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May 19, 2023 00:00 - May 19, 2023 23:55
This Training School, organized by the scientific team of GIS Research Unit of the Agricultural University of Athens, will take place in selected awarded wineries of the internationally renowned Nemea PDO vineyard region. In this region a geospatial observatory has been established by AUA GIS Research Unit as one of the results of a four-year research project.
The course will provide the principles and essential knowledge required for safe operations of state-of-the-art Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for agricultural applications mainly focused on vineyard management and pest detection. This will include meeting with pre-flight procedures and calibrations, development of basic flight skills in real flight conditions, use of a wide range of sensors for drone-based multispectral data acquisition for a variety of agricultural applications, and practice with open-source photogrammetric software for flight planning and post-flight process of aerial imagery data.
The Training School is open to all scientists and professionals related to the fields of agriculture and food production. Priority will be given to wine production-related individuals (academics, engineers, farmers, etc.). Gender balance and country representativeness will be promoted. The Training School is limited between 13-15 participants, depending on the budget available.
There is no registration fee for the course. Selected participants will be reimbursed for their travel, accommodation, and meal expenses in line with the eligibility rules specified by COST Action rules of reimbursement. Coffee, light meals and refreshments will be provided by local organisers on most days, as well as local transportation when is needful.
Location: Nemea Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) vineyard region, Peloponnese, Greece
When: 19-22 June 2023
Application deadline: email your CV and a motivation letter (max. 1500 characters), explaining how this Training School will benefit your career and projects, to [email protected] by 19 May 2023.
Contact: Antonis Kavvadias ([email protected])
More information can be found on https://soil.aua.gr/cost-uav-invitation/
Program: it will be sent to the selected participants