Founder of Skyportz: Pioneering the Future of Urban Air Mobility
Clem is a former planning barrister, Deputy Lord Mayor of Melbourne, and Member of Parliament. Having spent a lifetime around politics, law and planning, he is now at the frontline pushing the boundaries for city planning. With his experience, Clem has a unique insight into how this air taxi transport revolution can be realised.
He is the CEO and founder of Skyportz, which is developing the network of landing infrastructure necessary for urban air mobility. Clem and Skyportz have been at the forefront of assembling the pieces of the emerging air taxi ecosystem and his Wilbur Air company will operate a future e-airline from these sites.
In his presentation, Clem can provide insights into how this revolution in the way we move people and goods will unfold.
Having started the first water taxi service on the Yarra River in 1992 and travelled via a powered scooter 25 years before the current micro-mobility trend, Clem is a futurist predicting the future years in advance. In addition, he is also actually creating the urban environment to facilitate the biggest transportation change the world has seen since the invention of the motor vehicle.
The future will be here sooner than you think, and Clem will give you a fascinating insight into this new world.
Currently, Clem is a member of the Advanced Air Mobility working group of the Australian Association for Unmanned Systems, serves on the Federal Government's New and Emerging Aviation Technologies committee and the NASA Advanced Aerial Mobility working group in the United States. He runs Whitemark Property and Planning, a consultancy specialising in strategy for complex projects.
In 2019, Clem received a Medal in the Order of Australia for services to the Parliament of Victoria and the community of Melbourne.