2017 Speakers
Greg Agvent
Senior Director, CNN Aerial Imagery & Reporting - CNN Worldwide
Iain Allen
Program Director, Innovation - Barrick Gold
Panagiotis (Panos) Artemiadis
Associate Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering - Arizona State University
Ryan Baker
CEO and Founder - Arch Aerial
Mike Blades
North American Research Director, Aerospace, Defense & Security - Frost & Sullivan
Robert Blair
Owner - Blair Three Canyon Farms
Andrew Carey
Chief UAV Controller - Rio Tinto Kennecott Utah Copper
Richard Celender
Vice President - Civil & Environmental Consultants, Inc.
Todd Chase
Unmanned Aircraft Systems Program Manager - Oceaneering International Inc.
Hunter Cole
Innovation and Operational Technology - Brasfield & Gorrie, LLC
Rachel Constantino-Wallace
Attorney - Perkins Coie LLP
Preston Culver
Firefighter - Austin Fire Departments Robotics Emergency Deployment (RED) Team
Todd Domney
Managing Partner & CEO - Sumac Geomatics Incorporated
Jonathan Evans
Co-President of Skyward, A Verizon Company - Skyward
Allison Ferguson, PhD
Director, Airspace Research - PrecisionHawk Inc.
Nicholas Flom
Executive Director - Northern Plains UAS Test Site
Finch Fulton
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Transportation Policy - United States Department of Transportation
Eric Gakstatter
Contributing editor - GPS World magazine
Robert Gann
Deputy Director - Colorado DFPC Center of Excellence
Marke “Hoot” Gibson
FAA Senior Advisor, UAS Integration - Federal Aviation Administration
Todd Graetz
Director, Technology Services / UAS Program - BNSF
Lewis Graham
President & CTO - GeoCue Group
Grant Hagen
VDC Manager - The Beck Group
Joseph Harwood
Physical Scientist - U.S Army Corps of Engineers
Dave Henderson
Director of Sales, Geospatial Solutions - Topcon Positioning Systems
Christopher Kahn
Senior GIS Project Manager MGIS, GISP, FAA Part 107 Cert - New Jersey American Water
Jeremiah Karpowicz
Executive Editor - Commercial UAV News
Marc Kegelaers
CEO - Unifly
Pete Kelsey
Strategic Projects Executive - Autodesk
Mathew Key
Chief Pilot - Rio Tinto Kennecott Utah Copper
Young Kim
CEO - Digital Harvest
Kevin Levy
Commander, Technology & Cyber-Intelligence Section - City of Mobile Police Department
Richard Lopez
VDCO Manager - Hensel Phelps
Jeff Lorton
Creative Director - The Duke Joseph Agency
William Lovett
Managing Director - Phoenix Air Unmanned
Carson Lyons
Vice President, Global Product Line Manager - General Aviation - AIG Aerospace
Ben Marcus
Cofounder & CEO - AirMap
Daniel Marek
Sergeant - Nevada Highway Patrol
Taylor McAuslan
VP, Geographic Information Systems - Hawk Aerial LLC
Nick McKee
Manager, Asset Operations - The AES Corporation
David McKittrick
Senior Applications Specialist - Blue Marble Geographics
Ben McKnight
Survey Supervisor - Barrick Goldstrike
Gregory McNeal
Co-Founder - AirMap
Ben Miller
UAS Technical and Outreach Specialist - Colorado DFPC Center of Excellence
Lisa Murray
Group Director
Anil Nanduri
Vice President, GM Drone Group - Intel Corporation
Chad Netto
Chief Operating Officer - Chustz Surveying, Inc.
Zac Penix
Managing Director - Digital Strategies
Chris Proudlove
SVP, Northeast Regional Manager and UAS Risks - Global Aerospace
Calvin Rieb
Director of Safety - Unmanned Safety Institute
Joseph Rios
Aerospace Research Engineer - Technical Lead for UTM - NASA
Gene Robinson
President - RPFlight Systems, Inc.
Garrett Seddon
Military and UAS Integration Specialist - Colorado DFPC Center of Excellence
Rahul Singh
Executive Director - GlobalMedic
Oliver Smith
VDC Director - Skanska
Colin Snow
CEO and Founder - Skylogic Research
Douglas Spotted Eagle
Managing Director - Sundance Media Group
Jesse Stepler
COO - Measure
Benjamin Sullivan
Lead Geospatial Specialist - Foth Infrastructure and Environment, LLC
Thomas Swoyer
President - Grand Sky Development Co.
Joe Talley
Consultant - Tango Alpha Consulting
Tim Trebilcock
Scientist/Technical Officer - Ontario Power Generation
Adam Trojanowski
Economic and Policy Analyst - Colorado DFPC Center of Excellence
Dave Truch
Technology Director, Digital Innovation Organization - BP
My-Linh Truong
UAS Sales Engineering Manager - RIEGL USA
Hector Ubinas
Unmanned Aerial Systems Program Lead / Aviation Safety Advisor - San Diego Gas & Electric
Gregory Walden
Chief Aviation Counsel - Small UAV Coalition
Nick Wayne
Director Business Development - Airbus Aerial
Paul Wheeler
Lead UAS Coordinator\Technology Advancement Specialist - Utah Department of Transportation
Thomas Wilczek
Executive Director - Nevada Institute for Autonomous Systems (NIAS)
Mike Winn
CEO & Co-Founder - DroneDeploy
David Winslow
Civil Engineer - US Bureau of Reclamation
Jack Wu
CEO - Nightingale Security
Adam Yoxtheimer
Director of Business Development - Airware