UAV Information Workshop – 10 November 2008

[ec.europa.eu] While non-military use of UAV (unmanned aerial
vehicles) seems to be economically attractive, the main investment
in UAV technology is mainly financed through defence projects. In a
study conducted by Frost & Sullivan for the European Commission (DG
ENTR), the global situation is analysed and the challenges and
opportunities for Europe are discussed.

The
findings of this study will be presented at this information
workshop, as well as other relevant European activities.

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Agenda

13:00
Registration check and coffee
14:30
Welcome and Introduction (Commission, DG ENTR)
14:45
Presentation of a study analysing worldwide
activities on civilian and military UAV, addressing the market
segmentation as well as identifying the future industrial and market
challenges & opportunities for Europe (Frost and Sullivan)
16:00
Q&A on the study
16:15
Coffee break
16:45
Presentation: the role of UAV in EUROSUR1 (Commission,
DG JLS)
17:00
Presentation of the findings of the
UAVnet project
17:15
Presentation by ASD on the Industry’s interest
17:30
Presentation of the EDA funded
Air4All project
17:45
Conclusions & final comments
18:00
End of the event
 

CHAR S2 (room Lord Jenkins), Rue de la Loi 170, 1000, Brussels

[1.] EUROSUR should support the Member States
in further improving situational awareness at their external
borders and in increasing the reaction capability of their
law enforcement authorities. For this purpose, EUROSUR should
provide the common technical framework for streamlining the
daily cooperation and communication between Member States‘
authorities and facilitate the use of state-of-the-art technology
for border surveillance purposes. A key operational objective should
be the sharing of information between existing national,
European and international systems in the maritime domain.

Source: http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/security/uav_info_workshop.htm