AiRMOUR Training Course 3 – Facilitating EMS UAM in European cities

This online lecture series will facilitate understanding of how EMS UAM operations can be incorporated into cities considering main factors such as, socio-economic impact, public acceptance, perceived risks, noise and visual pollution. It will explain how this new form of mobility could be integrated with existing processes and will present current trials of medical drone deliveries. The course draws upon learnings from the EU funded AiRMOUR project which focuses on Sustainable Urban Mobility for Emergency Medical Services (EMS).

The training is open to all and will be most relevant for city authorities, urban planners, medical operators and aviation professionals. It may also be of interest to those working in the UAM industry who would like to set up a drone service in the future. The course is free and suitable for anyone interested in the topic. The webinar will be recorded, and certificates of completion will be issued.

The training will be given in two parts;

Part 1: One hour online lecture answering the question on the topic of ‘Introduction to perceived UAM risks’ led by LFV, Sweden. And the overview of ‘Noise and visual pollution: tools & concepts’ will be covered by Linköping University, Sweden. Register for free here: https://eurocontrol-int.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_EBQKNHw5TZenhRYHx5SVCQ

Part 2: One hour online lecture answering the question ’Social acceptability on Urban Air Mobility: assessing public perceptions’ for drone services?’ Exploring the current opinions from different stakeholders using the engagement strategies. Led by LuxMobility, Luxembourg. Register for free here: https://eurocontrol-int.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_3oIa-jVrTmqkuAyFr26MYA

Module 1 of 2 (Live webinar)

Title: Introduction to UAM risk, noise and visual pollution

Date & time: 26^th October (2:00 to 3:00pm CET)

Overview: (Topic -1 Introduction to perceived risks)

In this module, Speaker will explores various models and concepts related to how people perceive risks, both in general and specifically in the context of UAM. Developing strategies to reduce these perceived risks is crucial for introducing UAM into operations.

A particular challenge is understanding how perceived risk is formed, which involves factors like people’s understanding, knowledge, experience, and their enthusiasm for new technology. What we’ve learned so far suggests that the social status and affordability of UAM-related services play a surprisingly significant role compared to actual safety risks in shaping people’s perceptions.

Creating effective risk reduction strategies is not an easy task because it involves addressing biases and fears through targeted information sharing. It also requires promoting the benefits of UAM for the greater good. For instance, survey studies conducted in Helsinki provide examples of how firsthand experiences can influence people’s level of concern regarding UAM.

Overview: (Topic-2 Noise and visual pollution: tools & concepts)

Noise pollution is a distressing sound that may harm the physical or mental activity of humans or animals. Visual pollution is the negative impact an individual may experience by viewing a visual pollutant and its movement, e.g. a UAV or an eVTOL. While noise pollution has both physiological (physically measureable causes and effects) and psychological (subjective) elements, visual pollution is purely psychological.

In this lecture, we will introduce the concepts of noise and visual pollution from UAVs, and explain how these might impact the public opinion of UAM. We will also explain how strategic and tactical planning of UAVs and eVTOLs can be done to minimize the noise and visual pollution, as well as the air and ground risk.   

Moderator:

Palak Panchal- LuxMobility

Palak is co-ordinator for the AIRMOUR training curriculum and is leading public and stakeholder engagement on Urban Air Mobility for the AiRMOUR project. She is working as a Transport consultant at LuxMobility, based in Luxembourg, working on smart and sustainable mobility projects. She has a background in Urban Mobility and previously worked as a transport planner in India, for major transport projects such as designing and socio-environment impact assessment of Metro rail corridor. She also has an experience in supply chain logistics, at ExxonMobil to make Marine Transport Operations more efficient & sustainable in Europe.

Trainer:

Topic-1 Trainer:

Lothar Meyer is in charge of the work package called “Assessment and effective reduction of perceived UAM risks and safety levels.” He has a background as a safety expert and holds a PhD. He works in academia as a lecturer and PhD supervisor. His research centers on practical methods for assessing safety, with a specific focus on how humans perform, the potential for human errors, workload, fatigue, and studying how operators establish situation awareness using eye-tracking technology.

