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Webinar: When regulation saves lives: Enabling medical drone deliveries through SORA
September 9 | 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Medical drone deliveries have the potential to transform healthcare by connecting patients and providers with critical medicines, blood products, laboratory samples, and emergency supplies faster than ever before. Yet turning these missions into safe, approved operations requires more than innovative technology. It requires a clear understanding of regulatory requirements and robust risk assessment.
This webinar will guide attendees through a realistic BVLOS (Beyond Visual Line of Sight) medical delivery mission in Barcelona, following its journey from concept to operation. Using a practical, real-world scenario, our experts will demonstrate how the Specific Operations Risk Assessment (SORA) framework is applied in practice and how it supports the path to operational approval.
Bringing together three complementary perspectives, the session will explore:
- The Why: Understanding SORA, its regulatory purpose, and its role in enabling safe and scalable drone operations.
- The How: Applying SORA in practice, building an operational approval package, and navigating the approval process.
- The Who: Real-world operational experience, lessons learned, and examples of medical and BVLOS drone missions in action.
Attendees will gain a practical understanding of how risk assessment, regulatory compliance, and operational execution come together to deliver life-saving drone services safely and at scale. Whether you are exploring your first medical drone delivery programme or looking to expand BVLOS operations, this session will provide valuable insights into the regulatory foundations that make these missions possible.
Panelists:
- Murzilli – Samsom Wong, (Senior Consultant for Operational Authorizations)
- Volant – Anthony Lawrenson (Director), Pejmen Iravani (CTO)
- BCN Drone Center – Jordi Salvador (CEO), Daniel Castillo (Chief Commercial Officer)
- Viasat sponsor – Mark Ter Hove (Senior Manager – AAM/IAM/ITM)
