From Concept to Field Deployment: UAV-Enabled Testing and Validation facility for AI-Driven landmine and UXO detection Technologies at the Swiss Drone Competence Center
Mine Action: Innovation, Sustainability and Global Partnerships Speaker Series
Landmines and explosive remnants of war continue to pose a critical humanitarian and developmental challenge worldwide. These hazards hinder infrastructure development, agricultural productivity and socio-economic recovery, directly impacting the achievement of multiple UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Emerging technologies such as AI, unmanned systems, robotics and digital twins offer transformative opportunities to accelerate clearance operations, improve safety and enhance cost efficiency. Simultaneously, climate change impacts exacerbate contamination dynamics, demanding integrated approaches that link technology, sustainability and policy.
The Subsphere Co. in partnership with York University, Kyiv National Aviation University, Kyiv Polytechnic Institute and Ukrainian deminers and technology developers proposes a global speaker series that unites deminers, applied research centers, academia, policymakers, industry and humanitarian actors to shape the future of mine action through innovation and sustainability.
Speaker:
Niklaus Stocker – Director of the Switzerland, Swiss Drone Competence Center (SDCC)
Moderator:
Mishal Arif – research and development coordinator, SubSphere Co.
