Millennia Aviation CLG

The pandemic has caused disruption to educational systems, as it has shifted to distance learning, these disruptions exacerbate pre-existing education inequalities along wealth, gender, linguistic, and geographical lines. Furthermore, there is a discrepancy between the market's skills requirement and education skills outcomes. 

To enable the transition to the digital workforce, we aim to provide an immersive educational program in the advanced air mobility industry for secondary school, aimed to immerse them into the world of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) technology, the second tools is an optimization skills assessment to advise on the most needed skills to be eligible for the digital economy market in the future. 

If this was scaled globally, this will have an impact on teaching youth the most important digital skills to be acquired for employment, as a result, youth especially the marginalized will be taught an optimized education, find employment, enhance well-being and livelihoods.

An estimated 1.5 billion primary and secondary learners’ (ages 5-18) in education worldwide, and exclusively approx of 160k aged 0-24 years old students in Ireland, have disrupted educational systems due to the pandemic, even before the Covid-19 crisis, learning environments needed significant reimagining to support young learners to develop the skills and competencies they need to thrive in the 21st century. 

To deal with the pandemic, some schools have shifted to distance learning, while many have had limited operations for months. These disruptions exacerbate pre-existing education inequalities along wealth, gender, linguistic, and geographical lines. These challenges if not addressed, unfinished learning could represent a $10 trillion loss in lifetime earnings. 

In addition, as drone technology matures more and more people will have access using it. The future of drones means that people who have never had any involvement in aviation can be a part of the aviation community in a matter of hours and with very little training. In Ireland and in Europe, kids aged 16 can become qualified drone pilots and in some EU member states the age can be lowered to 14 years old. That alone means a total of approx. 4.5 mil students in the EU. 

Our focus with the Millennia Aviator Program for Junior (MAP)is to deliver an immersive and fun educational program. The program can be delivered in one or two days, where a combination of theory, code building, gaming, and quizzing will be applied.

Some of the topics covered will include: Aviation law, safety & risk Primary components of a multirotor system, evolution & applications Control fundamentals - “Line of Sight” (LoS) Simulator basics, fundamentals of coding block-based, autonomous flying. Moreover, they will learn how to build and fly a drone safely, Learning how to access the relevant information for conducting a safe flight Exploring big ideas about the global and future vision of the UAV technology Developing competencies in creative thinking, communication, and collaboration. Ultimately, the students will become more responsible citizens and drone pilots.

More importantly, our optimization skill tools will advise students about the most needed skills to be acquired to be eligible for the digital economy, in the fast-paced moving industries, the tools facilitate using data analytics and business intelligence to predict job patterns and market demands.

Millennia Aviator Program for Junior targets students aged 13-18 from all walks of life, especially the underserved. The underserved youth suffer from unemployment opportunities that lead to poverty, social exclusion, and health status. Young students will be taught more about 21st century skills to match with the market's skills requirements through the aviator program.

Throughout the program implementation, we will be doing optimization performance analysis and career counseling to advise these youth about career paths, meanwhile building their competencies in the most required skills in technology and aviation. 

The solution improvement and the delivery of the sessions will be human-centric and dependent on the feedback we get from the youth regarding teaching methodology and on-hand experience teaching,[ especially the inclusion aspect of the underserved students in the digital economy sector.] 

Our approach will be both theoretical and practical, thought online and in the classroom. Next to these courses, we plan on running competitions among high school and university students, where we will instigate their imagination and curiosity about the future of aviation. In addition, we will continue developing our communication and awareness campaigns, using all our online platforms as well as those of our partners.

On completion of our course, the students will be better equipped with the understanding and skills required for the advanced air mobility industry. They will be able to know where to access and connect with a community of innovators, thinkers, and doers. Our quality training will enable the student to get closer to become a drone pilot and think like an entrepreneur.

The pandemic has disrupted the education system and before that, there was a gap between market needs and skills acquired for an industry that will double in value within the next 5 years and create new industries, jobs and add value to the economy and society, €10 Bil. EU market.

To enable the transition to the workforce and social inclusion for underserved communities, we are aiming to provide an immersive educational program in the advanced air mobility industry and optimization skills tool to advise on the most needed skills, to be eligible for the digital economy market in the future. 

Millennia Aviation officially came into existence in the summer of 2020. The team joined forces to create, develop and grow this initiative with the aim to better inform and educate the public about the exciting and fast evolving UAV/VTOL technology. Most importantly, prepare the society and young people how to understand, to interact and eventually use the technology safely and ethically.

Throughout 2020 we have delivered a number of initiatives online, including workshops, talks and articles. The MAP Junior program is a robust education program which has already secured funding for two regions in Ireland, and which we continue to grow and develop.   

Our growth includes strategic partnerships with industry stakeholders such as the European Aviation Safety Agency and private organisations. In addition to our educational program we also offer career counseling solutions for youth regardless of their background and with special emphasis on underserved communities. 

Our value proposition is that across the delivery of the program, we use a combination of immersive learning that includes theory, building, gaming, and quizzing. Our program addresses one of the emerging technologies that are part of industry 4.0 and that covers the ethical and safety aspect of drone usage.

The student will explore the big ideas about global, future vision, and entrepreneurship. They will develop competencies in creative thinking, communication, and collaboration. The most important feature is that the program will cover the most needed skills in the aviation industry; Engineering, Aviation, Coding, Legislation, Technology, Connectivity, and Sensors. 

More so, our job optimization tool will increase job acquiring and talent matching by studying the market, aligning the most needed skills in our educational program, and matching them with talents platform, as a result, we will increase job satisfaction, productivity, and optimization learning and job hunting processes.

To summarize what distinguishes Millenia Aviation. 

