Competence Group
Infrastructure Ground (ING)

In both urban and rural areas, drones will shape everyday life, making the development of practical and scalable standards for vertiports and drone take-off/landing zones a key focus of this competence group Infrastructure Ground.

Head

Benjamin Spiske

BATT Suisse GmbH

Architekt/ Vertical Infrastruktur Expert

Benjamin is an architect and vertical flight infrastructure expert at BATT Suisse GmbH, focusing on the design and planning of heliports and future vertiport facilities. With a background in construction and helipad projects, he has worked on advanced aviation infrastructure initiatives and brings specialized expertise in vertiport development to support urban air mobility and drone operation.

Deputy Head

Björn Abel

BATT Suisse GmbH

Managing Partner

Björn is the Managing Partner of BATT Suisse GmbH, where he leads the consulting and design of heliport and vertiport infrastructure systems. He has many years of aviation industry experience in aerodrome and heliport design, product development, project management, and sales, which he applies to advancing safe and compliant vertical flight operations.

Mitglieder

Christian Seiß

Head of Flight Operations

DB Fahrwegdienste GmbH

Christian.Seiss@deutschebahn.com

Florian Jührendt

Technical Manager

DB Fahrwegdienste GmbH

Florian.Juehrendt@deutschebahn.com

Cornelia Beck

Head of Corporate Operations

Newton Dynamics

cornelia.beck@newton-dynamics.com

Christian Bahr

HPA

christian.bahr@hpa.hamburg.de

Franz Glatz

BrigkAir

franz.glatz@brigk.digital

Waldemar Savenko

ACC GmbH

info@aviation-cc.com

David Osten

Innovation Manager

Flughafen Mönchengladbach

david.osten@mgl.de

Dietmar Hohnholz

DRF

dietmar.hohnholz@drf-luftrettung.de

Philipp Reiß

Head of Certification

ERC System GmbH

reiss@erc-system.com

Michael Frank-Stever

michael@frank-stever.de

Sebastian Herrmann

Avicert

sebastian.herrmann@avicert.de

Johann Dauer

DLR

johann.dauer@dlr.de

Kathrin Zimmer

Tennet GmbH

kathrin.zimmer@tennet.eu

Michael Anger

UNISPHERE

michael.anger@unisphere.de

Christoph Selig

UNISPHERE

christoph.selig@unisphere.de

Jarno Puff

LIKEABIRD

j.puff@likeabird.eu

Sina Schemel

Volkswagen

sina.schemel@volkswagen.de

Alexander Nickel

Tuenkers Nickel

alexander.nickel@tuenkers-nickel.de

Dario

DM-Airtech

dario@dm-airtech.com

Jose Rodriguez

Bluenest by Globalavia

jirodriguez@bluenest.io

Johannes Garbino

NEX

johannes.garbino-anton@nex.ae

Thomas Grossmann

Wirtschaftsförderung Bodenseekreis

grossmann@wf-bodenseekreis.de

Yogesh Khedar

Autrik

khedar@autrik.com

Malte Krumm

BHO Legal – Baumann, Heinrich, Ortner Rechtsanwälte

malte.krumm@bho-legal.com

Marcel Haiber

Continental

marcel.haiber@continental.com

Peter Müller

Ministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz & Verkehr NRW

peter.mueller@munv.nrw.de

Nico Ninov

UAV DACH

nico.ninov@uavdach.org

Jörn Sellhorn-Timm

Wingcopter

sellhorn-timm@wingcopter.com

Stefan Hötzinger

Crabs

s.hoetzinger@creabis.de