2018 Conference Schedule

Program subject to change. Be aware that the start and end times for each session presented above are subject to change without prior notice.

Day 1: Tuesday, 25 September 2018

TIME	TOPIC	PRESENTER
11:00	Opening session
11:10	1000 Payloads/1000 Operations	DRONETOOLS. ESPAÑA
11:45	Project AlphaLink - Multibody aircraft as long-endurance drones	Project AlphaLink. GERMANY
12:25	Challenges and Techniques in Drone Forensics	Canterbury Christ Chruch Univ. UNITED KINGDOM
13:00	Self-organizing UAV Networks for Providing On-demand LTE Connectivity to First Responders	NEC Laboratories America. USA
14:00	Enabling BVLOS flights through Cellular Connectivity	Nokia Bell Labs. DENMARK
14:50	Meteodrones - Aiming for the perfect weather forecast	Meteomatics AG. SWITZERLAND
15:30	Project DiAvEn - Indoor Delivery Drone	Project DiAvEn. GERMANY
16:10	Unleashing the power of collaborative drones	Insyab Wireless Limited. UAE
17:00	End

Day 2: Wednesday, 26 September 2018

TIME	TOPIC	PRESENTER
11:00	Opening session
11:10	Drone Projects @ Cyber Innovation Hub of German Armed Forces	Cyber Innovation Hub. GERMANY
11:40	Bandwidth efficient communication for drone payloads	AnsuR. NORWAY
12:00	In-flight Wireless Charging for Drones	Global Energy Transmission, Co. USA
13:00	Bring your tools to the sky with DJI Payload SDK	DJI. GERMANY
14:00	Comparison of UAV photograph-based and airborne lidar-based point clouds over forest	DLR. GERMANY
14:30	Air-to Air, Air-to-Ground Laser Communications Systems for Drones	Mynaric Lasercom. GERMANY
15:00	Smart FC(R) - Customized flight controller	TU Berlin
16:00	End

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Bring your tools to the sky with DJI Payload SDK
DJI
GERMANY

The Future of Commercial Drone Customisation: DJI’s new Payload SDK enables non-DJI cameras, sensors, and payloads such as air-to-ground communication tools and devices to be mounted and integrated directly into DJI’s Matrice 200 Series drones. By opening this layer of DJI’s core technology to the commercial drone ecosystem, any manufacturer, developer or researcher can create a drone that is customised for a specific purpose or industry.

Enabling BVLOS flights through Cellular Connectivity
Nokia Bell Labs
DENMARK

BVLOS flights enable many exciting new use cases for drones, but require a reliable command and control (C2) link. C2 over cellular networks is an obvious way forward due to the almost ubiquitous coverage. From research conducted in the SESAR DroC2om project, we will show the differences between communication to drones and ground users based on measurements with drones flying in VLL air space, and show that interference mitigation techniques such as interference coordination, beamsteering and hybrid access may well lead to a reliable C2 link even in highly loaded cellular networks.

1000 Payloads/1000 Operations
DRONETOOLS
ESPAÑA

In the drone industry the most important device for the success of the operation is the payload. As manufacturer, Dronetools has develop few different payloads for a variety applications, from typical visual cameras for rescue or border control to payloads for environmental measurements, or payloads for spry solid or liquid for treatments applications. On the presentation we´ll show the experience gained on the develop of the payloads for our customers and pictures and example of use of those payloads.

Project AlphaLink - Multibody aircraft as long-endurance drones
Project AlphaLink
GERMANY

Project AlphaLink is developing unmanned multibody aircraft with superior endurance and payload capacity. The individual, fixed-wing aircraft modules are connected through mechanical joints at their wingtips and achieve a high-aspect ratio while maintaining a low structural weight. The scalability of this technology serves a large variety of commercial applications ranging from aerial observation to the operation of High-Altitude Platform for internet provision. After a successfull flight test in June 2017, AlphaLink is now building the first model for commercial use in cooperation with TU Berlin.

