The Estonian Aviation Academy organizes the unmanned aviation public seminar for the third time in a row.
This year’s seminar will be held in English and titled ”Drone technologies at the forefront of innovation”. In the seminar, e.g. an explanation of the cooperation opportunities between Tartu and Seinäjoki, and Dronamics’ speech about the journey so far towards unmanned cargo flights in Europe will be heard.
The seminar will be streamed live in the Frami. The event is free of charge. Everyone who is interested in the field and topics is welcome to join.
9:00 a.m. Coffee and networking
9:30 a.m. Stream starts
9:30 a.m. Opening words and national policy overview
Taivo Linnamägi, Estonian Ministry of Climate
9:45 a.m. Setting the scene: The Role of the Cities in the future of UAS
Raimond Tamm (The City of Tartu), Elisabeth Kivimäki (Into Seinäjoki), the representative of the City of Tallinn (TBC)
10:35 a.m. Exploring the Concepts of Different UAS Test Environments
Maria Tamm, Estonian Aviation Academy
11:10-11:30 a.m. Short break
11:30 a.m. How Can Cooperation Among the New Nordic Countries Enable the Development of Unmanned Aviation?
Tero Vuorenmaa, INNOAVIA
12:00 a.m. Overview of Tartu’s Public Acceptance Survey on Unmanned Aviation
Jaanus Tamm, Tartu City Government
12:30-13:15 p.m. Lunch (self-funded)
13:15 p.m. How Can Metrosert’s Activities Support the Sector’s Development and Entrepreneurs? (topic TBC)
Rainer Kivimäe, Metrosert
13:40 p.m. How Can the Public Sector Support Innovation in Aviation?
Greta Elva-Jõemaa, Accelerate Estonia
14:05 p.m. Experiences from Planning and Launching Cargo Drone Operations in Europe
Kenneth Chircop, Dronamics
14:35-14:50 p.m. Short break and coffee
14:50 p.m. UTM Solutions in Test Site Environment
Amit Ganjoo, ANRA Technologies
15:15 p.m. Panel discussion: Private and Public Sector in Unmanned Aviation: On the Same Page Or in Parallel Worlds?
Jaan Erik Kiissel (Estonian Ministry of Climate), Priit Rifk (Estonian Transport Administration), Mart Raja (Rae Geodeesia), Eduard Vainu (Droon.ee)
The panel is moderated by Ott Tahk (Estonian Aviation Academy)
16:00 p.m. The event ends
