SMi Group's UAV Technology Central & Eastern Europe 2017 conference returns to Prague this September for its 2nd year.

1. BENEFITS OF ATTENDING:
• The only conference focused on the procurement and
development of UAV capability in Central and Eastern Europe
• Explore the current needs and challenges facing the region
and gain an understanding of UAV’s role in optimising
command and control
• Meet senior representatives from leading CEE nations that are
actively acquiring and upgrading their UAV capability
• Hear the very latest technological developments from
research and industry, that are enhancing operational
deployment of UAV
CHAIRMAN:
REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL SPEAKERS INCLUDE:
Lieutenant General Alikiviadis Stefanis, Chief of the
Hellenic Army General Staff, Hellenic Army
Major General Muhamet Islam Racaj, Deputy Chief
of the General Staff, Macedonian Armed Forces
Lieutenant General (Ret’d) Konstantinos Loukopoulos,
Former International Relations Division Director in the
Armaments Secretariat, Hellenic General Staff
Brigadier General Timothy Daugherty, Deputy Chief
of Staff, G-3 Operations, US Army Europe
Mr Priit Parktal, Head of Procurement Department,
Estonian Ministry of Defence
Lieutenant Colonel Jan Drozd, Ph.D., Department of
Tactics, University of Defence, Brno, Czech Republic
Lieutenant Colonel Hrvoje Tomsic, Military Security
Intelligence Agency, Croatian Ministry of Defence
Lieutenant Colonel Krista (K.L.A.) Bouckaert,
Commander, 4th Artillery Regiment, Canadian Army
Lieutenant Colonel Roland Runge, Chief of the RPA/
ISR Section, Flying Operations Directorate, German
Air Force Command
Mr Marko Gruden, Secretary, Logistics Directorate
Ministry of Defence Slovenia
Mr Tomas Pustina, Senior Legal Officer, Department
of Civil Aviation, Ministry of Transport, Czech Republic
Major General Bohuslav Dvorak, Former Deputy
Chief of the General Staff, Czech Armed Forces
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PLUS AN EXCLUSIVE HALF-DAY PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP
Tuesday 26th September 2017, Hotel International, Prague, Czech Republic
2017
UAV Technology
Central and
Eastern Europe
27th & 28th
SEPT
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Hotel International, Prague, Czech Republic
Improving Procurement and Maximising Operational
Deployment of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
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PROPOSAL OF UAS TRAINING PROGRAMS (THEORY, PRACTICE) FOR TERRITORIAL DEFENCE FORCES
12.30PM - 4.00PM
Workshop Leader: Justyna Zdanowska, President, GEO-UAV
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UAV TECHNOLOGY CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE
Day One | Wednesday 27th September 2017 www.uav-technology.org
8.30 Registration & Coffee
9.00 Chairman’s Opening Remarks
Major General Bohuslav Dvorak, Former Deputy Chief of
General Staff, Czech Armed Forces
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
9.10 The Direction of the Hellenic Army and How the Army is
integrating UAV capabilities within the Land Forces
• An overview of the current capabilities of the Army
• Working with Allies to improve joint capabilities
• How UAV improve operational and strategical decision
making: better Command and Control
• Current and future challenges of the Army
Lieutenant General Alikiviadis Stefanis, Chief of the Hellenic
Army General Staff, Hellenic Army General Staff
GLOBAL OVERVIEW OF UAV CAPABILITIES
9.50 How UAVs Play a Central Role in Delivering Information for
Optimise Command and Control: A US Army Europe Perspective
• An operational point of view of how UAV can assist ground
troops during exercise and live missions
• Working with partner nations to assure a strong and ready
Alliance
• The latest developments regarding “small” UAV: quick
deployment for a quick response
• Current and future challenges
Brigadier General Timothy Daugherty, Deputy Chief of Staff
G3, US Army Europe
10.30 Morning Coffee
11.00 The 4th Artillery Regiment: An Overview of the Current and
Future UAV Capabilities
• An overview of the activities and structure of the 4th
Artillery Regiment
• Deploying “small” and “big” UAV
• Collaborating with partner nations to foster relationships
and improve overall know-how
• Current challenges
Lieutenant Colonel Krista Bouckaert, Commander 4th Artillery
Regiment, Canadian Army
11.40 Session Reserved for Lockheed Martin Canada CDL Systems
EASTERN EUROPE UPDATES ON UAV CAPABILITIES
12.20 Estonia’s MoD Overview: Procurement and Acquisition of UAV
Capabilities
• National defence development plan to 2022
• Current operational level of UAVs within the Armed Forces
• UAVs as essential tool for data gathering and surveillance
• Border security: how UAV are and will improve state security
• The next steps of Estonia’s MoD to acquiring new capabilities
• A focus on Small UAV
• Current and future challenges
Mr Priit Parktal, Head of Procurement Department,
