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UNVEX 2022, the main drones national event in Spain, was held in the FIBES exhibition centre in Seville from 14 to 16 September of 2022. Several GRVC members were invited to participate in different UNVEX panels.

Aníbal Ollero (https://grvc.us.es/head-of-the-laboratory/), director of the GRVC Robotics Lab, was invited to one of the main plenary panels of UNVEX: the «Technological challenges» panel 11 moderated by Antonio Sousa. Aníbal presented the main achievements of two initiatives he is leading and coordinating: the AERIAL-CORE EU Project (https://aerial-core.eu/) and the GRIFFIN ERC Advanced Grant (https://griffin-erc-advanced-grant.eu/).

Guillermo Heredia moderated the panel 19 («Training») and participated with a presentation about PhD, Master and Undergraduate Students in UAS at the University of Seville.

Finally, Ivan Maza (https://personal.us.es/imaza/) was invited to participate in the panel 17 about Counter-UAS systems. He presented the EU Project COURAGEOUS (https://courageous-isf.eu/) where the GRVC Robotics Lab is participating in the development of a standardized test methodology for detection, tracking and identification of nefarious drones’ utilising countermeasure systems to protect the lower airspace.

The GRIFFIN Principal Investigator, Anibal Ollero, received the Automatica Spanish National Award due to “Leadership in Aerial Robotics, technology transfer to companies and creation of research groups and university Departments”. The ceremony was last September 8th in the “43th Jornadas de Automatica” that was held in Logroño (La Rioja, Spain).

You can watch the presentation of Professor Alfonso García Cerezo, Universidad de Málaga in the following link:
https://lnkd.in/dnn8vRgu
You can also watch the video of the award ceremony by the president of CEA, Professor Carlos Balaguer, Carlos III University, and speech of Aníbal Ollero in the following link:
https://lnkd.in/d8c4vgYr

Last Thursday the Rei Jaume I Awards were presented at the Cajasol Foundation in Seville. There, we were able to enjoy a panel discussion where Anibal Ollero, Pilar Rodríguez López (Capgemini Engineering) Jorge Caro Terrón (Airbus) and José López Barneo (IBiS Institute of Biomedicine of Seville) participated, and the moderation was given by Carlos Herrera (Cadena COPE).

The event had the collaboration of the Valencian Association of Entrepreneurs (AVE) and the Confederation of Entrepreneurs of Andalusia.