SMi Group's 13th annual UAS conference retruns to London this November. The Early Bird expires this week

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Major General George B Harrison, Principal Research
Engineer, Associate Director, GTRI
Commander Frédéric Glorieux, Head of Maritime Tactical
UAS, French Navy
Lieutenant Colonel Bryan Coon, Chief, NATO AGS
Operations, NATO
Lieutenant Colonel Rispoli,
Italian Air Force
Mike Lissone, UAS ATM Integration managé,
EUROCONTROL
Captain H.L. Stomp, Postholder OPS UAS, Joint ISTAR
Commando, Ministerie van Defensie, The Netherlands
Bogdan Horvat, Public Relations Officer,
NATO Headquarters
CHAIRMEN
SPEAKER PANEL INCLUDES
Major General (ret'd),
Ken Israel, Defense
Science Board Advisor,
Office of the Secretary
of Defense, Israel
Associates
ᮣ GAIN insight into the future
requirements for the US Marine Corps
Family of Systems
ᮣ LEARN about new developments in the
transitional use of UAS from military to
civilian applications
ᮣ EXPLORE the emergence of Dual
Aviation Authorities and participate in
reviewing their effectiveness
ᮣ HEAR from leading academics presenting
up-to-date research and developments
on technological advancements of UAVs
and UAS
ᮣ DISCOVER the critical evaluations
presented in relation to failed UAS
operations and examine how much of this
failure can be attributed to human factors
Looking to the future of UAS and
mapping the transition into
emerging markets
PLUS, BOOK ONTO OUR PRE-CONFERENCE,
FULLY INTERACTIVE WORKSHOP
19 November 2013 12.30 - 17.30
UAS in Transition: From War to Peace,
from Military to Commercial
Hosted by: Dr. Bill Powers, Research Fellow, Center
for Emerging Threats & Opportunities (CETO),
Potomac Institute for Policy Studies, USMC
20 - 21
November
Marriott Regents Park Hotel | LONDON, UK
UAS 2013
SMi Presents their 13th annual conference
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Dr. Bill Powers,
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Potomac Institute for
Policy Studies, USMC

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DAY ONE I 20 NOVEMBER 2013 www.uasconference.com
08.30
REGISTRATION & COFFEE
09.00
CHAIRMAN'S OPENING REMARKS
Major General (ret'd), Ken Israel, Defense Science Board Advisor,
Office of the Secretary of Defense, Israel Associates
09.10
KEYNOTE ADDRESS:
Military UAS in UK Defence
• In-Service UAS
• Future UAS
• UAS’ Place in Air ISTAR Force Structure
• Key Issues
Senior Representative, Deputy Head Collect, Cap ISTAR,
ISTAR Capability Branch Ministry of Defence, UK
09.50
Session reserved for sponsor
10.30
MORNING COFFEE
11.00
Dutch UAS, experiences in maritime and homeland operations
• Overview of gathered Scan Eagle experiences during maritime
anti-piracy missions in the Indian Ocean
• Civil and military cooperation and the use of MUAS Raven
Captain H.L. Stomp, Postholder OPS UAS, Joint ISTAR Commando,
Ministerie van Defensie, The Netherlands
11.40
Towards higher levels of autonomous UAS control
• Lessons from robotic system research and development
• Practical civilian use UAS research examples
• A routemap towards more capable systems
• Key challenges for future development
Dr. Darren Ansell , Space and Aerospace Engineering Lead,
University of Lancaster
12.20
NETWORKING LUNCH
13.40
The NATO AGS Program: Update and the road ahead
• History
• Status update
• Operational contribution
• Way Ahead
Bogdan Horvat, Public Relations Officer, NATO Headquarters
14.30
French naval experimentation of a tactical UAS’ at sea
• Schiebel S100 on the OPV L'Adroit
• Automatic take off and landing system evaluation (D2AD) at sea on
Frigate Guepratte
• Future testing of mini drone (fixed wing) by sea landing or by net
Commander Frédéric Glorieux, Head of Maritime Tactical UAS,
French Navy
15.10
AFTERNOON TEA
15.40
The Future of UAS in the U.S. Marine Corps
• A new vision for UAS
• New missions for UAS
• New concepts of employment for UAS
• Changing the nature of marine aviation
Dr. Bill Powers, Research Fellow, Center for Emerging Threats &
Opportunities (CETO), Potomac Institute for Policy Studies, USMC
16.20
Paving the way towards RPAS integration
• Overview if of the types of RPAS operations
• Overview of present regulatory status in Europe regarding RPAS
• Overview of the regulation road map
Mike Lissone, UAS ATM Intégration managé, EUROCONTROL
17.00
CHAIRMAN’S CLOSING REMARKS AND END OF DAY ONE
Supported by

