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March 16th -18th -- Von Braun Center, Huntsville, AL |

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Tuesday,
16 March |
EXHIBITOR DAY |
8:00 – 5:00 |
Exhibitor Set Up |
5:30 – 7:30 |
Icebreaker Reception, VBC North Hall |
Wednesday,
17 March |
UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS ROADMAP |
7:00 – 8:00 |
Registration and Breakfast in Exhibit Area |
8:00 – 8:15 |
Kickoff: Andy Ramsey, President, AUVSI Pathfinder Chapter |
8:15 – 8:45 |
Keynote Address: Joint UAS Roadmap, COL Grant Webb, JUAS COE |
8:45 – 11:30 |
Army Unmanned Aircraft Systems Roadmap Panel |
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| 8:45 – 9:00 |
Introductions: Emcee, Tim Owings, Deputy Project Manager, Army UAS |
9:00 – 9:30 |
Army UAS Roadmap: COL Christopher Carlile, Director, USA COE |
| 9:30 – 10:00 |
Army UAS Requirements: COL Rob Sova, TCM UAS |
| 10:00– 10:30 |
BREAK |
| 10:30 – 11:00 |
Army UAS Acquisition Strategy: COL Greg Gonzalez, Project Manager, Army UAS |
| 11:00 – 11:30 |
Panel Q&A: Emcee, Tim Owings, Deputy Project Manager, Army UAS |
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11:30 – 1:00 |
Lunch & Keynote Address: Army UAS Roadmap—an Historical Perspective
Paul Bogosian, former Program Executive Officer, Army Aviation
Pathfinder Scholarship Award Presentation, Andy Ramsey, President, Pathfinder Chapter |
| 1:00 – 1:30 |
Welcome: MG James R. Myles, Commanding General, Aviation and Missile Command |
1:30 – 5:00 |
Army Unmanned Aircraft Systems Roadmap – Operational Perspective |
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| 1:30 – 2:00 |
UAS Operations: COL Greg Gonzalez, Project Manager, Army UAS |
2:00 – 2:30 |
UAS Interoperability: MAJ Sean Donahue, APM, UGCS, Common Systems Integration |
| 2:30 – 3:00 |
Apache MUMT Interoperability: Richard Tyler, Deputy PM, Apache |
| 3:00 – 3:30 |
BREAK |
| 3:30 – 4:00 |
Unmanned Systems Aircraft Integration Capabilities: Ms. Viva Austin, Deputy Dir USAIC |
| 4:00 – 4:30 |
UAS Payloads: Mr. Eric Thomas, Payload S&T Manager, UAS |
| 4:30 – 5:00 |
UAS Futures: Mr. Lars Ericsson, Lead, Architecture/Technologies Office, PM UAS |
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5:00 – 8:00 |
St. Patrick’s Day Social: “A Roadmap to Green Beer and Hors d'oeuvres” |
Thursday,
18 March |
MORE UNMANNED SYSTEMS ROADS AHEAD |
7:00 – 8:00 |
Breakfast in Exhibit Area |
8:00 – 4:00 |
Technology Forum: 1-on-1 with PM UAS/PM RS JPO Office Representatives Industry
By Appointment through Registration Only |
8:00 – 8:30 |
Keynote Address: A Roadmap for U.S. Robotics, Dr. Henrik I. Christensen, KUKA Chair
of Robotics, Georgia Institute of Technology |
8:30 – 11:30 |
More on the Future of Unmanned Systems |
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| 8:30 – 9:00 |
Unmanned Systems Roadmap
Government Relations
Mario Mairena, AUVSI Government Relations Manager
Walt Hennessee, Fifth Congressional District Field Representative |
9:00 – 9:30 |
MCOE Role in Future Unmanned Systems, Harry Lubin, Chief, Live Experimentation Division, Maneuver Battle Lab, Army Maneuver COE |
| 9:30 – 10:00 |
Army-Marine Corps Unmanned Ground Systems Roadmap
Dr. Greg Hudas, Director, Joint Center for Robotics (Invited) |
| 10:00 – 10:30 |
BREAK |
| 10:30 – 11:00 |
Emerging Marine UGV Requirements: Lindy Kirkland, UGV Requirements, MCCDC |
| 11:00 – 11:30 |
Emerging Marine UAS Requirements: LTCOL Cris Boyer, Director UAS External Programs |
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11:30 – 1:00 |
Lunch & Keynote Address: Rapid Fielding, Changing the Way We Do Business
Benjamin Riley, Principal Deputy, Rapid Fielding, DDRE |
1:00 – 4:00 |
... And More on Unmanned Systems Pavement Ahead |
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| 1:00 – 1:30 |
Unmanned Technology for Wildfires, Kyle Snyder, AUVSI Knowledge Resources |
1:30 – 2:00 |
PEOI (Former FCS) UGV Path Ahead: Don Folk, Deputy Product Manager |
| 2:00 – 2:30 |
AMRDEC Advanced Science and Technology Directorate Path Ahead, Paul DiNardo, ASTD |
| 2:30 – 3:00 |
BREAK |
| 3:00 – 3:30 |
Air Force UGV Path Ahead: Lucas Martinez, AFRL Robotics |
| 3:30 – 4:00 |
Air Force UAS Roadmap: LT COL Bruce Black, USAF UAS Task Force |
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4:00 – |
Wrap-up: Andy Ramsey, President, Pathfinder AUVSI |
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2 FEB 2010 -- AUVSI Pathfinder announces $57,120 in scholarships given in 2009. See press release for more details.
26 Jan 2010 -- Hotel block room rates have been established for the symposium. See Lodging page for details.

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