Founder of Buoyant Aircraft Systems International (BASI), the first airship research centre in Canada, and winner (2018) of the CanInfra Challenge People’s Choice Award for his “Electric Airship Transportation System” proposal, Professor Prentice has published over 20 papers on various aspects of airship market applications and economics. Dr. Barry Prentice, PhD, is professor of Transportation Economics at the University of Manitoba.

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Topics Covered:
• The role of Airships in connecting Northern Communities
• The viability of budgets
• Gov’t participation
• Easing current transportation routes
• What makes Airships work
• Timelines for seeing Airships in action

Recorded, February 8, 2021

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