17 NOVEMBER 2025 | SYMPOSIUM'S - DAY 1

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  • Registration desk opens at 09:30 CET | FOYER GROUND FLOOR OF CONFERENCE CENTRE
  • Welcoming coffee available at 10:00 CET | FOYER


10:30 CET

OVERCOMING CHALLENGES AND SHAPING THE FUTURE OF INNOVATIVE AIR MOBILITY

Symposium opening and Welcome Adress by the Symposium's chair
Bianca Schuchardt, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Braunschweig, Germany

(Abstract)


11:00 CET

SCIENTIFIC SESSION 1: MARKET

with presentations of 15 minutes + 5 minutes Q&A each by (in the order listed):

  • Multidisciplinary Analysis of 2025 Maturity Levels in the Overall IAM Ecosystem with Drones (Abstract)
    Holger Friehmelt, AIRlabs Austria GmbH/FH JOANNEUM GmbH, Graz, Austria, Österreich
  • Bridging Expectations and Reality in Advanced Air Mobility: A Data-Driven Market Perspective (Abstract)
    Ivan Terekhov, Lufthansa Innovation Hub GmbH, Berlin, Germany
  • Demand Analysis of Regional Air Mobility Using an Agent-Based Demand Model (Abstract)
    Mengying Fu, Bauhaus Luftfahrt e. V., Taufkirchen, Germany

Session chair: Lukas Asmer, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Cologne, Germany



12:00 CET | FOYER

NETWORKING LUNCH & POSTER SESSION

Posterpresentations:

  • Extending the vertiport management tool VERTIGER for IAM scenarios: A drone-cage demonstration (Abstract)
    Bernd Bassimir, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Braunschweig, Germany
  • Cryogenic Hydrogen Cooling Concept for Sustainable Air Mobility (Abstract)
    Sabrina Barm, Technical University of Applied Sciences Augsburg, Augsburg, Germany
  • Integrating Extended Reality in Air Traffic Control: innovative interfaces for drone monitoring at airports (Abstract)
    Marzia Corsi, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Braunschweig, Germany
  • Potentials of Structure Integrated Flow Batteries in Aviation and Space Applications (Abstract)
    Jan Girschik, Fraunhofer Institute for Environmental, Safety and Energy Technology UMSICHT, Oberhausen, Germany
  • Assessment of Public Perception of Safety of Urban Air Mobility – Preliminary Results (Abstract)
    Raffaello Mariani, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
  • Development of a framework for the thermal modeling of an eVTOL (Abstract)
    Christina Matheis, Fraunhofer Institut IBP, Valley, Germany
  • Evaluating IAM through the lens of System of Systems: Results and Next Steps (Abstract)
    Nabih Naeem, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Hamburg, Germany
  • Separation Management with Detect-and-Avoid in Urban U-Space (Abstract)
    Enno Nagel, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Braunschweig, Germany
  • Assurance Strategies for Safe AI Operation: Model-Based Framework for the Development, Simulation, and Monitoring of the Operational Design Domain (Abstract)
    Christoph Torens, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Braunschweig, Germany
  • Defining the Problem: An MBSE Approach to Stakeholder and Use Case Identification for Innovative Air Mobility as a System-of-Systems (Abstract)
    Lukas Asmer, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Cologne, Germany
  • Concept of Operations for a Digital IAM Controller (Abstract)
    Lukas Tyburzy, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Braunschweig, Germany
  • Integrating Autonomous Drones in U-space (Abstract)
    Fabian Krause, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Braunschweig, Germany
  • Implementation of U-space Test Environment at the National Experimental Test Center for Unmanned Aircraft Systems of the German Aerospace Center: Development of an Utilization Concept to Extend Testing Possibilities for Innovative Air Mobility (Abstract)
    Kristin Wendt, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Hecklingen, Germany
  • Infrastructure Research on Modular and Scalable Vertiports within the VERTIFIED Project (Abstract)
    Oguzhan Nohutcu, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Cochstedt, Germany
  • Wildlife Strike Prevention in the Context of Innovative Air Mobility (Abstract)
    Isabel Metz, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Braunschweig, Germany
  • Agent-Based Simulation of Airborne Offshore Wind Farm Logistics as a System of Systems (Abstract)
    Nils Raaf, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Hamburg, Germany
  • Holistic Modeling of Drone Behavior for Analyzing Safety and Security Aspects in Complex Environments (Abstract)
    Jan Mietzner, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Hamburg, Germany
  • Enhanced UAS Operation Risk Assessment for Drone Traffic Planning System: A Comprehensive SORA-EASA and LuftVO Compliant Framework with AI and GIS Powered (Abstract)
    Masood Mayanbari, Arden University, Berlin, Germany
  • Collaborating towards the integration of aerial services in multimodal transportation solutions: The IDI Platform (Abstract)
    Vassilis Agouridas, VERTICO _ITS Europe // IDI Platform, Brussles, Belgium
    presented by Bianca Schuchardt, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Braunschweig, Germany


