Low Altitude Economy Forum X Aviation Week Network AAM Awards 2025
What is the Low Altitude Economy (LAE)?
The Low Altitude Economy refers to the emerging economic ecosystem centred around activities, businesses, and services conducted at altitudes below 1,000-3,000 meters above ground level. This sector is primarily driven by advancements in drone technology and the concept of Advanced Air Mobility (AAM).
Introduction
Welcome to the inaugural Low Altitude Economy (LAE) Forum × Aviation Week Network Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) Awards 2025 — the premier one-day program bringing together leading innovators, operators, regulators, and investors to shape the next frontier of aviation. Co-organized by Super Terminal Expo (STE), Aviation Week Network and SMG Consultancy, this gathering will showcase cutting-edge technology, policy frameworks, and best-in-class achievements in the emerging ecosystem, all hosted against the dynamic backdrop of Hong Kong’s rapidly evolving Low Altitude Economy.
Why Attend?
- High-Impact Networking: Connect face-to-face with OEMs, airport authorities, technology developers, infrastructure planners, government representatives, and international investors.
- Thought-Leadership Sessions: Hear from industry pioneers on regulatory sandboxes, terminal design strategies, and integrated AAM-ground transport solutions.
- Awards Ceremony & Reception: Celebrate excellence with the first ever AWN AAM Awards whilst enjoying a networking reception and happy hour.
- Strategic Location: Hong Kong has designated the Low Altitude Economy as a strategic growth pillar, making it Asia’s epicenter for AAM investment, policy innovation, and infrastructure deployment.
Supporting Organisations
Low Altitude Economy (LAE) Forum
The Low Altitude Economy (LAE) is a multi-billion-dollar market reshaping urban logistics, emergency response, surveillance, and passenger transport worldwide. With Hong Kong prioritizing regulatory sandboxes and infrastructure investments, the region is at the forefront of this new mobility era. As Asia’s first dedicated platform for terminal design, construction, and operations, the STE LAE Forum brings together global and regional leaders to define harmonized safety standards, accelerate policy frameworks, and shape the next generation of integrated, scalable, and sustainable AAM infrastructure. This authoritative gathering spotlights state-of-the-art vertiport concepts and transformative business models, offering an unparalleled opportunity to engage with decision-makers and chart the future of urban air mobility.
Aviation Week Network Advanced Air Mobility Awards
The Aviation Week Network Advanced Air Mobility Awards 2025, held in association with the Low Altitude Economy Forum, will honor best-in-class achievements in technology, operations, infrastructure, and outreach within the rapidly evolving Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) sector. These inaugural awards will spotlight transformative breakthroughs across the AAM ecosystem and reinforce Aviation Week Network’s role as a leading global intelligence provider and key convener in the advancement of the AAM market.
Hong Kong, having designated the LAE as a strategic growth pillar, offers a compelling backdrop for this event. Supported by regulatory sandboxes, greenfield investments, and enhanced cross-border aviation links, the city provides an ideal stage to showcase industry excellence and accelerate global adoption of AAM technologies.
AWARDS CATEGORIES
Best AAM Technology Product Innovation
This award recognizes exceptional technological breakthroughs by AAM manufacturers, component developers, and research institutions that advance the capabilities and integration of Advanced Air Mobility systems.
Eligible to programs with at least a full-scale (1:1) prototype or demonstrator, including innovations in airframes, propulsion, avionics, autonomy, materials, or supporting technologies.
Best AAM Commercial Application
- Best AAM Commercial Application – Passenger Transport
(Urban air taxi, regional mobility and tourism services)
- Best AAM Commercial Application – Cargo Operations
(Aerial logistics and goods delivery platforms)
- Best AAM Commercial Application – Public Service
(Surveillance, emergency response, safety enforcement, and public sector operations)
- Best AAM Commercial Application – Industry Service
(Agriculture, mining, infrastructure inspection, and industry sectors operations)
This award honors the most impactful commercial deployments of Advanced Air Mobility (AAM), recognizing operators, platform providers, logistics companies, and infrastructure consortiums that are actively enabling AAM integration into real-world operations.
Eligible to OEMs, operators or consortiums that are actively running AAM flight services or flight tests, have a commercially deployed application project, or possess a clearly defined and committed implementation plan.
Best AAM Infrastructure Project
This award recognizes outstanding achievement in the planning, development, and implementation of infrastructure that enables safe, scalable, and sustainable Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) operations. It celebrates projects that demonstrate innovation, operational excellence, and strong alignment with broader urban mobility and aviation integration efforts.
Eligible to completed or in-progress infrastructure projects that support AAM deployment, including vertiports, UTM/ATM systems, charging networks, and related ecosystem enablers.
Outstanding AAM Marketing Campaign
This award honors exceptional marketing, public engagement, or advocacy campaigns that have significantly advanced awareness, understanding, and support for Advanced Air Mobility (AAM).
Eligible to any AAM stakeholder including OEMs, operators, government agencies, consortia, or advocacy groups who have led campaigns related to AAM product launches, public education, policy advocacy, or ecosystem engagement.
Global AAM of the Year 2025
This premier award celebrates an extraordinary organization, consortium, or initiative that has set the gold standard for Advanced Air Mobility (AAM). It recognizes the most far-reaching, cohesive, and transformative contribution to AAM’s technology, operations, infrastructure, and ecosystem—an achievement that not only elevates the industry today but also charts its course for tomorrow.
Eligible to nominees that demonstrate exceptional accomplishments in at least two of the following AAM pillars, underpinned by a holistic commitment to sustainability and real-world deployment:
- Technology Innovation
- Commercial
- Application Infrastructure Development
- Ecosystem Engagement
Submission Deadline : 26 September 2025
JUDGING COMMITTEE
Sergio Cecutta
Founder and Partner
SMG Consulting
Haowei Bai
Managing Partner
Innolink Fund
Chunhai Gao
Chairman
Traffic Control Technology Co., Ltd
Ben Goldstein
Managing Editor, Advanced Air Mobility Report
Aviation Week Network
Yuanyang Gao
Director, General Aviation Industry Research Center
Beihang University
