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The 10th Asian Australian Rotorcraft Forum is being organized by the Vertical Flight Society's Australia Chapter, with the support of educational members, Melbourne University and Sydney University. It will be held at the Melbourne Connect Precinct, an innovation hub leveraging resources and talents from Melbourne University, government and industry partners across Australia.
The Asian Australian Rotorcraft (ARF) Forum was established by the joint initiative of Arvind Sinha (Australia), Pinqi Xia (China), Prashant Pawar (India), Yasutada Tanabe (Japan) and Duck Joo Lee (South Korea). Coordinated by South Korea a meeting was organised in Busan in 2011 to deliberate on the way forward. This resulted in convening the Inaugural ARF-1 at Busan on 12-15 Feb 2012. With 3 Special Session Presentations, 57 Paper Presentations and 11 Posters, the ARF foundation was laid.
The ARF Countries participation commenced with Australia, China, India, Japan, and South Korea, under support of the local Vertical Flight Society (VFS) Chapters; with Singapore joining mid of the series and Turkey during the second round. With that since the establishment of ARF Conference Series in 2011 by the above 'Founding Country Representatives'; today the 'ARF Executive Committee Country Representatives' are Arvind SInha (Australia), Pinqi Xia (China), Dineshkumar Harursampath (India), Yasutada Tanabe (Japan), G Kalidas (Singapore), Sung Nam Jung (South Korea) and Ilkay Yavrucuk (Turkey).
The ARF Series of Conference is a yearly rotational forum and held in the countries that are part of ARF. The ARF Series has gone through one rotation and is now on the second round as follows: a) ARF-1 South Korea, 12-15 Feb 2012; b) ARF-2 China, 8-11 Sep 2013; c) ARF-3 Australia, 18-19 Dec 2014; d) ARF-4 India, 16-18 Nov 2015; e) ARF-5 Singapore 17-18 Nov 2016; f) ARF-6 Japan 6-7 Nov 2017; g) ARF-7 South Korea, 30 Oct-1 Nov 2018 ; h) ARF-8 Turkey, 30 Oct-2 Nov 1019; i) ARF-9 China, 6-8 Nov 2023; and j) ARF-10 Australia 7-8 Nov 2024.
ARF-10 program over two days (7-8 Nov 24) will comprise of ‘Keynote and Referred Paper Presentations’ and a ‘Banquet and Awards Evening’. The Presentation Sessions will be in the five subdisciplines of Aerospace specific to Rotorcraft: Aerodynamics, Structures & Materials, Propulsion, Systems and Design.
Registration: Registration is now online!
| Rates | VFS Member | Non-Member |
| Regular Attendee | $425 | $540 |
| Speaker, Government, or Military | $400 | $515 |
| Fully retired or full-time student | $275 | Must enroll in VFS membership |
| Registration includes coffee breaks, lunches, social & presentation materials. Non-member registration fees include a one-year VFS membership. | ||
Chair: Dr. Arvind Sinha, President, VFS Australia Chapter
Deputy Chair: Dr. KC Wong, VP, VFS Australia Chapter
Technical Chair: Bob Hood, VFS Australia Chapter
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Schedule
Abstract Submission Period: 01 Mar - 15 Jul 2024 (CLOSED)
Abstract Selection and Paper Submission for Review: 15 Jul - 15 Aug 2024
Paper Review Report to Authors: 30 Sep 2024
Final Paper Submission: 15 Oct 2024
Conference: 7-8 Nov 2024
Submit your paper
Please refer to the Paper Template above for formatting and requirements. The final paper must be submitted no later than September 15, 2024.
Please review the Guidelines for Session Chairs and Speakers prior to making your presentation at the conference.
Venue
The Conference, Banquet and Awards will be held at Melbourne Connect Precinct of Melbourne University.
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