The document announces a day-long event focused on unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to be held at the University of Bologna. The event will discuss future scenarios and applications of UAV technologies, as well as European funding opportunities. It will consist of two sessions - the morning will discuss research trends, applications, and funding while the afternoon will feature demonstrations of UAV prototypes. Attendees are asked to RSVP by May 1st. The program includes talks on European Commission research projects involving UAVs, shared control of remote UAV systems, technologies for civilian UAV applications, and potentials for industrial inspection using UAVs.

1. UAVs in Perspective
10 May 2012, Aula Magna, Facoltà d'Ingegneria
Università di Bologna
The day will focus on the theme of Unmanned Aerial
Vehicles, with a specific attention to future scenarios
related to the used technologies, possible civil applica-
tions and funding opportunities in future European
programs.
The event targets stakeholders which are already active
in the UAV field, as well as potential end users who are
not yet into it and might be unaware of the potential
offered by these technologies.
The day is organized in two sessions. The morning is
focused on future funding opportunities in the European
scene, academic and industrial research trends and non
conventional application scenarios. The afternoon is
devoted to demos of flying prototypes developed in the
AIRobots European Project (www.airobots.eu).
For organizational purposes, please confirm your atten-
dance to the event by sending an email to
lorenzo.marconi@unibo.it not later than Tuesday 1 May.
Program
- 09.30 Welcome
- 09.40 Anne Bajart, European Commission – DG INFSO Unit E5
"Robotics EU-funded research: UAVs in the context of FP7 Challenge 2 (Cognitive Systems and
Robotics)"
- 10.00 Lorenzo Marconi, Università di Bologna, Anibal Ollero, Universidad de Sevilla
“EU research in the UAVs: the AIRobots and ARCAS vision and experience”
- 10.30 Paolo Robuffo Giordano, Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics
"Shared control of remote multi-robot aerial systems: state-of-the-art and future perspec-
tives"
- 11.10 Coffee break
- 11.40 Michele Mazza, Selex Galileo MUAS
“UAS Technologies' trend: From Military To Civilian applications: Technologies and solutions for
innovative Mini and Micro UAS - law implications”
- 12.20 Ekkehard Zwicker, Alstom Inspection Robotics
“Potentials of flying inspection in industry”
- 13.00 Lunch
- 14.30 Demonstration session