Project team
Ricky Bhargava, Nesta
Nishita Dewan, Nesta
Richard Duffy, Nesta
Tris Dyson, Nesta
Davina Fell, Nesta
Orpa Haque, Nesta
John Laughlin, Nesta
Kathy Nothstine, Nesta
Danny Scott-Rockel, Nesta
Olivier Usher, Nesta
Ieva Vysniauskaite, Nesta
Research and analysis support
Richard Batty, Science Practice
Ben Evans, PwC
Ana Florescu, Science Practice
Aran Shaunak, Science Practice
Andrea Wong, Science Practice
Magdalena Kuenkel, Centre for Public Impact
Guy Miscampbell, WPI Economics
Jenny Seow, Centre for Public Impact
Communications
Emma Harvey, Seven Consultancy
Amy Williams, Seven Consultancy
Flying High judging panel
Louis Barson, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Eamonn Beirne, Department for Transport
Andrew Carter, Centre for Cities
Andrew Clark, Royal Academy of Engineering
Tessa Darley, Innovate UK Knowledge Transfer Network
Stacey Gillett, Bloomberg Philanthropies
Gavin Goudie, Blue Bear Systems Research
Nikos Pronios, Innovate UK
Dr Alice Stitt, Aerospace Technology Institute
Wendy Welsh, Network Rail
Mark Westwood, Transport Systems Catapult
Task force members
Bradford
City lead - John O’Hare, City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council
Technical Lead - Matthew Greaves, Drones on Demand
David Cawthray, City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council
Cllr Alex Ross-Shaw, City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council
Steve James , City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council
Ian Hudson, UAV Hive
Professor Fun Hu, University of Bradford
Professor Rami Qahwaji, University of Bradford
Professor Rob Richardson, University of Leeds
Dr Bilal Kaddouh, University of Leeds
London
City lead - Gareth Sumner, Transport for London
Technical lead - Prof. Roy Kalawsky, Loughborough University London
Technical lead - Dr.Simon Pomeroy, Loughborough University London
Transport for London
Greater London Authority
City of London Corporation
City of London Police
Digital Greenwich
LERO
London Ambulance Service
London Borough of Newham
London Borough of Lambeth
London Borough of Southwark
London Councils
London Fire Brigade
London First
London Legacy Development Corporation
Loughborough University London
Metropolitan Police Service
The Open University
University College London
Transport for West Midlands
City lead - Lucy Gosling, Transport for West Midlands
Technical lead - Dr. Dale Richards, Coventry University
Transport for West Midlands, part of the West Midlands Combined Authority
Coventry University
Birmingham City University
West Midlands Police
West Midlands Fire Service
Special thanks to:
Altitude Angel
AmeyVtol
Atkins
Birmingham Airport
Birmingham City Council
Birmingham Sight Loss Council
City of Wolverhampton Council
Coventry Airport
Coventry City Council
Drone Defence
Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council
Greater Birmingham and Solihull LEP
Institute of Local Government Studies (INLOGOV), University of Birmingham
Loughborough University
Midland Metro Alliance
Mott Macdonald
Network Rail
Newman University
Nottingham Trent University
PWC
Rockwell Collins
Satellite Applications Catapult
Transport Delivery Committee, West Midlands
UAVCS
Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council
Preston
City lead - Derek Whyte, Preston City Council
Technical lead - Dr. Darren Ansell, University of Central Lancashire
Andy Walker, Lancashire County Council
Dave Severns-Jones, Dave Severns-Jones Photography
Katherine Ashton, Preston City Council
Gordon Smith, North West Aerospace Alliance
Peter Thomas, University of Central Lancashire
John Mills, University of Central Lancashire
Southampton
City lead - Roger Gardner, University of Southampton
City lead - Pete Boustred, Southampton City Council
Technical lead - Prof. Jim Scanlan, University of Southampton
Ian Steane, Southampton City Council
PC Andrew Sparshott, Hampshire Constabulary
Robert Whitehouse, Tekever
Stuart Jauncey, Balfour Beatty
Mike Oliver, Thales
Chris Meayers-Norkett, University Hospital Southampton
Wendy Perera,Isle of Wight Council
Rob Watson, Hampshire County Council
Alan Robinson, Smart-Ports
Andy Billings, AB Ports
Julian Glyn-Owen, Generative Parametrics
Gareth Giles, University of Southampton
Aleks Kowalski, Consortiq
Paul Rigby, Consortiq
Mark Watson, NATS
Gerry Corbett, Civil Aviation Authority
Gavin Wishart, Frazer-Nash Consultancy
Brett Trafford, Fawley Waterside
Dan Townsend, Southampton Airport Ltd
Rod Self, University of Southampton
Special thanks to
Prof. Iain Gray, Cranfield University
James Southall, Hexegic
Sophie O’Sullivan, Civil Aviation Authority
Paul Febvre, Satellite Applications Catapult
James Bell, Department for Transport
Gavin Goudie, Blue Bear Systems Research
Graham Brown, ARPAS-UK
Sue Wolfe, ARPAS-UK
Martin Brooks, Qinetiq
Kate Chandler, Synthesys
Mike Gadd, Altitude Angel
Neil Kidd, Altitude Angel
Nick Rogers, Sky Futures
Phillip Binks, Altitude Angel
Tom Self, Wright Acoustics
Wolfgang Schuster, Atkins
Wirth Research
Rockwell Collins
VTOL Technologies
ILYA
Glass
Studio Graphene
Jason Andrews Photography
Green Doe Graphic Design
UK Drone Industry Action Group
Deran Garabedian
Xan Goetzee-Barral
