May 11 – 14, 2026 | Education May 12 – 14, 2026 | Exhibits Detroit, MI | Huntington Place

Speaker List

Pramod Abichandani
Chief Executive Officer
Eagle Robotics

Derek Abramson
Chief Engineer, Dale Reed Subscale Flight Research Laboratory
NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center

Dominic Acevedo
Director of Flight Operations
Amazon Prime Air

Gaurav Achha
Co-CEO
BonV Technology Limited

Tom Adams
Director of Public Safety
DroneShield

Jorge Alcazar
US Defense Business Development and Operations Manager
Ocean Power Technologies

Nick Aleks
Chief Hacking Officer
ASEC

Benjamin Allen
Partner
Holland & Knight, LLP

Phoebe Altenhofen
Senior Reliability and Test Engineer
Skydio

David Ambrozic
AUVSI

Veneela Ammula
Master's in Electrical Engineering
Principal Engineer
American Bureau of Shipping (ABS)

Jeremy Amundson
Project Manager
Northern Plains UAS Test Site

Kence Anderson
CEO & Cofounder
Plug and Play

Antone Andrews
Technical Training Project Manager
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc.

Julie Angus
CEO and Co-founder
Open Ocean Robotics

Esmael Ansari
VP of Government Relations
BRINC Drones

Evan Arnold
North Carolina State University

André Arruda
Co-founder
AL DRONES

James D Atkinson
Atkinson Aeronautics & Technology, Inc.

Jennifer Audette
Branch Manager, Federal Aviation Administration
Federal Aviation Administration

Ariel Avitan
Chief Commercial Officer
Percepto

Vikas Bahl
Neya Systems

Russell Bailey
Deputy Director
Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies (DKI APCSS)

Euan Baird
Project Manager
Cyberhawk

Daniel Baker
Aerospace GNC Engineer
BlueHalo, LLC

Giri Baleri
Director of Product Management and Strategic Marketing
Trimble Inc

Gino Balistreri
Unmanned Systems Leader
HP Additive Manufacturing Solutions

Brad Banikowski
Investment Manager
GENIUS NY Program, CenterState CEO

Neeraj Bansal
Chief Revenue Officer
HHLA Sky GmbH

Paul Bartlett
Head of Systems Engineering
Near Earth Autonomy

Todd Basile
Shareholder & Patent Attorney
Greenberg Traurig

Amanda Bastoni
Ed.D
Director Career Technical & Adult Education
CAST, Inc.

Michael Bauer
Senior Consultant / Chief Remote Pilot
Engineering Systems Inc. (ESi)

Craig Beal
Co-Founder
Full Spectrum Technologies

Chase Beasley
Director of Government Affairs
Tulsa innovation Labs

Matt Beckwith
VP BD and Policy
Guardian Agriculture

Steve Beier
Senior Vice President for Product Management
DroneUp

Paul Benfield
Head of Strategy
Forterra

Kaoutar Benmakhlouf
Product Manager
SBG Systems

Don Berchoff
CEO & Cofounder
TruWeather Solutions

Eric Bergesen
UPS Flight Forward

Benjamin Berlin
Aviation Regulatory Counsel
Zipline

Leverett Bezanson
Vice President
SeeByte, Ltd.

Radhika Bhopatkar
Ph.D. Candidate, Aviation Human Factors
Purdue University

Jacqueline Blackburn
Principal
Decisive Point

Mark Blanks
Head of Global Flight Operations, Standards, & Regulatory Affairs
Wing

Timothy Bleakley
MEng, MSc, CEng, MRAeS
Senior Staff Engineer, Airspace Integration
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc.

Tom Bleier
DIR Sales Unmanned
Silvus Technologies

Jennifer Blue
Chief Data Officer
Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command

John Bodylski
Aerospace Engineer
Vehicle Designer
NASA Armstrong

Amanda Boekholt
Swiss FOCA

Yemaya Bordain
PhD
President of the Americas
Daedalean

Iryna Borshchova
PhD
Research Officer
National Research Council Canada

Franck Boynton
VP & CTO
NavtechGPS

John Breitenbach
Director of A&D Markets
Real-Time Innovations (RTI)

Jeff Breunig
Principal
MITRE

Jessica Brightman
Implementation Branch Manager, UAS Integration Office
Federal Aviation Administration

