CKC 2022 UAM (Urban Air Mobility) Forum

• Program UAM Forum
• Date 10:30 – 12:00 on Wed., July 6th, 2022
• Venue Niagara Falls Marriott on the Falls, Niagara Falls, ON, Canada
• Purpose Canada-Korea International R&D Collaboration on UAM
• Theme UAM Research & Technology: Current & Future
• Background
  • UAM is the most promising future transportation system to solve urban traffic congestion and logistics cost problems.
  
  
  • The global UAM market was valued at $1.6B in 2018 and is expected to reach $41B by 2030, growing at a compound annural growth rate of 31%. North America is currently leading the UAM market, and the UAM market in Europe is also growing rapidly.
  
  
  • In Korea, multi-national companies, such as Hyundai Motors and Hanwha, and various research institutes are conducting research and development.
• Technical areas of the Forum
  • UAM structures (lightweight & multi-functional materials, airworthy structures, crashworthiness, etc)
  
  
  • System design and low noise technologies
  
  
  • Additive manufacturing
  
  
  • Hybrid electric propulsion
  
  
  • Avionics and Sensors
  
  
  • Human machine interface and on-board autonomy
  
  
  • Vertiport
• Participants
  • Korean Government Research Institutes, Canadian and Korean Universities and Research supporting, and managing institute such as KEIT and KIAT
  
  
  • UAM related companies