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Open Forum: Urban Air Taxis – Preparing for Liftoff

November 15, 2018

Thursday, November 15, 2018

Electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) developments are increasingly in the news this year. Major car and aircraft makers, startups, investors, and network operators are taking the business of urban passenger air transit seriously. More than $1 billion has been invested in eVTOL research and development – even before government regulations are finalized. Investors bet electric air taxis can be operational within 10 years. Some believe we’ll have autonomous, personal, air transit before autonomous cards are widely used. Many complex issues are in the mix including developing and applying technologies such as AI, machine vision, and batteries; regulation; security; safety and politics of air access; and bringing on-demand services to market. What will it take to successfully lift passengers above the roadways and deliver them safely, affordably, and expediently to their destinations?

Speakers

JoeBen Bivert, Founder and CEO, Joby Aviation
Raquel Girvin, Program Manager, Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS); Integration Pilot Program, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
Nikhil Goel, Head of Product, Aviation, Uber
Zach Lovering, Vahana Project Executive, A^3/Airbus
Vijay Reddy, Investment Director, Intel Capital
Moderator: Matthew Quinlan, Geospatial Platforms Practice Lead, Accenture

       

Event Details

Agenda

Registration and networking 5:30 p.m.
Dinner 6 p.m.
Program 7 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

Location

San Francisco Marriott Union Square
480 Sutter Street
San Francisco, CA 94108

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Filed Under: Archived Programs, Past Programs Tagged With: #innovation, Accenture, AI, air taxis, batteries, Churchill Club, electric air taxis, electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicles, eVTOL, Intel Capital, machine learning, research, Uber Aviation, Uber Elevate, VTOL

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