To cover the main themes of the conference, four internationally-recognised specialists have been invited to present state-of-the-art keynote lectures: Domingos A. Rade, Aeronautics Institute of Technology ‐ ITA, Brazil Miha Boltežar, Faculty for Mechanical Engineering, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia Robert Bond Randall, Emeritus Professor, UNSW Sydney, Australia Afzal Suleman, Center for Aerospace Research, University of Victoria, Canada |