The RPAS CivOps conference will take place at the Royal Military Academy in Brussels, Belgium on 4 & 5 December 2012.
The complete conference programme, including speakers’ bio data + photos & abstracts is now available here .
There is now the possibility for interested parties to register their attendance online. The deadline for receipt of delegate registrations & the relevant payments is 23 November 2012.
All relevant documents, including the conference registration form, can be found on 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 (governmental, commercial, research) 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), as well as from the European Commission, EASA & EUROCONTROL, giving presentations relative to civil RPAS operations (governmental, commercial, corporate, research).
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.
As illustration of the international character of this event, it is of interest to note that delegate registrations have already been received from 20 countries: Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Russian Fed., Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK, USA.
The objectives of this conference are to:
- Increase awareness with representatives of the European Commission (EC) and its agencies relative to currently on-going civil RPAS operations (commercial & non-commercial; non-governmental & governmental)
- Inform the aerial specialized operations community (using manned aircraft) on the business potential offered by RPAS
- Give current civil RPAS operators the possibility to state their requirements (re: regulatory matters & remotely piloted aircraft & sensors) to the EC
- Contribute to identifying the civil RPAS operator’s community to itself
- Highlight the diversity of current & potential civil RPAS applications and present business case examples
- Disseminate information on the currently on-going civil RPAS-related regulatory activities in Europe
- Disseminate information on recently concluded studies pertaining to civil RPAS applications
- Permit potential customers of RPAS flight services to express their requirements
- Create a forum for current and future civil RPAS operators, RPAS manufacturers and the representatives of the organizations that are involved in preparing the future for civil RPAS operations to interact
- Present novel civil RPAS applications
- Discuss critical issues such as command & control frequencies (in various environments)
- Highlight current technology & regulatory gaps.