Estonian Ministry of Defence
1.00 Networking Lunch
2.00 Recent Developments and Updates of the Slovenian Planned
Development of Un-Manned Aerial Vehicle Capability
• Current operational level of UAV within the Armed Forces
• UAV as an essential tool for data gathering and
surveillance
• The next steps of the Slovenian MoD to acquire new
capabilities
Mr Marko Gruden, Secretary, Logistics Directorate, Ministry of
Defence, Slovenia
2.40 The Czech Civil Aviation Department: Regulation of
Unmanned-Aerial Vehicles in Czech Airspace
• An overview of legal regulations governing UAV flight in
Czech Airspace: safety, liability, insurance, privacy
• The safety and legal challenges of operating UAV
platforms in separated and/or shared airspace
• Boundaries between state/civil aircraft and civil/military
rules
• Existing and future co-operation between the Czech Civil
Aviation Department and the Czech Armed Forces/Ministry
of Transport
Mr Tomas Pustina, Legal Officer, Department of Civil Aviation,
Ministry of Transport Czech Republic
3.20 Afternoon Tea
3.50 The Growing Threats and Defence Concerns of the EU and
NATO: Improving Security and Optimising Resources to
Effectively Face and Overcome Challenges
• Past: Significant events that impacted the present
• Present: current NATO status: capabilities, objectives,
challenges
• Future: How will NATO look like in 2020
• How can NATO and the EU improve cooperation and joint
capabilities by working with allies and partner nations?
• A geopolitical overview of the Alliance: the Eastern and
Southern border
Lieutenant General Konstantinos Loukopoulos, CEO, Formion SA
4.30 The Role of Unmanned Systems in Future Wide Area Networks
• How trends in commercial Mobile and Wide Area Networks
are moving away from greater speed and towards greater
coverage
• How UAVs will play a key role in satisfying the demand for
growing commercial networks
• What this, and other commercial UAV trends, means for
access to new technologies which could revolutionise
defence
Mr Greg Moore, UAV Specialist, PA Consulting
5.10 Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Day One
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UAV TECHNOLOGY CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE
Day Two | Thursday 28th September 2017 www.uav-technology.org
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8.30 Registration Coffee
9.00 Chairman’s Opening Remarks
Major General Bohuslav Dvorak, Former Deputy Chief of
General Staff, Czech Armed Forces
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
9.10 The Army’s Current and Future Developments for Acquiring
New Capabilities and Improving Operational Capabilities: A
focus on UAV
• The current needs of the Army
• How new UAV technologies will be integrated within the
operational and tactical units
• Cooperating with other nations to improve the Defence
Forces operational assets
Major General Muhamet Racaj, Deputy Chief of the General
Staff, Macedonian Armed Forces
THE USE OF UAV FOR RECONNAISSANCE AND SURVEILLANCE
9.50 Ready to Intervene to Provide National Support:
A Focus on UAV
• Disaster response and ready to support lead agencies for
domestic emergencies and disaster relief efforts: How UAV
provide important reconnaissance information
• Improving national and border defense: Deploying UAV for
enhanced surveillance and thus optimizing rapid response
• Working with national civil authorities to improve cooperation
and regulations
• Fostering partnerships with defence industries to continue to
develop new technological capabilities
• Current and future challenges
Major General Scottie D Carpenter, Incoming Deputy
Commanding General Operations, US Army Reserve
10.30 Morning Coffee
11.00 Tactics in Connection with Unmanned Systems
• The Computer Assigned Military Decision-Making Process
(CAMDMP)
• Decision support systems: Command and Control for military
units
• Models for UAV systems: UAV safety manoeuvre and
cooperative aerial reconnaissance
Lieutenant Colonel Jan Drozd, Assistant Professor, University of
Defence, Czech Republic UAV TECHNOLOGY
11.40 The Ministry of Defence Steps Forward to Optimising the Use
of UAV for Reconnaissance and Surveillance
• Concepts of operation and technology for effectively
collecting and sharing aerial intelligence
• Future requirements to greater support operations,
considering systems such as micro UAV
• Current and future challenges
Lieutenant Colonel Hrvoje Tomsic, Military Security Intelligence
Agency, Croatian Ministry of Defence
UAV TECHNOLOGY
12.20 The Advancement of the German Armed Forces Regarding
UAV Technology
• Heron TP: MALE drone (Medium Altitude Long Endurance)
• The leading role of Germany in the development of the
Heron TP
• The importance of achieving a highly developed European
UAV system
Lieutenant Colonel Roland Runge, Head ISR UAS Division,
German Air Force
1.00 Networking Lunch
2.00 Should Robots Decide Who and When to Kill?
• Is it ethical to use UAVs?
