Summit Day One: Sunday 19 April 2009

08.50 Chair’s Opening Remarks

Peter van Blyenburgh
President
UVS International

Understanding The Future Of UAS Technology

09.00 Unmanned Aircraft Systems: The Global Perspective

• Understanding the current global UAS situation (military and civilian)
• Identifying the future of non-military UAS applications
• Determining how to overcome the problems encountered with integrating UAS into non-segregated airspace

Peter van Blyenburgh
President
UVS International

09.40 An Overview Of The History Of Unmanned Flight

• Identifying the origins of UAS
• Assessing the purpose and development of UAS during the Cold War
• Understanding attempts at inter-service integration of UAS (1988-1996)
• Determining the role of UAS in contemporary operations

John Blom
Historian
Combat Studies Institute - US Army

10.50 A Roadmap For The Integration Of UAS Into General Airspace

• Assessing the main barriers for successfully integrating UAS into general airspace
• Identifying the technological challenges and the first projects initiated for UAS
• Understanding the steps of EDA’s UAS road map including the different classes of airspace and the relative difficulty of operating in them
• Standardisation - a basis for industrial growth, as well as a common route towards certification of UAS to operate within general airspace.

Martin Stoussavljewitsch
Principal Armaments Officer
European Defence Agency

11.30 Road To Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration

• Understanding the JAPCC flight plan for UAS in NATO
• Identifying the JAPCC UAS concept of employment
• Determining NATO’s activities on UAS integration

Major Metello Pilati
Combat Air Branch
Joint Air Power Competence Centre (NATO)

13.30 UAS As Part Of Force Modernisation

• Strategic capability of UAS - recent operational experiences
• Integrating UAS into the common operating picture
• Updating legacy systems

Jean Caron
Tactical Systems Programs Director
EADS Defence and Security - Military Air Systems

14.10 Italian Air Force UAS Operational Experience And Vision For The Future

• Understanding UAS Configuration And Main Operational Activities
• Identifying The Current Challenges For UAS
• Addressing The Perspectives For UAS In The Italian Air Force

Lieutenant Colonel Luca Comini
Surveillance and Reconnaissance Section Chief, Plans and Policy Division
Italian Air Staff

15.20 Panel Discussion: Reviewing Current Safety Issues Concerning The Operation Of UAS

• Identifying potential safety issues in relation to flying UAS alongside manned aircraft
• Determining how attitudes towards UAS can be changed in relation to safety
• Understanding what measures can be implemented to reduce the risks involved with unmanned flight

Led by:

Peter van Blyenburgh
President
UVS International

Panelists:

Martin Stoussavljewitsch Principal Armaments Officer European Defence Agency	Major Metello Pilati Combat Air Branch Joint Air Power Competence Centre (NATO)
Lieutenant Colonel Luca Comini Surveillance and Reconnaissance Section Chief, Plans and Policy Division Italian Air Staff

16:00 Chairman’s Closing Remarks And End Of Day One

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