Piasecki Aircraft President and CEO, John Piasecki, is one of a group of aerospace industry leaders briefing at this week’s inaugural Agility Prime, Virtual Meeting. Agility Prime is a US Air Force event designed to accelerate the growth of the transformative vertical flight market for subsequent government use. Mr. Piasecki is speaking at 1150AM on Wednesday, April 29.
See John’s presentation live at
www.AgilityPrime.com
The Speaking schedule is as follows:
Date: Wednesday, April 29
Module Time: 11:00 am – 1:00 pm ET
Module Topic: Leading the Charge /// Who’s flying now and what’s next for the Industry
Hear from industry leaders partnered with the Air Force through Small Business Innovation Research contracts and see how these innovators are considering broadened markets as part of their long-term commercialization strategy.Agenda:
11:10: Kick Off with Mr. Michael Brown
11:20: Firestarters: Each speaker has about 5 minutes to give a short pitch for their company. Please use just one slide to support your pitch – the more interesting, the better!
11:50: Breakout Rooms: split into 6 rooms, one for each speaker. Each room will have 10 minutes of Q&A and an interactive assignment for participants (more information to come). An experienced facilitator will be in each room to support.
Room 1: Paul Sciarra, Executive Chairman of the Board, Joby Aviation and Co-founder PinterestRoom 2: Kyle Clark, CEO, Beta Technologies
Room 3: Ed De Reyes, CEO, Sabrewing Aircraft
Room 4: Dave Merrill, CEO, Elroy Air
Room 5: John Piasecki, CEO, Piasecki Aircraft
Room 6: Matt Chasen, CEO, LIFT Aircraft
12:25: Debrief and Panel: Debrief the 6 rooms and live Q&A moderated panel.
12:55: Closing
Dr. Will Roper, assistant secretary of the Air Force for acquisition, technology and logistics, will officially launch Agility Prime. According to Mr. Roper, “now is the perfect time to make Jetsons cars real.” He will kick of the event, a week-long immersive virtual experience.
The objective of Agility Prime is to reinforce the Air Force commitment to partnering with industry, investors and the interagency to help ensure there is a robust capability in this new aerospace sector. Besides Mr. Roper’s keynote, there will be live virtual panels for manufacturers to showcase their capabilities alongside investors and academia. The government will also provide briefings and live moderated question and answer sessions to describe the contracting, testing airworthiness and import/export processes.