2023 Speakers

Ruth Stilwell

Aerospace Policy Solutions LLC

Kathy Abbott

Federal Aviation Administration Chief Scientific and Technical Advisor, Flight Deck Human Factors

Greg Addington

AFRL Chief Strategist, Air Vehicles Division

Andreas Kollbye Aks

Widerøe Chief Strategy Officer

David Alexander

SAE International Senior Director, Standards

Naomi Allen

Aerospace Technology Institute Senior Technologist: Whole Aircraft

Mike Allwein

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. Technical Director

Arturo Alonso-Garcia

Avports

Aaron Altman

USAF Research Laboratory Aerodynamic Technologies Branch Technical Advisor

Jim Andersen

LanzaJet Head of Business Development

Pat Anderson

VerdeGo CTO

Phillip J. Ansell

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Assistant Professor and Allen Ormsbee Faculty Fellow, Department of Aerospace Engineering

Anish Anthony

Concurrent Technologies VP, Product Management

David Arenson

Lockheed Martin Space Vice President and Chief Engineer

Max Arzberger

German Aerospace Center (DLR) Research Engineer

Dave Avanesian

NASA Glenn Research Center Systems Engineer

Natalya Bailey

Accion Systems CTO and Co-Founder

Chris Baur

Hughes Aerospace Corporation President & CEO

Jeff Bechdel

FTI Consulting and Hydrogen Forward

Mahendra Bhagwat

U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Aviation & Missile Center Senior Research Scientist, Airvehicle Aerodynamics and Preliminary Design, Technology Development Directorate

Dixit Bhatta

Concurrent Real-Time Applications Engineer

Sean Black

Spirit Aerosystems Senior Vice President - Chief Technology Officer & Chief Engineer

Nick Borer

NASA Langley Research Center Advanced Concepts Group Lead, Aeronautics Systems Analysis

Marty Bradley

Sustainable Aviation Consultant and Educator

Larry Branthoover

NAVAIR PEO(T) APEO Science and Technology

Paul Brinkmann

AIAA Aerospace America Staff Reporter

Michael Brown

Air Force Research Laboratory Chief, Hypersonic Sciences Branch

Lt Col Joshua Burger

US Air Force VC-25B Air Vehicle Program Manager

Mike Caimona

Aurora Flight Sciences, A Boeing Company President and CEO

Scot Campbell

Airbus UTM Project Executive

Skye Carapetyan

BETA Technologies Aircraft Sales & Business Development - Infrastructure

Scott Cary

National Renewable Energy Laboratory Ports and Airports Project Manager

John A. Cavolowsky

NASA Director, Transformative Aeronautics Concepts Program, NASA Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate (ARMD)

Sergio Cecutta

SMG Consulting LLC Partner

Hanson Chang

Hexagon Senior Lead Application Engineer, Manufacturing Intelligence Division

Ming Chang

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (Retired) AIAA Domain Lead for Aeronautics; Senior Director of Flight Technologies

Patty Chang-Chien

Boeing Research & Technology Vice President and General Manager

Igor Cherepinsky

Sikorsky Aircraft, a Lockheed Martin Company Director, Sikorsky Innovations

Todd Citron

The Boeing Company Chief Technology Officer

Matthew A. Clarke

University of Illinois Assistant Professor

Sean Clarke

NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center Senior Research Systems Development Engineer

Brent Cobleigh

NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center Project Manager, Sustainable Flight Demonstrator Project

Peter Coen

NASA Mission Integration Manager, Quesst

Nick Connell

Green Hydrogen Coalition Interim Executive Director

Kyle Cook

Rescale Customer Success Engineer

Robert A. “Robbie” Cowart

RAC Consulting Founder and CEO

Ruben G. Creus

REVO ZERO Chief Executive Officer

William Crossley

J. William Uhrig and Anastasia Vournas Head of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Purdue University; Director, FAA Center for General Aviation Research (PEGASAS)

Chris Crumby

SpaceROC

Bruce DeCleene

FAA Director, Office of Senior Technical Experts

John Deruchie

Transport Canada Chief - Regional Engineering

Jon Doyle

FAA William J Hughes Technical Center

Daniel L. Dumbacher

American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Executive Director

Jeff Engler

Wright Electric

Curt Epstein

AIN Media Group Senior Editor

Barbara Esker

Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate, NASA Assistant Deputy Associate Administrator for Missions

Andreas Flanschger

Bionic Surface Technologies CEO

James L. Felder

NASA Glenn Research Center Aerospace Engineer

Michael Francis

Self Employed, Michael S. Francis PhD

Mike Feary

NASA

Juerg Frefel

Reliable Robotics Co-founder and CTO

Brian A. Freno

Sandia National Laboratories Principal Member of the Technical Staff

Maxime Gariel

XWing Chief Technology Officer

Maxime Gariel

Xwing Chief Technical Officer

Chris Gee

Connected Places Catapult Future Aviation Technologist

Edward Gerding

Boeing

Andrew Gibson

Empirical Systems Aerospace, Inc. President, CEO & Co-Founder

Chris Gilmore

Universal Hydrogen Head of Advanced Concepts

Starr Ginn

NASA AAM Lead Strategist

Gary Grimes

World Energy Management Services Director, Business Development Sustainability

Roberto Guerrero

Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Installations, Environment and Energy Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Operational Energy

