
Groeikansen voor de Belgische drone-industrie: matchmaking
The drone community unites: meet, explore, network and grow your business.
Agoria, EUKA and DronePort are joining forces to bring the Belgian drone technology developers and suppliers together to explore business opportunities and to capitalize on the growth of this global market. And, what could be a more stimulating environment than organizing this at the newly opened state of the art facilities of DronePort in Sint-Truiden.
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
