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MAM 2024 conference programme

Morning session
8:30 am
Registration

Presenter
Michele De Feudis
Journalist

9:30 am
Institutional greetings
Michele Emiliano
President, Puglia Region
Antonio Maria Vasile
President, AdP
Giuseppe Acierno
President, DTA
Fabio Nicolai
Vice Managing Director, ENAC

9:50 am
Keynote speech EU policy for drone industry
Filip Cornelis
Director for Aviation, DG MOVE, European Commission

10:00 am
Panel: Innovative Aerial Services: the architecture development
Moderator
Alessandro Cardi
Senior Advisor, DTA

Giuseppe Scannapieco
Drones Project Manager, EASA
Marco Catalano
IAM working group Coordinator, ENAC
Giancarlo Ferrara
EEC - Drone Unit - R&I Work Programme Manager, EUROCONTROL
Enrico Spinelli
Business Application Engineer, ESA
Giancarlo Varacalli
Head of Telecommunications and Navigation Dept., ASI

10:55 am
Introduction to DB24 demos
Silvano Capuzzo
Senior Advisor, DTA
Vincenzo D’Avino
R&D Engineer, DTA

11:00 am
DB24 Demo: Multi-drone monitoring of illegal waste dumping sites over Bari

By: Municipality of Bari - High Lander – DTA - Bari Police Force

11:15 am
DB24 Demo: Territory surveillance – long endurance mission - take-off

By: RPAS Centre of Excellence - Amendola, Italian Air Force

11:20 am
Keynote Speech: Reinforcing national strategic autonomy and technological sovereignty
Aurelio Colagrande
Deputy Chief of Staff, Italian Air Force

11:30 am
Panel: Innovative Aerial Services, the way forward – Session 1
Moderator
Federico Mongelli
Director, PwC Strategy& Italy

Christian Schmidt
Head of Market Strategy Europe, Volocopter
Carlo Tursi
CEO, UrbanV
Alberto Iovino
Head of Operational Support and Innovative Air Mobility Management, ENAV
Giuseppe Piazzolla
Project Engineering Manager - Air Traffic Management Systems, Leonardo
Luca Cardone
Marketing director for Corporate Market, WindTre
Angela Natale
President Boeing Italia, Managing Director Boeing Southern Europe

12:30 pm
Panel: Innovative Aerial Services, the way forward – Session 2
Moderator
Federico Mongelli
Director, PwC Strategy& Italy

Rocco Nannavecchia
Manager Novel Technology Fielding, Pipistrel Aircraft
Giovanna Scardapane
RPAS Market and Programmes, Telespazio
Mauro Berzovini
Head of Partnerships & Funding – Scouting and Management – Helicopter Division, Leonardo
Massimiliano Mesenasco
Business Development Manager Mobile Private Network Southern Europe - Vodafone Business
Angela Natale
President Boeing Italia, Managing Director Boeing Southern Europe
Anurag Gupta
Business Strategist, Airbus

1:30 pm
Conclusions
Presidency of the Council of Ministers (TBC)

1:40 pm
Lunch Break

Afternoon session
2:30 pm
DB24 Demo session - live from GATB:
• Solar-powered drone aerial surveillance
• Airport Runway Control
• Intermodal medical devices transportation
• Take-off and landing phases management

By: Vector Robotics - TopView - ABZero - OilChain


3:00 pm
Keynote Speech: EASA Research & Innovation support to Innovative Aerial Services

Giuseppe Scannapieco
Drones Project Manager, EASA

3:10 pm
Keynote Speech: ENAC support to IAS and to GATB

Marco Catalano
IAM Working Group Coordinator, ENAC

3:20 pm
DB24 Demo session - live from GATB:
• Intermodal medical device transportation - landing
• Fire detection

By: ABZero - Vector Robotics


3:30 pm
GATB – Research and Fight Test Infrastructure
Moderator
Antonio Zilli
Program Manager, DTA


Antonio Ficarella
Professor, Salento University
Michele Ruta
Professor, Polytechnic University of Bari
Francesco Giordano
Professor, University of Bari

3:50 pm
DB24 Demo session - live from GATB:
• Precision farming demonstration
• Solar panels control
• Research for radioactive materials
• Landfill control

By: Aermatica3D - DTA - Flying Demon - TopView


4:30 pm
Panel: UAS test range: the European perspective
Moderator
Giancarlo Ferrara
EEC - Drone Unit - R&I Work Programme Manager, EUROCONTROL


Jean Daniel Sülberg
Acting Director, German Aerospace Centre, DLR
Macarena Marquez
Head of ATLAS Flight Test Center, CATEC
Munish Khurana
Senior Manager – Business Development, EUROCONTROL
Antonio Zilli
Program Manager, DTA

