Wednesday, 11 November
13:00 - 17:30
Thursday, 12 November
9:00 - 18:00 [Conference Dinner]
Friday, 13 November
8:00 – 15:00
Please note that the schedule is subject to change.
Please note that the schedule is subject to change.
Day 1 – Wednesday, 11 November 2026
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from 12:00 |
Check-In |
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13:00-13:15 |
Opening Ceremony |
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13:15-14:00 |
Dimitris Perikleous |
TBA |
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S1&2. Drone Design, Development, and Communications (Part 1) Chaired by Dimitris Perikleous and Carlos Tavares Calafate |
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14:00-14:15 |
Quentin Hirtl | Parametric Design and Formless Composite Manufacturing of UAV Structures Using Laser-Cut Airframes and Additive-Manufactured Functional Cores |
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14:15–14:30 |
Edouard George Alain Rolland | Lyrebird: Bringing DJI SDK-Compatible UAVs into the MAVLink Multi-Robot Ecosystem |
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14:30–14:45 |
Lukas Marcel Schalk | DroneCAST: A Software-Defined Radio Implementation and First Flight Demonstration of a Drone-to-Drone Communication System for Urban Airspace |
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14:45–15:00 |
Patrik Dominik Pördi | From Actuators to Trajectories: An Open-Source PX4–ROS 2 Architecture for UAV Autonomy |
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15:00-15:30 |
Coffee Break | |
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S1&2. Drone Design, Development, and Communications (Part 2) Chaired by Dimitris Perikleous and Carlos Tavares Calafate |
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15:30–16:00 |
Carlos Tavares Calafate Invited Speaker |
TBA |
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16:00–16:15 |
TBA | TBA |
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16:15–16:30 |
Brais Iglesias Otero | 5G-Enabled UAV Control Applications: Experimental Evaluation of Network and Computing Architectures |
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S4. Artificial Intelligence Applications for Drones (Part 1) Chaired by Fabio Remondino |
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16:30–17:00 |
Fabio Remondino Invited Speaker |
TBA |
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17:00–17:15 |
Arkadiusz Mariusz Zurek | Artificial Intelligence as an Enabler of Operational Resilience in Autonomous UAV-AutoID Systems Operating in Dynamic Indoor Environments |
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17:15–17:30 |
Hannes Braßel | From Object Detection to Conflict Assessment: A Safety-Oriented Uncertainty Framework for Monocular UAS Detect-and-Avoid |
Day 2 – Thursday, 12 November 2026
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from 8:00 |
Check-In |
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9:00–9:45 |
Marc Beltran |
From Lab to Sky: Why Certification Is the Missing Link Between Drone Research and Real-World Impact |
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S4. Artificial Intelligence Applications for Drones (Part 2) Chaired by Fabio Remondino |
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9:45–10:00 |
Beatriu Tort | Automatic Aerial Identification Model for Baleen Whales Using Drones |
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10:00–10:15 |
Ilias Panagiotopoulos | A Cognitive Framework for Dynamic Level-of-Autonomy Selection in Autonomous UAV Missions |
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10:15–10:30 |
Hugo Yañez-Badillo | Physics-Informed Predictive Control for a Fixed-Wing UAS under Uncertain Flight Dynamics |
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10:30–10:45 |
Aissam Salah | Development and Evaluation of an Edge AI System for Real-Time UAV-Based Photovoltaic Thermal Inspection |
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10:45–11:15 |
Coffee Break | |
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S4. Artificial Intelligence Applications for Drones (Part 3) Chaired by Fabio Remondino |
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11:15–11:30 |
Alejandro Román | AI-Driven Analysis of Drone Imagery for Flash Flood Damage Assessment |
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11:30–11:45 |
Alejandro Jarabo-Peñas | Set the Rules, React to Change: Extending Natural-Language Drone-Swarm Coordination with Constraints, Events, and Operational Knowledge |
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11:45–12:00 |
TBA | TBA |
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S5. Drones in Rangelands, Agriculture, and Forestry (Part 1) Chaired by Humberto Perotto |
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12:00–12:15 |
TBA | TBA |
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12:15–12:30 |
Patrik Dominik Pördi | Multi-Robot Systems for Precision Agriculture |
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12:30–12:45 |
Conner A. Ties | Using Drones to Derive Fuel Load Estimates in Semi-Arid Rangelands |
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12:45–14:30 |
Group Photo |
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S5. Drones in Rangelands, Agriculture, and Forestry (Part 2) Chaired by Humberto Perotto |
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14:30–15:00 |
Ricardo Díaz-Delgado |
TBA |
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15:00–15:15 |
Florian Thürkow | Closing the Granularity Gap: A Multi-Sensor UAV Framework for Detecting Agronomic and Ecological Microstructures in Agricultural Landscapes |
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15:15–15:30 |
Navid Shaghaghi | GrapeSense-VISION: Vineyard Intelligence System for Interactive Observation and Navigation using Drone-Based Deep Learning |
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15:30–15:45 |
Henrik Hesse | From Fire Detection to Forest Recovery: An Integrated UAV-IoT System for Wildfire Monitoring and Reforestation |
