Join the Inspirational Tour at Airspace World 2025 – and win!
Step into the future of aviation with Career Passport: Boarding Your Future – the interactive adventure designed for young professionals and students, developed by Engage 2 as part of the Tomorrow’s Voices programme at Airspace World 2025 (Lisbon, 13-15 May 2025).
🗓️ When?
The Inspirational Tours will take place on Thursday 15 May, between 12:00 and 13:00 at Airspace World.
🎟️ How to join?
Register now to secure your place: https://forms.gle/8R8AEVK16Ygq3s6E6
This isn’t just an exhibit, it’s a mission. With your Career Passport in hand, you’ll explore the industry’s most exciting roles, from air traffic controllers to AI engineers, drone operators, cybersecurity specialists, and more. Meet real aviation experts, hear their stories, and collect exclusive stamps at each stop along your journey.
Visit at least 5 stand per tour and collect stamps, and you’ll be in with a chance to win a €100 voucher to spend on online training courses, the perfect way to invest in your future!
How to play
- Get your Career passport;
- Start the tours – use the map of the venue to locate the each stop on your tours:
- Tour 1: Shaping future skies and operational excellence
Jobs: ATC, CNS Engineer, Cybersecurity specialist, Aviation safety inspector
(Themes: Digitalisation, Front-Line Operations, and Safety)
Description: Explore how cutting-edge ATM solutions are shaping a safer, more efficient, and digitally enabled airspace. This tour takes you to the heart of front-line aviation operations, where air traffic controllers manage complex and evolving skies with precision and adaptability. Discover the engineering minds behind the communication, navigation, and surveillance systems that power modern air traffic management and meet the digital innovators integrating artificial intelligence into aviation’s core infrastructure. Finally, step into the safety and security ecosystem: learn how cybersecurity specialists defend aviation’s digital backbone and how safety inspectors uphold the highest operational standards.
Companies to visit- Amper – Digitalisation & Safety
- CAE – Digitalisation & Operations
- DFS – Digitalisation, Operations, Safety
- NOAMAI – Digitalisation
- Frequentis – Digitalisation
- Nokia – Digitalisation
- NATS – Digitalisation & Operations
- Indra – Digitalisation
- Tour 2: Innovating tomorrow’s skies
Jobs: UAS Operator, AI Engineer, HMI designer, U-space service provider
(Themes: Advanced Air Mobility, Drones, and Innovation Leadership)
Description: Step into the frontier of aviation innovation. This tour explores how new technologies and human-centred design are transforming airspace as we know it. From uncrewed aircraft systems to advanced air mobility, discover how UAS operators manage drone traffic with precision and situational awareness. Meet AI engineers and digital visionaries developing intelligent, adaptive systems that will shape the future of connected skies. Explore how human-machine interface designers and human factors specialists ensure that innovation remains usable, intuitive, and safe — putting people at the centre of complex systems. Join us to see how tomorrow’s aviation is being imagined, built, and refined today.
Companies to visit- Amper – Advanced Air Mobility
- Unifly – Drone Integration
- SkyGrid – Drones
- DFS – Advanced Concepts
- DroneTalks – Drone Advocacy
- Indra – Drones & AAM
- Nokia – Drones
- NATS – Drones & AAM
- Tour 1: Shaping future skies and operational excellence
- Engage with experts in a 10-minute conversation about different aviation professions, hear their insider stories and be inspired!
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Join the Inspirational Tour at Airspace World 2025 – and win!
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