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12 November
Registration and welcome
09.00
Presenter: Michele De Feudis, Journalist
Opening – Institutional greetings & opening notes
09.30-09.50
Giuseppe Acierno, President and General Director, DTA
Vito Leccese, Mayor of Bari
Session 1
The European and global path
toward sustainable drone services
Keynote
Sustainability of Innovative Aerial Mobility and the role of public actors
09.50 – 10.00
Alessio Quaranta, ECAC
Panel: Strategies and initiatives for sustainable Innovative Aerial services
10.00 – 10.40
Moderator
Andrew Hately, EUROCONTROL
Marco Silanos, ENAC
Panellists
Cengiz Ari, SESAR JU, (remote participation)
Giuseppe Scannapieco, EASA
Keynote
10.40 – 10.50
Keynote
10.50 – 11.00
Empowering Healthcare through Innovation: The Role of Western
Greece and the Air4HEALTH Project in Shaping Drone-Based Medical
Delivery
Fokion A. Zaimis, Region of Western Greece
Drones and remote sensing: tools for the regional environmental
agencies of the future
Vito Bruno, ARPA Puglia
Keynote
11.00 – 11.10
Local Health Authority – Lecce partner of INTERREG Air4Health project
to introduce drones for medical goods transport.
Stefano Rossi, ASL Lecce – Local Health Authority Lecce
Panel: The role of public actors in shaping the future of Innovative Aerial Services
11.10 – 12.10
Moderator
Federico Mongelli, PwC Strategy&
Lindomar Minguel, DronePort Amsterdam
Serena Geraldini, ISPRA
Onofrio Lorusso, Corpo Nazionale dei Vigili del Fuoco
Panellists
Suad Mati, Municipality of Shkodër
Gianluca Nardone, Department of Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment,
Regione Puglia
DTA and EUROCONTROL:
Announcement of the Technical Collaboration Agreement
12.10 – 12.20
Keynote
12.20 – 12.30
Gen. Maurizio Muscarà, Centro di Aviazione Pratica di Mare, Guardia di Finanza
Panel: Dual Use Innovation – How it pushes civil IAM
12.30 – 13.00
Moderator
Panellists
Elio Calcagno, Istituto Affari Internazionali
Tomasz Kotas, ITWL
Col. Marco Santeramo, RPAS CoE, Italian Air Force
LUNCH BREAK
13.00 – 14.30
Session 2
Bridging the Vision: Identifying the Gaps
Visionary Demonstration
14.30 – 16.00
Introduction Silvano Capuzzo, DTA
Technosky
D-flight
presentation
TopView
ASL Lecce
UrbanV
ARPA Puglia
Unmanned4You
Exprivia
Moderator
Panellists
Panel: UAS/IAS – Industry Vision and readiness
16.00 – 17.00
Paola Olivares, Osservatorio Droni e Mobilità Aerea Avanzata
Alberto Iovino, ENAV
Cristina Isabel Covelli Garrido, SEA MIlano
Calogero Giammusso, UrbanV
Rocco Nannavecchia, Pipistrel Aircraft
Mauro Berzovini, Leonardo Helicopters Division
Roundtable: What Are the Gaps for Sustainable IAS?
