DroneTalks | Airspace modernisation and the governance layers challenge | Aerial Cities 2024

200+ stakeholders consulted, €20M invested, 2,100 municipalities engaged: Europe’s #regulators are modernising #airspace one project at a time. At Aerial Cities 2024, leaders from across Europe shared how project-based governance is cutting through complexity and enabling real-world drone and advanced air mobility (#AAM) operations. From Zurich’s €4M #Uspace corridor launch to Berlin’s certified medical #drone deliveries to Fuerteventura’s €20M #stratoport investment, panellists shared concrete examples of how coordinated governance is driving real progress; even in complex environments. Key insights from the panel discussion: ➡️ Cross-sector pilot projects are becoming the new governance framework. Projects, not policies, are driving #integration. ➡️ Communication gaps are still slowing deployment. Regulators and technology leaders must learn to “speak the same language” to #scale. ➡️ Progress is tangible. Europe’s regulators are shifting from gatekeepers to enablers and embedding lessons from sandboxes into long-term #frameworks. Moderated by Lorenzo Murzilli (Co-founder & CEO, Murzilli Consulting), this panel featured expert insights from Paul Kennedy (Head of Aviation Infrastructure, Irish Aviation Authority), Marielies Becker (Senior Manager for Innovation Aerospace, Berlin Partner für Wirtschaft und Technologie GmbH), Larissa Haas (UAS Policy Coordinator, Strategy and Innovation Unit, Federal Office of Civil Aviation Switzerland FOCA), Colin Chesterton (Challenge Lead, UK Civil Aviation Authority), and Sergio David Díaz Martínez (Aerospace Engineer, Parque Tecnológico Fuerteventura).