Ronald Broberg
Cyber Security Principal
Dark Wolf Solutions

Doug Brown
CENTCOM

Neil Bungard
Professor
Pima County Community College District

Scott Burgess
MAS, CFI, RPC, RPI
Professor of Aeronautical Science
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

Joseph Burgett
Associate Professor
Clemson University

Jason Burnside
Firefighter, Program Manager - Robotics Emergency Deployment (RED) Team
Austin Fire Department

Thomas Butler
Manager Unmanned System Group
Dominion Energy

Catherine Cahill
Director of Alaska Center for Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration
University of Alaska Fairbanks

Rob Campbell
US Capitol Police

Jacob Canter
Counsel
Crowell & Moring LLP

Andrew Carey
Account Executive
ESRI

Rachel Carlstrom
Emerging Technologies Division, Air Transportation Branch Manager
FAA

Erika Carrasco
Lawyer, Partner
MLT Aikins

Andrew Carter
CEO and Co-Founder
ResilienX

Chris Carter
Director
Virginia Space Grant Consortium

RADM Chad Cary
Director, NOAA Corps and the Office of Marine and Aviation Operations
NOAA

Lorne Cass
Co-Founder
Dynamic Airspace, LLC

Henry Cathey
Aerospace Division Director
New Mexico State University

Jeff Causey
Founder and CEO
Causey Aviation Unmanned, Inc.

Joel Chakkalakal
Director – Data Center and Sustainability
Americase

Christopher Chambers
MPA, VaPEM
Associate Director of Emergency Management
Liberty University

Ellen Chang
Managing Director
CapZone Impact Investments LLC

Vikhyat Chaudhry
Co-Founder, COO and CTO
Buzz Solutions

Tony Chelette
Texas Peace Officer
UAS Coordinator
Irving Texas Police Department

Brian Cheshier
Vice President
Pegasus Logistics Group

Sunny Cheung
Fellow for China Studies
Jamestown Foundation

Wing Cheung
Professor
Palomar College

Charlie Zhen-Wei Chiang
Department of NGO International Affairs
MOFA

Hope chilunga
Hope@2015
Managing Director
NkhwaziAeros

Ryan Christian
Texas Rangers

Mary Carol Chruscicki
Chief Technology Officier
AX Enterprize, LLC

Joman Chu
Product Security Engineering Lead
Boston Dynamics, Inc.

Jennifer Chuang
Senior Vice President
Aerospace Industrial Development Corporation

Casey Collinsworth
Advanced NDE & Inspection Specialist
INEOS

Caroline Comeau
Co-Founder and Chief Commercial Officer
FNN - Fire Neural Network

JJ Conboy
North American Sales Manager
MKS Ophir IR Optics

Jason Cooley
Executive Director
City of Allen’s Community Development Corporation

Karen Coombs
Chief Operations Officer
Darkhive

Kevin Cooper
King
Impact Allies

Calvin Coopmans
Assistant Research Professor
Utah State University

Domagoj Coric
CEO & Co-founder
Arkensight

Erick Corona
Director of Airspace Operational Integration
Wisk

Dennis Courtney
CEO
Robot Drone League

Rodolfo Cuevas
MassDOT Aeronautics

Marcus Cunningham
Manager, Technologies and Standards Branch (AFS-730)
Federal Aviation Administration

J.D. D'Arville
UAS Program Administrator
Alabama Department of Transportation

Bill Daggett
Managing Director
Delta Advisory Group (DAG)

Dan Dalton
VP of Global Partnerships
Wisk Aero

Paul Damron
AAM Program Manager
Division of Aeronautics, Utah Department of Transportation

Jon Damush
CEO
uAvionix

Nick Daniels
President
National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA)

Joseph Darden
Director, Aviation Business Development
Iridium

Jason Day
Director, UAS Program
Texas Department of Public Safety Aviation Operations Division

Brandon Del Priore
Chief Technology Officer
C2 Group

Colin Demarest
Future of Defense Reporter
Axios

Prajwal Deshkar
Ventures Associate
Plug and Play

Constantin Diehl
H3X Technologies, Inc.

Anna Dietrich
Principal
AMD Consulting

Samuel Dinnar
Chief Strategy Officer
Near Earth Autonomy

Tony Dirks
COO
COO
American Aerospace Technologies, Inc.