5:00 pm
DB24 Demo session:
• Air pollution control
• Pilotless autonomous mission

By: DTA – Beefrest - Exprivia - ANT-X


5:20 pm
Conclusions of the afternoon session


6:00 pm
Networking cocktail


Morning session
8:30 am
Registration

Presenter
Michele De Feudis
Journalist

9:00 am
Opening remarks
Alessandro Delli Noci
Regional Minister of Economic Development, Puglia Region
Alfonso Pisicchio
Special Commissioner, ARTI Puglia

9:10 am
Introduction
Giuseppe Acierno
President, DTA

9:20 am
Keynote speech: Aeronautics and Space to leverage Italian competitiveness
Adolfo Urso
Minister of Enterprises and Made in Italy (TBC)

9:30 am
Keynote speech: Evolution of Innovative Aerial Services ecosystem
Paola Olivares
Director of Drones and Advanced Air Mobility Observatory, Polytechnic University of Milan

9:40 am
Keynote speech: Leonardo experience in accomodation of UAS into Air Space
Fabio Pauluzzo
VP Ronchi plant and UAS Business Units Manager, Leonardo

9:50 am
Panel: Civil and defence UASs: research, innovation, manufacturing technologies
Moderator
Michele Giannuzzi
Project Manager, DTA

Giuseppe Urbano
Director of RPAS CoE, Italian Air Force
Ivan Leonardo Pagliara
Commander MARISTAER, Italian Navy
Alfredo Russo
Commander of the 41st IMINT Regiment “Cordenons”, Italian Army
Nicola Gallo
Senior Leader R&D Engineer Aerostructure Division, Leonardo
Paolo Salvetti
Head of Turboprop Sales, Avio Aero
Francesco Schettini
COO, Sky Eye Systems

10:50 am
DB24 Demo: Territory surveillance – long endurance mission

RPAS CoE, Italian Air Force - Sky Eye Systems

11:10 am
Keynote speech: Digitalization as a driver of the drone industry
Cristina Leone
President, CTNA

11:20 am
Presentation: Clean Aviation: context, programme and action plan on cooperation based on synergies with European aeronautic regions
Bruno Mastantuono
Head of Governance Unit, Clean Aviation JU
Daniele Violato
Head of Synergies, Clean Aviation JU

11:40 am
Presentation: The activities of MOST for the development and growth of advanced air mobility
Giuseppe Quaranta
Professor, Polytechnic University of Milan

11:50 am
DB24 Demo: Airport runway control

By: TopView - AdP - Italian Police Force

12:10 pm
Panel: Regional opportunities for innovative air mobility
Anurag Gupta
Business Strategist, AIRBUS
Carlo Tursi
CEO UrbanV
Eugenio Di Sciascio
Municipality of Bari
Giuseppe Acierno
President DTA

12:40 pm
Panel: Investing for growth in the aerospace sector
Moderator
Vito Albino
Chair ECSECO - European Centre for Space Economy and Commerce

Gianna Elisa Berlingerio
Director, Department of Economic Development, Puglia Region
Antonio De Vito
Managing Director, Puglia Sviluppo S.p.A.
Danilo Campestrin
Director, Collins Dale Capital Partners (UK)

1:20 pm
Keynote speech: Market and cooperation development potentialities
Luca Durante
Head of Technology Promotion Office, Italian Trade Agency

1:30 pm
Lunch Break

Afternoon session
2:30 pm
Keynote speech: ESA BIC network 2004-2024: the next 20 years

Luca Del Monte
Head of Commercialization Dept. ESA

2:40 pm
Keynote speech: ASI activities to support innovation and start-ups

Augusto Cramarossa
Head of Strategic Area Coordination and Space Economy Unit, ASI – Italian Space Agency

2:50 pm
Presentation: Empowering space entrepreneurship: ESA BIC Brindisi’s offer, application process, and future initiatives

Mario Erario
Project Manager DTA – ESA BIC Brindisi

3:00 pm
Panel: two Apulian experiences from ESA BIC network
Moderator
Mario Erario
Project Manager, DTA – ESA BIC Brindisi


Davide Vittori
COO, AIKO & Co-founder, Astradyne
Giorgio Lorini
Operations, REA Space

3:15 pm
Presentation of first selected startups of ESA BIC Brindisi


3:25 pm
Drones Beyond: outcomes and lessons learned from 2024 edition

Featuring DTA - CoE Amendola - TopView - Vector Robotics - Salento Droni - Aermatica3D - Oilchain - D-flight/ENAV - ABzero - Flying Demon - EUROCONTROL


