We are excited to announce our Expert Lectures for October! Register now.
October 15 @ 12:00 pm EST
Title: Energy/Powerplant Approaches
Bio: Dr. Dominic Barone is the Manager of the Future Flight Concepts program within Boeing’s Sustainability and Future Mobility Team. He is responsible for leading an enterprise-wide team to develop alternative energy solutions to achieve aviation net zero goals in 2050. The team is responsible for creating and analyzing new aircraft concepts, identifying new key technologies, and transitioning those technologies to product design. Prior to his current role, Dominic worked for Boeing’s subsidiary, Aurora Flight Sciences as the Manager of the Electrical Propulsion and Power group and as a Staff Propulsion engineer.
Dr. Barone’s academic career started with a B.S. and M.S. in Aerospace engineering from University of Cincinnati, where he was an undergraduate co-op and graduate research fellow with the Air Force Research Laboratories developing scramjet engines and diagnostic technologies. His Ph.D. is from University of Virginia where he worked on novel energy systems for undersea systems and multi-phase fluid dynamics of particle separators.
Registration Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/4017254726557/WN_sd-Jkb4TQbCLFnsWL3QvXA
October 24, 2024 @ 12:00pm ET
Title: Fundraising in Aviation
Bio: Ben Marcus, Co-Founder and Managing Director, UP.Partners Ben Marcus is building and investing in technology companies that are Transforming the Moving World. In 2020, Ben and his partners Cyrus Sigari and Adam Grosser launched UP.Partners with an inaugural $230M USD venture fund. The sector-focused firm accelerates the positive impact of transportation innovation. Together with co-founders John Kuolt and Katelyn Foley, Ben spearheaded the launch of UP.Labs in 2022. UP.Labs partners with large corporations to build startups that solve some of the world’s most pressing challenges. UP.Labs’ first corporate partner is Porsche. UP.Labs builds two startups per year with each corporate partner. In 2014, Ben co-founded AirMap, the world’s leading airspace management platform. AirMap is delivering technology solutions globally for Unmanned Aircraft Traffic Management (UTM) to enable advanced aerial mobility operations at scale. AirMap was acquired in 2021. Ben is an FAA-certified Airline Transport Pilot and Flight Instructor with 5,000 hours of flight experience in more than 100 types of airplanes, seaplanes, gliders, and helicopters. He started his career as a flight instructor and flight test engineer. Ben is a graduate of Purdue University’s School of Aeronautics.
Registration link: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/1217254728378/WN_oB4DhlZATNa-pDuG3CCVAw
