| 8:00 pm - 5:00 am |
Expo Open |
| 8:00 am - 8:30 am |
Dedicated Expo Time |
| 8:30 am - 9:00 am |
U.S. Congressional Update on the Space Development Agency
- Senator Kevin Cramer, U.S. Senate
- Dr. Derek Tournear, Director, Space Development Agency
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| 9:00 am - 9:10 am |
Address from President Armacost
- Andrew Armacost, President, University of North Dakota
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| 9:10 am – 10:10 am |
Leading Perspectives on UAS
- Senator John Hoeven, U.S. Senate
- Brigadier General Heather Pringle, Commander, Air Force Research Laboratory, Air Force Materiel Command, U.S. Air Force
- Steve Dickson, Administrator, Federal Aviation Administration
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| 10:10 am – 10:30 am |
Dedicated Expo Time |
| 10:30 am – 10:50 am |
Air Force Base Commander Updates
- Col. Cameron Pringle, Base Commander, Grand Forks Air Force Base
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| 10:50 am – 11:10 am |
Enabling BVLOS Flight Operations by UAS in the National Airspace System (NAS)
- Arthur Huber, Air Force Research Laboratory
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| 11:10 am – 11:35 am |
Critical Today, Indispensable Tomorrow: The National Security Role of Autonomous Systems
- Jane Bishop, Northrop Grumman
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| 11:35 am – 12:00 pm |
BVLOS in North Dakota
- Nicholas Flom, Executive Director, Northern Plains UAS Test Site
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| 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm |
Dedicated Expo Time
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| 12:15 pm – 1:15 pm |
Innovation Stage Presentations
- Moderator: Renee Shelton, President, AUVSI Great Plains Chapter
- Joe Sullivan, Founder & CEO, Aerial Applications
- Chandler Griffin, CTO & President, iSENSYS
- Keith Knepper, Aerial Spreader Drone Services, Ltd.
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| 1:30 pm – 1:50 pm |
An Integrated Systems Approach to True BVLOS in the NAS
- Jon Standley, Business Development Lead, L3Harris Technologies
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| 1:50 pm – 2:10 pm |
Weather for Industrial Scale UAS Optimization
- Matt Taylor, Business Development, Civil Space and Weather, Raytheon Technologies
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| 2:10 pm – 2:30 pm |
Realizing Autonomy through Research—How UND is Helping the Industry Solve the Tough Problems
- Mark Askelson, Executive Director of RIAS, University of North Dakota
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| 2:30 pm – 3:00 pm |
Large UAS and AI-Enabled Aerial Imaging for Fire Mapping
- Tom Swoyer, President, Grand Sky Development Company, LLC
- Greg Davis, CEO, Overwatch Imaging
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| 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm |
Dedicated Expo Time |
| 3:30 pm - 4:15 pm |
Afternoon Keynote: A North Dakota Testing Update
- Matt Dunlevy, CEO, SkySkopes
- Chris Theisen, Director of Research & Development, Northern Plains UAS Test Site
- Mark Askelson, Executive Director of RIAS, University of North Dakota
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| 4:15 pm - 5:00 pm |
The Future of Drone Education
- Paul Snyder, Director of UAS Program, University of North Dakota
- Doron Benbenisty, CRI Vocational School
- Zack Nicklin, Unmanned Aerial Systems Program Manager, Northland Aerospace
- Seth Simonson, UAS Program Coordinator, North Dakota State College of Science
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