Australia
July 6, 2017

Dr Ramesh Raja Searan from APPF partner, URAF, demonstrating field phenotyping with a drone

Australian National Data Service (ANDS) is running two webinars on ‘Drones in Research’ this July. The webinars are free of charge and open to anybody who uses drones for research, or has an interest in doing so. They will be of particular interest to:

• Researchers (academia, industry and government)
• Data managers and data librarians
• Data scientists, analysts, developers and technologists
• Environmental and geo-scientific research data community
• Research Office, Ethics Committee members and Legal Counsel for institutions

• Webinar #1:  An eye on legal, ethics, safety & privacy

  When:  Thursday, 20 July 2017 at 12.30pm AEST (one hour duration)

  Description:  When deploying drones for research, it is important to be aware of legal and privacy issues under current Australian law, and have an understanding of public safety and community attitude.

  Speakers:  Melanie Olsen, AIMS – A requirement of special licensing from CASA for drone use – Des Butler, QUT – The privacy implication of using drones under current Australian law – Leanne Wiseman, Griffith University – Drones and geospatial data: A look at the legal and ethical issues [IP and copyright].

• Webinar #2:  Rise of drones in the Australian research space

  When:  Thursday, Thursday 27 July 2017 at 12.30 AEST (one hour duration)

  Description:  This second webinar brings together researchers and data specialists from various disciplines to showcase their drone applications and data expertise, and to share knowledge to enhance research capabilities.

  Speakers:  Siddeswara Guru, TERN – Making drone data open for scientific research – Kim Bryceson, QUT – Automation of drone data capture in agriculture and development of GIS data library – Third speaker TBC.

The webinars are free, however, registration is required.

Both webinars will be recorded. If you can’t attend, please do register and ANDS will send you the recording and additional links.

Click here for more information and to register.

The Australian Plant Phenomics Facility (APPF) and ANDS are part of a community of facilities supported by the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS). The NCRIS network currently supports national research capability through 27 active projects and is comprised of 222 institutions employing well over 1,700 highly skilled technical experts, researchers and facility managers. NCRIS facilities are used by over 35,000 researchers, both domestically and internationally.

Website: http://www.plantphenomics.org.au/

Published: July 6, 2017