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Thank You!

Thank you to all speakers and attendees for making SA Symposium 2016 great!  See you in 2017.

On May 6-7 2016 in San Francisco a global faculty of technology experts and visionaries will come together to advance emission-free flight at the Sustainable Aviation Symposium

The 2016 Sustainable Aviation Symposium will convene the leading experts and visionaries from across the globe to present the latest breakthroughs in technologies relevant to the electric aviation movement. Topics this year will span everything from Solar and High Altitude Flight to Sky Taxis and Cargo Drones, from Batteries and Ultra capacitors to Fuel Cells.

Registration is available now!

SA Symposium 2016 presenters include

  • NASA Chief Scientist Dennis Bushnell on Green, Renewable Energy
  • Tomas Brødreskift of Equator Aircraft from Norway on The P2 Xcursion Hybrid Amphibious LSA
  • Eric Raymond of Solar-Flight from Italy on Solar 6-Seat Transporter, Sunstar and Sunseeker Duo
  • Dr. Josef Kallo of DLR from Germany on Emission-free Flight with Hydrogen
  • Dr. Parimal Kopardekar of NASA on Safely Enabling Low-Altitude UAS Operations
  • Joshua Portlock of ScientificAerospace on Commercializing UAS/UAVs
  • Dr. Dan Raymer on Sparky Flapjack - Inspirations From the Vought 173
  • David Calley on Electric Motor Breakthroughs
  • Dr. Justin Jaworski of Lehigh University on Silent Owl Wings and Their Implications for Noise Reduction Technologies
  • Philip Barnes of Pelican Aero Group on Regenerative Flight
  • And many others

Speakers

Dr. Parimal Kopardekar

Principal Investigator - NASA

Dr. Frank Anton

EVP, Head of eAircraft - Siemens AG

Tomas Brødreskift

Industrial Designer - Equator Aircraft Norway SA

Eric Raymond

Founder and President - Solar Flight

Bill Parks

Chief Engineer, Aerovironment

Dr. Ben Santer

Research Scientist, Lawrence Livermore National Lab

W Ray Morgan

Morgan Aircraft Consulting

Dennis Bushnell

NASA Chief Scientist

Dr. Josef Kallo

Professor, DLR Germany

Alejandro Pensado

2015 NASA Award Winner

Michael Starr

2015 NASA Award Winner

Joshua Portlock

CEO - ScientificAerospace

Dr. Aarohi Vijh

Staff Engineer - Alta Devices

Dr. Eric Darcy

Battery Group Lead, NASA Johnson Space Center Battery

Chip Erwin

Aircraft Designer, Aeromarine-LSA

Boris Popov †

Founder - BRS Aviation

Dr. Kevin D. Jones

Research Associate Professor - Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey

Dr. Dan Raymer

Conceptual Research Corp

Cris Hawkins

Aircraft Designer

David Calley

Motor Designer, Planet Rider

Dr. Yi Cui

Professor, Stanford University

Dr. Justin Jaworski

Professor, Lehigh University

Dean Sigler

Editor-in-Chief, SustainableSkies.org

J. Philip Barnes

Technical Fellow, Pelican Aero Group

Dr. Tyler MacCready

CEO, OceanLab

Dr. Brien Seeley

President, SA Foundation

† denotes a PADA Trophy Winner

Images from SA Symposium 2016 Presenters

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SA Symposium 2016 – Thank you for an amazing event!

SA Symposium 2016 is a wrap! Thank you to our esteemed group of presenters and wonderful attendees for making this an historic year at SA Symposium.  Feedback from attendees has been excellent and our presenters reported significant interest in their topics post-event.  Below you will find some media from the event and links to press coverage. We look forward to...
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Countdown to SA Symposium 2016

SA Symposium 2016 Program

Day 1
06 May 2016
Day 2
07 May 2016
07:15

Registration and Breakfast

Dr. Brien Seeley

Opening Remarks

08:00
Dr. Brien Seeley
Dr. Eric Darcy

Passively Thermal Runaway Propagation Resistant Battery Module that Achieves > 190 Wh/kg

08:05
Dr. Eric Darcy
Dean Sigler

Engineering Safety Devices for Electric Aircraft

08:30
Dean Sigler
Dr. Josef Kallo

Emission free flight with Hydrogen: dream or reality?

