09:10 CET

SCIENTIFIC SESSION 5: Simulation

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

• Urban Air Mobility Simulation Tool (Abstract)
  Antoni Kopyt, Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland
• AI-Based Adaptive Drone Flight Path Optimization in Urban Environments (Abstract)
  Michael Gruenewald, SRITec eG, Munich, Germany
• Transportation system for IAM: application of a demand model to study areas (Abstract)
  Valeria Cosenza, University of Naples "Federico II", Naples, Italia
• Affordable or exclusive mobility? An applied cost model for Innovative Air Mobility (IAM) in Northern Germany (Abstract)
  Jan Pertz, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Hamburg, Germany

10:30 CET | FOYER

NETWORKING BREAK

11:00 CET

KEYNOTE

Guillaume Soudain, Programme Manager - Artificial Intelligence at EASA, Cologne, Germany

11:40 CET

PANEL DISCUSSION: Challenges of AI Certification

This panel is targeted towards the certification challenges of AI systems for aviation. The panel will invite speakers on the topic of AI certification and the challenges regarding that topic. Targeted topic areas include: gaps of existing standards, standardization groups and efforts towards new standards, research perspectives on trustworthy AI, safety monitoring and assurance of AI systems, environmental conditions and operational design domain of AI systems, and more. (Abstract)

• Burak Ata, Head of Certification and Assurance at Helsing
• Konstantin Dmitriev, Research Associate TUM & Senior Development Engineer at MathWorks GmbH
• Umut Durak, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Germany
• Guillaume Soudain, Programme Manager - Artificial Intelligence at EASA

12:20 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 6: Vertiport Design, Integration and Operations

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

• Research Questions on the Design and Operation of Vertiports: Possible Applications for the DLR Vertiport Demonstrator (Abstract)
  Henry Pak, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Köln, Germany
• An Operational Perspective on Vertiport CONOPs – Weather-Driven Planning, Integration, and Flight Operation (Abstract)
  Michael Anger, Unisphere GmbH, Konstanz, Germany
• Vertiport Integration into the European Airspace: A first glimpse into the EUREKA Whitepaper (Abstract)
  Karolin Schweiger, EUROCONTROL, Brétigny sur Orge, France
• Launching the World’s First Commercial eVTOL Operation – Challenges and Opportunities (Abstract)
  Lukas Preis, Skyports Infrastructure, München, Germany

14:50 CET | FOYER

NETWORKING BREAK

15:20 CET

SCIENTIFIC SESSION 7: Factors affecting Vertiport Design

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

• Risk Considerations for Vertiport Planning at Airports: An integrated Approach to Safety, Security, Environment, and Privacy (Abstract)
  Paul David Lieten, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Hecklingen, Germany
• Hybrid Deep Learning-Based Networks for Deterministic and Probabilistic Wind Nowcasting within a Wake Vortex Warning System for Vertiport Operations (Abstract)
  Sooseok Lee, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Wessling-Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
• Effects of weather, delays, and technical disruptions on passenger satisfaction (Abstract)
  Nirupama Vinayakumar Nair, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Braunschweig, Germany

16:20 CET | FOYER

NETWORKING BREAK

16:45 CET

Stakeholder Forum 2025: Interactive workshop with short presentations

• 2nd Stakeholder Forum for the research project VERTIFIED: Evaluation of the requirements for the planned vertiport demonstrators (Abstract)
  Andreas Schaller, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Hecklingen, Germany
• Initial concept development for a vertiport demonstrator within project VERTIFIED (Abstract)
  Nirupama Vinayakumar Nair, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Braunschweig, Germany
• Requirements for a modular vertiport design for project VERTIFIED (Abstract)
  Samiksha Rajkumar Nagrare, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Braunschweig, Germany

18:45 CET

END OF IAM SYMPOSIUM 2025