AmCham, in association with BCE and Security madein.lu, is hosting a one-day event giving drone users, fans and aficionados a chance to learn more about the whirring eyes in the sky, sharing insights and experiences with professional and private organisations and associations at the Junglinster Longwave Transmitter, CLT-Centre d’Emission in Junglinster on 27 April.  

The day brings together the experts for a series of roundtables, demos, training and discussions, as well as a cyber-security breakfast focused on security, safety and the question of whether drones are our friends or our foes.  

The full agenda is reproduced below. For more information and to register, see the website: https://securitymadein.lu/events/drones-good-evil/

Agenda:

▪ 08:00  Open doors

▪ 08:30-10:00 Cybersecurity Breakfast#15 – Security, safety and drones, friends or foe ?

▪ 09:00 Keynote by Kenneth Sebesta, PhD, Head of Advanced Concepts at CyPhy Works Inc. : “Drone security, crossing barriers from cyber to physical”

▪ 09:20 Roundtable with the participation of Kenn Sebesta, Gary Cornelius “Security in mobile robotics”, University of Luxembourg and Pascal Kremer, Airline Safety Manager (Luxair Group)

▪ 10:00 Conclusions and networking coffee

▪ 10:00-17:00 Drone demonstrations and networking

▪ MaxxUAV.EU, Frederic Gordts – Business specialized in designing and distributing the best products for UAV

▪ Hack4Kids, Matthieu Farcot – “Drones’up”: learn how to handle drones with a dedicated programming language

▪ Service Incendie et Ambulance de la Ville du Luxembourg – First aid drone use

▪ Globe UAV – 4G LTE solution for long distance flights

▪ Agroptimize and LIST – Agroptimize business is the fruit of a collaboration between DRONE AGRICOLE, the LIST, the University of Liège, and covets to become a major European actor for decision-support tools and precision farming tool

▪ LUX-DRONES SARL, Stéphane Anxionnat – Operator, training and customized solutions for drones in Luxembourg

▪ Lugus Studios BVBA – Liftoff, a game that translates the rush of first-person view drone racing to the digital world

▪ Geocoptix and Luxsense geodata – Autonomous 3D-Mapping: fixed-wing UAV-applications for land surveying and agriculture

▪ 14:15 Opening address by Paul-Michael Schonenberg, Chairman and CEO of the American Chamber of Commerce in Luxembourg

▪ 14:30-16:30 Drone race by “FPV Racing Luxembourg” – Click here to register

▪ 16:30-17:00 Awards ceremony for the drone race’s winners

▪ 17:00-19:05 Conference stream: A practical overview of the usage of drones by companies

▪ Henry-Michel Cauchie, LIST – “Take a fresh look at your water body: using flying wings to monitor the water quality of lakes”

▪ Pascal Kremer, Airline Safety Manager at Luxair – “Let’s fly together”, safety aspects of drone operations: an airline point of view

▪ Hans Schrauwen, Unifly – Bridging the gap between manned and unmanned aviation

▪ Geocoptix and Luxsense geodata – Autonomous 3D-Mapping: UAV applications for land surveying and agriculture

▪ 18:05-18:20 Small break

▪ Professor Holger Voos, Professor at the University of Luxembourg, Head of the Automatic Control Laboratory – Drone research at SnT, University of Luxembourg

▪ Gary Cywie, counsel, IP/TMT at Allen & Overy – “Legal aspects: civil and leisure use of drones”

▪ Anne-Laure Gérard and Sandro Monteiro, European Drone Film Festival – an artistic use of drones

▪ 19:05 Closing address by Paul-Michael Schonenberg, Chairman and CEO of the American Chamber of Commerce in Luxembourg, followed by networking