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The Future of Aerospace – Unmanned Vehicles & Systems

OCTOBER 27th, 2011 - Oval Lingotto of Torino, ITALY

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Plenary Morning Session

UV: Technological Challenge and Flying Force of the Future

8:30am – 9:00am Participants’ registration

Moderator: Silvia Rosa-Brusin, editor-in-chief  - Science News - RAI

9:00am – 9:15am Welcome Address
Alessandro Barberis, President - Torino Chamber of Commerce
Mario Calderini, President - Piedmont Aerospace District
Francesco Profumo, Rector - Politecnico di Torino

9:15am – 9:30am Opening Remarks
Opportunities for the Italian industry
Giovanni Bertolone, Executive Vice President Operations - Finmeccanica

9:30am – 11:15am New technologies and industrial opportunities for UV
UV scenario for technological development
Bruno Stoufflet, Vice-President R&D and advanced business - Dassault Aviation

UAS perspectives and initiatives in Alenia Aeronautica
Bruno Tranchero, Avionic Researches Program Manager - Alenia Aeronautica

Turbine propulsion trends for future UAS
Andrea De Marin, Propulsion System Engineer - Avio Engineering

Development of new unmanned aircraft technologies and systems in Spain: the perspective of Indra
Javier Caina Bernal, Director - Indra

UAV coordinated-autonomous operation in support of superior levels of UAV dependability and predictability
Okko Bleeker, Director R&D Europe - Rockwell Collins

Cassidian Perspective on UAS Technologies and its European Dimension
Thomas Gottschild, Vice President - Head of Technical Sales Support and Portfolio Management - Cassidian

Buoyant Systems
Rich Power, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Advanced Development Programs - ISR Principal

11:15am – 11:30am Coffee break

11:30am– 12:00am Space Systems and Technologies in the field of UV
The Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle (IXV): Objectives, Status and Perspectives
Giorgio Tumino, Program Manager IXV - European Space Agency

New Generation Space Transportation Systems; the TAS-I experience and perspectives
Roberto Provera, Director - Transportation Systems and Space Exploration Programmes - Thales Alenia Space

12:00am – 12:15pm Military Applications: European Defence Agency

"Making it happen! The Case UAS Air Traffic Insertion at EU level"
Policy issues - Europe's strategic approach for civil/military UAS integration
Martin Stoussavljewitsch, Principal Armaments Officer - European Defence Agency

The EDA UAS Programme under the European Framework Cooperation
Laura Radulescu, Project Manager (EFC) Aircraft Systems - European Defence Agency

12:15pm – 12:30pm Civil Applications
Non military use of less expensive unmanned vehicles
Detlev Reicheneder, Senior Industry Manager Manufacturing - Autodesk GmbH

12:30pm – 13:00pm Research and development projects and experience on UAVs
Re-entry technologies development: national and ESA projects
Arturo De Lillis, Head of Launchers and Space Transportation Unit – ESA Council Advisor and PB –Launchers / Industrial Policy Committee National Delegate - Italian Space Agency (ASI)

Technology development for space and aerial Unmanned Systems - the Italian Aerospace Research Center contribution
Ludovico Vecchione, Air Vehicles, Division Manager - Centro Italiano Ricerche Aerospaziali

Improved homeland security by means of UAS
Michele Genisio, Head of EU/International Projects - Selex Galileo


Afternoon Parallel Sessions

14:30pm – 16:00pm
Session 1Advanced Materials and Technologies in Unmanned Vehicles”
Moderator: Piero Messidoro, Director of Engineering and Advanced Programs - Space Infrastructures and Transportation Business Segment - Thales Alenia Space

From Millenium (ULM) to Sky-Y (UAV): an experience on full composite aicraft
Erasmo Carrera, Deputy Director Dipartimento di Ingegneria Aeronautica e Spaziale - Politecnico di Torino

Systems for ground and flying robots
Janusz Narkiewicz - Warsaw University – Faculty of Power and Aeronautical Engineering

Space Technologies for UV in the Regional Project STEPS
Maria Antonietta Perino, Program Manager STEPS - Thales Alenia Space

The role of engineering Simulation in UV Design and Development
Luca Bertoletti, Technical Support Engineer - Ansys Italia


Session 2 “SMES and UV Opportunities”
Moderator: Simone Duranti, Business Development UAS – Head of UAS Product Analysis - Alenia Aeronautica


The SMAT project: a UAS Italian Research Initiative
Stefania Maddaluno, SMAT Project Leader - Alenia Aeronautica

Innovative Unmanned airships: operational effectiveness, low cost and ecological compatibility
Pierangelo Cassino, senior consultant - Nautilus

SME innovation and global collaboration: a new opportunity for light UAVs
Paolo Bellezza, CEO - Nimbus

Acoustic Vector Sensor (AVS) - Possibilities to enrich Unmanned Air Systems
Björn Behrmann, Sales Manager, Microflown Avisa