At the RPAS 2014 conference in Brussels, Belgium on June 23rd, Jean-Pierre Lentz, of EC dG Enterprise & Industry and Koen de Vos, EC dG Mobility & Transport will provide an overview of the European Commission’s European RPAS Roadmap Initiative.
This RPAS Roadmap Initiative concerns the incremental integration of RPAS into the European air traffic system from 2016. In their joint presentation, they will outline the motivation of DG Enterprise & Industry & DG Mobility & Transport to commission it, present the roadmap and its objectives from an industry & regulatory perspective and the EC’s acceptance of it, explain the projected way forward and the relevant timelines.
Jean-Pierre Lentz is civil engineer. He joined SABCA a Belgian aerospace company, where he first worked on space programmes for the European Space Agency. He led in particular the development of a European space suit. Subsequently, Jean-Pierre became assistant to the head of the company, supporting the cost reduction programme and the reorganisation of the company. He joined the European Commission in 1999 as project officer in the aeronautics unit of DG Research. Height years later, Jean-Pierre moved to DG Enterprise, where he worked on Intellectual Property and Space industrial policy. Since 2 years, Jean-Pierre is part of the team leading the work of the European Commission in the area of RPAS.
Koen De Vos (Belgian, born March 21, 1962) studied law (1985) and economics (1987) at the University of Leuven, Belgium. He started his career at the centre for development studies of the University of Antwerp (1988-89) and at the higher institute for labour studies of the University of Leuven (1990-93). He joined the services of the European Commission in 1993 to work on social and employment issues in the Coal and Steel industries and on Social Dialogue. He moved to the transport directorate-general in 2002 to join the single European sky team, working in the field of air traffic management to prepare the second single European sky package. Since September 2009 he assumed responsibilities in the field of aviation safety and environment where he is currently working on RPAS.