While conferences are a great place to deliver information and expose individuals to new technologies, workshops play an important role in advancing these technologies to the next level - the goal being to provide opportunities for more one-on-one collaboration, free and open discussions, and, most importantly, the identification and solving of problems. This unique and special atmosphere permeated the Vertical Flight Society's most recent Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) Infrastructure Workshop, the sixth event in the series that began in September 2019. Again this year, attendees admitted that is was quite refreshing to be provided the time and opportunity to actively participate in conversations and debate issues openly. The theme for this year's 6th AAM Infrastructure Workshop, which was held in Dayton, Ohio (as well as virtual), focused on vertiport site selection criteria and was largely based on the whitepaper, "Advanced Air Mobility Vertiport Considerations: A List and Overview," which was presented at the AIAA Aviation Forum this past June; contributors included NASA, The City of Los Angeles, Urban Movement Labs and the author. The initial effort for this body of work was developed through NASA's AAM Ecosystem Working Groups in October 2021, involving numerous subject matter experts who compiled a list of over 450 distinct considerations for the siting of vertiports.
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