EuroGNC Origins and Concept
The CEAS Conference on Guidance, Navigation and Control or “EuroGNC” an applied conference with strong aeronautics and space orientation. Non-aerospace applications with similar challenges and modeling approaches are welcome (e.g. automotive, robotics, wind energy, underwater vehicles). Theoretical works that are applicable to the aeronautics and space problems within the scope of EuroGNC are also welcome. Please see the full scope of the conference on the topics page.
EuroGNC was created in 2011 to foster the exchanges within the European GNC community and between the European GNC community and the rest of the world. At the time, it was inspired by the AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control and co-located conferences (especially the Atmospheric Flight Mechanics and Modeling and Simulation Technologies conferences), which were integrated into the large AIAA forums since 2014.
In constrast to the huge AIAA forums with several thousands participants and very wide scope, the objective has always been to keep the conference to a fairly small size and a fairly narrow scope. EuroGNC conferences have typically between 100 and 150 participants and provide excellent value for money for the participants with lunches, dinner, etc. being included in the reasonable registration price. With everything happening on-site, participants do not disperse at lunch time, but can continue their technical discussions and networking instead.
The next conference will be held in the June 2024 in Bristol, UK (see Key Dates page).
Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic
EuroGNC is characterized by the excellent on-site exchanges between the participants, which can hardly be obtained with online conferences. After having postponned the 2021 conference to 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, an hybrid format was used to mitigate the risk for authors and participants. Luckily, the Berlin conference was held in May 2022 during the decline of the Delta wave in Europe and shortly before the Omicron wave. Precautionary measures (e.g. masks) were used and we have been able to offer, for most of the participants, the first on-site conference experience in two years.
Few participants (about 5%) were participating online and were presenting live (no prior video recording) and with effective Q&A with the audience in the rooms. On-site presentations were also streamed online to permit remote attendants to view them. This helped mitigating the risk of travel bans, especially for non-European participants. The program committee made sure that the remote presenters could present during regular working hours in their respective countries.
Feedback on opinions, ideas or experiences from the community regarding the possibilities to make a successful online or hybrid format for EuroGNC are welcome via e-mail (cf. contact page).
Whether future (2024 onwards) EuroGNC conferences will be hybrid or on-site only conferences remains open.
Previous Editions
The first EuroGNC conference was organized in Munich, Germany in April 2011. The conference was held every two year, since except in 2021, when the COVID-19 pandemic forced the Berlin team to postpone the conference to 2022. For many of the participants, the 2022 edition was the first in-person conference they attended post COVID-19.
Here is the complete list of the previous editions:
– 2022: Berlin, Germany
– 2019: Milano, Italy
– 2017: Warsaw, Poland
– 2015: Toulouse, France
– 2013: Delft, The Netherlands
– 2011: Munich, Germany
The papers of the different editions have been published with different models. A selection of the best papers were published in Springer books until the 2017 edition. The 2022 edition established a new open access model with paper published online in CC-BY 4.0. The status of the 2019 papers will be clarified the coming week and months, as soon as possible and whenever possible the 2019 papers will also be made available online. Please check the Paper Library out for all details and for accessing the papers that are available online.