UV Europe 2009

July 22, 2009 - July 23, 2009
Celtic Manor Hotel, Newport, Wales, UK

Introduction

Already established as Europe's leading networking conference and exhibition for the unmanned systems community. The conference and exhibition is centred on the Celtic Manor Hotel, which in addition to being a superbly appointed conference venue is also the home of Ryder Cup 2010.

Conference Programme

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The conference programme has been expanded considerably to address military and civil unmanned systems operating in all three environments – air, land and sea. For military systems it will look in detail at the strategic, operational and tactical levels and for civil systems it will address current and potential future applications. It will also draw on current operational experience and focus on issues still to be resolved, and it will look at how unmanned vehicles are being integrated into operations.

Confirmed speakers include:

Squadron Leader Richard Sanderson, UAV Battlelab, Air Warfare Centre, RAF Waddington, UK

Wulf Hausen, Project Director Unmanned Aerial Systems, Federal Office of defense Technology and Procurement (BWB), Germany

Michael Shutty, Deputy Program Manager, Navy and Marine Corps Small Tactical UAS, Program Executive Office, Unmanned Systems and Strike Weapons (PMA-263), USA

Steve Wegener, Program Lead, NASA, USA

Michael Strong, EUROCONTROL Military Expert, EUROCONTROL, Belgium

Paul Cremin, Strategy and Development Manager, Welsh Assembly Government, UK

Air Vice Marshal Martin Routledge, Former Chief of Staff Strategy, Policy and Plans at HQ Air, RAF, UK

Group Captain D Patnaik, Indian Air Force, India

Lieutenant Colonel Sebastian Heath, Commanding Officer, 32nd Regiment Royal Artillery, UK

Lieutenant Colonel Leland Browning, Neutralize Program Integrator, Joint IED Defeat Organization, USA

Key Topics include:
Strategic UAV's		UAV's in the Tactical Environment
UV's in the Naval Environment		Emerging Civil Issues
Ground Systems		Small UAV's
Weaponisation of UV's		Operational Experiences

Exhibition

To find out about UV Europe 2009 Exhibition costs click here

For more information about exhibiting at UV Europe 2009, contact
Helen Nagle on +44 (0)1753 727018, email hn@shephard.co.uk
or Mike Wild on +44 (0)1753 727007, email mw@shephard.co.uk.

Venue & Hotel Information

Venue

Celtic Manor Hotel, Coldra Woods, The Usk Valley, Newport, South Wales
NP18 1HQ, UK

Tel: +44 (0)1633 413 000

Celtic Manor Hotel is the venue for the 2010 Ryder Cup and home of The Celtic Manor Wales Open, a leading European Tour event. It offers some of the finest golf courses in the UK, as well as several excellent restaurants and a luxurious spa.

For local information, please go to Visit Wales.

Hotel Bookings

A number of rooms have been reserved at The Celtic Manor Hotel at the special rate of £166.38 for single occupancy. This rate is inclusive of breakfast and VAT and subject to availability.

Please complete and return the accommodation booking form at the bottom of the page to Daisy Inman da@shephard.co.uk to reserve your room.