Above: AH-60 'Apache' helicopters on patrol

At the conference, Wednesday 26 May will be the civil helicopter conference day, with industry specific topics and industry expects providing these topics. Thursday 27 May 2010 will feature the Australian Military providing keynote speakers. Key speakers on Day 2 will include: Major General Tony Fraser, AM, CSC, Head of Helicopter Systems Division, Defence Materiel Organisation along with Dr Jeffery Brock discussing human factors issues in the helicopter environment, and Matt Wallace CASA will provide an update on night vision goggles in the Australian Helicopter Industry context.
An Unmanned Vehicles Systems conference will address current issues. With UV systems appearing more and more in everyday use, particularly in military operations, acceptance of the technology and the platforms as integral tools of modern industry and warfare has made great progress in the past couple of years. There is a sense, however, that some of the management issues associated with the effective use of UV systems are not keeping pace with the technological changes.