5:15 pm
Conclusions of the afternoon session


6:00 pm
Networking cocktail


Morning session
8:30 am
Registration

Presenter
Mila Fiordalisi
Director, SpaceEconomy360.it

9:00 am
Opening remarks
Alessandro Delli Noci
Regional Minister of Economic Development, Puglia Region
Giovanni Di Antonio
Director of Technological Innovation, ENAC
Emilio Fanigliulo
Colonel Italian Air Force
Corrado Fantini
Director of Operational and Consulting Services, ENAV
Roberto Vittori
General Italian Air Force, ESA Astronaut
Francesco Cupertino
Chancellor, Polytechnic University of Bari

9:30 am
Keynote speech: The spaceport in the context of the New Space Economy
Simonetta Di Pippo
Professor of Practice of Space Economy and Director of the Space Economy Evolution Lab (SEE Lab), SDA Bocconi Business School (in remote)

9:45 am
Technical regulation for spaceports and commercial suborbital transportation
Giovanni Di Antonio
Director of Technological Innovation, ENAC

10:00 am
Spaceport’s risk assessment and environmental sustainability
Angela Vozella
Head of Safety and Security Department, CIRA

10:15 am
Civil-Military cooperation in the aerospace transportation sector
Emilio Fanigliulo
Colonel Italian Air Force

10:30 am
The role of public-private collaboration in spaceport development. The case of Criptaliae.
Luigi Riggio
Colonel Italian Air Force, President of the Scientific Committee Criptaliae Spaceport Association

10:45 am
Grottaglie Spaceport Feasibility Design Phase Results
Marco Catamerò
Managing Director, AdP

International stakeholders’ session

11:30 am
Spaceport infrastructure optimization
Davide Petrillo
Managing Director, Voyager Space Europe

11:45 am
Horizontal suborbital operations
Chelsea Chang
VP of Commercial and Corporate Strategy, Virgin Galactic

12:00 pm
Higher Airspace Operations and Commercial Space Transportation Simulations on Grottaglie spaceport’s representative environment
Stefano Tiberia
Eurocontrol Innovation Hub

12:15 pm
Integration of Commercial Space Transportation into national airspaces. The UK experience
Paul Cremin, MBE
Head of Spaceflight, Department for Transport, UK Government

12:30 pm
The US Commercial Space Transportation Regulation and interoperability perspectives
Pam Underwood
FAA-AST Director for Spaceports (in remote)

12:45 pm
Roundtable discussion
Moderator
Francesco Cupertino
Chancellor, Polytechnic University of Bari

Marco Catamerò
Managing Director, AdP
Chelsea Chang
VP of Commercial and Corporate Strategy, Virgin Galactic
Paul Cremin, MBE
Head of Commercial Spaceflight, Department for Transport UK Government
Emilio Fanigliulo
Colonel Italian Air Force
Corrado Fantini
Director of Operational and Consulting Services, ENAV
Davide Petrillo
Managing Director, Voyager Space Europe
Luigi Riggio
Colonel Italian Air Force, President of the Scientific Committee Criptaliae Spaceport Association Eurocontrol
Dragos Tonea
Head of INEO - Integration of New Entrants in the European ATM Network Operations, EUROCONTROL
Pam Underwood
FAA-AST Director for Spaceports (in remote)
Roberto Vittori
General Italian Air Force, ESA Astronaut

1:40 pm
Conclusions
Giovanni Di Antonio
Director of Technological Innovation, ENAC

1:45 pm
Lunch Break

Afternoon session
SPACE TRENDS, powered by
- New players in the space race
- Access to space and space logistics
- New challenges beyond the horizon

2:30 pm
Opening remarks

Federico Ferrazza
Director WIRED Italia

2:35 pm
Keynote speech: New players in space

Anna Hazlett
Founder and Principal, AzurX

3:05 pm
Panel: Earth observation

Benito Carnovale
Program Delivery Manager, Exprivia
Giovanni Sylos Labini
CEO, Planetek
Simona Turco
Head of Business Development, Deep Blue

3:35 pm
Panel: Business beyond the horizon

Aurora Bontade
Chief Growth Officer, Argotec
Flavio Augusto Gentile
CEO & Co-founder, REA Space
Guido Parissenti
CEO, Apogeo
Chiara Pertosa
CEO, Sitael

4:15 pm
Keynote speech: Renewing access to space

Raphaël Chevrier
Head of Communications, Maiaspace

4:35 pm
Panel: Space logistics and new commercial frontiers in orbit

Fabio Caramelli
Space Rider System Payload and Exploitation Manager, ESA – European Space Agency
Augusto Cramarossa
Head of Strategic Area and Space Economy, ASI – Italian Space Agency
Matteo Lorenzoni
Head of Sales, D-Orbit
Roberto Vittori
General Italian Air Force, ESA Astronaut

5:15 pm
Keynote speech: The new challenges

Jim Bridenstine
Former Administrator NASA

5:35 pm
Conclusions


6:00 pm
Networking cocktail


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