Symposium Program 

Registration 9:00 - 10:00 (CEST)

Opening remarks 

Giovanni Macelloni, director at IFAC-CNR; Angela Calò, director at Polo Tecnologico di Navacchio

Plenary

Drones with the Sense of Touch

Salua Hamaza, Director, BioMorphic Intelligence Lab, TU Delft Aerospace Engineering, The Netherlands

Integrating UAV remote sensing with proximal monitoring for vineyard and olive orchard management

Giovanni Caruso, Associate Professor at Pisa University, Department of Agriculture Food and Environment. Head of the Precision Fruit Growing Lab, Pisa, Italy

The Use of Drones in Remote Areas

Marcella Lamon, Research fellow at the Department of Law, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy

Coffee break

To be announced

Speaker, to be announced

Drone Automation Doesn’t Stop in the Air. It’s Built from the Ground Up 

Andrea Puiatti, CEO & Founder of Skycharge, Berlin, Italy 

Far field Wireless Power Transmission for drone recharging based on laser technology

Domenico Edoardo Sfasciamuro, CCO at ORiS srl, Torino, Italy 

To be announced 

Massimo Satler, Research Fellow at the Institute of Mechanical Intelligence, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa, Italy 

Lunch

AI4Environment - Application of drones for the conservation of protected areas  

Cosimo Distante, Senior Researcher at Institute of Applied Sciences and Intelligent System, National Research Council, Lecce, Italy

Marine Robots within the activities of ISME: the Interuniversity Research Center of Integrated Systems for the Marine Environment. Past, current and future challenges

Giovanni Indiveri, Associate Professor and Director at Inter-university Research Center for Integrated Systems for the Marine Environment - ISME, University of Genova, Genova, Italy

Autonomous Underwater Robotics: New Projects and Activities at the University of Florence (ISME Node) 

Alessandro Ridolfi, Associate Professor at University of Florence. Coordinator for Master's Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Florence, Italy

To be announced

Benedetto Allotta, Full Professor at University of Florence, Department of Industrial Engineering, Florence, Italy

Maritime Logistics in Drone Operations: Enhancing Naval Resupply and Coastal Connectivity

Pierre Deyris, CEO & Founder of Drones4Yachts, Paris, France

Coffee break

Drone logistics for Health and Well-Being

Alberto Sanna, Director at Center for Advanced Technology in Health and Well-Being, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan, Italy

To be announced

Francesco Zaini, Partner of G2 Startups. President at Flowdron srl, Milan, Italy 

AI-Driven Remote Monitoring Using Autonomous Platforms and dependent Drones

Michele Grassi, CEO & CTO at Matchclick srl, Pisa, Italy

It's impossible to lock on the brain 

Piera Levi-Montalcini, President at Fondazione Rita Levi-Montalcini, Turin, Italy

Social Events

Visit at Medici-Riccardi Museum

Reservations must be made by October, 10th. The cost of the ticket is 15 euro.

Social Dinner

Reservations must be made by October, 10th. The cost of the dinner is 50 euro.

Registration 9:00 - 10:00 (CEST)

Roundtable 

The Future of the Drone at the Intersection of Technology and Business

Speakers: Paola Olivares, director at Drones and Advanced Air Mobility Observatory, Politecnico di Milano; Leonardo Ermini, Head of Civil Protection and Forestry, Florence Metropolitan Area; Teresa Gracchi, Researcher at University of Florence; Giovanni Indiveri, Director at Inter-university Research Center for Integrated Systems for the Marine Environment - ISME, University of Genova; Giovanni Riccardi, Air Traffic Management and U-space researcher at ENAV, Naples; Antimo Sanapo, CEO at Net-Capital, Florence; Giancarlo Zema, Chairman of Giancarlo Zema Design Group, Innovative Ecosustainable Architecture Studio, Rome

Moderator: Katia Genovali, Scientific and Institutional Communicator, CNR-ISTI

Coffee break

Drones and Advanced Air Mobility: scenarios and opportunities for Italy

Alberto Curnis, Senior Researcher at Drones and Advanced Air Mobility Observatory, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy 

Drones for Medical Logistics – Issues and Perspectives

Filippo Tomasello, Senior Partner, and Sara Molinari, Technical Manager at EuroUSC, Rome, Italy

Demonstration of drone operations in Italy in a multi USSP environment

Giovanni Riccardi, Air Traffic Management and U-space researcher at ENAV, Naples, Italy

Drones, Artificial Intelligence and ZOAs: Towards an Advanced Air Mobility Ecosystem

Daniele Gulic, CEO at Skyproxima, Trieste, Italy

Transporting Medical Supplies by Drones: Feasibility, Technology and Traceability 

Fabio Sgarabottolo, CEO & Founder of Carpitech srl, Naples, Italy

The Social Use of Urban Air Mobility Through the Innovative Design of Smart Infrastructures

Giancarlo Zema, Chairman of Giancarlo Zema Design Group, Innovative Ecosustainable Architecture Studio, Rome, Italy

Leveraging Geospatial Intelligence in Drone Mission Planning

Yvan Montalieu, CEO & Founder of Stratomaps, Bordeaux, France

eVertiSKY: Intelligent Infrastructure for Sustainable Urban Air Mobility

Giuseppe Carusi, Founder of eVertiSKY Inc, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Driving Innovation: Designing and manufacturing drone control hardware in Europe

Giacomo Pinagli, Automation at Sigma Ingegneria srl, Lucca, Italy

To be announced

Diego Carou Porto, Professor at Vigo University. Department of Engineering Design. Galicia, Spain

Governing the Skies: Territory, Governance, and Participation in Advanced Air Mobility

Salvo Forzese, Liaison for Italy of the Advanced Air Mobility Institute

An Integrated Conceptual-Design Framework for Multicopter Urban Air Mobility Vehicles

Danish Fraz, Research Assistant, School of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering (SAME), College of Aeronautical Engineering, National University of Science and Technology (NUST), Pakistan

Addressing Patient Perception and the Human Element in Drone-Based Pharmaceutical Delivery

Michela Cohen, Project manager, Deep Blue srl, Rome, Italy 

To be announced

Giuseppe Tortora, CEO & Founder of ABzero|Life Saving Partner, Cascina, Pisa, Italy

Best Talk Award Ceremony & Conclusions