Prior Speakers Included
Industry Keynote
Erik Grant, Engineering Fellow, Business Area Chief Engineer, Defense and Civil Solutions, Intelligence, Information & Services, Raytheon
DoD Keynote
CDR Loren Jacobi, USN, Commanding Officer, Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 23, “Wildcards” (HSC-23)
CDR Chad Thompson, USCG, Chief, Unmanned Aircraft Systems Division, USCG (CG-7114)
Colonel Scott Anderson, USA, Project Manager Unmanned Aircraft Systems, Program Executive Office for Aviation, Redstone Arsenal
Lt Col John X, USAF, Air Expeditionary WingDirector of Staff, 432d Wing, Creech Air Force Base
Rick Lober, Vice President and General Manager, Hughes Defense & Intelligence Systems
Captain(USN-ret) George Galdorisi, Dir., Strategic Assessments and Technical Futures, Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific (NIWC Pacific)
Michael Lyons, Global Hawk Customer Engagement and Business Development
Global Hawk Program, Autonomous Systems, Northrop Grumman Corporation
Mark Cole, Director, ISR & UAS Requirements, Lockheed Martin Skunks Works
Darrin Husmann, Science,Technology & Innovation Division, US Southern Command
Dr. N. Andrew Browning, Program Director of AUtonomy, AeronVironment
Mark Dombroff, Partner, Fox Rothschild LLP
Stephen P. Luxion, Col (Ret) “LUX”, Executive Director, ASSURE FAA Center of Excellence for UAS
Dr. Adam MacDonald, Senior Business Development Account Executive, Kratos Unmanned Aerial Systems, Inc.
Michael O’Shea, FAA Aviation Safety, PM Public UAS Safety & Integration (AUS-400), UAS Integration Office
Senior Representative, USAF, Company Commander, 163d Operations Group, March Air Force Base
Dr. Parimal Kopardekar, Director, NASA Aeronautics Research Institute (NARI)
FAA (AUS-400), Safety & Integration Division) Representative
Senior Representative, USAF, Company Commander, 163d Operations Group, March Air Force Base
Dr. Parimal Kopardekar, Director, NASA Aeronautics Research Institute (NARI)
LtCol Noah “Spool” Spataro, USMC, Commanding Officer, Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron 1 and Capt Warren “JuCo” Choi, USMC, UAS Operational Test Director, VMX-1
Col (USA-ret) Courtney Cote, Dir., Naval Programs and UAS, Science and Engineering Services (SES)
David Sharpin, CEO, Auterion Government Solutions, Inc
Garrett Smith, CEO, REVEAL
Ted Lindsley, CEO, SqwaQ
Captain (USN-ret) Ted Venable, CNT/UAS Program Manager at Commander, U.S. Fourth Fleet Counter Illicit Trafficking PM (COMUSNAVSO/C4F)
Paul Leonard, Assistant Federal Security Director, San Diego Intl Airport, Transportation Security Administration (TSA)
CDR Loren Jacobi, USN, Commanding Officer, Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 23, “Wildcards” (HSC-23)
Timothy Bleakley, Engineering Supervisor, UAS Civil Airspace Integration, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems. Inc.
Capt Megan Vanhorn, AQ Ventures Contract Strategy Lead, SAF-AQ, AQ DELTA