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Thursday, August 4 • 10:30am - 12:00pm
Regional Air Mobility: Opportunities and Challenges for Rural Communities and Small Airports

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This session will explore the use of AAM for intraregional use cases of up to a few hundred miles that occur within or between urban and rural areas. In this session, participants will learn about:
  • What is regional air mobility;
  • Potential impacts, opportunities, and challenges of regional air mobility;
  • Planning considerations and infrastructure needs to prepare rural communities and small airports for regional air mobility; and
  • Considerations for small airports and rural communities working with other key stakeholders, such as aircraft manufacturers and service providers.
Moderator:Mark Hansen - Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California at Berkeley

Speakers:Arthur Dubois - Director of Engineering, Xwing
Nicholas Flom - Specialist Leader, Deloitte
Manal Habib - Chief Executive Officer, MightyFly
Will Heyburn - Chief Financial Officer, BLADE
Dave Merrill - Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Elroy Air
Susan Ying - Senior Vice President, Ampaire

Speakers
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Arthur Dubois

Director of Engineering, Xwing
Arthur Dubois is the Director of Engineering at Xwing, an aviation company on a mission to radically improve human mobility through the use of fully autonomous airplanes. An experienced aerospace leader, Arthur has worked on several ground-breaking aerospace projects, from eVTOL aircraft... Read More →
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Will Heyburn

Chief Financial Officer and Head of Corporate Development, Blade Urban Air Mobility
Will Heyburn has served as Blade’s Chief Financial Officer since December 2020 and Blade’s Head of Corporate Development since May 2018. Prior to Blade, Mr. Heyburn served in various capacities at Redbird Capital Partners, most recently as Vice President, from 2015 to 2018. Prior... Read More →
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Dave Merrill

CEO, Elroy Air
Dave Merrill is the co-founder and CEO of Elroy Air, where he leads a team of kind, dedicated experts working to expand the reach of express logistics. Dave is a technology executive and startup founder with a background in computer science and robotic, interactive systems. Alumnus... Read More →
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Mark Hansen

Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley
Mark Hansen is a Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley. He graduated from Yale with a Bachelor’s degree in Physics and Philosophy in 1980, and has a PhD in Engineering Science and a Masters in City and Regional Planning from UC... Read More →
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Nicholas Flom

Specialist Leader, Deloitte Consulting, LLP
Nicholas Flom is an aviation professional who has been focusing on the UAS industry for the past 10 years. Mr. Flom spent the early part of his aviation career flight instructing, flight management, and obtaining a Part 135 Air Carrier Certificate for a start-up company to provide... Read More →
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Manal Habib

Chief Executive Officer, MightyFly
Manal Habib is the CEO and founder of MightyFly. A graduate from both MIT and Stanford, Habib has developed a strong technical background in aerospace engineering. She previously specialized in flight controls and developed the first robust commercial flight controller. Manal is also... Read More →
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Susan Ying

Senior Vice President, Ampaire
Dr. Ying has devoted over three decades to the aerospace industry, with experience at NASA, Boeing, the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC), and most recently an electric aircraft start-up company, Ampaire. She is the SVP of Ampaire, responsible for global partnerships... Read More →

Thursday August 4, 2022 10:30am - 12:00pm PDT
Ballroom
  Breakout Session