Clem Newton-Brown
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Skyportz_Clem Newton-Brown is a former barrister, Deputy Lord Mayor of Melbourne and Member of the Victorian Parliament. He is also an entrepreneur who is playing a pivotal role in bringing electric air taxis to Australia.__ __Clem has spent a lifetime around politics, law, planning, cities and pushing the boundaries. He started the first water taxi service on the Yarra River in 1992 and around the same time was getting around on a powered scooter, 25 years before the current trend for micro mobility.__ __Following service as Deputy Lord Mayor and Member of Parliament he is now focused on utilising his legal, planning and political skills to help bring about urban aerial mobility in the form of flying taxis. It may seem like an audacious goal but let Clem explain how Australia is preparing for this revolution in aviation.__ __Clem’s Skyportz business is developing the network of landing infrastructure we are going to need for urban aerial mobility. Working with Swinburne University he has developed a patent for a vertiport pad that enables safer operations for urban settings.__ __Our cities are about to be hit by a transport revolution - think driverless cars, delivery drones, micro mobility on electric scooters and Vertical Take Off and Landing (VTOL) aircraft.__ __The technology for this revolution already exists today and Clem is at the frontline pushing the boundaries for city planning and regulatory changes which will be required._
