Canadian Unmanned Vehicle Systems Summit

Receive Informative and Innovative Sessions from the Canadian Forces and Leading Organizations Influencing the Direction of Canada’s Unmanned Programs

IDGA’s: Unmanned Vehicle Systems summits have become highly recognized and respected forums where members of the military, government, and industry can come together for an advanced and focused curriculum on the up to date utilization of Unmanned Vehicle Systems. Unmanned Vehicle Systems (UVS) show great promise for a vast number of military and civilian applications. With the newly implemented Canadian First Defense Strategy, the increased use of unmanned vehicle systems will become a reality. The influx of $5.3B spent over the past five years as well as an increase in spending of $1.8B in 2011, and potentially $1B in 2012, has spurred substantial growth within the UVS arena.

Canada is presently being recognized as a global leader in the evolution from military unmanned systems technology into the civil and commercial sector. Unmanned aircraft systems routinely support Canadian law enforcement operations, the lessons learned from those early experiences have been circulating the globe as Canadian police operators have assisted their counterparts. Through this assistance, the utilization of technology, processes, and procedures have increased the implementation of unmanned systems among allies’ daily activities, in turn, enhancing their efficiency, safety and cost effectiveness.

Canadian unmanned underwater systems glided beneath meters of Arctic ice as they mapped Canada’s claims to the Arctic shelf. In the air, under the ocean, and across the land, Canadian unmanned systems have been supporting a wealth of applications. Functions at the forefront range from: emergency response to environmental monitoring, safety and security, making Unmanned Systems Canada the way ahead for Canadian defence and commercial interests.

Specific Topics of Discussion Include:

UVS in the Arctic
Regulatory Issues
Resource Detection

Technical Interoperability Standards
UVS for Wildlife Management
Small UAV’s and the Future

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Speaker and Presenter Information

Major Mark Wuennenberg Deputy Project Director, JUSTAS / Noctua UAV Directorate of Air Requirements for UAVs Canadian Forces Airforce Dr. Jacob Verhoef Geophysicist Director UNCLOS Program Geological Survey of Canada Natural Resources Canada Dr Bill Powers Research Fellow, Potomac Institute for Policy Studies Centre for Emerging Threats and Opportunities USMC Warfighting Laboratory Greg Baiden Ph.D. CTO Penguin, Automated Systems Inc. Professor - Laurentian University Kris Ellis Research Officer, Flight Research Laboratory, Institute for Aerospace Research, National Research Council of Canada Dr. Walter Dorn Associate Professor, Royal Military College of Canada Chair Department of Security and International Affairs Daniel J. Pack Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering U.S. Air Force Academy David Hopkin Head, Underwater Force Protection Group DRDC Atlantic, Halifax Dominique Chabot, Ph.D. student in Wildlife Biology McGill University Dr. Paul Pace Defense Scientist Defence Research and Development Canada Jean Berger Defense Scientist Defense R&D Canada Karen Tarr Recreational Aviation & Special Flight Operations Inspector Transport Canada Rod Jones Executive Director Canadian Aerospace Council Dr. David M. Bird Professor of Wildlife Biology McGill University Mark R. Patterson Autonomous Systems Laboratory Virginia Institute of Marine Science