Topic-2 Trainer:

Tobias Andersson Granberg is a professor in Quantitative Logistics at Linköping University in Sweden. He enjoys research and teaching within transportation planning in general, with applications in aviation and emergency response in particular. Recently, he has been trying to combine these two areas studying how UAVs and eVTOLs can be used as efficient tools in emergency response and disaster management.

Module 2 of 2 (Live webinar)

Title: ’Social acceptability on Urban Air Mobility: assessing public perceptions’

Date & time: 3^rd November(2:00 to 3:00pm CET)

Overview:

This Module will discuss about how to engage with citizens on the topic of Urban/Advanced Air Mobility and will provide a brief on the different engagement strategies. It will explore current attitudes of public their main concerns and perceived benefits from Urban Air Mobility and drone technology based on current research from AiRMOUR. In a second part It will provide an overview and identification of various stakeholders to be involved in the local UAM discussions and the development of strategies for effective collaboration to ensure the successful integration of Urban/Advanced air mobility into existing environment.

Moderator:

Palak Panchal- LuxMobility

Palak is co-ordinator for the AIRMOUR training curriculum and is leading public and stakeholder engagement on Urban Air Mobility for the AiRMOUR project. She is working as a Transport consultant at LuxMobility, based in Luxembourg, working on smart and sustainable mobility projects. She has a background in Urban Mobility and previously worked as a transport planner in India, for major transport projects such as designing and socio-environment impact assessment of Metro rail corridor. She also has an experience in supply chain logistics, at ExxonMobil to make Marine Transport Operations more efficient & sustainable in Europe.

Trainer:

Patrick Egmond-LuxMobility 

Patrick is the Managing Director of LuxMobility, a privately owned transport and mobility consultancy based in Luxembourg. He is a transport expert with a specialization in the field of Sustainable mobility and innovation with over 20 years of experience. Patrick has been involved in numerous international projects with a focus on sustainable mobility, digitalization, Urban air mobility and smart city development. Together with EURCONTROL he organised the first Luxembourg Master class on Urban Air Mobility in 2019. He leads the public acceptance and development of engagement strategies within the AIRMOUR project. From last June on he assure the same responsibility in the SESAR JU Safir-Ready project. Noteworthy is also his involvement in the execution of a medical drone delivery service in Senegal.

Discover the transformative potential of UAM through the lens of Europe’s three leading RDI projects!

Date: 22.11.2023
Time: 9:00AM – 5:00 PM (CET)
Location: European Convention Centre, 4 Place d’Europe, Luxembourg

Barcelona’s Tomorrow Mobility World Congress (TMWC) is the ultimate event to accelerate sustainable and intelligent urban mobility – a 3-day summit where global experts delve into the most relevant issues for the future of the sector. This year, TMWC’s full focus is on real implementation.

Get your pass here: www.tomorrowmobility.com/passes-prices

The Tomorrow Mobility World Congress (TMWC) 2023 is dedicated to helping make urban mobility more sustainable. From electric vehicles, energy intelligence including hydrogen and batteries, to Urban Air Mobility (UAM) and autonomous driving, digital twins, or blockchain, but also women empowerment in urban mobility or tactical urbanism, local governments must build our cities with a human-centric focus. 

TMWC 2023 will bring together industry executives, government leaders, and global experts to address the crucial challenges the transportation sector is facing and display effective and proven solutions for cities and the planet. 

Read more: www.tomorrowmobility.com/featured-speakers

Transportation is still the fastest-growing source of pollution globally, accounting for 23% share of global emissions in 2022. New models promoting a zero-emission and automated mobility, more sustainable urban logistics, enhanced public transport and multimodal networks  are empowering a real urban mobility revolution. Urban air mobility is a big part of this strategy.

