The Future of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

The Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) market is developing rapidly and presents a growing number of opportunities. For the military, UAV’s continue to make a significant contribution in terms of innovation. On the civil side, the potential scope for the future use of UAV’s is continually evolving. The Future of UAV’s will provide you with the most up-to-date review of developments.

Do you wish to learn about the latest strategies, programmes and technologies? Do you want to gain clarification on the latest regulatory developments and barriers? Do you want to identify future opportunities, issues and challenges? If so, The Future of UAV's will provide you with the necessary tools to best approach the increasingly important and developing field of unmanned aviation.

Key Topics Include:

• The present UAV environment - how are individual nations and institutions approaching UAV’s? What are their current capabilities and future plans?
• Current programmes and operations - what are the key developments? What are the challenges and lessons learned?
• The current regulatory situation - what is the present situation and how do we integrate UAV’s into civil airspace?
• Future requirements for UAV operator training and selection?
• The role of UAV’s in the future
• How is industry addressing UAV technology and the key challenges?

ATTEND THE PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP ON 'AUTONOMOUS GUIDANCE, CONTROL AND NAVIGATION OF UAV's' TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS WITH ACADEMIC LEADERS IN THE FIELD

Confirmed Speakers Include:

• Colonel Gregory Lamb, Chief, Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) and U-2 Division, Directorate of Requirements, Headquarters Air Combat Command, US Air Force
• Colonel John B Wissler, Materiel Group Director, Air Vehicles & Wright Research Site Commander, Air Force Research Lab, US Air Force
• Colonel Kirk M Kloeppel, Director, Munitions' Directorate, Air Force Research Lab, US Air Force
• Lieutenant Colonel Nicholas McRobb, Commanding Officer, 32nd Regiment, Royal Artillery, Ministry of Defence, UK
• Lieutenant Colonel Frits Muller, Chief, Flight Safety, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, Ministry of Defence, The Netherlands
• Liutenant Colonel Luca Comini, Section Chief, Surveillance Reconnaissance EW, Plans and Policy Division, C4 ISTAR Planning Branch, Italian Air Staff
• Lieutenant Colonel Mihaj Stir, C4ISTAR Branch, NATO Joint Airpower Competence Centre
• Wing Commander Richard McMahon, Directorate of Air Staff, OPS UAV, Ministry of Defence, UK
• Squadron Leader Richard Sanderson, HQ 2 Gp, S02 RPA, Ministry of Defence, UK
• Dave Seagle, Program Lead, Global Hawk Maritime Demonstration Program, Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR), USA
• Dr Brian Sanders, Air Combat Command Assistant Chief Scientist, Air Force Research Lab, US Air Force
• Demir Cigdemoglu, UAV Program Manager, Aviation Programs, Undersecretariat for Defense Industries, Turkey
• Dr Cagatay Soyer, Principle Scientist, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Resource Center, NATO Consultation, Command and Control Agency (NC3A)
• Colonel Rainer Cramer, Capability Manager Knowledge, Capability Directorate, European Defence Agency
• Lieutenant Commander Doug Robertson, DAP Off Route Airspace 4, Directorate of Airspace Policy, Civil Aviation Authority, UK
• Anders Jonson, Project Manager UAV, Vidsel Test Range, Swedish Defence Material Administration
• Isil Kolagasioglu, Systems Engineer / Project Manager, STM A.S, Turkey