NL Drone Dag - Breakout ronde 2 - Drone2Go: de nieuwe Standaard voor verkeer en veiligheid - Location: E103

An engineering graduate from Cranfield University, I have been working in aerospace engineering and related topics since 1996. Seconded from the CAA-NL to EASA, I to part in several aircrraft certification projects, such as the Airbus A400M, and worked on early drone regulation frameworks around 2009. Following a short period at the Netherlands Aerospace Centre NLR as the department manager for Environment and Policy Support, I joined the Aviation Academy at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences as teammanager and lecturer in Aviation Engineering. I have dedicated the last 5 years to develop and discuss regulations for innovative aviation, such as drones and Urban Air Mobility, and on the energy transition of aviation in general and the resulting energy infrastructure challenges.  

Jeroen Olthof (PvdA) is a member of the Provincial Executive of Noord-Holland, with responsibility for Mobility and Accessibility, Quality of Life, Public Health and Environment, (regional) Aviation, Public Transport Hubs, Public Facilities, Culture & Sport.

A native of Zaandam, Jeroen Olthof served as an alderman for the municipality of Zaanstad from 2010 to 2018, with responsibilities including Housing, Sports, Youth and Social Care. He was the architect of the “Zaanse Aanpak” (Zaanstad Approach) for Youth Care and the Social Support Act (WMO), placing people’s everyday lives at the center rather than the system itself. This earned him a nomination in 2016 for Best Public Administrator of the Netherlands.

Prior to that, he worked at Meeùs Insurance Brokers, where from 2008 he served as Director of the Construction Advisory Group. After leaving local politics in Zaanstad, Jeroen became Director of Operations at Youz, part of the Parnassia Groep.