Drone Con Schedule

Please note: Schedule may be subject to change.

DAY 1

Slot	Time	Topic	Speaker	Company
	6:30 – 8:15	Registration
1	8:15 – 8:30	Opening and welcome	Sean Reitz	UDH Group
2	8:30 – 9:15	International Keynote	Prof Filippo Tomasello	International Speaker
3	9:15 – 9:45	CAA: the plan for 2018	Simon Segwabe	SA CAA Executive
4	9:45 – 10:00	CUAASA update	Ken Venn	CUAASA
5	10:00 – 10:15	Lawyers and Drone companies	Phillip Kent	Legalese
	10:15 – 10:30	Panel discussion	All
	10:30 – 11:00	Break
6	11:00 – 11:15	Drones in a digital revolution	Valter Adao	Deloitte
7	11:15 – 11:30	The State of the Drone	Gary Mortimer	sUAS News
8	11:30 – 11:45	Drone Media ROC Solution	Mike Reid-Robertson	Drone Media
9	11:45 – 12:00	Distinguishing between legal and illegal drone operators	Bryan Verpoort	ITOO Risks
10	12:00 – 12:15	Strategic Market Growth	Joseph Davis Sr	Mowiti-Thanda International
	12:15 – 12:30	Panel discussion
	12:30 – 1:30	Lunch
11	1:30 – 2:30	Economic Impact Study	Dr. Roelof Botha	Senior Economist
12	2:30 – 2:45	Security and Drones	Jacques Swart
13	2:45 – 3:00	Investing in the 4th Digital revolution	Raj Wanniappa	Future Horizon Technologies
	3:00 – 3:15	Panel discussion
	3:15 – 4:00	Break
14	4:00 – 4:15	CSIR UAV developments	John Monk	CSIR
15	4:15 – 4:30	Drones for inventory and warehouse use	Craig Leppan	Drone Scan
16	4:30 – 4:45	Project Arend	Lelanie Smith	University of Pretoria
17	4:45 – 5:00	Local production excellence	Matthew Buttle	Epsilon Engineering
18	5:00 – 5:15	Panel discussion
19	5:15 – 7:00	Cocktail function

DAY 2

Slot	Time	Topic	Speaker	Company
20	7:00 – 8:15	Registration
21	8:15 – 8:30	Day 2 Welcome	Sean Reitz
22	8:30 – 9:15	UTM: Managing Airspace	Marc Kegelaers	Unifly
23	9:15 – 9:30	BVLOS SA	Dale McErlean	Ntsu Aviation
24	9:30 – 9:45	BVLOS Training	Nicole Jenkinson	RPAS Training Academy
25	9:45 – 10:00	Long Range Aircraft and BVLOS Operations	Dean Polley	Aerial Vision Africa
	10:00 – 10:15	Panel Discussion
	10:15 – 11:00	Break
26	11:00- 11:15	Operations for Municipalities (incl Fire and Law enforcement)	Sam Twala	Ntsu Aviation
27	11:15 – 11:30	Risk Management	Pieter Niemand	Oakhurst Insurance
28	11:30 – 11:45	Thermal technology for Fire & Security applications	Philip Smerkovitz	TeleEye
29	11:45 – 12:00	Drone Deployment in Disruptive Safety and Security	Jacques Swart	Independent Technology Consultant
30	12:00 – 12:15	Drones as Transport	Heidi Patmore	Stellaris Group
	12:15 – 12:30	Panel discussion
	12:30 – 1:30	Lunch
31	1:30 – 1:45	Exploring the use of Drones in Conservation	Debbie Jewitt	KZN Wildlife
32	1:45 – 2:00	Crop Spraying: the Challenges	Tim Wise	PACSys
33	2:00 – 2:15	Agricultural data and Insurance considerations	Timothy Willis	Aerobotics
34	2:15 – 2:30	A Geo-Odyssey of UAS LiDar Mapping	Henno Morkel	Optron
35	2:30 – 2:45	Drones as a part of an IOT Mining Strategy	Eric Croeser	IOT.nxt
36	2:45- 3:00	Drones in Construction, not just photos!	Louis De Klerk & Richard Matchett	Aurecon
	3:00 – 3:15	Panel discussion
	3:15 – 3:45	Lunch Break
37	3:45 -4:00	Industrial Applications	Dean Polley	Aerial Vision Africa
38	4:00 – 4:15	Drones in construction and Civils	Noel Harris	C3D Designs
39	4:15 – 4:30	Let your Data do the talking	Deon Nel	Map ERP
40	4:30 – 4:45	Status of Drone Racing in SA	Alan Ball	Fly FPVSA & Flying Robot
	4:45 – 5:00	Drones for Social Good	Johnny Miller
	5:00	Day 2 wrap-up

DAY 3 - BVLOS Masterclass

Time	Topic	Lecturer
8:30	Registration	–
9:00 – 9:15	Welcome and programme & introduction to lecturers	ALL
9:15 – 10:00	UAS in a global context ( Europe, USA, Africa, Australia)	Justin
10:00 – 10:30	Introduction to Aviation law	Legal Team
10:30 – 11:00	Tea/Coffee Break	All
11:00 – 12:30	Part 101 update including complex operations	Legal Team
12:30 – 13:00	Lunch Break	All
13:00	BVLOS regulations	Legal Team
14:00	Key considerations ( Equipment, Training, Documentation)	Justin
15:00 – 15:30	Tea/Coffee Break	–
15:30 – 16:30	Case overview and special topic discussion	Legal Team
16:30 – 17:00	Q&A Session	All
		–

DAY 3 - General Masterclass

Time	Topic	Lecturer
8:30 – 9:00	Registration
9:00 – 9.15	Welcome and introduction	TBA
9:15 – 10:00	Part 101 Review	Sonet Kock
10:00 – 11.00	Aircraft selection and RLA	David
11:00 – 11:15	Tea/Coffee Break	All
11:15 – 12.30	Legal compliance for ROC post holders	Sonet Kock
12.30 – 13.00	Q&A	All
13:00 – 14:00	Lunch Break	All
14:00 – 15:00	Data-Processing	Dean Polley
15:00 – 15:15	Tea/Coffee Break
15:15 – 16:00	Flight Safety	Sonet Kock
16:00 – 16:30	Fleet Management	Candice
16:30	Q&A