Frank Wernecke is the founder and CEO of DroneMasters, a consultancy focusing on vertical mobility and drones. He is also the founding partner of the DroneMasters Academy, which provides training services for professionals and empowers kids and talents to become tomorrow's inventors, developers, and entrepreneurs by utilizing flying robots.

Jörg studied aerospace engineering and served as a fighter pilot in the German Navy before starting his career in the private sector. In 2020, he founded his first drone startup, with which he won the prestigious GENIUS NY Award. Since then, he has been a member of the selection committee of the GENIUS NY Incubator. Today, with Airial UAS, he and his team develop uncrewed aerial systems for various automated operations. Deutsche Bahn (DB Sky Operations) has commissioned the company to jointly operate a system for linear infrastructure inspection. Jörg will present the groundbreaking Airial GHX25, recently unveiled at InnoTrans in Berlin, and share the company's exciting outlook.

Mats Martens studierte Informatik und Maschinenbau mit den meisten außerschulischen Modulen im Bereich Luftfahrt. Als ehemals jüngster Privatpilot Deutschlands sieht er die Notwendigkeit, Brücken zwischen akademischen Lösungen und praktischen Umsetzungen zu schlagen. Nach seiner ersten Karriere sammelte er Erfahrungen im Bereich Zertifizierung von Flugsimulations-Trainingsgeräten, Avionik-Software und E-VTOLs, Requirements Engineering und sicherheitskritischem Design. Derzeit konzentriert er sich auf den sicheren Betrieb von UAS in anspruchsvollen Umgebungen, einschließlich des Ziels, UAM zu ermöglichen.

Sarah is a freelance innovation partner and design thinking coach with a background in design. She specialises in open innovation, futures thinking and transformation design, working with organisations to drive creative problem solving and futures thinking solutions. She is also actively involved in the development of the HyAirLogicLaB real-world laboratory concept, focusing on fostering social participation and increasing technology uptake through science communication.

Deeply into academics and aviation design, Tim taught at Technische Universität Berlin for three years and managed aviation projects. With his management and financial acumen, Tim hopes to guide Labfly towards its strategic objectives and shaping it to be global medical drone delivery company. While passionate about technology, Tim also enjoys family time and loves the outdoors including flying for fun, globe-trotting, hiking and cycling to work.