2025 Electric Aircraft Symposium

EAS 2025 was held at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, 748 Algoma Blvd, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, 54901. All events took place in Room 227 of the Reeve Memorial Union (student center) — a new venue this year! The event was also be streamed to online attendees, and the recordings are available to all registrants and VFS members.

Every year, EAS provides an excellent opportunity to network with leaders of advanced air mobility (AAM) at a small intimate conference organized by the technical leaders of the industry. The annual Electric Aircraft Symposium is the premier electric VTOL / STOL / CTOL / AAM event held immediately prior to EAA's AirVenture.

Read the 19th Electric Aircraft Symposium Media Release.

Selected EAS 2025 Speakers: 

• Chip W. Erwin, CEO, Aeromarine-LSA
• Ken Swartz, CEO, Aeromedia Consultants 
• Todd Leighton, Director of Experimental Projects, AeroTEC (Gold Sponsor)
• Matt Smith, Certification & Airworthiness Lead, AIR EV
• Dr. Ed Lovelace, Chief Technology Officer, Ampaire 
• Tom Perkowski, Founding Principal, Apex View (Moderator)
• Drew McEwen, Chief Commercial Officer, AURA AERO
• Kristen Costello, Regulatory Affairs, BETA Technologies 
• Peter Blume, CEO, BLOOMY (Platinum Sponsor)
• Christian Grimm, CEO, Bosch General Aviation Technology, LLC 
• David Copeland, VP of Sales, Bristell 
• Rod Zastrow, CEO & President, Bye Aerospace
• Dr. David Ullman, Senior Design Engineer, CubCrafters
• Micheal Duke, CEO, DBT Aero
• Marc Ausman, VP, Sales & Support, Electra.aero
• Joshua Portlock, CEO, Electro.Aero
• Matt Farides, VP Business Development, Evolito
• Rex Alexander, President, Five-Alpha, LLC 
• Willi Tacke, CEO, Flying Pages
• Randy Gawenda, Business Development Manager, Frasca International
• David Dunning, Director of Global Innovation & Policy, GAMA (Moderator)
• Arthur Gilmore, CEO, Gilmore Group
• Dr. Josef Kallo, Founder & CTO, H2FLY
• Gregory Blatt, Co-founder, H55 
• Clint Harper, CEO, Harper4D
• Mitch Heaton, Director of Sales & Marketing Strategy, Hartzell Propeller 
• John Wyzykowski, Technical Expert, Horizon Aircraft 
• Dr. Anita Sengupta, CEO, Hydroplane
• Simon Weil, Development Engineer, HYFLY/KASAero 
• Ben Loxton, VP Technical Programs, magniX
• Andrew Mearns, CEO, Multicopter Aerospace Consulting (Moderator)
• Luigi Ricci Moretti, Moderator
• Scott Cary, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) 
• Michael Dyment, Managing Partner, NEXA Capital Partners
• Christian Mundigler, Director, Sales & Commercial Development, RED-Aircraft
• Sam Bousfield, CEO, Samson Sky
• Michael Thompson, CEO, Skyfly
• Dr. Sergio Cecutta, Partner, SMG Consulting
• Eric Bartsch, CEO, VerdeGo Aero
• Angelo Collins, Executive Director, Vertical Flight Society
• Dr. Jean Botti, CEO & CTO, VoltAero
• Tom Gunnarson, Regulatory Affairs Lead, Wisk Aero
• Saleem Zaheer, Chief Commercial Officer, XTI Aerospace

About EAS
Originally established in 2007 by the CAFE Foundation, the VFS Electric Aircraft Symposium is the world's longest running annual conference on electric aviation! Check out the previous VFS/CAFE Electric Aircraft Symposium programs and presentations: 

2024: 18th Annual EAS — Program | Speakers & Agenda | Article | 13+ Hours of Videos

2023: 17th Annual EAS — Program | Speakers & Agenda | Article | 13+ Hours of Videos

2022: 16th Annual EAS — Program | Speakers & Agenda | Article | 12.5 Hours of Videos

2021: 15th Annual EAS — Program | Speakers & Agenda | Article | 16.5 Hours of Videos

2020: 14th Annual EAS — Program | Speakers & Agenda | Summary | 12.5 Hours of Videos

2019: 13th Annual EAS — Program | Speakers & Agenda | Synopsis | 26 Presentation Videos

2018: 12th Annual EAS — Program | Speakers & Agenda | Summary | 19 Presentation Videos

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