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DAY TWO I 21 NOVEMBER 2013 www.uasconference.com
08.30
REGISTRATION & COFFEE
09.00
CHAIRMAN'S OPENING REMARKS
Dr. Bill Powers, Research Fellow, Center for Emerging Threats &
Opportunities (CETO), Potomac Institute for Policy Studies, USMC
09.10
KEYNOTE ADDRESS:
Global Unmanned Aerial System Game Changers - Evolving and
Enduring Trends
• Innovative tactics, techniques and procedures: UAVs are the most in
demand ISR asset in the world
• Unmanned system challenges: interoperability, autonomy, airspace
integration, communications, training, propulsion & power,
manned/unmanned teaming
• Battle space networking: Affordable, high bandwidth air, space,
surface dissemination
• Integration across missions and domains: shared understanding of
the battle space enabling anticipatory situational awareness. UAVs
are a major capability that enables and optimizes the effects of every
other mission
• Technology leap opportunities; Swarm Conops, new weapons
integration, cognitive analytics, new sensors
• Metrics: affordability, endurance, orbits, mission relevance
• Budgets: art of possible determined by art of the fundable - UAVs
are an affordable offset strategy for all ISR missions
Major General (ret'd), Ken Israel, Defense Science Board Advisor,
Office of the Secretary of Defense , Israel Associates
09.50
Update on the Watchkeeper Programme
• Providing an enhanced Tactical UAS capability for the British Army
• Integrating the core program into a UOR environment
• Potential areas for future Tactical UAS developments
Session reserved for UK MOD
10.30
MORNING COFFEE
11.00
ISR/RPA/UAS operator training
• Brief outline of US RPA training
• FAA issues with US RPA pilots
• RPA’s in the national airspace
• FAA mandates
Major General (R) George B Harrison, Principal Research Engineer,
Associate Director, GTRI
11.40
Current training of joint forces for UAS
• The training gap
• Proportionality
• A Solution to suit existing regulations
Mick Davidson, Tactical and UAS Subject Matter Expert,
Unmanned Experts
12.20
NETWORKING LUNCH
13.50
UAS: Italian Air Force Experience
• Operational requirement evolution
• Italian UAS’ flight activity
• Laws, roles and Airworthiness
• New projects
• Future improvements
Lieutenant Colonel Lorenzo Rispoli, MQ1 - MQ9 Program Office
Deputy Lead, Italian Air Force Staff
14.30
From Angry Birds to economic growth - creating jobs in the UAS
mission management supply chain
• Introduction to the GAMMA programme
• Scenarios for growth
• Engaging SMEs in and outside the traditional aerospace industry
• Successful case studies
Dr. Bill Crowther, Reader in Engineering, University Of Manchester
Institute Of Science And Technology
15.10
AFTERNOON TEA
15.40
Two to Tango - Controlling UCAVs from manned fighters
• Why the days of Manned Fighter Aircrafts are numbered
• Controlling UCAV squad flight in automatic mode from an advanced
fighters
• UCAVs as air superiority platforms
• Replacing “Man-in-the-Loop” with “Man-on-the-Loop”
Debajit Sarkar, Unmanned Aerial Systems and Smart Weapons,
Independent Consultant
16.20
The Ethics of UAS operations: challenges, opportunities and the
political cost of public disengagement
• Generating a new paradigm in aircrew ethos
• The ethical calculus of proportionality, discrimination and utility
• The politics of transparency versus secrecy
Dr. Peter Lee, Principal Lecturer in Military and Leadership Ethics &
Assistant Director, Cranfield University
17.00
CHAIRMAN’S CLOSING REMARKS AND END OF CONFERENCE
Supported by

4. PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP
19 NOVEMBER 2013 12.30 - 17.30
UAS in Transition: From War to Peace,
From Military to Commercial
Workshop overview
The UAS industry is already transitioning from the needs
of a wartime military to peacetime employment. Even
more dramatic is the transition from military
employment to the use of UAS by civil authorities and the
business world. This workshop will explore these
inevitable changes and how they will affect both civil and
military users.
Who should attend?
Both military and industry representatives will gain
insight into where UAS focus will be for the next few years
and they will benefit from having this knowledge to adjust
future UAS development to meet their own needs and
requirements.
Why should you attend?
This workshop will be conducted as an interactive
seminar. Discussion is encouraged and welcomed.
Everyone who attends will have a voice in the discussions
and an opportunity to ascertain the future direction of
UAS as one of a group of UAS subject matter experts.
Agenda
12.30 Registration
13.00
Session 1
Implications on UAS procurement and operations as
militaries transition from wartime to peacetime
operations
14.00
Session 2
Implications for UAS development as non-military and
business use of UAS grows at an exponential pace.
15.00 Coffee Break
15.30
Session 3
Emerging technologies that will influence UAS
development for military, non-military, and business
procurement and employment.
16.30
Session 4
Automation and autonomy: what do they really mean
and what are the implications for future employment?
17.30
End of workshop
Dr. Bill Powers is a Research Fellow at the
Potomac Institute for Policy Studies’ Center
for Emerging Threats and Opportunities
supporting the Deputy Commandant for
Combat Development and Integration’s
Futures Assessment Division in Quantico,
Virginia. He served 33 years in the Marine Corps, retiring
as a Colonel. He flew the A-4 Skyhawk and F/A-18
Hornet, served in Viet Nam and Desert Storm, and
commanded a battalion, a squadron and a group. He has
a dual Bachelor’s degree in Economics and Political
Science, a Master of Science in Business Administration,
and a doctorate in Organizational Leadership.
CETO
Center for Emerging Threats and Opportunities: an
internal Marine Corps think tank dedicated to developing
new ideas and concepts in direct support of the Deputy
Commandant for Combat Development and Integration
and the Commanding General of the Marine Corps
Warfighting Laboratory. This support covers the full
spectrum of combat development-related missions and
tasks, to include the assessment of future threats and
adversaries and associated geographic, environmental,
economic, and demographic conditions that may
influence the development of future war fighting
concepts, experimentation, and required capabilities.
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6. UAS 2013
Conference: Wednesday 20th-Thursday 21st November 2013, Marriott Regents Park Hotel, London Workshop: 19 November 2013
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