Darshan 'Dash' Divakaran
Principal
NUAIR Defense

Lieutenant General Francis Donovan
Vice Commander
U.S. Special Operations Command

Robert Dooley
UAV Program Coordinator
Florida Highway Patrol

Rush Doshi
Director of China Strategy Initiative
Council on Foreign Relations

John Drake
Vice President, Transportation, Infrastructure, and Supply Chain Policy
U.S. Chamber of Commerce

Toni Drummond
President & Co-Founder
Future Flight Global

Nate Dudley
Agent
U.S. Customs and Border Protection

Zacc Dukowitz
Inspection Solutions Analyst
MFE Inspection Solutions

Everett Dunnick
Special Programs Director
Northern Plains UAS Test Site (NPUASTS)

Michelle Duquette
CEO
3 MAD Air

Jeffrey Dutton
M.A. in International Relations
Commercial Officer
American Institute in Taiwan

James Eanes
Vice President
Daniel H. Wagner Associates, Inc.

Ross Eaton
Principal Scientist, Director of Marine Systems
Charles River Analytics

Thomas Eder
Head of Embedded Wireless
Nokia

Matthew Edwards
Chair
NATO Sense and Avoid Specialist Team

Desiree Ekstein
UAS Instructor
On The Go Video

Oren Elkayam
CEO and Co-Founder
Mobilicom

Russ Ellis
President
gNext

Trent Emeneker
PM, Autonomy
DIU Defense Innovation Unit

James Emerson
Commercial Lithium-Ion Manager
Amazon

Kraettli Epperson
CEO
Vigilant Aerospace Systems, Inc.

Charlton Evans
CEO
End State Solutions

John Faraca
Research Assistant
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

Yamila Feccia
STAR ROBOTICS

Brett Feddersen
Vice President, Government Affairs & Strategy
D-Fend Solutions

Martin Fisher
LtCol USMC (Ret) CMTE (Certified Medical Transport Executive)
Co-Founder HoverSafe LLC
HoverSafe LLC

Tobin Fisher
CEO
Vantage Robotics

Michal Fiuk
Vice President, Defense Strategy
Darkhive

Mike Flanigan
Seasats

Jordan Fletcher
Senior VP of Engineering
Hypergiant, an Accelint Company

Fred Flickinger
City of Houston Council Member
City of Houston

Nicholas Flom
Specialist Leader
Deloitte

Lucas Florêncio
co-Founder
AL DRONES

Alexander Fomenko
Systems Engineer specializing in Detect and Avoid Systems for drones
Sr. Detect and Avoid Engineer, Flight Test Specialist, Drone Pilot
DroneUp

Robert Ford
Part 107
Contractor Performance Management Sr. Advisor
Southern California Edison

John Forristal
Government Affairs Director
Archer Aviation

Liz Forro
Policy Director
Commercial Drone Alliance

Amy Forsythe
Announcer & Panel Moderator
AUVSI

Cory Foy
TAK Public Safety

Brian Freedman
President
Bay Area Houston Economic Partnership

Aaron Fritch
Captain, UAS Program
Texas Department of Public Safety, Department of Aviation

Peter Fuchs
Cofounder
Ascent AeroSystems

Steve Fulton
President
Fulton Aviation

Amit Ganjoo
Founder & CEO
ANRA Technologies, Inc.

Chee Gansberger
TS/SCI, PMP
Delivery Program Manager
Second Front Systems

Nicole Gant
VP Program Development
C2 Group

Juliana Garaizar
Founding Partner
Energy Tech Nexus

Jon Gaster
Founder and CEO
KSI Data Sciences, Inc.

Mark Genung
Head of Flight Operations
Nevada FAA UAS Test Site operated by the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR)

Ronal George
Sr. Robotics Application Engineer
MathWorks

Josh Giegel
Founder & CEO
Gambit

Dirk Giles
National UAS Program Manager
U.S. Forest Service (USDA)

Rohit Gohil
Data & Technology Specialist
Ameren

Pamela Gomez
Director, UAS Safety & Integration
Federal Aviation Administration

John Goodson
CEO/Co-Founder
Darkhive

Shane Goodwin
Blue UAS Information Systems Security Manager
Defense Innovation Unit (DIU)

Robin Grace
Chief AAM Integration and Strategy
MassDOT Aeronautics

Todd Graetz
Co-Founder and CEO
Aerolane

Noah Greene
Lead Product Designer
Skydio

Raymond Greene
Director
American Institute in Taiwan

Nick Grewal
President & CEO
ePropelled, Inc.

