16 Apr 2024

2024 CIAM Plenary Meeting: Highlights

The 2024 CIAM Plenary Meeting took place in Lausanne from 12 to 13 April. It was the first time the meeting had been held in person since 2019. The format was slightly different as all the Technical Meetings were organised before the Plenary using Zoom, which enabled more interested persons to participate; therefore, the Plenary was attended mostly by the Delegates.

Elections

It was an election year, and after the vote, most of the Bureau members from the previous two years retained their positions:

Antonis Papadopoulos - President, Bruno Delor - 1st Vice President, Narve Jensen – 2nd Vice President, Andras Ree - 3rd Vice President, Massimo Semoli Secretary, Ian Kaynes - F1 S/C Chairman, Peter Uhlig - F3 Aerobatics S/C Chairman, Tomas Bartovsky – F3 Soaring S/C Chairman, Stefan Wolf – F3 Helicopter S/C Chairman, Barrie Lever – F3 Pylon Racing S/C Chairman, Pal Linden Antoninsen – F4 Scale S/C Chairman, Sotir Lazarkov – F5 Electrics S/C Chairman, Johannes Eissing – F7 Aerostats S/C Chairman, Bruno Delor – F9 Drone Sports S/C Chairman, Zoran Pelagic – SM S/C Chairman and Per Findahl – Education S/C Chairman. Two new members were elected to join the Bureau, Ron Miasnikov – Technical Secretary and Pavol Barbaric – F2 S/C Chairman.

Awards

The following awards were approved by the Plenary.

Alphonse Penaud Diploma

Jan van VLIET (NED)
Krysztof PRZYBYTEK (POL)

Andrei Tupolev Diploma

Leszek MALMYGA (POL)

Antonov Diploma

Vladimir HORVAT (CRO)

Frank Ehling Diploma

Csontos ARPAD (SVK)

Scholarship

The CIAM Scholarship was awarded to Imre Czikár (HUN).

Rules

Most important rules changes:

F9U class (Drone Racing) is now official class with World Championships in even years
F1Q will also be part of the Juniors CAT1 events
A new entry fee scheme was approved
F2G class is now an official class
F3G class is now an official class