Chief Technology Officer (Member of the Executive Board), Deutsche Lufthansa
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“at that time in Italy it was not allowed for women to fly in the Italian Air Force and so I decided Well if I cannot buy these airplanes I will build them and so that's what prompted me to go to engineering school and that's what I did so I am um an aerospace engineer and um I'm specialized in in aerodynamics but I hav...”
“there is one principle which is fundamental no matter are you doing a glider are you building a small airplane a big airplane a propeller or jet airplane there is one fundamental principle which all lying objects need to take into consideration and that is called air worthiness right it's strongly link with safety in o...”
“Aviation is a Force for good and is absolutely essential and it is all also it has a fundamental responsibility of reducing its carbon its carbon footprint and decarbonizing Aviation is one of the toughest challenges it's an industry which is is very very difficult to tackle and we're responsible for roughly 2.5 percen...”
“I've always been driven by having the idea of having an impact the will to have an input to change things for the better driven by the idea that if I do something I do it because I'm serving a higher purpose something which is bigger than just myself having a taste in for excellence I like doing things well and with a...”
“making Aviation more sustainable is a business imperative Beyond being of course an important responsibility our future competitiveness depends very much on our ability to deliver on sustainability environmental targets if we do not if we do not we risk losing important customers and important markets which have set th...”
“if we flew exclusively using sustainable Aviation fuels from tomorrow this would instantly reduce our CO2 emissions by around 80 percent with some conditions which I will now go into but moreover by implementing staff we we can continue using its so-called drop-in fuel we can continue using the existing engine technolo...”
“I came into this company as chief technology officer after one month... Grazia, here you go, strategy, group strategy in addition to your technology role... and by the way, the environmental and sustainability overall global program could also need a safe pair of hands at ET level. So Grazia, here you go. Now you are,...”
“I've looked at projections we will have equality in terms of access to leadership position and gender salary gaps worldwide in 2095. Now I don't know you but I don't have the patience to and I don't think I'll be around in that time frame but no why not now.”
“the figures in terms of consequences of covid crisis on women employment are just embarrassing, embarrassing and totally and unacceptable. it just i would have never thought and until i saw that mckinsey report which came out in july 2021 i knew it was bad but not so dramatically bad.”
“the idea also of european sovereignty to be to be protected because it's not just a matter of technology it's a matter of values and there are superpowers out there muscling up to take ownership of space and we have a work to do as europeans i'm strongly convinced of that.”
“the aerospace industry as a whole today is really in a in a very critical juncture i'd say we've made some very bold um sustainability commitments which just cannot be achieved using existing technologies and this applies to air and space alike right so airplanes helicopters satellite launchers drones you name it now t...”
“tomorrow we need to be in a position to develop in orbit services in order to repair refuel repurpose basically inoperative satellites flowing out there and um maybe not tomorrow but the day after tomorrow i really believe we will need to actively uh clean up so debris remediation missions active debris removal uh is d...”
“at airbus we see quantum technologies as a game changer for aviation this is because in our line of business we're constantly faced with situations in which we need to deal with multiple variables especially when it comes to our great challenge of optimizing air traffic to name just a few fluctuating speeds varying hei...”
“at airbus we were early adopters of quantum because we believe it will forever enhance the performance of our products and services alter the way aircraft are built and flown and help us solve the most complex challenges aerospace has to offer but we believe the most powerful approach is that which is collective inclus...”
“Kein Zweifel, der globale Luftverkehr ist durch COVID um bis zu 90 Prozent eingebrochen. Und das ist ohne Zweifel die größte Krise in der Geschichte unserer Industrie, der Luftfahrtindustrie.”
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Rolls-Royce CTO Grazia Vittadini spoke at Fowler Hall on Wednesday, Oct. 19 about the challenges in achieving net-zero carbon emissions in aviation. For a summary of this lecture and her visit, go to: https://engineering.purdue.edu/AAE/sp... Purdue AAE: http://engineering.purdue.edu/AAE Facebook: / purdueaeroastro Twitter: / purdueaeroastro @PurdueAeroAstro Instagram: / purdueaeroastro The School of Aeronautics and Astronautics is part of Purdue University's College of Engineering and prepares students to be exceptional, recognized contributors to aeronautical and astronautical…
Grazia Vittadini, Rolls-Royce Chief Technology and Strategy Officer, joins Rolls-Royce engineers Philipa Kugonza, Bethany Hall ...
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Grazia Vittadini, Chief Technology Officer, and Marc Fisher, Head of Flight Physics, Senior Vice President, Engineering of Airbus, presents to attendees on December 10, 2020 at Q2B20 - Practical Quantum Computing, an annual conference hosted by QC Ware. Recorded sessions and conference details can be found at: https://q2b.qcware.com/ More information on QC Ware can be found at: https://qcware.com/ Get in touch with the QC Ware team at: https://qcware.com/contact To learn about how to get started with Forge, QC Ware's data science platform running on quantum computers, visit https://forge.q…
"Mama - Papa - Aeroplano" These are the first three spoken words of today's Airbus Chief Technology Officer. Grazia VITTADINI ...
With Grazia Vittadini, Chief Technology Officer, Airbus SE, and Thomas Hanke, Paris Correspondent, Handelsblatt For the first time, Der Tagesspiegel, DIE ZEIT, Handelsblatt, and WirtschaftsWoche hosted a joint kick-off event, "Europe 2021," to discuss the urgent tasks Europe must tackle in the challenging year ahead—from strengthening democracy, the continent's digital sovereignty, and a common European single market to meeting our climate protection targets in the year of the UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow. www.europe2021.eu
TUM Speakers Series on Instagram: / tumspeakers. . TUM Speakers Series on Facebook: / speakersseries Website: https://speakersseries.de/en/ Grazia Vittadini is Airbus’ Chief Technology Officer. Born in Italy and raised in the US, Grazia leads Airbus’ ambition to pioneer sustainable aerospace and build the future of flight. Today she leads a transnational team that spans the globe with facilities in Europe, China, and the Americas that is leading the transformation to sustainable, electric, autonomous and zero-emission air transportation. She began her career as part of the Eurofighter…
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