James Grimsley
Executive Director of Advanced Technology Initiatives
Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma

Sean Guerre
Executive Director
Energy Drone & Robotics Coalition

Michael Guterres
Portfolio Leader
MITRE

Andre Haider
Lieutenant Colonel
Subject Matter Expert Unmanned Aircraft Systems and Countering Unmanned Aircraft Systems
NATO Joint Air Power Competence Centre

Don Haley
Divergent Industries, Inc.

Brad Hall
Associate Director of Operations
Texas A&M - RELLIS

Justin Hall
NASA Armstrong

Richard Ham
Director
University of Arkansas

Rylan Hamilton
CEO
Blue Water Autonomy

Dan Harmon
Director, TxDOT Aviation Division
TxDOT

Mike Hartnett
VP, Business Development
PowerLight Technologies

Michael Healander
Co-Founder, President & CEO
Airspace Link

Jody Hemler
Aviation Safety Inspector Supervisor
AFS-752 Manager
Federal Aviation Administration

Matt Hernandez
VP of Enterprise Partnerships
USI - Unmanned Safety Institute

Christopher Hewlett
Director, Project ULTRA
Grand Sky Research Company, LLC.

Sam Hill
Robotics and Autonomous Systems
U.S. Coast Guard

Virginia Hiner Antypas
Counsel
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Corey Hitchcock
Utility Solutions Specialist
Skydio

Gita Hodell
NASA

Justine Hollingshead
Assistant Vice Chancellor
North Carolina State University

Andrew Hong
DIU

Andrew Hopkins
President
PrivacyChain

Heather Hopkins
Head of Defense Policy
Amazon Web Services

John Houston
Mythos AI

Yvonne Hsiao
Director
Economic Division, Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Houston

Cynthia Huang
CEO
ACSL Inc.

Matthew Huff
Acquisition Officer (Major), US Army
FIRES CDID

Ernest Huffman
Program Manager - Aviation Planning, Education and Unmanned Aircraft Systems
NCTCOG

Craig Iaboni
Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer
Eagle Robotics

Thorsten Indra
Project Developer
HHLA Sky GmbH

Nate Isbell
Head of Business Development
SkyGrid

Ben Ivers
Director – Autonomous Systems Global Safety & Regulatory Affairs
The Boeing Company

Jamey Jacob
President, USA-OK AUVSI Oklahoma Chapter
Executive Director, Oklahoma Aerospace Institute for Research & Education
Oklahoma State University

Sophie Jantz
Senior Policy Analyst
Merlin

Darryl Jenkins
Economicst
Aerial Vantage, Inc.

Michael Jernigan
Bots Unlimited

Tedman Jess
Senior Aviation Advisor, RPAS
Suncor Energy Inc.

Brayden Johnson
Associate Director of UAS Operations
Liberty University School of Aeronautics

Paul Johnson
Senior Managing Consultant
ALL4

Mathieu Johnsson
CEO
Marble

Kara Jones
Director
Genius NY

Logan Jones
CBO
SiFly Aviation

Tombo Jones
Director
Virginia Tech Mid-Atlantic Aviation Partnership

Matthew Joyner
Chief Revenue Officer
Ghost Robotics

Minsoo Jun
General Manager
AstroX Co.,Ltd

Xiaoyu Kaess
Chief Operating Officer
Aquatonomy, Inc.

Peter Kalaitzidis
NYPAY

Mphatso Kalawe
Mphaka
Project Manager
NkhwaziAeros

HyunWoo Kang
Head of the Future Aviation Research Division
Korea Institute of Aviation Safety Technology (KIAST)

Roee Kashi
Co-Founder and CTO
Elsight

Cemre Kavvasoglu
Product Management Director, North America
ADASTEC Corp

David Keely
Interim Executive Director
University of Tulsa - Oklahoma Cyber Innovation Institute

MAJ Morgan Keffer
Major
APM
PEO Soldier

Zac Kennedy
Chief Delivery Officer
Kite Aero

Phil Kenul
Vice-Chair, ASTM Committee F38 UAS
ASTM

Iain Kerr
CEO
Ocean Alliance

Geonhong Kim
CEO
NINANO COMPANY INC

Jason Kim
Colonel, U.S. Army
Chief, Security Cooperation Office
American Institute in Taiwan

Jejoong Kim
COO
PRENEU Co., Ltd

Seihee Kim
Communication Director
WEFLO

William Kiser
PhD
Executive VP of Science and Technology
Applied Research Institute

David Klein
Research Analyst
Association for Uncrewed Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI)

Christopher Knapp
Vice President, Uncrewed Systems and Munitions
Persistent Systems, LLC.

