On April 27, 2024 International UAV Application and Prevention and Control Conference and UAV Industry Expo was held in Beijing Yichuang International Convention and Exhibition Center. This year's conference is jointly organized by European UAV Operations Association, International UAV Practitioners Association, Italian Aerospace Enterprises Association, Spanish Defense Security and Aerospace Association, French UAV Industry Association, China UAV Industry Innovation Alliance, and China Optical Engineering Society. More than 10 industry exchanges and docking activities, a 20,000-square-meter exhibition, and the 2024 National Drone Innovation Skills Competition will also be held during the same period.
Driven by the wave of science and technology, the low-altitude economy has ushered in a golden age, and drones, as an important driving force for the development of low-altitude economy, have shown strong vitality and broad prospects for development. With the theme of “Piloting the whole region, spreading the wings of the future”, this year's conference gathers global academicians, experts, scholars, industry elites and entrepreneur representatives, and is committed to building a diversified, open and innovative international communication platform, supported by more than 1,000 domestic and foreign guests, more than 500 exhibitors and more than 20,000 professional visitors. On April 27, 9:00 a.m., the main exchange meeting of 2024 International UAV Application and Prevention and Control Conference was officially held.
The opening ceremony of the conference was presided over by Prof. Su Donglin, academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering and Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics. On behalf of the organizing committee, Academician Su Donglin expressed his sincere welcome as well as sincere thanks to more than 1,000 industry experts and delegates from home and abroad, and introduced the important guests in attendance.
First of all, Academician Lv Yueguang of Chinese Academy of Engineering, vice president of Optical Engineering Society of China, delivered the opening speech of the conference. Academician Lv mentioned that the UAV industry is a typical representative of the new quality productivity and an important force to promote social and economic development. The development of UAV application and prevention and control technology cannot be separated from policy support and industrial synergy. This conference aims to build an international “government, industry, academia, research and economic” five-in-one service exchange platform, bringing together international experts and scholars in the field of unmanned aerial vehicles, enterprises and policy makers, to discuss the cutting-edge technology, innovation and development trend of unmanned aerial vehicle application, prevention and control, and to share the advanced experience and practice cases, contributing wisdom and strength to the sustainable development of the unmanned aerial vehicle industry. The conference will contribute wisdom and strength to the sustainable development of the UAV industry.
Subsequently, Mr. Chen Zhijie, President of the Conference and Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, delivered a speech for the opening of the Conference. Academician Chen Zhijie said that low-altitude economy, as a strategic emerging industry, is becoming a new quality productivity to promote social and economic development. The convening of this conference is at the critical moment of the rapid development of the entire low-altitude economy, bringing together the wisdom and strength of research institutes, universities and industry to discuss new applications and new modes of UAVs in more fields, with a view to contributing more wisdom and strength to the cause of national defense and socio-economic development.
Ao Wanzhong, director of the National Low Altitude Economy Integration and Innovation Research Center, said in his speech that UAVs have become the leading industry of low altitude economy by virtue of the advantages of fast industry growth, strong scientific and technological activity, and wide industry coverage. At the same time, China's low-altitude economic development is still in its infancy, and faces various challenges in terms of how to integrate development and security, how to balance the supply side and demand side, and how to coordinate between the military, land and people. These challenges need to be practiced and solved by deepening the reform to form a new type of production relations compatible with the development of new quality productivity of low-altitude economy. It is hoped that, with the joint efforts of all parties, the development of China's low-altitude economy will continue to move to a new level.
Mr. André, President of the European Association of Aerospace Enterprises (EAAE), delivered an opening speech via online video and wished the conference a great success.
Finally, Mr. Shen Jinkun, the first-class inspector of the management committee of the Economic and Technological Development Zone, made a speech. Mr. Shen Jinkun pointed out that Beijing Economic-Technological Development Zone, as the only functional economic development zone in China that combines the five zones of “State-level Economic Development Zone, National High-tech Zone, Zhongguancun Independent Innovation Demonstration Zone, Comprehensive Demonstration Zone for the Expansion and Opening-up of the Service Sector, and Experimental Free-Trade Zone”, and the policy advantages of this zone, has been firmly promoting the construction of the “44637” development system. The construction of “44637” development system is firmly promoted. Aerospace is one of the main industrial directions of Beijing Yizhuang, this conference many leaders, experts and UAV business leaders gathered in Jingkai District, talking about innovation and development, and would like to work with you to promote the high-quality development of Yizhuang in the air and space industry, and make greater contributions to the realization of the country's high level of scientific and technological self-reliance and self-improvement.
With warm applause, we entered the conference report section, where five experts with great reputation in the field of international unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) brought wonderful reports. Mr. Mao Yiyan, Vice President of Meituan, made a report on “Building Roads to the Sky - Unlocking the Four Dimensions of Urban Space and Time”; Ms. Cristina, Head of Drone and Artificial Intelligence Community of the Digital Catalonia Alliance, made a report on “The Current Status of the Development of Drones in Europe and the EU Detection Standards for Drones”. The Development of Drones in Europe and the EU's Testing Standards for Drones”.
This conference is not only a thematic sharing of technical achievements, but also a three-dimensional industry trend pulse, through the industry experts to lead the value of sharing voice, to promote the pace of high-quality development of unmanned aerial vehicles more robust and efficient. During the same period of the conference, the conference of “2024 China eVTOL Industry Development Report” will be held successively, “Smart Soldier Pioneer” unmanned system technology and defense application docking meeting, low altitude economy and photoelectricity investment and financing docking meeting, as well as low altitude security and unmanned aerial police application exchange meeting, 2024 National Large and Medium-sized Unmanned Aircraft Industry and Airborne Emergency Rescue The exchange meeting, 2024 Agricultural Drone Application Exchange Meeting, 2024 Drone Prevention and Control Technology and Application Exchange Meeting, Surveying and Mapping Remote Sensing Drone Industry Application and Technology Innovation Exchange Meeting, Drone Testing and Certification Summit Exchange Meeting, 2024 Unmanned System Autonomous Collaboration and Innovation Exchange Meeting, Advanced Laser Technology and Drone Countermeasure Application Exchange Meeting and other nine exchanges, the domestic professional experts gather in Beijing, to discuss the technology iteration, innovation and application of drones, and the development of the drone industry. Domestic professional experts gathered in Beijing to discuss the technology iteration, innovative application, industrial landing and future development of UAV, and to promote the road of high-quality development of UAV manufacturing industry.
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Meanwhile, as the premier wind vane event in the field of drones in North China, the 2024 Drone Industry Expo is in full swing. Covering an area of 20,000 square meters and with more than 500 exhibitors, the exhibition will showcase brand-new technology products, research techniques and application solutions for upstream and downstream drone industry enterprises and users. From security drones with excellent performance, to technological and unique mapping drones, to trend-setting courier drones and inspection drones, the expo site presents various new drone products and hot-selling products in the market.
During the three-day exhibition, major exhibitors will comprehensively display the industry's high-precision products and applications through various forms of activities such as on-site experience and interactive games, leading everyone to immersive experience of the application of the drone industry in police security, agricultural plant protection, geographic surveying and mapping, aerial photography and aerial survey, remote sensing and mapping and other scenarios, and to feel the high-gloss moments brought about by drone technology.