Thought leaders, urban planners, and industry drivers are on a journey to transform the way we move across our cities and improve their liveability making our environment cleaner, safer, more efficient, and citizen-focused. TMWC is the place to join this movement and make your move matter to a better urban mobility.

Urban Mobility Days will bring together politicians, local authorities, industry, and urban transport practitioners with the European Commission to connect, share and discuss the path forward for a sustainable, innovative, and equitable future for Europe’s urban mobility.

The event will take place in Seville’s Palacio de Exposiciones y Congresos, Fibes, October 4th–6th and it’s organised together with the Spanish Presidency of the Council of the EU.

This year Urban Mobility Days will have a specific focus on transport skills. You can find the full programme here.

AiRMOUR partner LuxMobility‘s Managing Director Patrick van Egmond and Regional management Nordhessen GmbH‘s Managing Director Astrid Szogs will be participating in an interesting panel October 5th at 11:30:

The session centres around user needs and public acceptance of Urban Air Mobility. The following questions are to be addressed during the discussion:

Register here!

The Centre for Resuscitation Science of Stockholm’s Karolinska Institutet will host a hybrid symposium on the Impact of Using Drones in Emergency Medicine on September 27th at 11:30 – 4:30 (CET) in Stockholm’s Södersjukhuset hospital and online via Zoom.

The symposium provides a platform for pioneering researchers to share and discuss advancements in this field. AiRMOUR partner Robots Experts’s Jonas Stjernberg will give a speech about the regulatory and legal considerations at 12:30. The event will be moderated by Professor Jacob Hollenberg and Assistant Professor Andreas Claesson. 

See full agenda below and register here.

12:00 Introduction and Welcome (Jacob Hollenberg and Andreas Claesson) 
12:10 Overview of Autonomous Drones as First Responders (Andreas Claesson) 
12:30 Regulatory and Legal Considerations (Jonas Stjernberg – Consultant, Robots Experts) 
12:50 First Responder Considerations – Why Drones as First Responders are Necessary from a HEMS Perspective (Lyon / Curtis MDs, Professors KSS, UK) 
13:10 Current State of Drone Technology (Mats Sällström, CEO Everdrone) 

—- 13:30 Break (10 minutes) —-

13:40 AED-Drones in Aalborg, Denmark (Louise Kollander, MD, PhD Student) 
14:00 Manned Ambulance Drones for the Paris Olympics 2024 (Matthieu Heidet, Assistant Professor SAMU-Paris, France) 
14:20 Experiences from Integrating AED-Equipped Drones at the Dispatch Centre in Sweden (Sofia Schierbeck MD, PhD Student) 

—- 14:40 Coffee Break —-

15:00 Drone Delivery of AED and medication for time sensitive medical emergencies: The Canadian Experience. (Sheldon Cheskes, MD, Professor) 
15:20 Review Comparison between US, Canada, and Sweden (Jessica Zegre-Hemsey, Assistant Professor, North Carolina University, US) 
15:40 The Future of AED-Drone Defibrillation (Fredrik Folke, MD, Professor) 
16:00 Panel Discussion (All). Summary of key takeaways and action items from the meeting.
16:20 Closure.

Register here to participate live or online.

LuxMobility in partnership with EUROCONTOL will hold a 1,5 day masterclass to bring together learners on the AiRMOUR training curriculum and interested stakeholders to build their knowledge on the topic of Urban air Mobility use cases focusing on European cities.

The objectives of the 1,5 day training for participants are as follows: 

In order to increase the knowledge level on Urban Air mobility in different aspects Luxmobility will organise a 1,5-day masterclass with subject matter experts such as city representatives and project partners, ideally, also external speakers with expertise in this area from replicator city authorities, UAM industry and the medical sector. Speakers and agenda TBA later.

The masterclass will focus on opportunities and the challenges for integrating UAM drone services for cities/urban areas within the existing transport modes. After the presentations from different speakers there will be an interactive panel discussion and Q&A session.

This masterclass is free of charge.

Register here.