Rob Knochenhauer
Director of Regulatory Affairs
Censys Technologies

David Koelle
Director of Engineering
Charles River Analytics, Inc.

Karen Korir
Director of Planning & Development
Houston Airport System

Stefan Kraus
Kraus Hamdani Aerospace

Ethan Krimins
President
FlightProfiler

Andrew Kriz
Senior Engineer
Mid-Atlantic Aviation Partnership at Virginia Tech

Michael Kuenzli
Deputy
Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Defense Exports and Cooperation

Kaushal Kulkarni
Business Development Manager
FlytBase

Andrew Kurtz
Chief Research Officer
Circle Optics

Andrew Lacher
Chief Technologist for Future Operations - LaRC IFS
NASA Langley Research Center

Charles Laird
N.C. Department of Information Technology

Jason Lamb
CEO
Black Sea Technologies

Barb Land
Executive Director
Square One Education Network

Cara LaPointe
Co-Founder and CEO
Archytas

Melissa Lavey
Director, Aerospace & Defense
ARRIS Composites, Inc.

Ron Leach
Principal
Leach Strategic Partners

Brian Lee
Assistant Principal
WS/FCS- Career Center High School

Heather Lee
Chief Operating Officer
AUVSI

Sang Jun Lee
Senior Research Engineer
NAM YANG NEXMO

Rebecca Lehman
Sr. Impact Program Manager
Drone Deploy

Suzanne Lemieux
Director, Security & Emergency Management
API

Chris Lemuel
Cofounder
Entropy Robotics

Michael Leo
Captain, Head of Robotics
New York City Fire Department (FDNY)

Alex Levandovskiy
CEO
Wow Drone LLC

Ron Liebsch
Head of Certification and Regulatory Affairs EU/UK
Amazon Prime Air

YJ Lim
PhD
Technical Robotics Product Lead
MathWorks

Nino Lindenberg
Co-Founder
PLENO

Chien-Chang (James) Liu
President
Compertum Microsystems Inc.

Brad Llewellyn
Chief Product Officer
Aloft

Fred Lopez
Aerolane Advisor
Aeroagility Consulting Group Inc.

Gustavo Lopez
MBA SCE
Market Portfolio Manager, UAS and Defense Applications
Septentrio

Barritt Lovelace
Professional Engineer
Vice President
Collins Engineers, Inc.

Sandra Lovell
Major
Texas Military Department

Jason Lu
CEO
Flyby Robotics

Kimberly Luthi
Department Chair, Faculty Member, College of Aviation
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Worldwide

Steve Luxion
Executive Director Emeritus
ASSURE

Tyler MacLennan
Head of Sales and Customer Success
Skywatch

Dan Madden
Principal
Squadra Ventures

Anuja Mahashabde
Senior Product Manager, UTM Strategy & Digital Ecosystem
Wing

Shawn Maines
Unmanned Systems Program Analyst
OUSD A&S, PWPM

Tim Mak
Counteroffensive.Pro

Kenny Maldonado
Special Agent
Federal Aviation Administration

Emily Mallen
Partner
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Justin Manley
President
Just Innovation Inc.

Dan Mantz
CEO
REC Foundation

Thomas Manzini
PhD Candidate
Texas A&M University

Emilien Marchand
Director, Ecosystem Partnerships
Wisk Aero

Nathan Marcotte
Sr. Program Manager of Innovation & Technology
Grand Farm

Matt Markel
Chief Technology Officer
Epirus

Kevin Marriott
Tech Lead, XPRIZE
XPRIZE

David Martin
Neya Systems

Kevin Martin
Director of Technology & Innovation
Liberty University School of Aeronautics

Don Mathis
CEO & Co-Founder
Echelon AI

Matt McCardle
Director of Global Regulatory, Strategy, and Infrastructure
Amazon Prime Air

John McClain
PEMEX Deer Park Refinery

Leo McCloskey
VP Marketing
Echodyne

Stewart McCone
CEO
Videosoft Global Ltd.

