Speaker Profile

Keynote Speaker

Trevor Kistan

Design Authority and Research & Technology Manager, Thales Australia Airspace Mobility Solutions

Trevor is the Design Authority and Research & Technology Manager of Thales Australia Airspace Mobility Solutions, having held various international roles with the group over 33 years. He has been deeply involved in the design and delivery of Air Traffic Management systems to 14 countries, including Australia, Singapore and the UAE. He designed an Air Traffic Flow Management system for the 2010 FIFA world cup in South Africa that won Jane’s ATC Award for Enabling Technology.
Trevor has overseen R&D collaborations with the European Union’s SESAR, the Australian Space Agency and CRC/ARC and various universities, served on working groups for CASA and CANSO and participated in the US Air Force’s Space Domain Awareness SACT exercises.

Trevor’s conference presentations include invited addresses to ICAO and CANSO. His industry engagement is complemented by over 50 refereed academic publications (citations: 1550, h-index: 19 – Google Scholar). Trevor is a member of the IEEE and a senior member of the AIAA. He holds an MSc specialising in Artificial Intelligence (Natal) and an MBA specialising in Innovation (Deakin). He has an interest in the commercialisation, regulatory and insurance aspects of emerging technologies and new airspace entrants.

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