Twelfth Australian International Aerospace Congress - Melbourne

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Twelfth Australian International Aerospace Congress - Melbourne



Dates: 19-22 March 2007



The Australian International Aerospace Congress (AIAC) series is held at major Australian aerospace centres every two years. It has been running since 1985.



In 2007, the twelfth in the series, AIAC-12, is being held in Melbourne at the Grand Hyatt Hotel during the week of the Australian International Airshow 2007.



AIAC-12 will include a number of Incorporated Conferences. These include:



· Twelfth Australian Aeronautical Conference



· Fifth DSTO International Conference on Health & Usage Monitoring



· Sixth Australian Pacific Vertiflite Conference on Helicopter Technology



· Second Australasian Unmanned Air Vehicles Conference



· First International Helicopter Safety Team - South Pacific Regional Conference



Associated events include:



· Chief of Air Force Conference – Smaller Air Forces and the Future of Air Power



· The Air Chiefs Gala Dinner



· Australian International Airshow 2007



The technical program will comprise of aerospace and aviation sub-discipline streams embedded in the five conferences – aeronautical, helicopters, unmanned aerials vehicles and health & usage monitoring; to address the fixed, rotary, unmanned and space platforms technologies.



The Twelfth Australian Aeronautical Conference is a joint event of Engineers Australia and the Royal Aeronautical Society, Australian Division. It will be chaired by Mr Michael Halloran.



Further details of what will be covered at the congress and associated conferences are described below:



1. Design & Manufacture topics

• Systems engineering
  
  
• Human engineering, human factors and workload assessment
  
  
• Flight performance
  
  
• Air vehicle conceptual design
  
  
• Aerodynamics and flight mechanics
  
  
• Virtual engineering
  
  
• Automation and lean design
  
  
• Design optimisation
  
  
• Integrated product and process development
  
  
• Concurrent engineering
  
  
• Experimentation
  
  
• Material and structures
  
  
• Advanced composite structures
  
  
• Metal alloy structures
  
  
• Automation and robotics
  
  
• Airframe systems
  
  
• Lean manufacturing
  
  
• Qualification and certification
  
  
• Global supply chains
  
  

2. Aerospace Support topics

• Avionics and mission systems
  
  
• Aircraft systems, sub-systems and equipment
  
  
• Structures, corrosion control and fatigue
  
  
• Legacy systems
  
  
• Ageing aircraft
  
  
• Mission and flight critical software
  
  
• Maintenance
  
  
• Technical Publications
  
  
• Training system design and development
  
  
• Integrated Logistics Systems
  
  

3. Aviation Operations topics

• Simulation and training
  
  
• Operational assessment and experimentation
  
  
• Combustion and propulsion
  
  
• Operations and maintenance
  
  
• Noise and environment
  
  
• Safety and security
  
  
• Air transport systems
  
  
• Regulations and harmonisation
  
  

4. Future Air Warfare topics

• Stealth impact on operations
  
  
• Operation and maintenance of stealthy platforms
  
  
• Future EW and EPM
  
  
• Unmanned systems
  
  
• Smart structures
  
  
• Multifunctional materials
  
  
• Reducing cost of ownership
  
  
• Increasing availability
  
  
• Buy or upgrade decision making
  
  
• Impact of new materials systems
  
  
• Future Development
  
  
• New operating concepts
  
  
• Air in the networked force
  
  
• Networked logistics
  
  
• Manned-Unmanned operations
  
  
• Transformation
  
  
• Agent applications
  
  
• Artificial intelligence for unmanned air vehicles
  
  
• Network centric warfare and network enabled operations
  
  
• Efficient data transfer
  
  
• Data compression and transmission
  
  

5. Industry topics

• Global Supply Chains
  
  
• Strategic sector planning
  
  
• Future industry capabilities
  
  
• Team Australia and Integrated Capability Teams
  
  
• Small and Medium Enterprises
  
  
• Future skills and capabilities
  
  
• Cost and Market Analysis
  
  

6. Fifth DSTO International Conference on Health & Usage Monitoring Systems

[Organised by the Defence Science & Technology Organisation]

Chair: Mr Graham Forsyth

• HUMS Technologies
  
  
• HUMS and Other Monitoring Programs
  
  
• Monitoring Techniques for Propeller/Rotor Track and Balance
  
  
• Monitoring techniques for engine & transmission vibration analysis
  
  
• Structural loads monitoring
  
  
• Cost-benefit analysis
  
  
• Data management
  
  

As these apply in areas such as:

• Helicopters
  
  
• Fixed-wing aircraft
  
  
• Land vehicles
  
  
• Marine vehicles
  
  
• Fixed machinery
  
  
• Other or multiple areas.
  
  

7. Sixth Australian Pacific Vertiflite Conference on Helicopter Technology

[Organised by the AHS International Australian Chapter]

Chair: Dr Arvind Sinha

• Operations
  
  
• Design
  
  
• Aerodynamics
  
  
• Training and Simulation
  
  
• Maintenance and Support
  
  

8. Second Australasian Unmanned Air Vehicles Conference

Chair: Dr Arvind Sinha

• Operations
  
  
• Design
  
  
• Aerodynamics
  
  
• Training and Simulation
  
  
• Maintenance and Support
  
  

9. Sixteenth National Space Engineering Symposium

[Supported by Engineers Australia , National Committee on Space Engineering]

Chair: Mr Shaun Wilson



10. Space Technology topics

• Hypersomics
  
  
• Flight Dynamics
  
  
• Guidance, navigation & control
  
  
• Mechanics & structures
  
  
• Electrical & electronics
  
  
• Computers & information
  
  
• Systems & systems engineering
  
  

11. Space Applications topics

• Sounding rockets & balloons
  
  
• Launch vehicles & spacecraft
  
  
• Global navigation satellite systems
  
  
• Space policy & law
  
  
• Space economics & commerce
  
  
• Defence & national security
  
  

Venue - Grand Hyatt Melbourne



123 Collins Street Melbourne

Victoria 3000 Australia

Tel: +61 3 9657 1234

Fax: +61 3 9650 3491



For more details see the Congress website: [url="http://www.aiac12.com"]http://www.aiac12.com[/url]