Alicia McConnell
Rawlins Infra Consult

Doug McDonald
General Manager
ISight Drone Services

Sterling McHale
Director of Government Relations
Shield AI

Jason McKenna
Commander, Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command (CNMOC)

Mark McKinnon
Fox Rothschild

Miriam McNabb
Editor-in-Chief
DroneLife

Seth McNeill
Associate Professor
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott

John Meehan
Aviation Safety Analyst, Flight Standards
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)

Varunkumar Mehta
Research Officer
National Research Council Canada

Matheus Mestrinelli
Certification Coordinator
AL DRONES

Christopher Metts
Executive Director - AAM
47G, Utah Aerospace and Defense

LaToya Middleton
Autonomy Prime Deputy Branch Chief
AFWERX

Robert Miller
Founder & CEO
The Eye Above

Ronney Miller
Air Domain Awareness Program Manager & Flight Ops Manager (CTR)
DHS, Science and Technology Directorate

Mackenzie Mills
Product Manager
Blue Marble Geographics

Kristen Mineck
Manager, Aviation Standards and Requirements, AAM/IAM and UTM
Viasat

Erik Mintz
Director, Mobility Infrastructure
Mitsubishi Electric US

Oliver Mitchell
Partner
ff Venture Capital

Gene Moran
Ph D
President
Capitol Integration

Okeoma Moronu
Head of Global Aviation Regulatory Affairs
Zipline

Vic Moss
Owner
Moss Photography

Mohamed Mostafa
Lead Technical Authority, Mobile Mapping
Trimble Applanix

CAPT William Mowitt
Director
NOAA, Uncrewed Systems Operations Center

Stas Mozolyuk
AVISION

Suzanne Murtha
VP Connected and Automated Technologies
AECOM

Krishna Muvva
Student
University of Nebraska Lincoln

Halimah Najieb-Locke
Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Resilience
U.S. Department of Defense

Anthony Nannini
Chief of Staff, Technology
Wing

Richard Nasmith
Senior Vice President
Volatus Aerospace

Achal Negi
Director of Business Development
FlytBase

Josh Neubert
CEO
Institute of Competition Sciences

Marc Nichols
Partner & Co-Chair, Transportation Practice
DLA Piper US LLP

Sarah Nilsson
Lawyer and Professor
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

Reid Novotny
Birg Gen (USAF)
Director of Intelligence & Cyber Effects Operations
National Guard Bureau, A2/6

Wendy O'Connor
FAA

Daniel O'Shea
Sales Manager for Global Commercial Sales
MatrixSpace

Michael O'Shea
Public Safety Liaison, UAS Integration Office
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)

Jim O’Sullivan
Head of Drone Strategy
DoorDash

Jim Oberkircher
President
International Association of Directional Drilling

Lukas Obrist
CTO
SwissDrones

Casie Ocana
Vice President, Public Affairs
AUVSI

Tommy Ogden
Director
Activera Consulting

Wesley Olson
Leader, Transportation Safety and Resilience Group
MIT Lincoln Laboratory

David Oord
Senior Policy Director
Wisk

Herbert Oubre
Police Officer, UAS Remote Pilot
Pearland Police Department

Juan Padilla
CSO
Caribe Drones

Mario Paniccia
ANELLO Photonics

Ryan Paquet
President
Hazmat Safety Consulting

Jae Duck Park
CEO
SYNEREX Inc

Ju Hyeon Park
Assistant Research Engineer
MOLIT & KIAST

Raphael Park
Senior Engineer
DAEYOUNG M&S

Manan Patel
Chief Technology Officer
AEVEX Aerospace

Minendra Patel
CEO & Founder
Phoenix Flight Industries

Mayur S. Patil
Ph.D student in Mechanical Engineering Department
Texas A&M University

Andrew Patton
Head of US
Manna Drone Delivery

Sanjoy Paul
Executive Director - Rice Nexus
Rice University - Office of Innovation

Wen-Yang Peng
Deputy General Director
Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI)

Courtland Penk
President & Drone Inspection Integration Specialist
Osprey Group of Companies

Kimberly Penn
Chief Strategist
Women and Drones

Jon Perez
Dark Wolf Solutions

Brandon Persons
Autonomous Systems Engineer
Modern Technology Solutions, Inc.

