Eurocontrol, the SESAR Joint Undertaking and the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) are jointly organising a technical interchange meetings (TIM) on the topic of unmanned aerial systems (UAS) and urban air mobility (UAM).
The goal of the meeting is to exchange know-how and research results and encourage collaboration and harmonisation of aviation research in the area of UAS and UAM.
This will be a virtual event spanning four days – 9, 10, 12 and 13 November between 16:00 – 19:00 CET, accommodating the needs of attendees from different time zones.
Each of the four days will be dedicated to one of four topics. The sessions will include a series of short presentations from US and European speakers, as well as a Q&A session. Participants will attend sessions in virtual break-out rooms to brainstorm on topics for US-European research collaboration.
9 November – UAS, UTM and UAM Programmes in the US and Europe
| Time | Topic | |
| 16:00 – 16:10 | Welcome and Context Setting | Laurent Renou, Dirk Schaefer,
EUROCONTROL and Eric Neidermann, FAA |
| 16:10 – 16:30 | The SESAR U-space Research Programme: An Introduction | Robin Garrity, SJU |
| 16:30 – 17:10 | UTM, UPP2, and UAM Work in the FAA | |
| TM CONOPS 2.0 | Sherri Magyarits, FAA | |
| UPP2 Demonstration | Praveen Raju, FAA | |
| UAM CONOPS | Steve Bradford, FAA | |
| 17:10 – 17:30 | The SESAR U-space Research Programme: Consolidated Result | |
| 17:30 – 17:45 | Break | |
| 17:45 – 18:05 | FAA UAS & UAM Research | Sabrina Saunders-Hodge/Paul Strande, FAA |
| 18:05 – 18:25 | The European U-space Concept of Operations: CORUS | Andrew Hately, EUROCONTROL |
| 18:25 – 18:45 | UAS and UAM Research in the UK – Perspective from the CAA | Frederic Laugere, UK CAA |
| 18:45 – 19:00 | Q&A | Moderator: Dirk Schaefer, EUROCONTROL |
10 November – Integrated CNS for UAS Operations
| Time | Topic | |
| 16:00 – 16:10 | Welcome and Context Setting | Laurent Renou, Dirk Schaefer, EUROCONTROL and Eric Neidermann, FAA |
| 16:10 – 16:30 | ICARUS: A Proposal for a Common Altitude Reference | Alberto Mennella, TopView |
| 16:30 – 16:50 | US talk about UAM and autonomous operations | TBC |
| 16:50 – 17:10 | Autonomy and AI for Advanced Air Mobility | Gokhan Inalhan, Cranfield University |
| 17:10 – 17:30 | The PercEvite Project | Guido de Croon, TU Delft |
| 17:30 – 17:50 | Q&A | Moderator: TBC |
| 17:50 – 18:05 | Break | |
| 18:05 – 18:55 | Online-brainstorming on challenges and future research topics | |
| 18:55 – 19:00 | Wrap-up and next steps |
11 November – UTM Safety Data and Safety Reporting
| Time | Topic | Speaker |
| 16:00 – 16:10 | Welcome and Context Setting | Laurent Renou, Dirk Schaefer, EUROCONTROL and Eric Neidermann, FAA |
| 16:10 – 16:30 | US talk on Safety Data Reporting | TBC |
| 16:30 – 16:50 | Some Cybersecurity Aspect of UAS | Patrick Mana, EUROCONTROL |
| 16:50 – 17:30 | Proactive and reactive safety analysis of drone operations | Lennaert Speijker and Sybert Stroeve, NLR |
| 17:30 – 17:50 | Q&A | Moderator: TBC |
| 17:50 – 18:05 | Break | |
| 18:05 – 18:55 | Online-brainstorming on challenges and future research topics | |
| 18:55 – 19:00 | Wrap-up and next steps |
12 November UTM – Safety Data and Safety Reporting
| Time | Topic | |
| 16:00 – 16:10 | Welcome and Context Setting | Laurent Renou, Dirk Schaefer, EUROCONTROL and Eric Neidermann, FAA |
| 16:10 – 16:30 | US talk on Safety Data Reporting | TBC |
| 16:30 – 16:50 | Some Cybersecurity Aspect of UAS | Patrick Mana, EUROCONTROL |
| 16:50 – 17:30 | Proactive and reactive safety analysis of drone operations | Lennaert Speijker and Sybert Stroeve, NLR |
| 17:30 – 17:50 | Q&A | Moderator TBC |
