UAV integration in Air Traffic Workshop and Demo

BCDC (Belgian Civil Drone Council) and ID2MOVE have the pleasure to invite you to UAV integration in Air Traffic Workshop and Demo

We have the pleasure to invite all interested parties (academic, private and public sector) to this workshop. It will offer the opportunity to participate to keynotes, short talks and open debates, networking and demonstrations with main Belgium companies, research groups active in UAVs and their applications in the non-segregated air traffic in Belgium and in Europe, discover innovative research and start-up projects.

BCDC (Belgian Civil Drone Council)
The Belgian Civil Drone Council is an advisory body dedicated to the development and promotion of the Belgian professional drone sector while ensuring a high level of safety. It brings together public entities (Belgian Civil Aviation Authority, skeyes, Defense, federal and local police, FPS Economy, SPW…), private organizations (Belgian Drone Federation, EUKA, Skywin, Agoria…) as well as drone manufacturers, drone operators and remote pilots to discuss on technological, operational and regulatory topics. Depending on the outcome of those discussions, the BCDC can issue recommendations or proposals to public authorities or directly to the drone sector.

ID2Move
ID2Move is a collaborative transdisciplinary project located in Nivelles and initiated by InBW (Intercommunale Brabant Wallon) and ULB (Université Libre de Bruxelles). The project aims at creating a Centre of Excellence for Innovative projects from Startups/Spinoff/Small and Large Companies in the field of Autonomous Systems with the most diversified test zone in Europe.Launched in mid-2019, the ambition is to become a reference in the Walloon Region and beyond. The project will focus on payload with added-value applications, while keeping a strong interest in the carrier (UAV, Airships, Autonomous Cars UGV, Underwater Drones USV, etc.) and the regulatory and societal impacts.

Confirm your attendance before 01 Oct 2022 to Mrs Shirley Wayne shirley-joelle.wayne@ulb.be
Participation fee (with prior registration) : 100,- € (including coffee breaks, lunch and final drink)
Contact and information Prof. Patrick Hendrick – ULB patrick.hendrick@ulb.be

Preliminary programme :

08:30 Registration and Welcome Coffee
09:00 Welcome words & Presentation of BCDC - Mr Kris Clarysse - Chairman of the Belgian Civil Drone Council
09:15 Keynote Speech “The Sky Guardian and its integration in the non-segregated air space in Belgium” - Capt. B. Noirfalise - AirC4ISR / ProjO MQ-9B, COMOPSAIR
09:45 The SABCA experience in demo projects in the Port of Antwerpen - Mr Ulrik Weckx - SABCA
10:05 The STRATOS HALE project and its integration in non-segregated air traffic - Mr Jean-Philippe Crépin – Stratos / Stemme
10:25 Coffee break, Questions & Networking
11:00 Emergency drug delivery by drone: finding the right balance between business PoC and BCAA risk aversion - Mr Emilien Watelet – ID2Move
11:20 The experience of blood mission delivery in Belgium - Mr Geoffray Mormal – ALX Drones
11:40 The challenges facing air navigation service providers with massive flights of drones - Mr Olivier Nicolaï – Skeyes and SkeyDrone
12:00 Lunch and Networking - Demo session and Static Display - By Senhive and Unifly
13:00 Keynote Speech “The challenges of BVLOS UAV integration in air traffic” - Mrs Elina Millere and Dr Munish Khurana – Eurocontrol
13:30 Airspace Awareness & Risk mitigation in an urban environment Stijn Burm – Senhive
14:50 Solutions for BVLOS UAV flights integration in non-segregated air traffic - Jürgen Verstaen & Koen Meuleman – Unifly
15:10 Coffee break, Questions and Networking
15:40 Airworthiness challenges for sense, detect and avoid systems for UAVs - Mr Thierry Paris – BCDC WG2 on Airworthiness
16:00 Drones safety: why does it matter and what actions can be taken - Dr Nicolas De Quattro – Telespazio
16:20 Ground truth for sensors evaluation and operations in RF denied environment for drones - Dr Alexander Borghgraef – Royal Military Academy of Belgium
16:40 Closing of the day and Open debate (closing comments) - Prof. Patrick Hendrick – ULB & BCDC
17:00 Drink and Networking