Michigan Advanced Aerial System Consortium
 
Event Dates and Times

Pre Event - October 28, 2013
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm Opening Cocktail Event
Day 1 - October 29, 2013
7:30 am - 9:00 pm Full Day Conference
Day 2 - October 30, 2013
7:30 am - 12:30 pm Half Day Conference

Full Event Agenda

Pre Event - October 28, 2013
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm Opening Cocktail Event
Day 1 - October 29, 2013
Time Presentation Topic Speakers
7:30 am Registration and Breakfast
8:30 am Welcome Address

Valde Garcia
Senior Manager for Army Sustainment, Wyle & MIAASC Board Member

8:35 am Unmanned Aerial System Now and in the Future: GE Aviation Point of View

Hilary King 
Product Area Director,
Navigation and
Guidance, GE Aviation

Block 1 - Current and Future UAS Technologies Showcase

9:15 am The Future of UAS Platforms and Sensors

Dale Kristof
Senior Engineer, AFRL

9:45 am The Future of UAS Platforms and Sensors

Paul McDuffee
VP Government
Relations & Strategy,
Insitu

10:15 am Navigation and Control

Dr. Ella Atkins
Associate Professor and Director of Autonomous Aerospace Systems Lab, University of Michigan

10:45 am Coffee Break
11:00 am Command & Control Technologies

John Moore
System Principal Engineer, Rockwell Collins

11:30 am Cooperative Flight / Multiple Vehicles Control

Robert F. Davis
CEO, Proxy
Technologies Inc.

12:00 pm Lunch
Block 2 - Integration of UAS in the NAS: Roadmap to 2015
12:45 pm UAS Integration in the NAS: History and Future Perspectives

Ted Wierzbanowski
Retired USAF Colonel,
Chairman F-38 UAS Committee 

2:00 pm

Integrating Civil UAS in Class B Airspace The Miskam Experience

Marc Moffatt
R&D Director, UAS
Centre of Excellence
Alma, Canada

2:45 pm

Panel:

Integration of Small UASs in the NAS: Potential Issues & New Developments

Stephen Morris             
CEO, MLB Company

Craig Witte
General Manager, Merrill Technologies Group

Paul McDuffee, VP, Government Relations & Strategy Insitu Inc.

3:30 pm Break
3:45 pm Michigan UAS Potential

Gavin Brown             
President, Michigan
Aerospace Manufacturing Association (MAMA)

4:30 pm Michigan National Guard and UAS: An Effective Collaboration

Brig Gen Michael A. Stone
Assistant Adjutant General Installations, Michigan National Guard

5:00 pm Networking Cocktail Cash bar
6:30 pm Dinner

Michigan Advanced Aerial System Consortium: An Integrated UAS Test Center & Cluster   		 Christian Perreault
Senior Partner, Explorer Solutions
Day 2 - October 30, 2013
Time Presentation Topic Speaker
7:30 am Registration and Breakfast
Block 3 - Commercial & Civil Applications: Business Cases and Future Opportunities
8:30 am How UASs Can Help your Organization

Mario Mairena
Government Relations Manager, Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI)

9:00 am

Case Study: Chemical Industry

Monitoring the Heat

Aaron Cook         
Director of Aviation, Northwestern Michigan College
 
Bill Donberg
CEO, Aetos Group

9:45 am

Case Study: Agricultural Business

The Michigan Potential

Benjamin Heumann
Professor, Geography Director, Center for Geographic Information Science, Central Michigan University

10:15 am Coffee Break
10:30 am The Future of Training & Simulation

Gilles Laflamme
Director, Mission Solutions CAE

11:00 am Applying Remote Sensing Technologies for Transportation Infrastructure Assessment in Michigan

Chris Roussy & Rick Dobson
Research Scientists, Michigan Technological Research

11:30 am Michigan and UAS: A Partnership for the Future

Valde Garcia
Senior Manager for Army Sustainment, Wyle Group

11:45 am Lunch Boxes