Celebrating IWD2020 👩‍💻, Anomalous gets podcasted 🎤, is there a silver lining to COVID-19 🤔 and much more

News from the team:

On March 8th, the world celebrated International Women’s Day 2020. Ksenia highlights some of ABA's great female founders and mentors:

The ATI’s CEO tells Gabi why he sees the value that startups bring to the aerospace industry. Read more about his journey, sponsoring the programme and the future of aerospace on the blog:

After Gabi’s post on how to prepare for joining an accelerator, Wil takes a look at the other end of the process; what to do (or think about) when you come to the end of your time as part of a cohort:

News from our partners & the ecosystem:

Authentise CEO Andre's latest Forbes article: how the COVID-19 pandemic may have a sliver lining: local manufacturing.

To reach carbon neutrality by 2045, Finnair is heavily investing in sustainability, with a focus on harnessing new aircraft technology, increasing the use of sustainable aviation fuels and more:

Anomalous CEO Euan featured on the 'How AI Built This' podcast discussing his education, career and lessons learned from starting Anomalous:

GKN Aerospace will design and develop the electrical wiring interconnection systems and empennage for the AS2:

Korn Ferry's new research into gender balance in aerospace and aviation will be released this summer. It would make all the difference to hear from stakeholders in the industry and it takes just 10 minutes to complete: https://bit.ly/2vjgmxv

Boeing has announced its aim to double the company’s supply chain in Scotland and create 200 new jobs in the next five years:

If you’re a startup founder (or you know someone who is) interested in applying for our next cohort, please sign up to our mailing list to stay up to date on when applications for programme two (which starts September 2020) open at the end of March.

We are also always looking to hear from potential partners, investors and stakeholders on how we can create the best programme for aerospace startups in the UK. If you’d like to have a chat, please get in touch!

For more information, please contact the ATI Boeing Accelerator team:

Gabi Matic (Programme Director):  gm@atiboeingaccelerator.com | linkedin.com/in/gabrielamatic

Wil Benton (Venture & Ecosystem Director): wb@atiboeingaccelerator.com | linkedin.com/in/fatkidonfire

Ksenia Kurileva (Programme Associate):  kk@atiboeingaccelerator.com | linkedin.com/in/kseniakurileva