Agenda

7:30 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.

Registration, Breakfast, and Networking

8:30 a.m. – 8:45 a.m.

Welcome & Opening Remarks

Rich Montoni, Chairman of the Board, NVTC and Vice Chairman, MAXIMUS

The Honorable Mark Warner, United States Senator

8:45 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.

Keynote Session – Virginia Vision, Innovation, and Impact

Ms. Suzi E. McBride, Chief Operating Officer, Iridium Inc.

Dr. Karl Wunderlich, Director, Surface Transportation Division, Noblis

9:50 a.m. – 10:40 a.m.

General Session #1 – The State and Future of Autonomy in Virginia

Ed Albrigo, President and CEO, Center Innovative Technology (Welcome)
Tracy Tynan, Director, Virginia Center For Unmanned Systems @CIT, (Moderator)
Nick Devereux, Policy and Government Affairs, Wing
Jill Ingrassia, Executive Director Advocacy & Communications, AAA
Scott Kordella, Director Space Systems, MITRE
Tom McMahon, AUVSI, Senior Vice President, Advocacy and Government Relations, Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International

10:40 a.m. – 10:55 a.m.

Networking & Coffee Break

10:55 a.m. – 11:40 a.m.

Breakout Session #1 and Technical Tracks

UAS Working Group – Process, Critical Issues and Recommendations for the Governor and General Assembly

The Flexibility and Utility of Autonomous Transportation – A Safer More Efficient Model

Tom Dingus, Director, Virginia Tech Transportation Institute (Moderator)
David Hofert, CMO and VP of Sales, Perrone Robotics
Chris Barrett, Executive Director, Biocomplexity Institute, University of Virginia
Ritchie Huang, Executive Manager, Advanced Safety Systems and Autonomous Driving, Daimler AG

Maritime: Surface, Subsea Development and Acquisition

Richard Lawson, President, International Ocean Science Technology Industry Association (Moderator)
Howard Berkof, Deputy Program Manager, Navy Unmanned Maritime Systems (UMS), Program Office (PMS 406)
Thomas Crabbs, Statewide Interoperability Coordinator at Commonwealth of Virginia
Michael Gratton, Senior Research Scientist, Unmanned Systems, Metron, Inc.
Jerry Sgobbo, Chief Executive Officer, Dive Technologies
Brian McKeon, Director of Development & Chief Scientist for Unmanned Systems Group, Huntington Ingalls

11:45 a.m. – 12:35 a.m.

General Session #2 – Innovative Adoption of Autonomous Technology: A Corporate Perspective

Innovative methods to adopt, adapt and innovate within a corporate culture

David Ihrie, Chief Technology Officer, CIT (Moderator)
Implementation of Unmanned Aerial Systems
- Nate Robie, UAS Program Manager, Dominion Energy
- Jonathan Owens, Business Performance Analyst – Ohio Integrity Management, Dominion Energy
Autonomous Electric Vehicles
- Julie Manzari, Innovation Strategist, Dominion Energy
- Eta Nahapetian, Economic Strategies and Innovation, Department of Economic Initiatives, Fairfax County

12:35 p.m. – 1:25 p.m.

Lunch

1:25 p.m. – 1:40 p.m.

Governor Ralph Northam, Commonwealth of Virginia Remarks

1:40 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.

General Session #3 – Built In Virginia Innovation, Investment and Success

2:35 p.m. – 3:20 p.m.

Breakout Session #2 – Technical Tracks

UAS Applied to Public Safety and Emergency Management

Charles Werner. President, DroneResponders Public Safety Alliance and Chief of Charlottesville Fire and Rescue (Moderator)
Roy Shrout, CEM Deputy Coordinator, Office of Emergency Management. Fairfax County
Andrew Waters, Captain, York County Fire and Life Safety
Benjamin Worcester, Division Commander, Stafford County Sheriff’s Office

Autonomous Systems: Intellectual Property and Data Securing Challenges for Sea/Air/Land and Space.

All Day

Tech Expo – Demonstrations – Atrium, grass areas, parking lot, small road