European
Micro Air Vehicle Conference
and Flight Competition  

EMAV 2008

Braunschweig, Germany

08 - 10 July 2008

organised by
German Institute of Navigation
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Ortung und Navigation e.V. (DGON)

in co-operation with
Deutscher Aero Club

and
Deutsche Gesellschaft für
Luft- und Raumfahrt - Lilienthal-Oberth e. V.

Introduction

Micro Air Vehicles (MAVs) are the smallest man-made flying machines. They are flying robots and have the weight and size of small birds. Innovation in navigation, control and processing technology has made this possible.

There are still numerous scientific challenges to be solved in order to fly Micro Air Vehicles under all flight and weather conditions. The development of miniaturized structures, propulsion and navigation systems, aerodynamics, flight controllers, actuators and sensors are just a few of the current research topics in the field of MAVs.

In 2004, the German Institute of Navigation (DGON) hosted the 1st European Micro Air Vehicle Conference (EMAV 2004) in Braunschweig, Germany, attended by more than 100 international scientist.
The conference shall serve as a platform to exchange information on the state-of-the-art of MAVs. Thus, the German Institute of Navigation cordially invites everyone from Science, Industry, Military, and Government Agencies to participate in this conference. In addition to scientific presentations and discussions the latest developments towards autonomous MAVs will be demonstrated during an outdoor flight competition and technical exhibition.

DGON highly appreciates the co-operation with Deutscher Aero Club, and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Luft- und Raumfahrt - Lilienthal-Oberth, as well as the co-sponsorship by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and expresses thanks for their outstanding assistance and support.

Flight Competition

The European Micro Aerial Vehicle Conference EMAV 2008 will be held in Braunschweig, Germany. In addition to the scientific conference program, the EMAV 2008 also comprises a competition for Micro Aerial Vehicles (MAV). This competition is divided into two parts: An indoor competition in Braunschweig in the arena of Volkswagenhalle and an outdoor competition at the gliderport in Gifhorn-Wilsche, approx. 30 km north of Braunschweig. Both, the indoor and the outdoor event, consist of two different competitions. One of them focuses on flight dynamics and manoeuvrability and the second one emphasises autonomous flight.

Rules and regulations have been sent to the flight-participants with the notification. They are also permanently available on the DGON-Web-Site <www.dgon.de>.

General Information

Venue

Conference Office

The Conference Office will be open as follows:

Fax-Messages should be marked: "(Name of Delegate) c/o EMAV Conference

Conference Language

English

Registration

All delegates including authors, chairpersons and exhibitors are requested to complete the attached Registration Form and return it by mail or Fax as soon as possible to:

German Institute of Navigation
(Deutsche Gesellschaft für Ortung und Navigation e.V.)
Koelnstrasse 70
53111 Bonn
Germany
Fax + 49 - 228 - 20197.19

Fees

Conference and Flight Competition

The fee includes participation in the conference/flight competition, documentation, soft drinks and coffee during the breaks and participation in the Symposium Dinner and reception at Town Hall Braunschweig.

Technical Exhibition

The fee covers the rental of space for the exhibition for the duration of the conference and the conference fee for one delegate.

Cancellation/Refund Policy

Cancellations must be made in writing. For cancellations received prior to 12 June 2008 the fee will be refunded, deducting 40,00 € handling charge.
No refunds will be made for cancellations received after 12 June 2008.
The registration may be transferred.

Methods of Payment

All charges are in EURO (€).
Upon return of the completed Registration Form, an invoice will be mailed to each delegate. Payment should be made in € by bank transfer through the following bank:

Commerzbank AG Bonn,
Maximilianstr. 12, 53111Bonn
Account Name: DGON
Account Number: 1 081 199 00
BLZ: 380 400 07
IBAN: DE19 3804 0007 0108 1199 00
SWIFT/BIC: COBADEFF380

Cheques in € made payable to DGON are also acceptable. Payment with credit cards (Master or VISA) is possible at the registration desk only. All transfers should be marked: "EMAV 2008" with invoice number and name of delegate.

Technical Exhibition

Equipment/systems available or in development with respect to the topics of the symposium will be demonstrated and/or displayed during the conference. Interested companies/organisations who wish to exhibit or demonstrate may request further information from the
German Institute of Navigation,
attn.: Conference Co-ordinator "EMAV"

Symposium Proceedings

Proceedings will be prepared on CD within six weeks after the conference to allow inclusion of flight competition results. One copy will be mailed to each participant (price is included in the conference fee). Authors/presenters are therefore requested to provide to the conference co-ordinator the documentation (full paper) which should be published in the proceedings as soon as possible but not later than at the symposium. Documentation may be submitted by e-mail, CD or diskette.

Hotels

Following conference hotels are recommended

Above rates are valid for reservations till 09 June 2008, Code "DGON"

Further informations of above hotels you will find on following web-sites.
www.cityhotel.de
www.palais-braunschweig.bestwestern.de
www.moevenpick-hotels.com

Transportation

You will find Volkswagenhalle Braunschweig under following link.

http://www.volkswagenhalle-braunschweig.de
http://www.volkswagenhalle-braunschweig.de/index.php?id=108

There you have a journey-description and a map of the region.

German Institute of Navigation
-Deutsche Gesellschaft für Ortung und Navigation e.V. (DGON)-
Kölnstrasse 70
D- 53111 Bonn
Germany

Programme is subject to change.
Conference Co-ordinator: Hans Jürgen Kuhn

(Snapshot of the original registration form; it no longer works.)