The Next Evolution of Aviation
Unmanned Aircraft Systems Action Summit – UAS4
Agenda – May 20-21, 2010
5-17-2010 DRAFT Subject to Revision

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Wednesday evening Networking Social from 6:30 – 8:30 at the Alerus

 

Day One – May 20 – Alerus Center  

 

7:45 – 8:30               Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:30 – 8:50               Welcome and Opening Remarks

• Dr. Delore Zimmerman, Executive Director, Red River Valley Research Corridor
• Senator Byron Dorgan remarks via Skype
• Dr. Robert Kelley, President, University of North Dakota

8:50 – 9:20               Current Challenges in UAS

Col. Robert J. Becklund, UAS Task Force, Headquarters Air Force

 

9:20 – 10:20            UAS and 21st Century Airpower: Meeting Challenges 2015 and Beyond

 

Moderator:  Kyle Snyder, Director of Knowledge Resources at the Association for Unmanned Vehicles Systems International (AUVSI)

• Col. Robert J. Becklund, UAS Task Force, Headquarters Air Force
• Captain Stephen C. Rorke, Military Director, Air Vehicle Engineering Department, Naval Air Systems Command – U.S. Navy
• Greg Pierce, Joint Unmanned Aircraft System Center of Excellence, Nellis AFB
• Robert Hutson, Program Manager, UAS CoE,  U.S. Army
• LTC. Scott R. Alpeter, Training and Doctrine Command Capabilities Manager-UAS (TCM-UAS) US Army

 

10:20 – 10:40          Networking Break

 

10:40 – 11:30          UAS and 21st Century Airpower: Technologies for Training

Outlook on pilot/operator training and UAS technologies for training.

 

Moderator: Al Palmer, Interim Director of University of North Dakota, UAS Center for Research, Education, and Training

• Dave Kaiser, U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory
• Bob Concannon - UND UAS Center
• Chris McFarland – EG&G
• Jeff Schram, Director of Business Development, L-3 Communications

 

11:30 – 12:30          Lunch (in exhibition area)

12:30 – 1:20            Emerging Applications of UAS in Law Enforcement and Disaster Response

Moderator:  Mike Corcoran, Unmanned Applications Institute International, Inc.

• Sergeant Alan Frazier, Assistant Professor at UND’s John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences
• Tom Faller, National Director, UAS Operations, U.S. Customs and Border Protection
• Dan Griffiths – Response Division Director, FEMA Region VIII  

 

1:20 – 2:10               Building a Regional UAS Industry – Academic perspective

Moderator: Dr. Phyllis Johnson, VP for Research and Economic Development, University of North Dakota

• Scott Fletcher, Northland Community and Technical College – Maintenance Program
• Barbara Bang, Dean, Technologies & Services Division, North Dakota State College of Science
• Dr. Glenda Lindseth, Professor of Nursing,  UND human factors
• Ben Trapnell, Associate Professor University of North Dakota

                                                                
2:10 – 2:30               Networking Break

 

2:30 – 3:00               AUVSI – Perspective on Industry

                                    Michael Toscano, Executive Director, Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI)

 

3:00 – 4:00               UAS Integration into the National Airspace System
Briefing and discussion of FAA policy and DoD requirements for UAS airspace management and the status of CONUS UAS airspace solutions.
                                   
Moderator:  Douglas Marshall, J.D., Associate Professor, University of North Dakota, John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences

• Randy Willis, FAA Air Traffic Organization (ATO)
• Rick Prosek, Manager, UAS Program Office, Federal Aviation Administration
• John Scull Walker, Senior Partner, The Padina Group, Inc and retired FAA Program Director for Airspace Management

 

4:00– 5:30               Reception in Exhibition Area

 

Day Two – May 21 – Alerus

 

8:00 – 8:30               Continental Breakfast
                                   

8:30 – 8:45               Remarks by U.S. Senator Byron L. Dorgan and introduction of General Norton Schwartz

 

8:45 – 9:30               Keynote Speech  

• General Norton A. Schwartz, U.S. Air Force Chief of  Staff
• Q & A

 

9:30 – 9:40               Remarks by U.S. Senator Kent Conrad

 

9:40 – 10:10            Unmanned Applications Institute International (UAII, Inc.)

• Mike Corcoran, UAII
• Nick Coorough, Riverside Research Institute - RRI

 

10:15 – 10:25          Remarks by Governor John Hoeven

 

10:25 – 10:45          Networking Break

 

10:45 – 11:35          Building a Regional UAS Industry – Civilian Perspective

Moderator: Eric Icard, Senior Business Development Officer, Grand Forks Region Economic Development Corporation

• Jim Richtsmeier, Sr. Vice President of Business Growth & Technology,  Ideal Aerosmith
• Cassindy Chao, President , Laserlith
• Aleks Udris, Managing Partner, Bold Method
• David Batcheller, Chief Operation Officer, Appareo Systems   
• Carol Goodman, Cavalier County Job Development Authority, development of the Stanley R. Mickelson Safeguard Complex

 

11:35 – 12:25          Industry Perspective on the Next Generation of UAS

                                    Moderator: Delore Zimmerman, Director, Red River Valley Research Corridor

• Ed Walby, Director of Business Development, Northrop Grumman 
• Maynard Herting, Field Support Manager, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc
• Ken Riehl, Director, Next Generation Sensor Systems, Goodrich ISR Systems
• Paul Mcduffee, Vice President, University Relations at The Insitu Group

 

12:25 – 1:30            Lunch

 

• U.S. Senator Byron Dorgan – Luncheon Remarks
• NextGen presentation– Craig Hoover GE Director, Advanced Technology  

 

2:00 – 2:30               Ribbon cutting for Northrop Grumman Corporation office at UND Center for Innovation - Ina Mae Rude Entrepreneur Center

• U.S. Senator Byron Dorgan
• George Guerra, Vice President of HALE (High Altitude Long Endurance), Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems

2:30                           UND UAS Center tours

 

Airshow at GFAFB – starts at 10:00 am on Saturday and doors open at 9:00 am.