Smart Skies Drone seminar - Making Flights Possible

​Seminar agenda:

• ​9:30 - 10:00 Registration

• ​10:00 - 10:15 Introduction, Smart Skies project updates (Krišjānis Pundurs, Vidzeme Planning Region)

• ​10:15 - 10:45 Flying in the Specific Category: Preparation and Real-Life Examples (Rihards Rušenieks, drone piloting instructor, speckategorija.lv)

• ​10:45 - 11:15 Coffee break

• ​11:15 - 11:45 How to assess ground risks with the help of mobile positioning data: example of Tartu (Ago Tominga, University of Tartu)

• ​11:45 - 12:15 What makes BVLOS flights more difficult? (Juris Grants, Civil Aviation Agency)

• ​12:15 - 13:15 Lunch

• ​13:15 - 13:45 Drone technology - research and cooperation (Ivo Vaicis, Riga Technical University)

• ​13:45 - 14:00 Summary and closing remarks

​A bus on the 25th of September will be arranged for Estonian participants travelling from Tartu to Valmiera and back after the seminar.