09:00
Dr. Josef Kallo
Dennis Bushnell

Green, Renewable Energy to Power Electric Aircraft

09:30
Dennis Bushnell
10:00

Break

David Calley

Electric Motor Breakthroughs

10:20
David Calley
Dr. Yi Cui

State of the Art Batteries

10:50
Dr. Yi Cui
Dr. Frank Anton

Siemens Purpose-built Electric Aircraft Propulsion System

11:20
Dr. Frank Anton
Michael Starr

The Bladessa Electric Powered Aircraft

11:50
Michael Starr
Joshua Portlock

4Scight is better than hindsight: A decade of autonomous electric VTOL UAV development and commercialization

12:05
Joshua Portlock
12:20

Lunch (included with registration)

Dr. Ben Santer

Climate Change: Data or Dogma?

13:20
Dr. Ben Santer
Bill Parks

Power System Challenges in Manned and Unmanned Electric Aircraft

13:50
Bill Parks
Dr. Parimal Kopardekar

Unmanned Aerial System Traffic Management System (UTM) for Safely Enabling Low-altitude UAS operations

14:15
Dr. Parimal Kopardekar
Dr. Tyler MacCready

Keeping it Simple in Crowded Skies

14:40
Dr. Tyler MacCready
Dr. Kevin D. Jones

The Potential Civil and Military Uses of UAV Swarms

15:05
Dr. Kevin D. Jones
15:30

Break

Joshua Portlock

Autonomous Flight Forum

15:50
Joshua Portlock
Dr. Parimal Kopardekar
Bill Parks
Dr. Kevin D. Jones
Dr. Tyler MacCready
W Ray Morgan

1st Annual Honorary Dr. Paul B. MacCready Lecture: From Solar Challenger to HALE Aircraft, Doing More With Much Less

16:15
W Ray Morgan
Dr. Dan Raymer

Sparky Flapjack – Inspirations from the Vought 173

17:00
Dr. Dan Raymer
19:00

Theme Dinners & Presentations

Dennis Bushnell

Energy Storage Theme Dinner

19:00
Dinner in Grand Foyer
Dennis Bushnell
Dr. Brien Seeley

Aerodynamics/Autonomous Flight Theme Dinner

19:00
Dinner in Grand Foyer
Dr. Brien Seeley
David Calley

Motors / Propulsion Theme Dinner

19:00
Dinner in Grand Foyer
David Calley
07:15

Full Breakfast

Wayne Cook

Opening Remarks

08:00
Wayne Cook
J. Philip Barnes

Principles of High-efficiency Electric Flight – Part 1: Motor, Battery, and Power Conditioning

08:05
J. Philip Barnes
Cris Hawkins

From Self-Driving Cars to The Self-Driving Sky Taxi

08:35
Cris Hawkins
Boris Popov †

Ballistic Recovery Parachutes for Electric Aircraft

09:05
Boris Popov †
Tomas Brødreskift

P2 Xcursion, hybrid amphibious LSA

09:35
Tomas Brødreskift
10:05

Break

Dr. Justin Jaworski

Silent Owl Wings and Their Implications For Noise Reduction Technologies

10:25
Dr. Justin Jaworski
J. Philip Barnes

Principles of High-efficiency Electric Flight – Part 2: Propeller and Windprop Performance

10:55
J. Philip Barnes
Dr. Brien Seeley

Aircraft Performance Specs for On-demand, High Capacity Regional Sky Transit

11:25
Dr. Brien Seeley
Eric Raymond

Solar 6-seat Transporter, SUNSTAR and Sunseeker Duo

11:55
Eric Raymond
Chip Erwin

The Merlin: Affordable Electric LSA

12:25
Chip Erwin
Dr. Aarohi Vijh

Enabling Sustainable Flight with State of Art Solar Technology

12:50
Dr. Aarohi Vijh
13:15

Adjourn to Hiller Aviation Museum and other local attractions