

Enabling Airspace Integration of Advanced Air Mobility as Operations Scale

Corinne Matthews

Somerset Council

Local Government Enabling Future Flight Test Zones

Craig Roberts

PwC

Skies Without Limits v3 - UK Drone Industry Progress

Dave Stepanek, FRAeS

Bristow Group

AAM: A Guide for Early Operations

Kurt Swieringa

NASA

Enabling Airspace Integration of Advanced Air Mobility as Operations Scale

Jenny Ward

UK Department for Transport

Setting Direction for the UK''s Future of Flight

Martin Codling

Thames Water

Use of Drones in Londons Trunk Sewers

Sqn Ldr Matt Quinney

MOD- Joint C-UAS Office

Countering hostile UAS usage & the role of the UK JCO

Craig Roberts

PwC

Skies Without Limits v3 - UK drone industry progress

Richard Ellis, Fiona Smith, Mark Davidson and Charles Tavner

NATS PANEL

Establishing Commercial BVLOS Operations at Scale

Dave Stepanek, FRAeS

Bristow Group

AAM: A Guide for Early Operations

Sophie O’Sullivan, Vickie Murdie, Anne-Lise Scaillierez & Louisa Smith

UK Civil Aviation Authority Panel

Unlocking drones for UK industry – what can innovators, the regulator and government do to help?

Simon Muderack

Windracers

Delivering Outcomes with Windracers ULTRA

Andy Sage

NATS

NATS OpenAir: A National Digital Data Backbone for Airspace Integration

Graham Brown & Anne-Lise Scaillierez

ARPAS-UK

2024 Update and Latest Market Outlook

Simon Masters

UK Research and Innovation

Unlocking the Future of Flight in the UK.

Karen Bell & Hazel Dempsey

NHS Grampian

Once for Scotland Approach