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Plenary Talk - V

Peter van Blyenburgh

President UVS International, France

SPEAKER PROFILE
Peter van Blyenburgh, a Dutch national residing in Paris, France, was born in The Netherlands (48), educated in Canada, the Netherlands Antilles and The Netherlands, studied in Switzerland (Business Administration) and has held various management positions with a number of industrial and service supplying corporations in the USA, Europe and the Middle East. He has been involved with unmanned systems since 1987 and has supplied advisory services in this field to corporate and/or governmental entities in Europe, the Middle & Far East and North America. In 1995 he instigated, and in 1997 founded, the European Unmanned Vehicle Systems Association (EURO UVS), which changed its name to UVS International in January 2004; he is currently in his 6th two-year term as president of this internationally operating nonprofit association registered in Den Haag, The Netherlands, which deploys its activities out of offices in Paris, France. He is the founder and Chief Executive of Blyenburgh & Co (B&C), a company registered in Paris, France, to which the UVS International Board of Directors has contractually entrusted its administration, as well as the organization of its unmanned vehicle system-related conferences, symposia and workshops; he personally chairs all UVS International conferences and he is a regularspeakerat international unmanned aircraft system-related conferences.

Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS): The Global Perspective

ABSTRACT
This presentation will give a wide and richly illustrated overview of the current UAS situation (military & civil) in the world. It will focus on current & future non-military UAS applications. The presentation will highlight the problems being encountered and the required international co-ordination & co-operation relative to taking the necessary steps to insert UAS into non-segregated airspace. It will focuson the opportunities this brings with it. The framework of the presentation will beas follows: Introduction UAS Categories UAS: Review By Category UAS Referenced Worldwide & Producing Countries UAS: Out-of-country Military Deployments Current & Future Non-Military UAS Applications Worldwide The Problems Regarding Access to Non-Segregated Airspace & Starting To Resolve Them Overview of the European Stakeholders European Institutional UAS-Related Activities Non- European Institutional UAS-Related Activities EUROCAE WG73 on UAS & RTCA SC203 on UAS - Updates The Global Access Initiative Conclusion.

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