Challenges and Techniques in Drone Forensics
Canterbury Christ Chruch Univ.
UNITED KINGDOM

Due ot the rise in drone-related crimes in recent years, the need for forensic analysis of the captured drones has augmented immensely. This talk presents the challenges and techniques in extraction and identification of important artefacts from the recorded flight data as well as the associated mobile devices using open sources tools and some basic scripts developed to aid the analysis of two popular drone systems - the DJI Phantom 3 Professional and Parrot AR.Drone 2.0.

Self-organizing UAV Networks for Providing On-demand LTE Connectivity to First Responders
NEC Laboratories America
USA

The presentation will highlight one of the first system efforts (SkyLiTE) to realize a self-organizing network of UAVs that can be deployed on-demand and un-tethered (to ground stations) to provide multi-cell LTE network connectivity over a wide area. SkyLiTE incorporates a novel, redesign of the LTE core to deploy a stand-alone network of LTE base stations (RAN+EPC on UAVs) in the sky. SkyLiTE can be deployed to supplement existing stationary cellular deployments. More importantly, it can be deployed in a stand-alone manner to provide LTE connectivity in first responder situations.

Meteodrones - Aiming for the perfect weather forecast
Meteomatics AG
SWITZERLAND

Since 2012 Meteomatics has developed the Meteodrone system that gives precise weather measurements of the planet boundary layer up to 1.5km and far beyond. The Meteodrone has been BVLOS approved and has already demonstrated its capabilities in more than 2’000 flight hours. The direct readings of temperature, humidity, pressure, wind speed and direction reveal not only details of the lower atmosphere but also contribute to modern numerical weather forecasts. Therefore, the data are assimilated in real-time into high-resolution weather models. As the talk will show, these data can significantly improve fog, low stratus and thunderstorm forecasts.

Air-to Air, Air-to-Ground Laser Communications Systems for Drones
Mynaric Lasercom
GERMANY

Drones are collecting enormous amount of data using smart payloads. There is a need for down-stream large volume of data at high speed from Air-to-Ground and between Air-to-Air in near real time. Small drone operators offered to use LTE, 4G, 5G to transmit collected data. Lasercom is an independent solution, is exceptionally secure as the laser beam is extremely narrow compared to RF signals, it cannot be tapped, jammed or spoofed, free from ITU regulations, low cost per bit, eye safe at short distances. Henceforth, Lasercom solutions will be going to play an important role in bridging this technology gap. Mynaric developing Free Space Optical Communication (FSOC) system to be used on drones of various sizes.

Smart FC(R) - Customized flight controller
TU Berlin
GERMANY

When developing a proprietary drone, a well working flight control is key for safe operation. While commercial solutions provide the basic features necessary to fly new drones, a commercial solution tailored to individual drone characteristics is still missing. At TU Berlin, we have developed such an integrated flight control system with a customizable flight controller (Smart FC®). Drone dimensions are collected with a camera system and the information is complemented through an online toolbox. The flight controller is programmed automatically. The presentation will review the logic behind the Smart FC® system and discuss applications and benefits for the drone community.

Project DiAvEn - Indoor Delivery Drone
Project DiAvEn
GERMANY

Project DiAvEn - Digitial Aviation Engineering would like to present a novel Indoor Drone Delivery System. The main focus is our self-developed Indoor localisation system which is optimised for drones. The system is 16x more precise compared with normal GPS. This accuracy enables the use of drones in smaller areas. We use Beacons to localise the drone. Our current aim is to develop an Indoor Delivery Service with the use of this localisation system. With the presentation, I would like to present the localisation system and raise awareness for the use of drones indoor.