17.00 – 17.30
Moderator
Andrew Hately, EUROCONTROL
Enrico Spinelli, ESA
Panellists
Marco Ducci, EuroUSC Italia | Unifly Consulting
Eric Lancina, ENAIRE
Arianna Coltellese, Telespazio
Wrap up: Recap & Transition to Day 2
17.30 – 17.15
13 November
Registration and welcome
09.00
Presenter: Michele De Feudis, Journalist
Intro to day 2 and recap for day 1
09.30 – 09.50
Giuseppe Acierno, President and General Director, DTA
Session 3
Closing the Gaps:
From Barriers to Scalable Solutions
Panel: Projects to Bridge the Gaps
09.50 – 11.10
Moderator
Giancarlo Ferrara, EUROCONTROL
Panellists
Mario Musmeci, ASI
Angela Vozella, CIRA
Vadim Kramar, VTT Technical Research Centre
Gianluca Palumbo, Exprivia
José Maria Cervero, ENAIRE
Michał Sałaciński, ITWL
Grottaglie Airport Test Bed Development and exploitation plan
11.10 – 12.00
Keynote
Grottaglie Airport Test Bed-UAS Research and flight test infrastructure
Antonio Zilli, DTA
Silvano Capuzzo, DTA
Dario Galia, Telespazio
presentation
Giampaolo Plaia, Telespazio
ABZero
Danilo Leanza, DTA
Stefano Guagnano, DTA
Panel: European UAS test centers, the lever for accelerating the pace
12.00 – 13.00
Moderator
Yvonne Minnich, DLR
Antonio Zilli, DTA
Elina Millere, DG MOVE
Panellists
Holger Friehmelt, AirLabs Austria
Giovanni Barraco, ENAC
Christophe Mazel, CESA Drones
LUNCH BREAK
13.00 – 14.30
Session 4
Preparing for industry growth
Panel: Training for Tomorrow
14.30 – 15.30
Moderator
Panellists
Aurora De Bortoli Vizioli, DeepBlue
Ángel Villalba Jiménez, CIFP Aguas Nuevas
Julie Garland, JEDA (remote participation)
Jorge Miguel dos Reis Silva, Universidade da Beira Interior
Ioanna Pagoni, University of the Aegean, TBC (remote participation)
Antonio De Lorenzo, RINA Services
Panel: Industry development and growth
15.30 – 16.30
Moderator
Mario Erario, DTA – ESA BIC Brindisi
Gianna Elisa Berlingerio, Department of Economic Development, Regione Puglia
Panellists
Marisa Lupelli, Bari Department of Planning, Innovation and Communication
Luisa Torsi, ARTI Puglia
Roundtable: Coordinating the Path Forward
16.30 – 17.00
Conclusions and way forward
14 November
On the morning of November 14th, Drones Beyond will host
the engagement event of the European project AIRMOB,
organized by DTA, DeepBlue and EuroUSC Italia.
AIRMOB aims to create a network of vocational excellence
centers across five European countries (Italy, Spain, Turkey,
Portugal, and Ireland). The AIRMOB’s goal is to develop highly
specialized training pathways focused on innovative air
mobility. Through its participation in Drones Beyond 2025,
AIRMOB will advance its vision for a European ecosystem of
excellence in advanced air mobility, promoting collaboration among education, research, and
industry to develop the next generation of professionals who will drive innovation in the urban
mobility sector. To confirm your participation, please fill out the following form:
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ENGAGEMENT EVENT PROGRAM
Awareness Session
Introduction
Drones Beyond Context
Objective of this session: why we are here?
Project Overview
AIRMOB Mission: developing skills for the Innovative Air Mobility market
The Italian CoVE
Concrete action for developing the IAM network
Preliminary Survey Presentation
Collaborative Session
Design Challenge
“Design the future of skills for Innovative Aerial Services”
Results discussion
Closing & Networking
Innovation, Citizens, Future
14 November
DTA has launched a program to support start-up as part of its contribution to the project Bari
Open Innovation Hub. This session is aimed at being a fundamental milestone of this program.
This session is intended to be the starting point of a city-wide strategy that:
Puts citizens’ needs at the centre of innovation.
Promotes collaboration between public institutions, private sector, research bodies,
and citizens (the quadruple helix model).
Supports data and digital infrastructure sovereignty at the city level.
Paves the way for urban citizen science, with citizens as active producers of data and
knowledge.
Integrates startups and businesses with universities and research centers, in
projects with measurable impact on sustainable mobility, energy, health, and public
services
11.00 – 11.30
11.30 – 12.00
12.00 – 12.40
12.40 – 13.00
13.00 – 14.30
14.30 – 16.30
16.30 – 17.00
17.00 – 17.30
EVENT PROGRAM
Registration & Networking
Opening Session
Event Presentation
Welcome remarks from the City of Bari, CTE, CNR, DTA
Presentation of the acceleration program with the 7 CTE startups
Roundtable
“Technology, Data, and Citizens: How to Build the Bari of the Future”
Moderator: Dario Esposito
Presentation of the 7 CTE Startups
Networking & light lunch
Pitch Session/Demo day
“Bari Smart City Challenge”
Jury Deliberation
Awards Ceremony & Closing