Aircraft Structural Design ConferenceChallenges for the Next Generation - Concept to Disposal
Tuesday 14 - Thursday 16 October 2008
The Foresight Centre, University of Liverpool, UK
| October 2008 |
Aircraft Structural Design Conference
Challenges for the Next Generation - Concept to Disposal
Tuesday 14 - Thursday 16 October 2008
The Foresight Centre, University of Liverpool, UK
The RAeS/CEAS Aircraft Design Conference will be held in Liverpool (the home of the Beatles)
at dates that coincide with the 100th anniversary of the first powered flight in the UK. It will address the challenges
facing the designers of the next generation civil aircraft that will be complex and have to operate under strict
environmental rules in an ever increasing market.The Aircraft Structural Design Conference will be held in the 2008 at
The Foresight Centre, University of Liverpool, England from 14th to 16th October 2008.
REGISTER ON-LINE here for this Aircraft Structural Design Conference
Sponsorship Packages for Aicraft Structural Design Conference available here
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Towards Commercial Exploitation
of Unmanned Aircraft
Tuesday 21 - Wednesday 22 October 2008
No.4 Hamilton Place, London W1J 7BQ
There are many obstacles to the routine national and international commercial exploitation of
unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). This conference is the first of a series of annual conferences run by the Royal
Aeronautical Society to identify and assess all of those obstacles. The conference series will review progress of
those activities which are already underway with a view to sharing information and encouraging co-operation. Each
conference will seek to identify new issues which have to be addressed, with a view to catalysing the establishment
of work programmes to address those new issues. The conferences are being organised by the Royal Aeronautical
Society’s Unmanned Air Systems Group, which will work throughout each year to support the work to remove the obstacles
to the routine commercial exploitation of UAS.
This first conference in the series will address the following issues:
Programme for Towards Commercial Exploitation of Unmanned Aircraft Conference available here
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The Aerodynamics of Novel Configurations
Capabilities and Future Requirements
Monday 27 - Tuesday 28 October 2008
No.4 Hamilton Place, London W1J 7BQ, UK
The 2008 Royal Aeronautical Society annual Applied Aerodynamics Research Conference
will provide a forum for the presentation and discussion of aspects of the aerodynamics of novel configurations,
covering both the research and the applications it might benefit. It is intended that the conference will
provide an opportunity to raise the profile of the challenges ahead and to highlight some of the technologies
that will be required to ensure cost effective solutions for the development of competitive air platforms in
a global market, while meeting the increasingly demanding exigencies implied by environmental
considerations.
Incorporating the Lanchester Lecture: The Optimum Aeroplane and Beyond: Rising to the Opportunities and Challenges of the 21st Century
Presenter: Prof Ian Poll, Professor of Aerospace Engineering, Cranfield Aerospace
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| November 2008 |
ROTORCRAFT HANDLING QUALITIES
4 – 6 November 2008
The Foresight Centre, University of Liverpool, UK
European Capital of Culture 2008
During the 13 years since the AHS/NASA Conference on Flying Qualities and
Human Factors held in San Francisco, the rotorcraft community has made huge strides forward in both the
development and the application of this integrated systems discipline and operational attribute. For
example, although the original focus of attention for ADS-33 rapidly blurred with the cancellation of
the RAH-66 Comanche in February 2004, the exploitation seeds had already been sown and the first fruits
of application realised in rotorcraft procurement programmes in the USA, Europe and Worldwide.
This Conference is the 4th in a series stretching back more than 25 years - NASA Ames (1982), London
(1988) and San Francisco (1993) – reflecting a continuing motivation by the HQ community of engineers
and pilots to review, discuss and record the developments of a technology that contributes so
significantly to flight safety and operational performance.
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AEROSPACE & AVIATION CAREERS FAIR 2008
Friday 7 November 2008
No.4 Hamilton Place, London W1J 7BQ, UK
The Event Military operations are subjected to immediate media scrutiny. Platforms and systems are more complex,
and all aircraft types are now part of the front line – attack (rotary and fixed-wing), air defence, reconnaissance, air refuelling, transport
(rotary and fixed-wing), and increasingly include unmanned platforms.
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The Society’s Aerospace & Aviation Careers Event aims to bring together our close links with the
industry and those interested in a career in aerospace. This is a unique opportunity to meet potential
employers at the only careers fair dedicated to the aerospace and aviation community.
What will be happening
Exhibitors from across the industry will be available to answer your questions and give you information
on their recruitment opportunities. In addition there will be CV and professional development workshops,
company seminars and a programme of talks about the different aspects of the aerospace industry.
Please visit the dedicated website here
Exhibition Stand Packages start from just £650 + VAT
Information on Exhibition, Branding & Promotional Opportunities available here
Military Flight Simulation - Present Capabilities and Future Potential
Where do we go from here?
Wednesday 12 - Thursday 13 November 2008
No.4 Hamilton Place, London W1J 7BQ, UK
High quality collective training to meet these demands is essential but is increasingly difficult to achieve with real assets due to pressures
on airspace, real estate, the tempo of real operations, and national budgets.
