Groeikansen voor de Belgische drone-industrie: matchmaking

The drone community unites: meet, explore, network and grow your business.

Programme

13:30 – 14:00
Registration and coffee

14:00 – 14:10
Welcome by Agoria and EUKA

14:10 – 14:25
Keynote: Welcome@DronePort, a unique test and incubation campus in the heart of Europe
Mark Vanlook, CEO, Droneport

14:25 – 15:00
European collaboration showing the way
European Network of U-space Demonstrator: alive and kicking
Koen Devos, European Commission, DG Move
Paul Bosman, Head of Aviation Cooperation and Strategies Division, Eurocontrol

SAFIR: the Belgian showcase of U-Space Demonstrator
Marc Kegelaers, CEO, Unifly
Hendrik Jan Van Der Gucht , Innovation Manager, skeyes

15:00 – 15:40
Belgian collaboration projects for drone applications

Smart Connectivity demonstrator project
Eli De Poorter, professor at Ghent University – IMEC

MIRADOR project – Site monitoring with automated drones @ DronePort
Philip De Visscher, Sales & Operations Manager, DroneMatrix

2 ICON projects on drones:
How to develop autonomous drone applications
Wouter De Nijs, Manager Core lab DecisionS, Flanders Make

SafeDroneWare
Dominick Vanthienen , VP Innovation, Intermodalics

15:40 – 16:10
Keynote: Smart Mobility in Smart City: Urban Air Traffic Management
and the role of Cities 
Dr Vassilis Agouridas, Senior Manager Strategic Innovation, AIRBUS

16:10 – 16:15
Wrap Up
Yves Schellekens, Business Group Leader Digital Industries, Agoria

16:15 – 16:30
Demo flight by Unifly

16:30 – 18:30
Networking Drink

16:45 – 18:15
Matchmaking (15 min speed dates)
Guided Tours DronePort