| 7:30 am – 8:30 am |
Breakfast
Wassaja Foyer |
| 8:30 am – 8:40 am |
Opening Remarks
Wassaja 112
Luke Geiver, Editor, UAS Magazine |
| 8:40 am – 8:50 am |
Welcome and Regional Economic Overview
Wassaja 112
Mignonne Hollis, Executive Director, Arizona Regional Development Foundation D.C. |
| 8:50 am – 9:15 am |
Seizing The Opportunity: How Arizona and Aerospace Connect
Wassaja 112
Marisa Walker, Senior Vice-President, Strategic Planning/ Infrastructure, Arizona Commerce Authority |
| 9:15 am – 9:30 am |
Understanding the Evolution: Current and Developing UAS Storylines That Will Matter In 2017
Wassaja 112
Luke Geiver, Editor, UAS Magazine |
| 9:30 am – 10:00 am |
Commercial Integration Into the Airspace: Perspective From the Military
Wassaja 112
Hoyt Slocum, Vice Wing Commander 161 ARW, Arizona Air National Guard
David Stine, Airspace Manager and Chief of Wing Scheduling, Arizona Air National Guard
Charles Buchanan, Director, 56 Range Management Office, Luke Air Force Base
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| 10:00 am – 6:30 pm |
Expo Open
Wassaja 110/111 |
| 10:00 am – 10:30 am |
Refreshment Break In The Expo
Wassaja 110/111 |
| 11:00 am – 11:30 am |
Co-Creation For Commercial UAS Applications: Local Motors Global Efforts Into Cargo Delivery and Next Gen UAV Design
Wassaja 112
Alex Palmer, Design Engineer, Local Motors |
| 11:30 am – Noon |
Night Flight Trailblazers: Why Tremco and Industrial Sky Works Became The First Approved Night Flight Operation In The U.S.
Wassaja 112
Michael Cohen, President & CEO, Industrial SkyWorks |
| Noon – 1:30 pm |
Lunch In The Expo
Wassaja 110/111 |
1:30 pm – 2:15 pm
| Clearing The Air: Can Local Law Enforcement Carry Out The FAA's Drone Regulations?
Wassaja 112
Michael Hrnicek, Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General State of Arizona
Leonardo Garcia, Master Instructor of UAS Operations, Unmanned Safety Institute
James Lawrence, President, Drone Control Systems
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2:15 pm – 2:45 pm
| Managing Expectations: Serving Multiple End-User Markets From The DOD To Railroads
Wassaja 112
Rafael Gaytan, President, AUV Flight Services
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| 2:45 pm– 3:00 pm |
Benefits of Membership: An Update on the Arizona Autonomous Vehicles Club
Wassaja 112
David Hung, President, Arizona Autonomous Vehicles Club |
| 3:00 pm – 3:30 pm |
Refreshment Break In The Expo
Wassaja 110/111 |
| 3:30 pm – 4:15 pm |
Dealing With The Desert: UAS Operations Improving Regional Commercial Operations
Wassaja 112
Integrating UAVs Into Current And Future Field Applications For Specialty Crop Producers
Paul Brierley, Executive Director, Yuma Center of Excellence for Desert Agriculture
Kurt Nolte, Director, Yuma Agricultural Center
Collecting Award-Winning Survey Data Through UAS
Mary Darling, CEO, Darling Geomatics
Rich Darling, President, Darling Geomatics
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| 4:15 pm – 5:00 pm |
Federal Preemption On UAS Laws: Necessity Or Intrusion?
Wassaja 112
Sarah Nilsson, Attorney And Assistant Aviation Law Professor, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Jeffrey Antonelli, Founder, Antonelli Law
Michael Hrnicek, Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General State of Arizona
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| 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm |
Networking Reception In The Expo
Wassaja 110/111 |
| 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm |
Association of Unmanned Vehicle Systems International: Saguaro Chapter Meeting
Sunrise 104 |