Program

Program

Program

AUVSI’s Unmanned Systems Asia-Pacific 2010
31 January – 1 February 2010
Pan Pacific Singapore

Moderator: Mr. Jeffrey S. Goldfinger, L-3 Advanced Systems

DAY 1: 31 JANUARY 2010

 0845-0900 Opening/Administrative Comments 
 0900-0930 Compact Lidar Sensor for Obstacle Detection on Unmanned Ground and Surface Vehicles
Mr. Michael Dunbar, Velodyne Lidar, Inc., United States
 0930-1000 Distributed Coordination of Unmanned Surface Vehicles
Dr. Jens-Olof Lindh, Kockums AB, Sweden
 1000-1030
Dr. Paul Boxer, Sentient Vision Systems, Australia
 1030-1100 Morning Coffee Break
 1100-1200 Keynote Session: Strategic Concept of Employment for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) in NATO
Air Cdre Jan van Hoof, Joint Air Power Competence Center (JAPCC), Germany
 1200-1330 Networking Lunch
 1330-1400
Mr. Cino Robin Castelli, MacroUSA Corp., United States
 1400-1430
Robotics for Rapid Agile Combat Support 
1st Lt Andrew Kopeikin, Air Force Research Lab - Robotics Research Group, United States
 1430-1500 Camcopter S-100 a Proven VTOL UAV Capability
Mr. Niklas Nyroth, Schiebel, Austria
 1500-1530 Afternoon Coffee Break
 1530-1600 Featured Speaker: Shipboard Employment of the Scan Eagle UAS to Meet Real World Force Protection Scenarios
Mr. Peter Bale, Insitu Pacific Limited, Australia
 1600-1645 Featured Speaker: MQ-8B Fire Scout Overview and Status Update of Operations at Sea
Mr. Michael Fuqua, Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems, United States
 1645-1700 Closing Comments
 1700-1800 Reception
 
DAY 2: 1 FEBRUARY 2010

0845-0900  Opening/Administrative Comments 
0900-0930 Airspace Integration Alternatives for Unmanned Aircraft
Mr. Andrew Lacher, The MITRE Corporation, United States
0930-1000 Simulation for Unmanned Vehicles in Maritime Applications 
Mr. Roy Pershin, Simlat, Israel
1000-1030 UAV Training and Readiness
Mr. Omer Frank, Tiltan Systems Engineering, Israel
1030-1100 Morning Coffee Break
1100-1200 Keynote Session: Leveraging Unmanned Aircraft Systems to Meet United States Navy Maritime ISR Demands
CAPT Robert Dishman, U.S. Navy, Persistent Maritime Unmanned Aircraft Systems (PMA-262), United States
1200-1330 Networking Lunch
1330-1400 Automated Aircraft Ground Refueling
LT Jake Hobson, Air Force Research Lab - Robotics Research Group, United States
1400-1430 Singapore Robotic Games and Other Robotics Activities in Singapore
Dr. Marcelo Ang, Jr., National University of Singapore, Singapore
1430-1500 European UAS Standards Progress Report
Mr. Dewar Donnithorne-Tait, AUVSI, United Kingdom
1500-1530 Afternoon Coffee Break
1530-1615 Featured Speaker: The Oulook for the UAS Market in Asia-Pacific
Mr. Julius Yeo, Frost and Sullivan, Singapore
1615-1645 UAV's in Close Air Support Training
Major Robert Kendall, Canadian Forces, Canada
1645-1700 Closing Comments/Wrap-up
Note: Schedule is subject to change.  Check back often for program updates.