RPAS CivOps conference will take place at the Royal Military Academy in Brussels, Belgium on 4 & 5 December 2012.The conference programme has just been published here:http://alturl.com/o943h
All documents pertaining to this event can be found on the event’s web site www.rpas-civilops.org
This conference, organized under the auspices of UVS International, in cooperation with the Royal Military Academy, is being positioned as the European Civil RPAS Operators’ Forum, and endeavors to bring the international civil RPAS operators’ community together.
In this context, “operator” should be understood as: A person, organization or enterprise engaged in or offering to engage in an RPAS operation.
RPAS CivOps features 34 speakers from 12 countries (Belgium, France, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Norway, Russian Federation, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom), which will give presentations relative to civil RPAS operations (governmental, commercial, research).
In 9 plenary sessions (no parallel tracks) over two days, the following topics will be addressed:
Session 1: European Commission & European Agencies: Policy & regulatory matters + European RPAS Roadmap + European regulatory harmonization;
Session 2: Operations: Producing electricity; Economic viability assessment; Nano RPAS operations;
Session 3: Operations: Police & fire brigades; Fighting forest fires; Rapid response work; Security-related aerial surveillance, search & rescue, industrial site inspection, geomatic applications, pipeline inspection, cinema industry; Aerial surveillance & photogrammetry;
Session 4: Operations: Cinema industry; Archeology & research; Bird herding; Magnetic mapping; Security & geographical survey;
Session 5: Operations: Inspection of hydro-electric dams; Oil, gas & energy industry; Environmental inspection;
Session 6: Regulatory Authorities: Multi-national (JARUS) & 3 national regulatory status reports (Belgium, Norway, UK);
Session 7: Standards & The role of a Qualified Entity;
Session 8: Governmental & Corporate Operators + Civil/Military Mutualisation;
Session 9: Future Operations: Disaster relief management; Coastal zone management; Search & Rescue; Nature reserve monitoring.
The organization of the RPAS CivOps conference has been coordinated with: European Commission DG Enterprise & Industry, European Commission DG Mobility & Transport, European RPAS Steering Group, European Aviation Safety Agency, EUROCONTROL, JARUS, SESAR Joint Undertaking, ULTRA Consortium, EUROCAE Working Group 73 on UAS, EUROCAE Working Group 93 on Light RPAS.
Do not miss this unique opportunity to find out what the civil RPAS future looks like, and how we are going to get there.