RPAS in Australia Skies is back for 2023. The conference is the Australian Association for Uncrewed Systems’ (AAUS) main event for the year and has established itself as a landmark event for the Australian drone industry, drawing interest from key government personnel, representatives from the regulatory and safety bodies, defence force, RPAS and UTM representatives, end users and academia.

The hybrid event will take place over two days and will include a combination of presentations and interactive panel discussions.

The conference will cover:

• RPAS related policy and regulatory updates from Australian and international government agencies.
• UAS Traffic Management, low-level airspace and integrated airspace systems
• Industry challenges and perspectives
• Continuing development of a professional and safe industry.
• Emerging technologies and innovative solutions enabling RPAS integration in Australian airspace.
• Emerging applications — benefits, viability and social acceptance
• Case studies of drone use and challenges in emergency services, infrastructure inspection, delivery, mining, and agriculture.

The Institute of Navigation’s (ION) annual Precise Time and Time Interval Systems and Applications (PTTI) meeting will take place in Long Beach, California, January 22-25, 2024, and will be co-located with the ION International Technical Meeting.

The PTTI technical program is designed to:

• Disseminate and coordinate PTTI information at the user level
• Review present and future PTTI requirements
• Inform government and industry engineers, technicians, and managers of precise time and frequency technology and its problems, and
• Provide an opportunity for an active exchange of new technology associated with PTTI.

A commercial exhibition and pre-conference tutorials will be held in conjunction with the conference.

The IGNSS Association’s biennial international GNSS conference will return to UNSW Sydney from 7 to 9 February, 2024, where it will celebrate the first half-century of GNSS and look ahead to the next 50 years.

IGNSS 2024 will bring together experts, policy makers and emerging leaders from across the globe to examine the latest advances, present cutting edge research and discuss policy, market development and infrastructure.

The conference will also showcase Australia and New Zealand’s Southern Positioning Augmentation Network (SouthPAN), along with developments by other countries across the Asia-Pacific.

Topics to be covered at the conference will include:

• Autonomy on land, air, sea and in space
• Aviation and avionics
• Cooperative Intelligent Transport Systems
• Machine guidance applications in agriculture, construction and mining
• Maritime applications
• Uncrewed aerial systems
• Space applications of PNT in Earth orbit and for lunar and Martian exploration
• Positioning infrastructure
• GNSS vulnerability, resilience and risk
• Interference detection and mitigation
• Policies and standards
• SBAS and other augmentations
• Datums and geodesy
• National and international GNSS developments
• Emerging application areas for GNSS
• Key industries and their reliance on GNSS
• The multi-GNSS era
• Cyber security in PNT applications and infrastructure
• Alternative PNT
• State of the art in PNT algorithms and software development
• GNSS aiding and sensor fusion
• Positioning in GNSS denied environments
• Development of GNSS receiver hardware and firmware
• Precise position using smartphones

The organisers are encouraging early career researchers and industry representatives to present their work. The abstract submission process will open soon — keep an eye on the IGNSS website for announcements.

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The Remote Hydrography conference and exhibition brings together manufacturers, operators, regulators, and research and development leaders from both industry and academia, within the field of remote surveying and uncrewed survey operations.

Remote Hydrography 2024 provides an opportunity to share experience gained in the development and application of autonomous and uncrewed platforms (surface, underwater, aerial and space-based) and the associated command and support services.

These and enabling technologies like machine learning and artificial intelligence will revolutionise workflows for hydrographic data collection, processing, analysis and presentation.

The annual Geo Connect Asia Show & Conferences offers a two day, in-person meeting place for ASEAN’s vibrant geospatial community. Bringing geospatial solutions to the heart of decision-making the event combines with technologies from the digital construction, drone and remote sensing markets.

Geo Connect Asia looks to host its ASEAN neighbours and build on a vibrant community as new technologies add new application tools to enable the Industry 4.0 Revolution. The emergence of AI, blockchain, IoT, robotics and UAVs create a new dynamic and platforms for a region well equipped to take on the challenges ahead.

The ROTORTECH Helicopter and Uncrewed Flight Exposition is the premier industry event for the Helicopter/Rotary Wing and RPAS/UAV/eVTOL community in Australia, New Zealand and the Indo-Asia-Pacific region.

Held by AMDA Foundation with input from major industry supporter the Australian Helicopter Industry Association, ROTORTECH 2024 will provide a vital interface between industry, regulators and government, including:

• Operations and safety presentations
• Industry conferences
• Manufacturers technical workshops
• Industry exposition showcasing the products and services of helicopter and uncrewed flight related companies

ROTORTECH 2024 will host conferences by the AHIA and Australian Association for Uncrewed Systems (AAUS) and feature presentations by key rotary and uncrewed flight industry experts from Australia and the Indo-Asia-Pacific region.