Agenda: Energy Drone & Robotics Summit 2024

Monday, June 10, 2024
9:00 AM - 7:00 PM	Registration Open
10:00 AM - 10:05 AM	Drone & Robotics Operators Forum (INVITATION ONLY Workshop) Sean Guerre, Energy Drone & Robotics Coalition
10:05 AM - 11:05 AM	UAVs/Robotics Operator Roundtable: Taking Your Programs Further & Scaling to the Next Level (INVITATION ONLY Workshop) Scott McGowan, NetZero Aerial Dustin Waller, Oxy John Fowler, Cyberhawk Sean Guerre, Energy Drone & Robotics Coalition Genevieve Dacambra, Suncor Energy
11:05 AM - 12:00 PM	Peer-to-Peer Discussion Tables (INVITATION ONLY Workshop)
12:00 PM - 12:50 PM	Drone & Robotics Operators Forum Luncheon (Invitation Only)
1:00 PM - 1:10 PM	Summit Welcome - Energy Drone & Robotics Summit Sean Guerre, Energy Drone & Robotics Coalition
1:10 PM - 1:40 PM	The Rise of Humanoids: Transforming the Landscape of Robotics Ade Famoti, Microsoft
1:40 PM - 2:10 PM	ComEd Case Study: Automating Grid Analytics Through Drone Inspection & Computer Vision AI Clint Palermo, Optelos Joey G. Martinez, Ph.D., ComEd
2:15 PM - 3:00 PM	BVLOS & Autonomous Ops for Critical Infrastructure Roundtable Dawn M.K. Zoldi, P3 Tech Consulting James Cieplak, Phoenix Air Unmanned Brent Klavon, ANRA Technologies Rich Schutte, Percepto Daniel Jenkins, Skydio
3:00 PM - 3:15 PM	Refreshment Break
3:15 PM - 3:40 PM	How a Utility Implemented a Successful Drone Program that Looks Ahead to Part 108 Brent Klavon, ANRA Technologies
3:15 PM - 3:45 PM	Integrating Drones & Robotics for Maritime Tank Inspections Steven Trevino, Shell	Enhancing Your Utility Geospatial Data Program: Maps & Cloud Platform for Visual Inspection and Data Publishing Jose Carlos Garcia Gonzalez, DIELMO 3D S.L.
3:40 PM - 4:05 PM	Global Remote Asset Visualization Rollout & What The Future Holds Jim Yanosick, Eye-bot
3:45 PM - 4:15 PM	Digital Twins for Energy Asset Visualization: Changing the Way We Work Peter Baxter, visCo Intl, LLC
3:45 PM - 4:30 PM	Remote Robotic Refractory Inspections with ExxonMobil Chris Haines, HUVRdata Aaron Schlett, ExxonMobil
4:00 PM - 6:30 PM	Expo Open: Demo Zone \| Learning Lab - Use Cases & Tech Updates
4:05 PM - 4:25 PM	Revolutionizing Site Security: Autonomous Drones in Manufacturing Catherine Tea, Dow
4:10 PM - 4:40 PM	Secure Drone Procurement Policies Casie Ocana, AUVSI
4:15 PM - 4:45 PM	Improving Vertical and Horizontal Accuracy with Point Clouds Jenna Nelson, Blue Marble Geographics
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM	Under the Hood - A Practical How-to in Automating Industrial Inspections Haydn Bradfield, DroneDeploy
4:40 PM - 5:10 PM	Demo Zone: Flybotix	Using Computational Fluid Dynamics to Reveal Invisible Hazards for Safer Drone Flights Mike Turner, Zenotech
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM	Howdy Reception in Expo Hall
5:20 PM - 5:50 PM	Demo Zone: RMUS Powerline Inspection Drone - Corona, Thermal, RGB Zoom
6:00 PM - 6:30 PM	Demo Zone: Ghost Robotics
Tuesday, June 11, 2024
7:30 AM - 7:00 PM	Registration Open
8:15 AM - 8:20 AM	Welcome Sean Guerre, Energy Drone & Robotics Coalition
8:20 AM - 8:45 AM	How Energy Companies are Leveraging Aerial Robots for Inspection of Critical Infrastructure Cory Hitchcock, Skydio Mitch Morris, Skydio
8:30 AM - 8:55 AM	Welcome and The State of the Public Safety UAS Sector Christopher Todd, AIRT/DRONERESPONDERS
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM	Texas DPS: UAV Program Overview Jason Day, Texas Department of Public Safety Capt. Aaron Fritch, Texas Department of Public Safety
9:15 AM - 9:45 AM	Energy Asset Owner & Operators Roundtable Shankar Nadarajah, ExxonMobil Dustin Waller, Oxy Marty Robinson, Dow Heath McLemore, Power Delivery, Florida Power & Light Company Sean Guerre, Energy Drone & Robotics Coalition
9:45 AM - 10:15 AM	Achieving Scale in Remote, Aerial OGI Operations Katherine Papageorge, Chevron Danny Allen, ConocoPhillips
10:00 AM - 7:00 PM	Expo Open: Demo Zone \| Learning Lab - Use Cases & Tech Updates
10:10 AM - 10:40 AM	Demo Zone: ScoutDI	Driving Revenue Through An “As A Service” Model Sam Ahonen, CSC Leasing
10:15 AM - 11:00 AM	Networking Refreshment Break in Expo Hall
10:50 AM - 11:30 AM	Demo Zone: RMUS Multi-Robot Collaborative Inspection	The Leading Real-Time Video Streaming Solution for Drones and Robotic Operations in Energy Stewart McCone, Videosoft Global
11:00 AM - 11:20 AM	Autonomous Data Collection for Better Decision Making Keith Blystone, Ocean Aero	Comprehensive Aerial Transmission Inspections at AES Clean Energy Jim McHugh, Cyberhawk
11:00 AM - 11:25 AM	Current Detection Applications for Methane Emissions Compliance Jeff Leake, Sierra-Olympia Technologies Inc.
