Sherry Yang

Sherry Yang is Senior Manager of Airspace Operational Efficiency at Boeing Research & Technologies. Working across technologies and businesses, Yang facilitates public and private partnerships to develop and evaluate new technologies and operation concepts for the aviation ecosystem. She is actively engaged with government, industry, and academia technical committees. Yang is Associate Fellow of American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), Technical Advisor to the ICCAIA Members of the ICAO Information Management Panel (IMP) and ATM Required Performance Panel (ATMRPP), and Boeing Representative for CANSO Complete Air Traffic System (CATS) Technical Committee.
Yang is the Boeing lead for the Multi-Regional Trajectory-Based Operations (MR TBO) project.

Biruk Abraham

Biruk Abraham is a Senior International Representative with the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration’s Air Traffic Organization. In this role, he is responsible for collaboration on technical aspects of air traffic management with international partners in Africa, Europe, and Middle East. In a prior role, he served as a Branch Manager in the FAA’s NextGen Technology Development and Prototyping Division where he oversaw a portfolio of research and engineering projects that envision an Information-Centric National Airspace System. Biruk began his 20-year career in aviation by earning his Commercial Pilot and Flight Instructor certifications before joining the U.S. Army, where he served as a UH-60 Blackhawk Pilot for eight years. He holds a Master of Aeronautical Science degree from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.

Kyoko Sato

De Wei Lim

De Wei Lim is an operational Air Traffic Control Officer, with more than 12 years of experience in the enroute sector. He had ratings in both procedural and surveillance control and is a qualified On-Job-Training Instructor (OJTI) and Unit Check Controller (UCC). He helps to train new ATCO trainees, while also helping to conduct proficiency checks to maintain the necessary standards in the operational unit. He is also Search and Rescue (SAR) rated and assist in the provision of SAR services within the Singapore FIR.
Mr. Lim was the project lead from CAAS in the Multi-Regional Trajectory-Based Operations from 2020 – 2022 where he was responsible for designing the operational scenarios together with the project partners to validate the operational values of TBO. He is also representing International Federation of Air Traffic Controllers’ Association (IFATCA) as a member of the ICAO ATM Requirements and Performance Panel (ATMRPP), which is the technical panel in ICAO developing the ICAO global TBO concept.

Antonio Garutti

Antonio Garutti is currently Head of Telecommunication System Project Office within the Directorate of Telecommunications and Integrated Applications, at ESA – ESTEC in The Netherlands and thus responsible for the Implementation of a large number of ESA Private Public Partnership Programmes with Industries In the Telecommunications domain. He has been with ESA for the last 21 years, working in various functions: Head of the Industrial Policy Implementation Office, Programme Manager the Telecommunication Satellite development AG1 and, from 2003 to 2006, responsible for the Procurement of the Galileo Giove A and B Satellites. Before joining ESA, he has been working in Italian Space Industry reaching the responsibility of Head Department for Satellite Power Systems and Equipment’s development. Italian nationality, he holds a Master Degree in Electronic Nuclear Engineering at the “Politecnico di Milano”.

Miho Itoh

Miho Itoh has over 20 years’ experience in various ATM-related positions at JANS. She worked as an air traffic controller at several airports and as an Air Traffic Management Officer at Air Traffic Management Center (ATMC). Later, she was in charge of ATFM at the HQ of JANS and has participated in discussions on the development of ATFM in the APAC region.

She also been involved in ATM system development work based on experience of an air traffic controller. With this background, she is currently working as a Special Assistant to the Director in the ATC Data System Office, ANS Planning Division, ANS Department at JANS. She is mainly responsible for systems related to ATFM, oceanic traffic control and datalink

Andrew Hately

Andrew Hately is a senior researcher in the Drone unit at the EUROCONTROL Innovation Hub in France. He was the technical coordinator of the CORUS and CORUS-XUAM (CORUS extension for Urban Air Mobility ) projects which respectively produced and updated the concept of operation for U-space, Europe’s UTM system. Andrew also participates in the U-ELCOME project which is implementing U-space in Spain, Italy and France and as part of the project EUROCONTROL is leading the writing a handbook for U-space implementation with a focus on Harmonisation.

Linda Berny

Graduated from a engineering school, Linda Berny starts her career as Datascientist, boasting two years of service at SopraSteria. She joins the Eurocontrol NM Laboratory where she devoted her expertise on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Big Data topics. In addition of her informatic skills, demonstrating a synchronized approach with cutting-edge technological progress, she dedicated a strong interest for mathematics and algorithmics. Her worldview of the ATM industry expands as she encounters various experiences.

Richard Ellis

Richard joined NATS in November 2023 to create a new and transformative P&L to enable services for all airspace users to be integrated safely and generate value from new types of operational services both in the UK and internationally.

With over 30 years’ experience he has spent most of his career in executive positions at the forefront of new industries enabling, commercialising, and scaling new capabilities. Over the last 6 years he has been transforming the Unified Traffic Management (UTM) industry.

Amanda Boekholt

Amanda is an experienced legal advisor and strategic leader specializing in drone regulations and innovation. Currently Deputy Head of the Strategy and Innovation Unit at the Federal Office of Civil Aviation, she leads the legal implementation of the U-space regulatory package in Switzerland. Her role also involves fostering partnerships within the UTM industry, facilitating collaboration and innovation to harmonize technological advancements with legal frameworks. Amanda’s commitment to advancing drone technology and regulation is further demonstrated through her active involvement in industry projects and associations, such as the Global UTM Association (GUTMA), where she serves as Treasurer. Additionally, Amanda plays a key role in the InterUSS Platform, guiding the adoption of tools and policies such as the automated test suite to promote cooperation among key drone stakeholders. Previously, Amanda served as Secretary General of the Swiss U-space Implementation (SUSI), where she coordinated initiatives to trial and implement U-space services in Switzerland.