The European Aeronautics Science Network (EASN) and the University of Salerno organise the 13th EASN International Conference on “Innovation in Aviation & Space for opening New Horizons” in Salerno, Italy from the 5th until the 8th of September, 2023. The conference venue is located at the Fisciano Campus of the University of Salerno.

Like its predecessors, the 13th EASN International Conference will include several Plenary Talks by distinguished personalities of the European Aviation and Space sectors from the academia, industry, research community, and policymakers.

The event will also give the opportunity to scientists and researchers from all over the world to present their recent achievements in a series of thematic sessions, organized by internationally recognized scientists.

Furthermore, the conference is expected to be a major European Dissemination and Exploitation event of Aviation & Space related research, as it will provide a forum for presenting their activities and achieved goals, discussing current trends and future needs of aviation & space-related research, and trying to identify possible synergies with each other. Additionally, several policy development projects will also find the floor to present the strategic priorities of the European aviation sector.

See full agenda here: https://www.program.easnconference.eu/

Register here: https://easnconference.eu/2023/registration/form

Future Hospital Nordic event will dive into these questions: Can hospital services and care be restructured? How to provide right care at the right place and at the right time? Would it be possible to make hospital services with even better outcomes? To keep up with changing healthcare services and high patient expectations we need new ways of thinking and defining hospital services.

This year’s Future Hospital Nordic conference’s other TOP-themes include: 

AiRMOUR’s Coordinator Petri Mononen (Principal Scientist, Research Team Leader, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland LTD) will give a keynote presentation on the virtual conference September 20th, at 10:15 (CET):

Register here!

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This online lecture series will set out how Urban Air Mobility could support and complement the existing emergency medical fleet (e.g. helicopters and ambulances). It will explain how this new form of mobility could integrate into existing medical processes and will present current trials of medical drone deliveries. The training will also cover the term ’U-space’ and what this concept means for existing emergency helicopter operations. Regulatory requirements related to different concept of operations (CONOPS) will be explained. The course draws upon learnings from the EU funded AiRMOUR project which focuses on Sustainable Urban Mobility for Emergency Medical Services (EMS).

The training is open to all and will be most relevant for Helicopter Emergency Medical Service (HEMS) operators and medical professionals. It may also be of interest to those working in the UAM industry who would like to set up a medical drone service in the future.

Module 1: What does Urban Air Mobility mean for the Emergency Medical Sector? Exploring the interaction and integration with other emergency medical transport modes. Led by UMCG Ambulancezorg, Netherlands.
Register for free here!

Module 2: What does U-space mean for HEMS operations? Led by EUROCONTROL. It will also set out the regulatory requirements related to different CONOPS. Led by Robots Expert, Finland.
Register for free here!

The recorded lecture series will later be made available on the AiRMOUR Learning Platform.

To catch up on the first training course which was delivered last year and titled ‘Introducing Urban Air Mobility and its potential to support the Emergency Medical Services sector’. Registration and sign-up to the course is free.

Title: What does Urban Air Mobility mean for the Emergency Medical Sector? Exploring the interaction and integration with other emergency medical transport modes.

Time: Wednesday 24th May 14:00-15:00 CET

Overview:

This module discusses the value proposition of novel electric aircraft for the (urgent) medical system.  First, ongoing developments within the healthcare system resulting in a need for efficient mobility solutions are explored. The upcoming availability of electric aircraft is then introduced and the different aircraft are structured into 2 types; (piloted) passenger-eVTOLs and unmanned delivery drones. Subsequently, the value case of both aircraft types is explored in greater detail focusing on the problem that is being addressed within the medical system and on the implementation challenges. Additionally, finished/ongoing projects including an estimated implementation timeline are provided. Lastly, an integration framework is presented which facilitates local stakeholders from e.g the medical domain in the process of implementing UAM solutions in the medical system.

