CEO of Zephyr to headline at T-Tech

Intelligent Transport Services New Zealand (ITSNZ) has just announced that Fred Reid, CEO of Zephyr, will be one of the headline speakers at their T-Tech conference in a few days time. Reid is flying to New Zealand especially to speak at the Conference. An electric-powered, autonomous aircraft is beginning testing in New Zealand, with the aim of carrying passengers in three years. Kitty Hawk, the company led by Google X founder Sebastian Thrun and funded by Google co-founder Larry Page, will begin tests as part of an official certification process.  Kitty Hawk operates the flights through Zephyr Airworks, which Kitty Hawk set up in New Zealand in 2016. Prior to being CEO of Zephyr, Reid was the founding CEO of Virgin America and former president of Delta Air Lines.  T-Tech Conference

Examining trends, innovations, challenges and opportunities the T-Tech Transport Innovation Conference is organised by ITSNZ.  Featuring presentations by world-renowned thought-leaders, senior experts, academics and innovators. 

"T-Tech aims to inform and inspire attendees, looking at international ideas and activity and examining New Zealand's own activity and strategies."

New and superior technology, new modes of transport, emerging business models and better connectivity are creating opportunities to improve transport networks and urban design that will create better communities, efficient, sustainable and safer transport for people and business.