ILA Berlin 2020

Aviation continues to be a growing global industry. The digitalization of products and services opens up opportunities to increase efficiency, to maintain very high safety levels and to enhance the competitiveness of companies with innovative solutions.

It's an age-old human dream to be able to fly like a bird. In the slightly more than 100 years of commercial aviation history, the technical innovations of electric flying have brought the desire for democratization of individual aviation mobility within reach for the first time. In our panel we will learn from pioneers and pacemakers of Urban Air Mobility how this new branch of aviation is currently doing and what still needs to be done to achieve a commercial breakthrough.

At the end of the trade visitor part of #AeroDays2020, we take a visionary look at the aviation of the future, out of the box so to speak. Will new technologies in combination with other business models disrupt air traffic? What influence does the offered cruising speed have on the ecological footprint, supply and demand? These and many other questions will be discussed on the basis of exemplary developments.

Berlin is Germany's hot spot for founders and venture capitalists. This is where founders and those who want to become founders find exactly the right environment to implement their business ideas. In this pitching session you will get to know some outstanding start-up companies from Berlin - and perhaps find a future cooperation partner.

In Germany, there are several TechCenters with a strong focus on aviation. Aim of the TechCenters is, to bring partners together and work on the integration and industrialization of innovative aviation technologies. The session will give both and overview of the landscape of German aviation TechCenters as well as an insight into individual centers, e.g. the ZAL in Hamburg.

Berlin has a lot to offer in the space-startup scene. In this session you will meet established and emerging companies and entrepreneurs from the capital region and learn why Berlin has become such an attractive place for the New Space Economy and where the journey is headed.