Conference Agenda
Keynote Speakers
Day 1
Major General Tod Bunting
Secretary David Kerr
Day 2
Mr. Randy Willis
 
uav technology static and live demonstrations
Day 1
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Day 2
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

SUNDAY, April 19, 2009
5:00 - 8:00 PM Booth Set Up

MONDAY, April 20, 2009
06:00 - 08:00 Booth Set Up/Registration  
08:00 - 09:00 Breakfast  
09:00 Program Begins  
09:00 - 09:10 Opening Session Remarks Mike Pool
Flint Hills Solutions
9:10 - 9:20 Welcome to the Symposium Major General Tod Bunting
Kansas Adjutant General
09:20 - 09:30 Keynote Congresswoman Lynn Jenkins
US Representative, KS 2nd Congressional District
09:30 - 10:10 Keynote Major General Tod Bunting
Kansas Adjutant General
10:10 - 10:30 Break  
10:30 - 11:15 Keynote Secretary David Kerr
KS. Dept of Commerce, Secretary of Commerce
11:15 - 12:00 UAV Technology Key Kansas Initiatives Mr. Roger Powers
Flint Hills Solutions, President & CEO
12:00 - 13:15 Lunch  
13:15 - 14:00 Small Unmanned Air Systems Roles in Emergency Response Mr. Steve Flach
Division Vice President SUAS Programs
14:00 - 14:30 Break  
14:30 - 15:15 UAS Payload Advanced Packaging Technology Needs and Priorities Mr. Matt Tracewell
Tracewell Systems, Executive Vice President
15:15 - 16:00 UAV SEE & Avoid Technologies Mr. Andy White
Defense Research Associates, Director Business Development
16:00 Reception  
17:15 - 18:15 Dinner  
18:15 - 19:00 Ventriloquist Performance Greg Claassen

Greg Claassen
Click here to visit Greg's Website

TUESDAY, April 21, 2009
08:00 - 09:00 Breakfast  
09:00 Program Begins  
09:00 - 09:10 Announcements Mike Pool
Flint Hills Solutions
09:10 - 9:50 Vigilant Guard Exercise Colonel Chris A. Stratmann, Joint Forces Headquarters Kansas
9:50 - 10:30 Kansas State Applied Aviation Research Center (AARC) Dr. Dennis Kuhlman, Dean of the College of Technology and Aviation at K-State at Salina
10:30 - 10:50 Break  
10:50 - 11:30 FAA Procedures and Policies
UAS COA Application and Emergency COAs
Randy Willis
UAS Office, FAA Headquarters
11:30 - 12:10 Next Generation UAVs and Payload Systems Kirk Slenker
Division Vice President
12:10 - 13:10 Lunch  
13:10 - 13:50 Center for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets (CRESIS) Dr. Richard Hale
Associate Professor, Aerospace Engineering University of Kansas
13:50 - 14:30 Kansas Salina Airport Strategic Plan and its Role in the UAS Market Mr. Tim Rogers
Salina Airport Director
14:30 - 15:00 Break  
15:00 - 15:30 Graphical Information Systems
Future Applications for Emergency Response
Royal Koepsell
TSC
15:30 - 16:00 Emergency First Responders - Needs and Priorities Mr. Glenn Pribbenow
Director of the Kansas Fire & Rescue Training Institute
09:00 - 12:00 UAV Technology Static and Live Demonstrations Hyatt Parking Lot
16:00 Booth Tear Down  

WEDNESDAY, April 22, 2009
Limited Availability
Bus Leaves at 11 AM from the Hyatt Convention Center
UAV Flight Demonstrations at Smoky Hill start at 1:00 PM
Beverages will be available at the Range. Food is not provided.

BREAK OUT SESSION - MONDAY, April 20, 2009
14:00 - 16:00 Aerosonde Technical Session Daniel Fowler
Chief Pilot, Aerosonde

 

* Contact Flint Hills Solutions for a screening process form if you want to fly your UAV on April 22.

* This schedule is subject to change without notice.