• Should lethal autonomous weapon systems (LAWS) be
allowed to make decisions to kill?
• Can LAWS be held responsible for their actions?
Dr Linda Johansson, Teacher, Swedish Defence University
2.40 The Innovative DualCam for the Detection and Localization of
Drones
• DualCam is the first optical-acoustic camera that detects,
locates, classifies and reports abnormal events
• Military and civil deployment
• Step forwards
Dr Samuele Martelli, Embedded Computer Vision Specialist,
Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia
3.20 Afternoon Tea
3.50 Connecting Industry with World-class Research Tools and
Capabilities
• An overview of the Research Centre
• The latest research outcome: Fire resisting drone
• How can 3D printing revolutionise the UAV sector
• Cooperation with Armed Forces
• Challenges
Dr Peter Fuhr, Tech Director UAS Research Center, Oak Ridge
National Laboratory
4.30 Developing Future UAV Capability for Eastern European
Nations: NSPA Procurement Strategy and In-Service Support
• NSPA structure and role in equipment support
• Developing UAV requirements
• Converting these into procurement strategy
• In service support for the UAV
• Findings and lessons learnt from recent UAV programme
support, such as Heron
Senior Representative, Air and Land Combat Systems
Programme Office, UAS and Special Projects Support Section,
NSPA
5.10 Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Day Two
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4. HALF DAY PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP
Tuesday 26th September 2017
Hotel International, Prague, Czech Republic
12.30pm - 4.00pm
PROPOSAL OF UAS TRAINING PROGRAMS
(THEORY, PRACTICE)
FOR TERRITORIAL DEFENCE FORCES
Workshop leader bio:
Dr Justyna Zdanowska, President, GEO-UAV CEO of GEO-UAV
Training Centre located in central Poland; Ph.D. student of
Terminology of UAS at Nova University in Lisbon, Portugal; One
of the first female UAS instructors in Poland; BVLOS and VLOS
UAS operator up to 25 kg; in 2015 awarded a scholarship Short
Term Scientific Mission at KU Leuven University in Antwerp,
Belgium; active participator of Polish UAS market and the
expert in Centre of Strategic Studies and Policy (CASiB).
Workshop Leader:
Justyna Zdanowska, President, GEO-UAV
Workshop Overview
The workshop is an overview of activities concerning market
development of emerging new types of trainings for UAS
operators in Poland. It includes proposals, actions that have
already been taken and tendencies related to both trainings
and technology that might be possibly involved in the
development of UAS trainings for units of Defence Forces.
Benefits of Attending:
• Poland is one of the top world countries with the highest
number of UAS pilots
• Development of Defence Forces units in Poland will include
UAS operations that require new standardization
• Polish UAS legal regulations are one of the most restrictive
in the world
• Development of Defence Forces units in Poland potentially
imposes opportunities for development of UAS market
Workshop Agenda
12.30 Registration Coffee
1.00 Opening Remarks and Introduction
Dr Justyna Zdanowska, President, GEO-UAV
1.10 Legal regulations in Poland
• General overview on Polish legal
regulations
• Limitations and challenges
• Current changes and improvements for
market
• The need of standardization UAS
regulations
1.40 Potential of Polish UAS Market and Operators
• General overview on Polish UAS markets
• The current tendencies in services
• Solutions available on market
• Challenges limiting the potential
2.10 Afternoon Tea
2.40 Trainings of UAS Operators in Poland
• Current situation on training market in
Poland
• Different types of trainings: basic,
advanced, pro
• Trainings for special purposes: challenges
and solutions
• Cooperation with universities and their UAS
programs
3.10 Development of Territorial Defence Forces
(TDF) units in Poland UAS Perspective
• Basic assumptions of TDF units in Poland
• Stage of development and proposed
solutions
• Technology for TDF available on the
market
• Possible ways of development
3.40 Closing Remarks
4.00 End of Workshop

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