Name
Session 14 Panel | Advanced Aerial Vehicles – Building a Safe Entry Path
Date & Time
Thursday, November 6, 2025, 10:35 AM - 11:35 AM
Billy Nolen
Description

Integrating the new breed of emerging and advanced aerial vehicles (AAV) — including drones and eVOTL — into airspace around the world presents a range of complex challenges that span technological, regulatory, infrastructural, and societal domains. These include the development of a robust and harmonized regulatory framework, infrastructure development, public acceptance, and trust in frameworks that support the safe and efficient rollout of these operations on a global scale.

Moderator: David Hansell, Global Regulatory Professional, Irish Aviation Authority 

Panelists:  
Matt McCardle, Head of Global Infrastructure, Expansion, and Regulatory, Amazon Prime Air 
Billy Nolen, Chief Regulatory Officer, Archer Aviation 
INVITED: Ben Ivers, Autonomous Systems Global Safety and Regulatory Affairs, Boeing