Moderator:

Palak Panchal- LuxMobility

Palak is co-ordinator for the AIRMOUR training curriculum and is leading public and stakeholder engagement on Urban Air Mobility for the AiRMOUR project. She is working as a Transport consultant at LuxMobility, based in Luxembourg, working on smart and sustainable mobility projects. She has a background in Urban Mobility and previously worked as a transport planner in India, for major transport projects such as designing and socio-environment impact assessment of Metro rail corridor. She also has an experience in supply chain logistics, at ExxonMobil to make Marine Transport Operations more efficient & sustainable in Europe.

Trainer:

Jannik Krivohlavek – UMCG Ambulancezorg

Jannik is a program manager (related to electric aviation) since 2021 at an ambulance service in the North of the Netherlands called UMCG ambulancezorg. UMCG is affiliated to the University Hospital of Groningen (UMCG) which is the biggest employer in the North of the Netherlands.

Jannik is managing and co-creating input from UMCG on the AiRMOUR project advising and supporting the management for the use of electric aircrafts (drones/eVTOLs) in the healthcare sector. Jannik has experience presenting the concept of UAM to medical sector workers and other key stakeholders. He collaborates with relevant regional organisations and initiatives such as ANWB-MAA (Dutch HEMS operator), ADAC Luftrettung (German HEMS operator) and Medical Drone Service (Dutch initiative focusing on drone hospital logistics).

Jannik has a master’s degree in Technology and Operations Management and wrote his thesis on ‘enhancing emergency blood supply using drones’.

To be awarded a certificate of attendance for this course learners will need to register and attend all two modules. If it is not possible for you to attend all lectures then you can also register for single lectures. The online lectures will be recorded and made available this summer on an online learning platform which we will communicate nearer the time. Learners will be awarded a certificate of completion once they have finished the course.

Where: Lisbon Congress Centre, Session Room: Room 1.8
When: 24.5.2023 at 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM

ERTICO – ITS Europe and Lisboa Câmara Municipal will proudly host the 15th ITS European Congress in Lisbon, Portugal, from 22 May to 24 May 2023. The event will take place at the Lisbon Congress Centre.

In the coming years, a dramatic increase is expected in drone flights. A new mode of transport for goods and people becomes part of our daily lives and should also become part of daily traffic management practices in cities. Integrating the third dimension – airspace – into legacy traffic management systems is a true paradigm change. 

Low level air traffic coming to cities brings along a new vocabulary, range of safety requirements and regulations that previously did not exist. In parallel, stakeholders – from industry and regulatory bodies – unfamiliar with city practices and traditional ground traffic management need to find their way to the right counterparts in a city. So, the industry is pushing forward but there is a lack of readiness on the local level: how to approach this challenge? What kind of new ITS initiatives could mitigate risks related to safety or economic sustainability? 

In this SFS, Petri Mononen of VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland focuses on urban airspace management and roles of cities. What are the intelligent digital services that can help ensure safe and efficient access to airspace for large numbers of drones? What capabilities should be developed and are realistic to demand from a local authority or are for the market? 

Lisa van der Heijden the Netherlands of the Flying Forward 2020 project speaks about the importance of involving a wide range of essential stakeholders when using Living Labs for drone demonstration and integration. A deepdive will be made into the creation of readiness for (local) authorities to integrate the third dimension. 

Silvio Semanjski of SEAL Aero in Spain sheds light on technical challenges related to the roll-out of Unmanned Aircraft System Traffic Management. How to safely and securely manage airspace traffic and capacity? What kinds of safety-critical technologies are needed to support (autonomous) drone operations in urban environments?

The moderator in the discussion will be Renske Martijnse-Hartikka of Forum Virium Helsinki.

Read more and subscribe here: itseuropeancongress.com

Lisbon is part of Europe’s entrepreneurial and innovation ecosystem and enjoys global recognition as a welcoming destination. ITS has already made transportation much more efficient, demand-responsive and safe. This, combined with ERTICO’s work on promoting and developing smart mobility services, promises a fantastic programme, innovative live demos and a great experience overall.