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM	A Public Safety UAS Conversation with the FAA Sgt. Robert Dooley, Florida Highway Patrol Michael O'Shea, FAA Kerry Fleming, Federal Aviation Administration
11:20 AM - 11:40 AM	Democratizing 3D Capture Globally in Modernized Inspection Workflows Trevor Macmasters, VEERUM Chris Haines, HUVRdata
11:20 AM - 11:50 AM	UT Inspections in the Maritime Sector : A Drone Revolution Junio V. Palomba, Flyability
11:25 AM - 11:50 AM	Recent Methane Detection Projects for Energy Majors- Lessons Learned Scott McGowan, NetZero Aerial Mark Hannigan, Net Zero Aerial
11:40 AM - 12:00 PM	Evolutionary AI: Biological Intelligence for Scalable AI in Robotics/Drones Carl Meurell, Vivum.ai
11:40 AM - 12:10 PM	Demo Zone: ACSL- SOTEN small foldable Drone Chris Raabe
11:50 AM - 12:15 PM	Tank Inspections With Robots & Drones: Owner's Perspective Earl Crochet, Crochet Midstream Consulting	OGI Based Emission Quantification & Reporting Technology Rick Hunter, Emissions Technology Solutions
12:00 PM - 12:25 PM	Transforming Workflows: Dynamic Digital Twins Turning Data Into Intelligence Yorinde Lokin, Kongsberg Digital
12:15 PM - 1:45 PM	Conference Delegate Lunch in Expo Hall
12:30 PM - 1:00 PM	Demo Zone: Flyability- Elios 3 with UT Payload Eric English, Flyability
1:45 PM - 2:05 PM	Why Drone Geophysics & Remote Sensing? Ron Bell, Drone Geoscience, LLC
1:45 PM - 2:15 PM	Common Operating Frameworks for Robotics: Reduce Risks, Avoid Data Silos, & Gain Exponential Benefits Gareth Beverley, Consortiq
1:45 PM - 3:15 PM	C-UAS Overview for SLLT and Critical Infrastructure DJ Smith, Virgina State Police
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM	Demo Zone: Kewazo - Outside Demo
2:05 PM - 2:25 PM	Application and Evaluation of a Novel Drone-Based Approach to Measuring Pipeline Burial Depth Joshua Pendleton, SKIPPER NDT
2:15 PM - 3:15 PM	Operationalizing a Sustainable and Efficient UAV Program Dean Barefield, Southern Company William Lovett, Phoenix Air Unmanned Christian Ramsey, uAvionix Brit Wanick, uAvionix Daniel Jenkins, Skydio
2:25 PM - 2:45 PM	Soil Water Mapping with an L-Band Radiometer Maik Wollenben, PhD, Skaha Labs
2:40 PM - 3:10 PM	Demo Zone: Flybotix
2:45 PM - 3:05 PM	Bathymetry with Drones: Exploring Echo Sounder Technology Alexey Smirnov, SPH Engineering
3:05 PM - 3:25 PM	A Blue UAS Solution for Precisely Locating Legacy and Orphaned O&G Wells Ron Bell, Drone Geoscience, LLC
3:15 PM - 3:45 PM	Automating Vertical Material Handling at Industrial Sites With Robotics Heitor Gartner, KEWAZO GmbH
3:30 PM - 3:45 PM	Refreshment Break
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM	New York City Fire Department Robotics Program Captain Michael Leo, FDNY
3:45 PM - 4:05 PM	Drone 3D Imaging of Subsurface Infrastructure Using Deep Learning Artificial Intelligence Souvik Mukherjee, EmPact-AI
3:45 PM - 4:15 PM	Scaling Your Drone Program: Training, Maintenance, and Ensuring Safety for Regulatory Compliance Dr. William Austin, Warren County Community College ( WarrenUAS)
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM	Demo Zone: Voliro
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM	PUG & URISA : GIS and UAVs Roundup Dustin Waller, Oxy Tanner Jones, Rosen Chris Mauldin, Allterra Anshu Pallav, LOGIC
