Our kick-off panel at Aerial Cities 2025 set the perfect tone for our C-level, invite-only event where industry experts discussed the future of #drones and #UrbanAirMobility, and all its nuances. Held inside Dublin’s historic City Hall, our first panellists at last year’s #AerialCities discussed Navigating Urban Skies and Aerial Cities: Emerging Trends and Evolutions.
Moderated by Lorenzo Murzilli, Co-founder and CEO of Murzilli Consulting, the conversation featured:
• Thomas Curran, Head of Survey & Mapping, Dublin City Council
• Enda Walsh, UAS Manager, Irish Aviation Authority
• Magdalena Szymańska, Deputy Manager of the Active Mobility Unit, Municipal Transport Authority, Gdańsk
• Natale Di Rubbo, Drone Project Manager, EASA
Together, they offered one of the clearest snapshots yet of how Europe is progressing on airspace integration, public acceptance, and regulatory readiness for BVLOS drone operations.
Key insights from the session:
• Europe’s biggest bottleneck remains air risk. While SORA’s ground risk is settled, scalable Detect‑and‑Avoid capabilities are still missing.
• The #EASA is shifting toward practical enablement, collecting best practices and rolling out tools like digital eSORA to simplify approvals.
• Ireland’s new National Policy Framework shows a major step toward structured U‑Space deployment and the scaling of BVLOS drone operations.
• Cities like Dublin and Gdańsk are actively preparing staff, engaging residents, mapping use cases, and integrating drones into daily operations.
• Public acceptance is now, more than ever, a core enabler.
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An expert in technical innovation in the drone sector, Eszter has contributed to the growth of several companies, leading complex implementations and mentoring and advising leaders on strategic planning and operational transformation. In 2020 Eszter successfully lead the Global UTM association with 40 + UTM ecosystem leaders through it's restructuring for 6 months.
From 2016 - 2019, Eszter successfully lead the GSMA Drone Interest Group, growing it from 10 mobile operator members to nearly 40 finding solutions to leverage cellular connectivity in the aviation environment. Following 10+ years of professional background, complemented by certificates in Agile coaching, Prince2 and a broad professional network, launching her own businesses seemed inevitable.
Eszter holds a BA in Military & Safety Engineering from the Hungarian National University of Public Services and is currently attending Boston University’s digital leadership studies. She was born in Hungary and, having travelled extensively, now resides in Bern, Switzerland. Eszter is an expert writer in multiple drone focused online magazines such as Commercial UAV news.
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