The conference highlighted the possibilities that drones will bring to freight and passenger transport, which it claimed will reduce the need for expensive infrastructure projects, slash road traffic, ease congestion, save lives and decrease pollution in cities.
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Challenges that lay ahead such as the levels of intelligence to make a passenger-carrying drone vehicle safe for use at speed and the liability for accidents were also recognised at the conference.
The announcement is sponsored by Field Marshal the lord Guthrie of Craigiebank on behalf of the BSI and Drone Major Group.
BSI chairman sir David Brown and politicians such as aviation minister Baroness Sugg attended the event alongside other senior stakeholders in the drone industry, including manufacturers, users, service providers, economists, academics and media.
UK drone standards are set to be introduced by the government in Spring 2018 to help strengthen public confidence in the technology’s safety, security and compliance, following an announcement at the House of Lords. These regulations aim to realise the industry's potential and its effect on business sectors such as transport and infrastructure.