1-Driving positive societal acceptance through early education. 

Delivering educational workshops & webinars to entice excitement and

Participation of secondary school students

2- Building an ecosystem of innovators

Connecting a community of innovators, thinkers, and doers

3. Promoting safety and ethical use of drones

Highlighting best-use industry cases of drones impacting society

4. Empowering the smart workforce of tomorrow

Equipping the next generation of aviation professionals with the right skillset

5. Providing career guidance and employment support

Matching talent to industry demand through our job optimization tool

6.promoting safety and ethical use of drones

 Our ambition for the upcoming 12 - 16 months is to train 100 change-makers in Ireland. Our course will be delivered in class preferably, to students aged 13 - 18 years old. In the following years, We will target 100 student/year/ country. An avg of 500+ students in total in 5 years. 

We are focusing on these UN Sustainable Development Goals, the indicators are showing underneath each goal: 

GOAL 4: QUALITY EDUCATION

Our Indicators:

-  # of practical experiments 

- Percentage increase in assessment rate of students, for the most emerging skills before and after the workshops.

GOAL 5: GENDER EQUALITY

# percentage of female/male 

GOAL 8: DECENT WORK AND ECONOMIC GROWTH

# Matching jobs

#Assessment for student's skills

#Entrepreneurial ideas.

# of periodic analysis for market demands.

# programs iteration and improvemnt 

# techonological improvement for drones kit 

GOAL 10: REDUCED INEQUALITIES

# of marginalized/ total. 

five people.

Gabriel 

 Completed his studies in BSc. of Electrical Engineering from the University of Twente in the Netherlands. He is the co-founder of A3T, a non-profit student initiative that aims to prepare its members to become future leaders in the field of aerial robotics. Gabriel enjoys teaching a friend how to fly a drone.

Ruqayya 

Ruqayya studied Industrial Engineering from the University of Jordan, graduate from MIT ReACT in which she learned more about innovation and emerging technologies, She is passionate about math, geometries, innovation, and technology for their creative interaction in producing robust systems and cities. 

Lye

Has graduated from the Dublin City University with a BA in Marketing, Innovation, and Technology. Lye is a US State Dept MP Alumni and he is an experienced telecoms executive and strategist. He is super passionate about everything that links technology with social benefits.

Alex

Is a graduate of B.Eng.Tech in Aviation Technology, from Dublin Institute of Technology. The co-founder of the Irish Aviation Students Association (IASA) and mentor of numerous start-ups and initiatives. Alex's professional experience lays across different segments in the aviation industry and she is greatly interested in technology and innovation.

Elena

holds a diploma in Networking and Systems Security with CCT, a MSc. in Digital Marketing with Smurfit Graduate Business School, a BSc. in Supply and Logistics, and a diploma in Business Management with TUD. In 2018 she founded WiFicandy, an award-winning Wi-Fi rental provider. Currently, she is the Marketing and Communications Director of the European Aviation Wellbeing Committee.

Millennia Aviation is driven by a determined team, keen to assist and improve the ever-changing technology across the aviation and aerospace sectors.

The team has built up extensive experience in developing and running initiatives with a regional, national and international scope. In the past, the team has been successfully working with global organizations including the United Nations children fund, ICAO as well as educational institutions and businesses.

We have diverse teams including having 60/50 females to males from different nationalities; Jordanian/ Palestinian, Irish and Romanian. 

We aim to be equitable through giving refugees and underserved communities, a share in our drone and aviation educational program, that will support and strengthen their profile and enable them to be in the digital economy.

We are aiming to get access to the network and support to have workshops that are designed perfectly, with the most advanced technical expertise in. aviation, drones, and smart cities. 

As most of the funds are going to emergency context because of COVID19, in the fields of health and food. We are seeking to raise  12k USD, which will help us in covering the cost for the remaining 50 students until the end of the year.  

We are also applying for the aim to be assisted in the legal aspect, as each country has a certain set of regulations for drone usages, so it is a challenge if we are going to expand beyond Ireland. 

• Financial: we need the funds to cover the expenses for the remaining 50 students, for the end of the next educational year. 
• Legal or Regulatory Matters: we need expertise in the legal aspect of using drones in some countries and also, the safe, ethical use according to age. 
• Product / Service Distribution (e.g. expanding client base): We seek expertise to help us in expanding our solution to the middle east/Jordan , African countries, and further European countries, in terms of logistics, security and feasibility. 

We seek and looking forward to being linked with AI expertise and MIT Aeronautics professionals. 

Moreover, we are eager to partner with urban planning faculty to further research the expansion of using drones and IoT in the applications of smart cities as well as in developing countries for the public good, especially in an emergency context, to help in abating the war negative consequences or the pressure on resources that are caused on countries of refuge. we are eager to maximize our impact to benefit underserved communities, combining the economy and technology, to better include these communities in the development processes of cities, in a holistic manner. 

One of the names we are intrigued to be connected with is Sarah Williams, because of her projects and background in computer science, data action for the public good, and from an urban planning broader perspective. She could help us by, advising on how can we use drones and IoT, to produce inclusive communities with refugees integrated into the economy as producers.

We are disrupting education and the usage of technologies for a broader aspect. Democratizing technologies including drones and aviation technology. In the workshops, the materials will be adaptive to the context that we are teaching in, and the tool for job matching optimization tool will enhance job matching and advise students on their career paths, to take the most required skills that are needed now in the market.

Our Solution is targeted toward underserved communities as well as other segments. We are tailoring our solution to make it accessible for refugees and marginalized communities, to be part of our workshops. As the main goal of our solution is to provide equal opportunities, inclusion and enhance the digital qualifications for these communities in order to have a chance in acquiring jobs.