Lisa Peterson
VP, Business Development
AURA Network Systems

Aaron Pierce
CEO
Pierce Aerospace

Jenn Player
VP, Global Aviation Regulatory Affairs
Skydio, Inc.

Ryan Pleskach
COO & Co-Founder
ResilienX

Alex Plummer
UAS Instructor
Winston Salem Career Center High School

Kendal Prosack
Local Policy and Community Affairs Lead
Wing

Anthony Pucciarella
CEO
AlarisPro

Justin Quinn
NATO Director Maritime Unmanned Systems Coordination Cell
NATO

Chris Raabe
CTO
ACSL Inc.

Christian Ramsey
Chief Commercial Officer
uAvionix

Eric Ransom
Partner
Crowell & Moring LLP

Mary-Caitlin Ray
Senior Counsel
Crowell & Moring LLP

Riley Reese
CEO
Arris Composites, Inc.

Samuel Reeves
Founder and CEO
FORT Robotics

Lauren Regiec
Team Lead
Carahsoft

Ben Reid
Founder and Principal Consultant
Impact Allies

Meg Reiss
CEO
SolidIntel Inc

Jess Resig
PhD
Vice President of Solutions Innovation
Applied Research Institute

Tom Reynolds
Chief Strategy Officer
Seasats

Tracy Reynolds
Judge Advocate
United States Navy

Tiko Reynolds-Hausman
Deputy Chief of Staff
Commissioner Adrian Garcia

Jennifer Richter
Chair, Technology, Media and Telecom Practice
Akin

Jaret Riddick
Senior Fellow
Center for Security and Emerging Technology - Georgetown University

Adriana Rivera
Director of Government Affairs, AUVSI Defense
AUVSI

Michael Robbins
CEO
AUVSI

Joel Roberson
Partner
Holland & Knight LLP

Rob Robertson
FPVFC, Arlington Police UAS, Law Enforcement Drone Association
FPV Freedom Coalition

Robert Robertson
UAS Program Supervisor
FPV Freedom Coalition / Arlington Police Aviation / Law Enforcement Drone Association

Robert Robertson
Arlington Texas Police Department

Diana Robinson
Project Manager
Federal Aviation Administration

John Robinson
Deputy Director
ACUASI

Rob Robinson
Strategic Engagements Manager
Research Innovations Incorporated

Jean-Paul Rodrigue
Professor, Department of Maritime Business Administration
Texas A&M University-Galveston

Stephen Rodriguez
Managing Partner
One Defense

Erin Roesler
Deputy Executive Director
Northern Plains UAS Test Site

Philip Rogers
VP Strategic Accounts
Percepto

Kyle Roh
VP of Operations
Nightingale Security

Sergio Roman
Emerging Aviation Technology
Texas Department of Transportation Aviation Division

Major Peter Rome
Ground Robotics and AI Branch Chief, HQDA G8 - FDH
U.S. Army

Max Rosen
Associate Vice President, Government Affairs
AUVSI

Nathan Ruff
President
AirWise Solutions

Kris Rydberg
COO
Terradepth

Kyle Ryker
Associate Director of Research
Alliance for System Safety of UAS through Research Excellence

Jae Ryu
Professor
University of Idaho

Anthony Saaiby
Ocean Engineering PhD student at Texas A&M University
Texas A&M University

Jayant Sachdev
M.A.Sc.
Product Manager
Kongsberg Geospatial

Peter Sachs
Head of Airspace Integration
Zipline

Christopher Sadler
Virginia Innovation Partnership Corporation (VIPC)

Bobby Sakaki
Business Development Director
Gremsy US

Martin Salinas
Director
Blue Forge Alliance

Toni Salter
Program Manager
Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory

Laura Samsó
R&D Drone
R&D Cyber

Mike Sanders
Executive Director of Autonomy Research Institute
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi

Bryan Sardoch
Consultant
Orqa FPV

Satyabrata Satapathy
CEO
BonV Aero

Matthew Satterley
Policy & Government Relations
Wing

John Sawyer
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US Department of Agriculture

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UAS Flight Lead
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Microelectronics Commons Program
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DPA, FRAeS
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PhD, Business Administration in Aviation; Part 107 RPC
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ATP, CFII, MEI, DC-6 Type Rating, FE Reciprocating Engine Powered
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