IATA looks forward to welcoming the following industry experts who will be attending the IATA Drone Innovation Weekend.
Jury
Andrea Shestopalov - UTM Product Manager, AiRXOS
Andrea is the UTM Product Manager at AiRXOS. Prior to joining AiRXOS, Andrea was Senior Director of Product Management at Exa Corporation, managing Exa's complete product portfolio including their flagship CFD solver PowerFLOW and other visualization, cloud and optimization products. She joined Exa from NASA Ames Research Center where she provided CFD analysis on the Orion Launch Abort Vehicle. Andrea holds a PhD and M.S. from Stanford University in Aeronautics and Astronautics, a B.S. in both Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering from University of California, Davis and is an AIAA Senior Member and member of SAE. Andrea resides in Boston, MA and enjoys equestrian riding, crossfit, and spending time with her family.
Barbara Pareglio - Technical Director, Drone Interest Group, GSMA-IoT Programme
Barbara has been leading the GSMA Drone Interest Group for the last four years, to investigate and help the mobile industry to create a trusted solution for commercial unmanned aircraft. Since 2014, she has been the technical lead for the GSMA Internet of Things Programme, working on several aspects of IoT such as the development of the Mobile IoT Technologies (LTE-M, NB-IoT) and the 5G era for IoT. Barbara has over 20 years of experience in the mobile industry. Before joining the GSMA, Barbara worked in R&D in several areas of telecommunications, including Intelligent Networks, IMS, Service Enabling and M2M/IoT. She also participates in, and actively contributed to several standards.
Capt. David Morgan FRAeS - Chief Operational Integrity and Standards Officer, Air New Zealand
David is a member of the Executive team at Air New Zealand and in his role as Chief Operational Integrity and Standards Officer is responsible for Group Flight Operations policy, procedures and standards, Operational Support and Performance (including fuel procurement and use), the Group's Operational Integrity and Safety outcomes, business resilience, security and Emergency Management. He is also a current Boeing 787 Pilot.
Speakers
Eszter Kovacs - Project Manager, Drone Initiative, GSMA
Eszter is a Project Manager for the GSMA's Drone Initiative, which is supporting the industry in delivering mobile networks as a preferred solution, offering drones superior wide area, high speed and secure connectivity. Leading a team of 46 mobile operators and ecosystem partners, she runs and coordinates the delivery of numerous projects and industry engagement activities within the initiative that are aimed at accelerating the commercial availability of drones, associated services, and growth of the wider ecosystem. Prior to this, Eszter has managed a number of projects both within the Regulatory and Technology teams at different mobile operators such as Elisa and Telenor. She holds a BA in Military and Safety Engineering from the Hungarian National University of Public Services and is a Prince2 and Agile qualified Project Manager.
Lorenzo Mursilli - Manager, Innovation & Digitalization Unit, Swiss Federal Office of Civil Aviation
Lorenzo Murzilli is a graduated aerospace engineer, innovation manager and specialist in aviation, system safety and drones. Manager of the Innovation and Digitalization Unit with the Swiss Federal Office of Civil Aviation, leader of the Joint Authorities for Rulemaking on Unmanned Systems (JARUS) WG-6 and Program Manager of the Swiss U-Space, Lorenzo works relentlessly to improve the perception of unmanned aerial vehicles worldwide. Lorenzo has been amongst the founding fathers of the Global UTM Association (GUTMA) where he is entrusted with the function of Treasurer and member of the executive board of directors. Guest lecturer at the Zürich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW), Mentor of Students at the Xihua University in Chengdu (China), previously with Leonardo and Pilatus Aircraft, Lorenzo has developed a striking ability to boost innovation in safety critical environments and enjoys exploring the intersection of safety and disruptive technologies that can advance the human race forward.
Jean-Francois Grout - Assistant Director, ICAO Relations, International Air Transport Association
Mr Jean-Francois Grout is Assistant Director ICAO relations for IATA, and is IATA nominated representative to the ICAO Information Management Panel, an advisor to the ICAO ATM Requirements and Performance Panel and the RPAS Panel. He is also representing IATA in the ICAO Unmanned Aircraft System Advisory Group. He has over 30 years of experience in the aviation industry, particularly in the areas of Air Traffic Management and the development of automation systems in support of en-route and airport systems. Before joining IATA Mr Jean-François Grout was deeply involved in the European SESAR program initially for DSNA then for Thales. He was in particular in charge of the architecture work package that identified SWIM as a key enabler. Before that, he was heading the Cautra (French ATC automation system) System engineering division of DSNA Technical Direction. His responsibilities included the analysis of all en-route user requirements, the design of system architecture solutions to meet those user requirements and the integration/validation of the Cautra system. Before joining the Technical Direction in 1997 to develop a system architecture approach, Jean-François Grout spent 6 years in DSNA R&D centre in charge of ADS and CPDLC studies. He was chairman of the ICAO ADSP now known as the OPDLWG in charge of operational requirements for air –ground data link and ground-ground coordination for several years. From 1989 to 1990 he participated in the definition of the IFPS for Eurocontrol. He started is career in 1984 on the French IFPS. He is an ENAC Engineer (Year 1980)
Capt. David Morgan FRAeS - Chief Operational Integrity and Standards Officer, Air New Zealand
David is a member of the Executive team at Air New Zealand and in his role as Chief Operational Integrity and Standards Officer is responsible for Group Flight Operations policy, procedures and standards, Operational Support and Performance (including fuel procurement and use), the Group's Operational Integrity and Safety outcomes, business resilience, security and Emergency Management. He is also a current Boeing 787 Pilot.