Conference Program

Augustine Tai is the Business Development Lead for APAC for Eve Air Mobility. He leads Eve’s Business Development in APAC, being responsible for the sales strategy of Eve’s eVTOL and Services, for securing Partnerships throughout the UAM ecosystem, and for supporting future operations in the APAC region.
Augustine brings to the team over 20 years of experience in the aviation and aerospace sectors, and his experience includes Technical Services, Production Management, Program Management, Airline Line Operations and Sales, covering both MRO and OEM segments. Prior to joining Eve, Augustine held the role of Services & Support (Commercial Aviation) Director (APAC) at Embraer. He was responsible for all Services & Support activities for Embraer Commercial Aviation in the APAC region, and has direct responsibilities for Services Sales, Field Service, and Material Services in the region.
He holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical & Production Engineering from the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) of Singapore.

Mr. Paul Burton has been Managing Director, Asia Pacific, Aviation Week Network (AWN) since May 2018, when he became the region’s first full-time senior leader.　Mr. Burton is responsible for shaping AWN strategy for the Asia Pacific region. His portfolio spans all areas of AWN output, including exhibitions, conferences, data, consultancy and marketing services.
Mr. Burton’s university degrees include a Bachelor of Arts (Hons.) Politics from the University of Portsmouth, England, and a Master of Arts in US Studies from the School of the Americas, University of London, UK.

Takayuki Kumada provides digital transformation solutions that are powered by Blue Earth Platform, the proprietary platform that enables remote automatic control and cooperation of multiple drones or robots. These solutions are aimed at various industries like petrochemicals, manufacturing, communications and power generation.

Work Experience
・ Chief Manager, Information & Communications Division (Jul 2022 - present)
・ Manager, Information & Communications Division (Jul 2021 - Jun 2022)
・ Chief Manager, Engineering Department of Oita Branch Office (Jul 2019 - Jun 2021)
・ Joined Kyushu Electric Power (Apr 1997)

As a mechanism to support safe and efficient operation of drones, we will introduce the Spatial information infrastructure and Unmanned Aircraft System Traffic Management (UTM).

In 1964, Senda graduated from the Department of Engineering of University of Tokyo and was employed by Kokusai Denshin Denwa Co. Ltd (currently KDDI CORPORATION). After his engagement in the research and development of international phone exchange system and data exchange system, Yasuhiro used to be the Chief of London Office, General Manager and Director of Telehouse Europe Co. Ltd. In 1996, he became the Director of O-net, Inc. Afterwards, in 2000, Senda becomes a committee of NASDA National Space Development Agency of Japan (currently JAXA Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency), in 2012, a Director of Kokka-Vision Research Centre and in 2013, a Director of Japan SME Innovation Association.

Japan Radio Co., Ltd. (Apr. 1989-present)
-Development of airborne and shipborne radar systems.
-Development of UAS DAA systems.
・Executive Officer, Defense Systems Division. (Jan. 2023-present)
・General manager, Business Planning Department. (Apr. 2016-Dec. 2022)
・General manager, Defense Systems engineering Department. (Apr. 2011-Mar. 2016)

FaroStar's CEO, is an expert in collision avoidance technology for next-gen mobility. He is the managing director of an institution aiming to establish an institution to train engineers. Formerly in JASDF, he received the Vice President of the United States MVP for the Tomodachi Operation. He's an innovator driving transformative next-gen mobility.

Conducts research on the safe operation of small aircraft and the design and diffusion of small aircraft (Light Sport Aircraft) not yet introduced in Japan.Established the Urban Air Mobility Research Institute of Hosei University Graduate School in 2018. One of the member of the Public-Private Council for the Air Mobility Revolution.

He developed unique technologies such as caulking and snow-melting equipment, which led to the development of the AST coil, the core of the company's business, and built the foundation of Aster. Today, he continues to invent new technologies. He is a man of absolute conviction and cause.

Inertial Sensors are important parts for air-mobility however it is difficult to compare performances.
In the session we compare our inertial sensors under development with existing inertial sensors made overseas and forecast future views on inertial sensors.

The electrification of mobility is accelerating toward the realization of a decarbonized society by 2050. eVTOL will benefit greatly from further improvements in inverter technology, but there are measurement difficulties in its development. This presentation will provide key points for power measurement to correctly evaluate the performance of high-performance inverters.

John Vernon is the Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer of DroneUp, an American technology company that combines airspace solutions, software applications, analytics platforms and a trusted team of industry leaders to help companies operate at scale with drone innovation. Clients and partners include Walmart, Brookfield Properties, Quest Diagnostics and NATO Allied Command. Previously, Vernon was the COO of Web Teks, the digital transformation company providing leading-edge enterprise technology solutions to Fortune 500 firms, which was acquired by DroneUp. He served on the BVLOS Advisory Rule-Making Committee (2021) at the Federal Aviation Authority [FAA].

Shintaro Sasaki is representative of BOUNDARY GYOUSEISHOSHI CORPORATION, which specializes in drone-related license applications, license management, and legal advisory.

BOUNDARY GYOUSEISHOSHI CORPORATION are proud of Japan's leading support performance by expanding the range of support such as flight permission application, establishment of registered training institutions, school management, and business consulting.

In 2022, there are about 5,300 drone licensing projects per year, and the number of registered training institutes that provide support exceeds 100 companies.

As an educational activity for drone safety flight, he actively offers the latest legal rules, such as books and YouTube channel.

He has been with the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) since 2001, where he is currently a research team leader. He is also a professor at the Cooperative Graduate School of University of Tsukuba. His specialties include field robotics, autonomous distributed systems, and distributed mechanical systems.

・Participated in the development of the radio law for wireless devices with the MIC
・Futaba Drone School Instructor
・JUIDA certified national license instructor
・Rotor wing (multi-rotor) first class completion judge
・Basic design of FASST system at Futaba Co. (Fundamentals of current wireless communication system for UAV)

Dr. Cheng Wang: Cheng has 20 years of experience in Model Predictive Control (APC), Real-time Optimization, Simulation, Energy Management, and Digitalization Engineering and Business Development. Cheng is also Singapore Certified Energy Manager. At AWS, he is a WWSO Senior Specialist focusing on developing APJ technical BD and GTM strategy for simulation and digital twin. Prior to AWS, Cheng was working as senior business development manager with Yokogawa focused on APC, Multi-purpose simulation, Energy management and Digitalization consulting service across refinery, petrochemical, chemical and utility plants. Cheng obtained his Ph.D. from National University of Singapore in 2002, focused on Neural Network and Pattern Recognition applied for chemical process.