13:30 CET

SCIENTIFIC SESSION 2: Public Acceptance / Noise

with presentations of 15 minutes + 5 minutes Q&A each by (in the order listed):

  • Challenges in Innovative Air Mobility Noise Prediction (Abstract)
    Ole Bergmann, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Göttingen, Germany
  • Co-simulation of Urban Air Mobility for Pedestrian Spaces by Integrating AIRSIM and Unreal Engine with SUMO (Abstract)
    Vinu Kamalasanan, Technical University of Clausthal, Goslar, Germany
  • How many flights in U-space are socially acceptable? Insights from an exploratory virtual-reality experiment (Abstract)
    James McLaud, ISCTE, Lisbon, Portugal
  • UAS - a new noise source from a noise protection perspective (Abstract)
    Julia Treichel, German Environment Agency, Dessau, Germany

Session chair: Ole Bergmann, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Göttingen, Germany



14:50 CET | FOYER

NETWORKING BREAK


15:20 CET

SCIENTIFIC SESSION 3: U-space

with presentations of 15 minutes + 5 minutes Q&A each by (in the order listed):

  • Threat from Above: Risks and Opportunities of Unmanned Aerial Systems in Airspace G (Abstract)
    Christian Holzer, ASO Airspace Surveillance S.R.L | VERTICLE S.RL, Bucharest, Romania
  • Conceptual Development of a Collaborative Interface with Air Traffic Control for Integrated UAS Operations in Airport Environments (Abstract)
    Praveen Kumar Selvam, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Braunschweig, Germany
  • Full-Stack U-Space Airtaxi Path Planning with Microservice Architecture: Performance Analysis and Visualization (Abstract)
    Sukhbir Singh, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Braunschweig, Germany
  • Innovative Air Mobility - Control Center (Abstract)
    Enno Nagel, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Braunschweig, Germany

Session chair: Kristin Wendt, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Hecklingen, Germany



16:40 CET | FOYER

NETWORKING BREAK



17:10 CET

SCIENTIFIC SESSION 4: Safe Autonomy

with presentations of 15 minutes + 5 minutes Q&A each by (in the order listed):

  • nderstanding the Role of Autonomy in Aviation – Why Do Planes Need to Fly Themselves? (Abstract)
    Pranav Nagarajan, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Braunschweig, Germany
  • Unmanned Cargo Transport According to SORA – Insights from the DLR Projects ALAADy-CC (2022–2024) and Perspectives for KARGO (2026++) (Abstract)
    Sven Lorenz, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Braunschweig, Germany
  • Modelling of critical weather flight performance of multi-copter UAV for increased resilience controller design. (Abstract)
    Arno Fallast, FH JOANNEUM, Graz, Austria
  • Creation of training data using data driven modeling for fault detection (Abstract)
    Samuel Lesak, FH JOANNEUM, Graz, Austria

Session chair: Christoph Torens, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Braunschweig, Germany



18:30 CET

END OF SYMPOSIUM'S DAY 1

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