Eric Guter

Vice President Mobility, Air Products

Manal Habib

MightyFly CEO

Bob Hartley

Concurrent Technologies Sr. Consulting Engineer

Kelley Hashemi

NASA

Timothy J. Hebrink

3M Corporate Research Laboratory Senior Staff Scientist

James Hileman

The Boeing Company VP and Chief Engineer for Sustainability & Future Mobility

Johnny Hodges

Gulfstream Vice President, Engineering

Cat Hofacker

Aerospace America Associate Editor

Erika Holtz

Harbour Air Engineering and Quality Manager

Loyd Hook

University of Tulsa Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Loyd R. Hook

University of Tulsa Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

CAPT Loren Jacobi

US Navy CNAF N8 / Force Requirements Officer

Amy Jankovsky

NASA Glenn Research Center Project Manager, NASA Electrified Aircraft Testbed

Ralph Jansen

NASA Glenn Research Center Deputy Project Manager for Technology, Electrified Powertrain Flight Demonstration Project

Paul Johnston

Cirrus Aircraft Chief Engineer

Tom Jones

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems Corporate Vice President and President

Josef Kallo

H2Fly Founder and CEO

Jay Kapat

University of Central Florida

Joseph Kendall

United States Air Force Deputy to the Air Combat Command Chief Scientist

John Koelling

NASA Chief Operations Officer

Alex Kroll

Universal Hydrogen Chief Test Pilot

Laura Kushner

NASA Langley Research Center Lead Systems Engineer

Laurette Lahey

Boeing Research and Technology Senior Director of Flight and Vehicle Technology

Nick Lappos

Sikorsky, A Lockheed Martin Company Senior Technical Fellow, Advanced Technology

Earl Lawrence

Xwing

Alex Lee

Rescale Strategic Account Executive

Michael Logan

NASA Langley

Jonathan Lovegren

Wisk Head of Autonomy

Edward Lovelace

Ampaire CTO/VP Engineering

Anastacia MacAllister

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. Technical Director, Autonomy & Artificial Intelligence

Gopinath Mallipatna

Global Director at IMA and Co-Founder & Investor at Startup Basket

Carlotta Manca

General Electric Propulsion Systems Engineer

Fabio Masci

The Edge Company Founder and CEO

David Merrill

Elroy Air CEO and Co-Founder

Valery Miftakhov

ZeroAvia Founder & CEO

Peter Montgomery

Chair, AIAA Talent and Leadership Development Committee; Director of Commercialization, Test & Operations Support Contract, Kennedy Space Center, Jacobs

Mark Moore

Whisper Aero CEO

John Morgenstern

Exosonic, Inc. Head of Aerodynamics & Boom

Carie Mullins

BryceTech Director, Analytics

Anthony Mumford

Overair Principal Flight Sciences Engineer

Ben Murphy

Boom Supersonic VP, Sustainability

Björn Nagel

Institute for System Architectures in Aeronautics Founding Director, German Aerospace Center (DLR)

Jonathan W. Naughton

Professor of Mechanical Engineering University of Wyoming, Director, UW Wind Energy Research Center (WERC)

Linda O’Brien

Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Vice President and Chief Engineer

Brett Oakleaf

NREL

Anna Oldani

FAA Office of Environment and Energy Energy Program Manager

Khin Paing

Skygrid Vice President of Program Management

Renee Pasman

Lockheed Martin Vice President of Integrated Systems for Advanced Development Programs (ADP)

Lisa Peterson

Aura Network Systems Vice President, Business Development

Daniel Pike

U.S. Air Force Operational Energy, Chief of Future Technologies & Acquisition Manager

Martiqua L. Post

SFNP Technical and Partnership Advisor

Francis R. Preli, Jr.

Pratt & Whitney Vice President, Propulsion and Materials Technologies

Jasenka Rakas

University of California Berkeley Founder of the Airport Design Studio and Aviation Futures Lab, and Faculty in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department

Sachin Ramesh

Volador FlyTech Director and CEO

Rory Roberts

Tennessee Tech University

Lee Robinson

DIU (Defense Innovation Unit) Head of Partnerships

Sara Roggia

magniX Head of Protections and Controls

Will Roper

Istari Founder & CEO

Robie Samanta Roy

Managing Director, Cerberus Capital Management; Former COO/Federal Strategy, Electra.aero

Venke Sankaran

AFRL Chief Scientist of Aerospace Systems Directorate

Herb Schlickenmaier

HS Advanced Concepts LLC President

Peter Schmidt

COO & Co-Founder, Transcend Air Corporation, & Chair, EFT Committee, E-VTOL Flight Test Council

Vince Schultz

NASA Deputy Project Manager for the Maxwell X-57 Flight Project

Kolin Schunck

Lufthansa Innovation Hub Senior Manager, Strategic Innovation and Intelligence

Brien Seeley

Sustainable Aviation Foundation, Inc. President

Shivanjli Sharma

NASA Air Traffic Management eXploration (ATM-X) Deputy Project Manager

Staff Sheehan

Air Company Chief Technology Officer

Mark Shikerman

Wisk Aero Human Engineering Manager

Nathan Shumway

US Air Force Academy, HQ USAFA/DFAN

Diana Siegel

Electra.aero Chief Financial Officer

Bruno SIlva

International Civil Aviation Organization Environment Officer, Long-Term Aspirational Goal for International Aviation (LTAG), Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF)