INVITATION: RHIA Talk on Electric-Powered Aviation

Dear Electric Aviation Enthusiasts,

Are you passionate about the future of sustainable aviation and electric-powered aviation in particular? Then join us and sign up for our upcoming RHIA Talk, which is co-organised in close collaboration with the Aerospace Innovation Hub @ TU Delft (AIH): a community of aerospace related startups, academics, students, corporates, and industry professionals.  As the interest is growing in electric-powered aviation, we’re hosting this event to delve into the exciting challenges and opportunities of electrifying the skies, and discuss what is necessary to stimulate innovation in this domain.

Via two interesting panel discussions with various experts from the field, we will discuss the latest developments and the views of our experts on two panel topics:

  1. Aircraft & Technology
  2. Infrastructure & Operations

Event Details:

  • Date:               NOV 21
  • Time:               14:30 – 17:30
  • Location:         Inholland Applied Sciences Labs, Rotterdamseweg 266a, 2628 AS Delft

Outline of Event:

  • Opening by Victor Rijkaart (director RHIA). Short introduction of:
    • RHIA
    • Aerospace Innovation Hub
  • Panel 1: Aircraft & Technology
    • Moderated by Dr.ir. Roelof Vos – Associate Professor, Flight Performance and Propulsion, TU Delft
    • Panelists:
  • Panel 2: Infrastructure & Operations
    • Moderated by Elise Bavelaar – Project & Innovation Manager Sustainable Airports, TU Delft
    • Panelists:
      • NLR: Nanette Lim – Consultant Sustainable Aviation
      • Rotterdam The Hague Airport: Jan-Daan Maasland – Innovator     
      • Transavia: Oliver Newton – Lead Sustainabilty & Innovation
      • Electric Flying Connection- speaker to be announced
  • Closing remarks
  • Drinks, including:
    • Networking opportunities
    • Sneak peek new location InHolland: Additionally, you get the opportunity to see the new building where Inholland develops the DragonFly and educates future engineers. Part of the building will also be used as an expansion site by the Aerospace Innovation Hub, with the goals of providing a work- and makerspace for their growing community of aerospace start-ups

We hope to meet you on the 21st!

Kind regards,

Victor Rijkaart (RHIA), Roelof Vos (TUD), Elise Bavelaar (TUD), Anne Wielens, and Gregoire Dastros-Pitei (Aerospace Innovation Hub)

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