Simulation-based training has the potential to close this growing training gap. Characteristics of platforms and systems, and visual,
electronic, and communications environments in which they operate can be convincingly reproduced. Global communications make multi-national
as well as joint and collective networked training routinely possible, and ongoing programmes in the US, the UK and Europe are exploiting evolving
technologies and concepts, including integrating both synthetic and live assets.
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Doctrine, Technology & Weapon Systems
for Urban Warfare
18th November 2008
No.4 Hamilton Place, London
“They know that cities .... place limits on our technological
superiority and especially our use of firepower. We have to develop technologies that allow
us to win while minimizing collateral damage." - Col Mark Thiffault, Director, Joint
Information Bureau, Urban Warrior
There are many examples both of urban warfare and counterinsurgency in the last century but
fewer occurrences of the two types of operations together. It has been predicted that urban
operations are increasingly likely in 21st century conflicts. Urban areas are also an
attractive environment for insurgents. Evolution of military doctrine is already occurring
but the capability to fulfil the changing doctrine is lagging, including the development of
training and tactics. Integrated weapon systems and technology, existing and new, and
support for successful deployment and use offer opportunities to meet these challenges. In
this it is recognised that control of joint operations could be crucial to success,
including C4ISR and fire support from both manned and unmanned air vehicles.
In order to provide a forum for discussion of the issues involved, and of potential
solutions, papers are invited on relevant topics to be presented at a one-day unclassified
conference, organised by the RAeS’s Weapon Systems & Technology Group.
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Programme for Doctrine, Technology & Weapon Systems for Urban Warfare available here
Sponsorship Packages for the Doctrine, Technology & Weapon Systems conference available here
Aviation Safety: On Purpose or by Accident?
Young Members Board Conference
Friday 21 November 2008
No.4 Hamilton Place, London W1J 7BQ
This year’s Young Members Conference focuses on the subject of aviation safety.
Flying is statistically the safest way to travel but accidents still occur. How do
we learn from the misfortune of others to prevent future incidents? With technology ever improving,
are we doing enough to counter the increasing proportion of human factors related incidents?
Finally, what is the business and reputational impact for those who get it wrong.
‘Aviation Safety: On Purpose or by Accident?’ aims to help answer these questions.
The Programme for this Conference will be available soon
REGISTER ON-LINE here for this Young Members Board Conference
February 2009
SURTECH 2009: The Changing World of Surveillance
3 – 4 February 2009
No.4 Hamilton Place, London UK
Air traffic surveillance is moving at a fast pace. A decade ago primary and secondary
radar were the only means of surveillance available. Today there is a range of surveillance techniques
in operation supporting new applications that would have been unimaginable back then.
Airport surveillance has been revolutionised by the availability of airport multilateration, delivering
clear operational benefits. Networks of static ground antennas are being used in wide area multilateration
as well as for new multistatic and passive surveillance, bringing performance improvements at potentially
lower through-life costs. Initial use of ADS-B is allowing aircraft to maintain spacing from each other
in some controlled operational environments.
At the same time, the regulatory environment is changing and there is a push towards performance-based
operations. New European and US regulations are being developed for surveillance systems and new surveillance
techniques face challenges in gaining operational approval. An increasing reliance on GNSS in surveillance
systems has to be addressed, and new planning and analysis tools are required to support the system lifecycle.
In Conjunction with 
Please visit the dedicated Surtech 2009 Website here
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March 2009
Very Light Jets:
Realising the Potential
18 – 19 March 2009
No.4 Hamilton Place, London UK
Following the very successful Conference held in London in March 2008 on the
introduction into Europe of Very Light Jets, and the issues raised by delegates in the concluding open
forum, the Royal Aeronautical Society will hold a further Conference on VLJs at its London Headquarters
on Wednesday 18 and Thursday 19 March 2009. The Conference will address the significant challenges in
realising the potential of VLJs and resolving the operational and training imperatives in the private,
corporate and air taxi sectors.
The views expressed at the 2008 Conference have been taken fully into account, notably in developing the
programme for the 2009 Conference. The papers will reflect the growing introduction of this type of aircraft
into European operations in a number of different fields and will further address their regulation and
certification. The Conference will also examine developments elsewhere in the world and will seek to add
to the corporate knowledge by drawing on the widest possible experience. In addition to wide-ranging
presentations, the Conference will also seek to involve the delegates whose interaction will be important
for its success.
The papers, some of which will be novel and contentious, will be presented by leading experts in their
fields and some 150 delegates are expected from Europe, North America, the Middle East and Indian sub-continent,
China and the Far East. Regardless of whether you are involved with management, manufacturing, maintenance,
training, regulating, airspace, or any other aspect of VLJ operations, this Conference provides a unique
opportunity to become involved, discuss the issues and influence the work required to resolve them.
Programme & Registration for this Corporate Jets Conference available soon
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