Electric Aircraft Symposium returns to Oshkosh

The 2025 EAS hosted by the Vertical Flight Society will be held in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, July 19 and 20, prior to EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, at the University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh, 748 Algoma Boulevard.

The two-day event will feature 12 in-depth sessions encompassing the whole range of advanced air mobility topics ranging from electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft to propulsion systems like hybrid-electric, and hydrogen electric batteries, as well as training, certification, and application.

The EAS has grown over the years and serves as a showcase of the increasing momentum and variety of electrically powered aircraft. The first EAS, held in 2007, attracted only two attendees not on staff. Fast forward to 2013, the seventh symposium in Santa Rosa, California, featured names like Pipistrel and pilots like Chip Yates, who completed his electrically powered and record-setting Long-EZ, and Randall Fishman of ElectraFlyer.com, who in 2007 flew his Electra Flyer-C to AirVenture. At the ninth symposium, again at Santa Rosa in 2015, 170 participants debated the Airbus E-Fan, reviewed the Sunseeker Duo, and discussed obstacles facing electrically powered aircraft. According to a preliminary agenda, this year’s EAS offers sessions on advanced air mobility landscape, hybrid electric propulsion, eVTOL sessions, and propulsion and energy sessions, moderated by experts from Bye Aerospace, Ampaire, NASA, and Bristell, to name a few.

Registration and a detailed agenda can be found on the website.