Accelerating innovation toward Net Zero

Welcome to this podcast series! Our first outing is with Roland Gerhards, CEO of ZAL Center for Aeronautical Research in Hamburg. Roland is a veteran of the aviation industry, having worked at Airbus for 15 years on the A380, A350 and A330 programmes. ZAL is one of the world's foremost centers for applied aviation research, it's co-owned by Airbus, Lufthansa Technik, the German Aerospace Center, the City of Hamburg as well as a consortium of ZAL members. In this episode Roland gives insights into what it's like to run an institute that is at the forefront of R&D in sustainable aviation, why it's important to offer engineers free lunches, how ZAL approaches R&D to make it faster and more productive.

Hamburg Aviation is a non-profit founded by the City of Hamburg and its member companies and organisations to support the aviation industry in the Hamburg metro region.

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