Agenda

Pathfinder AUVSI symposium falls below the threshold established in
Army Directive 2011-20, dated 14 Oct 2011
  Exhibitor Setup Day
Tuesday, 13 March 2012
8:00 – 5:00
 Exhibitor Set Up
5:00 – 7:00
 Icebreaker Reception in Exhibit Area

 

  Day 1 - Wednesday, 14 March 2012
7:00 – 8:30 Registration in North Hall Lobby
Continental Breakfast in Exhibit Area
8:30 – 8:45 Introduction:  Terry Griffin, President, Pathfinder Chapter, AUVSI
8:45 – 9:00 Welcome:  Tommy Battle, Mayor, Huntsville
9:00 – 9:30 Keynote:  Mr. Eric Edwards, Director, U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Research, Development, and Engineering Center
9:30 – 10:00 Break in Exhibit Area

 10:00 –10:30
Army UAS Requirements/User Update – Glenn Rizzi, Deputy TRADOC Capabilities Manager, UAS

10:30 – 11:00
SOCOM Update – Mr. Don Reedy, PM UAS, PEO-FW, SORDAC,
USSOCOM
11:00 – 11:30 National AUVSI Update & Future of UAS Industry: Tim Owings, AUVSI
National Board of Directors

11:30 – 13:00
Lunch Keynote Speaker:  Honorable Mo Brooks, U.S. Congressional
Representative, Alabama District 5
1:00  –   1:30 PM UAS Update, COL Tim Baxter, Project Manager, Army UAS
1:30  –   4:30 Army UAS Panel (Potential Competitive Business Opportunities) – Introductions by Dr. Juanita Harris, Chief, Technical Division PM, UAS
  • Architecture & Technology & Future Payloads
  • SUAS
  • GM
    • Break in Exhibit Area
  • PM Mod
  • UAS Fleet Management
4:30  –   7:00 SOCIAL IN EXHIBIT AREA

 

  Day 2 - Thursday, 15 March 2012
7:00 – 8:30 Registration in North Hall Lobby
Continental Breakfast in Exhibit Area
8:30  – 9:00 Keynote:   Dr. Theron Bowman, Chief of Police, Arlington, TX – UAS in Local Law Enforcement
9:00  – 9:30 Huntsville School System Robotics Endeavors – Dr. Casey Wardynski, Superintendant of Huntsville City School System
9:30  – 10:00

Break in Exhibit Area
10:00  – 10:30 Middle State Tennessee University UAS Programs – Kyle Snider
10:30 – 11:00 Alabama Robotics Technology Park Overview – Terry Griffin, Director, Calhoun Technology Park
11:00 – 11:30 COL Rita Casey, Cmdr 111th Ordnance Group (EOD)  - Operational employment of UGVs in support of OND
11:30 – 12:45 Lunch Keynote: Unmanned Systems on the Ground and in the Air – Mike Toscano, President & CEO, AUVSI
12:45 – 1:00 Pathfinder Scholarship Award Presentations
(Presentations during luncheon)
1:00 – 1:30 Unmanned Aircraft Systems and the OSD perspective: Mr. Dyke Weatherington, Director of Unmanned Warfare, Strategic and Tactical Systems, OSD
1:30 – 2:00 Army-Marine UGV Current Ops/UGV Update – LTC Jay Ferreira, Product Manager, Unmanned Ground Vehicles, PEO GCS/Robotic Systems Joint Project Office (RSJPO)
2:00 – 2:30 Navy BAMS Update and Potential Opportunities – CAPT Jim Hoke, USN, Program Manager, PMA-262
2:30 – 3:00

Break in Exhibit Area
3:00 – 3:30 USMC UAS Update and Potential Opportunities– Brigadier General (Select) Matthew Glavy, HQs, USMC
3:30 – 4:00

Navy PMA-263 Update –Col. James Rector, PMA-263
4:00 – 4:30 USAF Medium Altitude UAS Update – Lt Col John Bedingfield
4:30 – Closing remarks and end of Events – Exhibits removed