In-flight Wireless Charging for Drones
Global Energy Transmission, Co
USA

One of the key technical obstacles for drone industry adoption is short battery lifetime. It severely limits flight duration for applications including agriculture, delivery, filming, inventory, monitoring and security. Despite alternative power sources (fuel cells, etc.) and other battery industry developments short drone battery lifetime greatly limits drone solutions. Global Energy Transmission (GET) now uniquely enables unlimited drone flight time with its award-winning GET wireless power technology. GET’s turnkey solution enables battery-powered drones to fly forever by safely and quickly recharging while still in flight. Drones simply hover for a short time in one of our large area power hotspots, which can be installed kilometers apart along flight routes. GET will explain their vision of the future of drone industry, and why wireless power charging can totally transform the industry, not just for today’s needs, but also for longer-term future uses including urban air transportation. Visit us at www.getcorp.com

Comparison of UAV photograph-based and airborne lidar-based point clouds over forest
DLR
GERMANY

In this study, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) image (photograph)-based point clouds and products were compared to airborne lidar-based data and products over a forested area. The test site is located in Germany, 15 km southeast of Jena. In general, a high match between lidar- and UAV-based data/products was observed. The UAV data exhibits more details which are of particular importance for the detection of small trees. While using lidar data, 45 out of 205 trees were not detected, however only 14 trees were missed out when UAV data was used.

Drone Projects @ Cyber Innovation Hub of German Armed Forces
Cyber Innovation Hub
GERMANY

Bundeswehr Cyber Innovation Hub -the Cyber Innovation Hub of the German Armed Forces is a unit responsible for innovation and technology scouting for the German military. The unit formed in 2017 is operating as an interface between the German Armed Forces and the digital startup ecosystem. It is focusing on disruptive technologies from the field of cyber/it and digital products and services.

Unleashing the power of collaborative drones
Insyab Wireless Limited
UAE

Let’s face reality … Moore’s Law is indeed coming to a close. As such, it seems inevitable that there will be soon a gap in terms of the computational horsepower available for machine learning and computer vision applications, especially those running at the edge. Such a limiting factor will particularly impact unmanned robotic systems deployed in mission-critical operations (e.g. law enforcement, public safety, security). The wisest route to avoid falling into the aforementioned gap is to resort to distributed processing. It is not so challenging to portray the criticality of low latency and robust communications for pushing the envelope of distributed processing. In this talk, we will outline the key wireless elements required for unleashing the power of distributed processing, low-latency communications in particular. We will also discuss how incumbent over-the-counter technologies fall short of meeting the objectives, especially as the number of collaborating robotic nodes grows.

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DRONE Berin is devoted to dialogue, discussions and innovations for manufacturing, technology and applications. The 2018 conference will maintain its unique format of delivering clear and concise technical information, lively discussions, and ample networking opportunities to learn and connect with the companies, industry experts and technology specialists from the entire supply chain.

We welcome proposals from individuals and teams with expertise in business or technology, this is your opportunity to network and learn, share best practices, launch new initiatives, get motivated, and inspire the drone industry as a whole.

DATE, TIME & VENUE

Tuesday, 25 September, 2018: from 11:00 to 17:00
Wednesday, 26 September, 2018: from 11:00 to 16:00
Adlershof con.vent. Rudower Chaussee 17, 12489 Berlin, Germany.

SPEAKING FEES & RULES

Exhibitor	Free
Selected speaker proposal	Free
Paid speaker	650,-€ for up to 30 minutes. Price excludes tax (currently 19%)

Free and paid speaking opportunities are open to all qualified applicants.
Companies that have reserved booth space will be given priority for free speaking opportunities.
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Each speaker will receive 15-30 minutes of presentation time.
Proposals and presentations must be in English either German.
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Current, timely nature of the topic.
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The organizers of DRONE Berlin 2018 invite proposals for Special Sessions and Panels to be held during the main conference which will be held from 25-26 September, 2018 in Berlin.

Special sessions supplement the regular program of the conference and provide a sample of the state-of-the-art research in both academia and industry in special, novel, challenging, and emerging topics. If you would like to organize a special session, please submit a proposal to info@drone-berlin.de containing:

The title of the proposed topic
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A list of contributed papers in extended summary format, and
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For submission instruction, please refer to the Speaker Submission Guidelines. Note that if less proposals for the special session are accepted, the special session may be cancelled and the accepted speakers will go to regular conference programs.

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