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15:45–16:00 |
Ali Elbattay | Data-Efficient Field-Scale Mapping of Soil Salinity and Its Spatial Controls Using UAV Multispectral Imagery, Proximal Sensing, and Interpretable Machine Learning |
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16:00–16:30 |
Coffee Break & Poster Session A | |
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S7. Drones in Geospatial Industry Chaired by TBA |
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16:30–17:00 |
Francesco Nex Invited Speaker |
From Sensors to Autonomy: UAV Innovations Reshaping the Geospatial Workflow |
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17:00–17:15 |
Jorge Manuel Eslava-Bautista | From UAV Data Acquisition to Decision-Led Geospatial Monitoring: Stakeholder Perspectives from Scottish Peatland Restoration |
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17:15–17:30 |
Pieter-Jan Baeck | Drone-Based Maritime Geospatial Intelligence: Automated Vessel Detection, Positioning and Characterization |
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17:30–17:45 |
Mustafa Zeybek | Extracting Cadastral-Scale Building Footprints from UAV-LiDAR Point Clouds in Rural Environments |
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17:45–18:00 |
Francisco Pérez Moreno | Developing Skills for Innovative Air Mobility: The Spanish CoVE Roadmap within the AIRMOB European Transformation Framework |
Day 3 – Friday, 13 November 2026
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from 8:00 |
Check-In |
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8:15–9:00 |
Beatriz Rodríguez Romero Keynote Speaker |
Software Development for Uncrewed Aerial Systems: From Drones to High-Altitude Platforms |
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S6. Drones in Security and Defense Chaired by Diego González-Aguilera |
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9:00–9:15 |
Fabrice Saffre | Attention Focusing and Division of Labour in Swarm Warfare |
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9:15–9:30 |
Serge Chaumette | Drones and Drone Swarms: Key Players in Securing Critical Infrastructures |
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9:30–9:45 |
Hanno Hildmann | Operational and Practical Insights into the Use of Drones and UxVs in Conflicts |
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9:45–10:00 |
Barış Ünver | Pilot as a Module: A 22-g, 6-W Edge-AI Perception and Control Payload for Small UAVs |
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10:00–10:30 |
Coffee Break & Poster Session B | |
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S8. Emerging Applications of Drones Chaired by Pablo Rodríguez-Gonzálvez |
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10:30–10:45 |
Kuldeep Nigam | Drone-Enabled Transport of Intraoperative Onco-Surgical Specimens for Frozen Section Analysis: A Proof-of-Concept Study from India |
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10:45–11:00 |
Hasan Bilgehan Makineci | Using an AI-Powered Decision Support Algorithm for Underground Monitoring with UAV-Integrated GPR |
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11:00–11:15 |
Tommaso Mainiero | Multi-Temporal UAV Monitoring of the Rutor Glacier: Five Years of High-Resolution Change Analysis |
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11:15–11:30 |
Alexander Parshin | Forward and Inverse Modeling of Semi-Aerial UAV-Based Transient Electromagnetic Prospecting Technology Data Using Open Libraries |
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11:30–11:45 |
Guillermo Martín Vicente | AIRMOB Spanish Cluster: Shaping IAM Education to Europe and Spain |
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11:45–12:15 |
Belén Riveiro Rodríguez Invited Speaker |
TBA |
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12:15–13:45 |
Lunch Break & Poster Session B | |
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S3. Guidance, Navigation, and Control Chaired by Kimon P. Valavanis |
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13:45–14:00 |
Charis Ntakolia | Uncertainty-Aware Adaptive Multi-Objective UAV Path Planning via Fuzzy Priority Adaptation and Preference-Conditioned Reinforcement Learning |
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14:00–14:15 |
Kumater Peter Ter | Towards Offshore Recovery: Tether Force Sensing for Admittance Guided UAV Landing |
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14:15–14:30 |
Hadi N. Fares | Energy-Budgeted UAV Swarm Coverage of Time-Varying Densities: Instantaneous Guarantees, Runtime Certificates, and What Downwash Costs Them |
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14:30–14:45 |
Alexandre Athayde | Towards Plug-and-Fly Quadrotors: Minimal Identification and Automatic Tuning with Incremental-Based Flight Control |
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14:45-15:00 |
Closing & Awards Ceremony |
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Days & Times:
Poster Session A: Thursday, 12 November 2026 (13:00–14:30, 16:00–16:30)
Poster Session B: Friday, 13 November 2026 (10:00–10:30, 12:15–13:45)
Posters can be set up on Thursday after 8:00 and must be removed by 15:30 on Friday.
Guidelines:
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Please print your poster before the conference and bring it with you. We will not provide on-site printing services or print it for you in advance.
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Posters should not be hung up or taken down during sessions with ongoing presentations. Please do so only during breaks.
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Each presenter will be provided with a vertical poster board. Note that the maximum poster size is limited to A0: 84 x 120 cm / 33 x 47 in (width x height) in vertical orientation (portrait).
The list of posters, along with the poster numbers, titles, and presenting author, can be found below. Please contact us if the poster presenter's name is incorrect in this list (last updated on 22 October 2026).
By clicking on the button below, you can view and download the list of posters.
