MeitY Interaction #2

Agenda

1. [AG, NM] Review of the Policy making journey so far
   1. NPNT & Effects of Ruling on Industry
   2. Mar 2021 Rules & Effects
   3. Geospatial Policy
   4. DFI & effort to liberalise
   5. Current Rules
2. [SP, AG] Key challenges the ecosystem faces today
   1. UTM concept, standards development
   2. Market capacity etc.
   3. Others: See ppt
3. [SR, NM] Addressing these problems via the conference
   1. UTM should be the focal point of activities in conference
4. [HB, SP] How Pushpaka can help
   1. Workshop the UTM Concept of Operations during the conference
   2. Set up ecosystem for standards making, research and development
   3. Provide a blueprint for the ecosystem evolution

Attendees

SP, AG, NM, HB, SR, SS, PMU (Sujith Sasi, Atif)

Minutes

1. Conference rescheduled for end-feb/early march
2. Designing the conference
   1. Pushpaka could be a knowledge partner or a member of the advisory council for the conference
   2. Concept of Operations is a key building block for consensus building within ecosystem
   3. MeitY's bucket list needs to reviewed if UTM is to be the focal point
   4. MeitY to check if a workshop session on Pushpaka's UTM Concept of Operations has resonance
   5. Conference events should be designed to be consistent with the ecosystem evolution blueprint Particularly hackathons/challenges, R&D funding, technology promotion, etc.
   6. Aim to build enough momentum for this to grow into a yearly event
3. Set up weekly sessions to improve the conference agenda Suggested time: Tuesdays 12-1pm; Next meeting (tentative): 11 Jan 2022