4:05 PM - 4:25 PM	Facilitating Real Time/Continuous Monitoring and Analysis of Drone Geophysical and Remote Sensing Data Stuart Stein, MD, MBA, MS (IT), Hyde Park West Telecommunications Jeff Stein, MBA, Hyde Park West Telecommunications
4:15 PM - 4:45 PM	Advancements in Confined Space Inspection Solutions Darius Merk, Flybotix Christopher Thomson, Flybotix
4:25 PM - 4:45 PM	The CSU Subsurface Imaging Technology Test Site Christopher Robertson, CSU Drone Center Ron Bell, Drone Geoscience, LLC
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM	Demo Zone: Skydio
4:45 PM - 5:00 PM	Summary – What’s Next? Ron Bell, Drone Geoscience, LLC
5:00 PM - 5:30 PM	Demo Zone: Kutta Technologies
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM	Bots & Brews Reception in Expo Hall
5:30 PM - 6:00 PM	Demo Zone: ScoutDI
6:00 PM - 6:30 PM	Demo Zone: Leica
Wednesday, June 12, 2024
7:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Registration Open
8:25 AM - 8:30 AM	Welcome Sean Guerre, Energy Drone & Robotics Coalition
8:30 AM - 8:55 AM	Unlock Site Awareness with Remote Sensing and Drone Operations Chris Sheil, Esri
8:30 AM - 9:20 AM	UAS for Disaster Response Roundup Heath McLemore, Power Delivery, Florida Power & Light Company Christopher Todd, AIRT/DRONERESPONDERS Tim Hadaway, Southern Company Services
8:55 AM - 9:20 AM	Real-World Advanced Sensor Applications in Oil/Gas and Power/Utilities Danielle Gagne, Volatus Aerospace Craig Husselby, Synergy Aviation Dean Attridge, Volatus Aerospace Charlie Rohan, Volatus Aerospace
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM	Expo Open: Demo Zone \| Learning Lab - Use Cases & Tech Updates
9:20 AM - 9:45 AM	Exploring the Power of Turnkey Aerial/Ground Robotics for Industrial Inspections and Security Gavin Kenneally, Ghost Robotics
9:20 AM - 10:00 AM	Planning and Coordinating Emergency Response with UAS, Part 1 Jason Day, Texas Department of Public Safety Capt. Aaron Fritch, Texas Department of Public Safety
9:45 AM - 10:15 AM	Events to Action with Real-Time Digital Twin Ravishankar Subramanyan, HiveMQ Kelly Watt, Digital Twin Consulting
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM	Networking Refreshment Break in Expo Hall
10:10 AM - 10:40 AM	Demo Zone: Kewazo - Outside Demo
10:50 AM - 11:20 AM	Demo Zone: HPC Industrial
11:00 AM - 11:20 AM	Key Advancements in Drone Cargo/Delivery Development and Deployment Charles Acknin, Skyways Air Transportation
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM	Managing Massive Regulatory Compliance Data Scott McGowan, NetZero Aerial Quinn Holub, HUVRdata
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM	Planning and Coordinating Emergency Response with UAS, Part 2 Jason Day, Texas Department of Public Safety Capt. Aaron Fritch, Texas Department of Public Safety
11:20 AM - 11:40 AM	Industrial Drone Delivery: Lessons Learned in the North Sea with Equinor Steven Spinello, Skyports
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM	The Future of Reality Capture, Digital Twins & Transforming Data Into Intelligence Ethan Leonard, DroneDeploy
11:40 AM - 12:00 PM	Tactical Drone Delivery: Technology Development & Milestones Phil Murphy, Kaman Air Vehicles
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM	Industrial Drone Delivery & Autonomous Cargo Roundtable Discussion Steven Spinello, Skyports Phil Murphy, Kaman Air Vehicles Glen Lynch, Volatus Aerospace Sean Guerre, Energy Drone & Robotics Coalition Charles Acknin, Skyways Air Transportation