What is the US way for building the UTM market and how it compares globally?
This panel will highlight the regional differences in regulatory and industry approaches to the building and opening of the UTM and drone services market, with a specific focus on the US drone service ecosystem. The US approach will be put into a global perspective and will be analyzed in comparison with alternative strategies to draw global “policy and governance” best practices.
The panel will be moderated by GUTMA’s Secretary-General Koen De Vos and will feature:
- Peter Sachs, UTM Implementation Program Manager at the Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration Office of the FAA;
- Takanori Ito, Program Manager at Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI);
- John Vernon, C0-founder & CTO at DroneUp;
- Maria Algar Ruiz, Drone Programme Manager at EASA (European Aviation Safety Agency)