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MARK YOUR AGENDA UAS ATM INTEGRATION UAS LAUNCH & RECOVERY EUROCONTROL Workshop ASNE Technical Conference & Exhibition Brussels, Belgium Annapolis, Maryland, USA May 7 & 8, 2008 May 19 & 20, 2008 www.eurocontrol.int/UAS_workshop www.navalengineers.org ESCO-UAS 2008 UAV DACH European Student Competition on UAS Annual Symposium at ILA ParcAberporth, UK - May 21 & 22, 2008 Berlin, Germany www.hertfordshire-connect.com/ May 30, 2008 default.asp?ContentID=1234 www.uavdach.org INOUI NAVIRES DE SURFACES AUTONOMES First Requirements Capturing Workshop Focus: Autonomous Surface Vessels DFS, Langen, Germany - June 3 & 4, 2008 Association Technique Maritime & Aéronautique For information contact: Manuela Röcki Paris, France - June 4, 2008 Tel.: 49-6103-707.49.12 - [email protected] www.atma.asso.fr UAS 2008 10th Annual International Conference & Exhibition All sessions concluded by Panel Discussions Focus : Regulatory Issues , Light UAS (<150 kg), Applications (Military & Non-Military/Commercial) Paris, France - 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UAS Program Office, USA Integration of UAS into the European ATM network 11.40-12.00 2 International Standards Organizations Holger Matthiesen, Eurocontrol, Europe 6 International Stakeholder Organizations Panel Discussion & «UAS Pioneer Award» Presentation 12.00-12.15 30 Industry Representatives from 16 Countries Open Bar & Lunch in the Exhibition Area 12.15-14.00 3 Academic Representatives Track A1 - Haussman Hall Track B1 - Eiffel Hall UAS Standards Requirements & Contractual Issues Conclusions of the A.NPA Comments Process & 14.00-14.20 UAS Transformation Encore Ongoing UAS Certification General Ken Israel, Lockheed Martin, USA Yves Morier, EASA, Europe EUROCAE WG73 - Activity update 14.20-14.40 Project Noctua: A New Approach by Canada to Deliver a Dan Hawkes, EUROCAE WG73, Europe Highly Capable UAS Capability John Sinkinson, Public Works & Government Services Canada RTCA SC203 - Activity update 14.40-15.00 UK MoD/Industry UAS Capability Investigation John Walker, RTCA SC203, USA LtCol Dick Park, MOD-DPA, UK Coordinated European certification approach for light UAS 15.00-15.20 The VUSIL Project Richard Hermans, IVW, The Netherlands Andreas Udovic, DFS, Germany Panel Discussion 15.20-15.40 Panel Discussion Coffee & Tea Break in the Exhibition Area 15.40-16.20 Coffee & Tea Break in the Exhibition Area Track A2 - Haussman Hall Track B2 - Eiffel Hall Sense & Avoid UAS - Applications - User Perspective I Update on USAF sense & avoid development 16.20-16.40 Potential of UAS for European border surveillance Col Gary Hopper, USAF Research Lab, USA Erik Berglund, FRONTEX (European Commission), Europe Conclusions of the EDA study on sense & avoid 16.40-17.00 Recent developments in NOAA’s UAS environmental Gérard Mardine, Sagem D&S, France science applications Sara Summers, NOAA, USA Sense & Avoid radar development update 17.00-17.20 Scientific & commercial applications of small UAS Pierre Poitevin, ICx Radar Systems, Canada Dr Mark Patterson, Advanced Ceramics Research, USA The development & deployment of an affordable 17.20-17.40 UAS for security applications collision warning system Gilles Robine, Ministry of Interior, France Urs Rothacher, FLARM Technology, Switzerland Panel Discussion 17.40-18.00 Panel Discussion Cocktails & Award Presentation in the Exhibition Area 18.00-19.30 Cocktails & Award Presentation in the Exhibition Area Track A3 - Haussman Hall 11 Jun ‘08 Track B3 - Eiffel Hall Communications & Spectrum Light UAS - Certification I High integrity data links 09.00-09.20 Integrating small UAS into the NAS through the FAA’s Brian Gardner, Ultra Electronics, UK Safety Management System Ardyth Williams, FAA, USA UAS Airpsace Integration-The communication challenges 09.20-09.40 Aviation Rulemaking Committee Report on Small UAS Michael Neale, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, USA Bruce Tarbert, FAA, USA Data links enabling advanced UAS missions 09.40-10.00 Update on the certification of a VTOL UAS Bruce Carmichael, L-3 Communications, USA Ron van de Leijgraaf, IVW (CAA), Netherlands Panel Discussion 10.00-10.15 Panel Discussion Coffee & Tea Break in the Exhibition Area 10.15-11.00 Coffee & Tea Break in the Exhibition Area Track A4 - Haussman Hall Track B4 - Eiffel Hall Aviation Stakeholder Opinions Light UAS - Certification II IFALPA’s views on UAS 11.00-11.20 Update on the certification of the S-100 VTOL UAS Capt Thomas Mildenberger, ECA/IFALPA, Germany Gerhard Lippitsch, Austrocontrol, Austria Model Flying: An Excellent Safety Record Through 11.20-11.40 Safety satellite communications for UAS integration into UVS EffectiveInternational Management: - 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STANAG update 14.20-14.40 Recent Earth science research activities with small UAS Richard Grainger, NATO FINAS Brenda