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Important Dates and Information
Update Company Profile for Virtual Show Guide September 18, 2020
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September 18, 2020

Virtual Platfrom Coffee Talk

  • Zoom Link
  • Meeting ID: 836 6199 0171
  • Passcode: 860224
  • Phone: +1 301 715 8592

September 29, 2020

1:00pm EST

Virtual Platfrom Coffee Talk

  • Zoom Link 
  • Meeting ID: 865 9877 2303
  • Passcode: 447699
  • Phone: +1 301 715 8592

October 1, 2020

1:00pm EST
XPONENTIAL 2021 Rebook will take place during XPONENTIAL 2020

October 5-8, 2020

Monday, October 05, 9:30 AM - 2:00 PM

DRMC: DRONERESPONDERS Major Cities Meeting *** BY INVITATION ONLY ***

Monday, October 05, 11:30 AM

Optical Components and Compound elements for imaging
KVH and the future of FOGs – the future is photonic

Monday, October 05, 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM

Oil and Gas Applications

Tuesday, October 06, 9:00 AM - 9:10 AM

October 6 Keynote - AUVSI Community Address

Tuesday, October 06, 9:10 AM - 9:40 AM

October 6 Keynote - Dr. Robert Ballard

Tuesday, October 06, 9:45 AM

Bio-Inspired Soft Gripper with Mechanical Adhesion
Automating Structural Inspections
Pitching the Big Top: How to Master the 3-Ring Circus of Federal Sales
Running an Unmanned Systems Business in an Age of Hype and Inflated Expectations
Public Perception of Unmanned Systems: How to Positively Shape Public Perception by Educating the Media, and Working Together as an Industry
The Global Perspective on UAS and C-UAS for Policing
Subterranean Autonomy
Regulatory Framework for UAVs: How Certification May Impact the RPAS Industry (by MANNARINO)

Tuesday, October 06, 10:30 AM

Automation of Unmanned Systems Data Acquisition
Beyond Teleoperation: Towards Explainable and Trusted Autonomous Vehicles
Automated Bus Consortium
How Partnerships Can Accelerate Safety Culture Adoption
Crime Scene Investigation and Forensic Mapping with sUAS
Unmanned Systems for Logistics Applications

Tuesday, October 06, 10:35 AM - 11:15 AM

Q&A Round Table: Regulatory Framework for UAVs - How certification may impact the RPAS industry (by MANNARINO)

Tuesday, October 06, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Balancing safety and cost in autonomous vehicles

Tuesday, October 06, 11:15 AM - 12:15 PM

Man + Machine: Getting Started with AI

Tuesday, October 06, 11:20 AM - 12:00 PM

October 6 Keynote - James Burgess and Mark Blanks

Tuesday, October 06, 12:05 PM

Enabling Certification of Autonomous Systems via Formal Verification
Multi-Functional Morphing Propellers for Drones and Urban Air Mobility Aircraft
Militaristic Issues and Limitations of Machine Learning
UAS and Land Surveying
Tactical model for drone deployment and customer eligibility
Maritime Smart Sensors
Flying Safe in Dallas Fort Worth - Meeting the Weather Alerting Needs of Drone and Air Taxi Operators
Development of a sUAS Photography/Videography Course
Unmanned eVTOL Propulsion Scalability: Thermal Characterization of UAS Motors via Experimentation
Low Altitude Disaster Imagery (LADI) Dataset
UAS and Machine Learning Protect Endangered North Atlantic Right Whales
sUAS Payload AI Recognition of Objects
Hybrid High Altitude Airship: A Novel Approach to the Design of High Altitude Pseudo Satellite
Defensive Crash Avoidance System (DCAS): A New Advanced Driver Assistance System (ADAS)
A Practical Evaluation of DAA Technologies against Emerging Standards
Air Combat With Machine Learning
Toward Establishing An Integrative Resource Optimization Framework for Large-scale Drone Delivery Systems
Re-imagining the Airspace in an Unmanned World

Tuesday, October 06, 12:10 PM - 1:00 PM

XPERT Insights: Part One

Tuesday, October 06, 1:00 PM

UAS for Improved Weather Warnings:Forecasting's Future
The Other Drone Audience: Strategies for Public Engagement and Outreach
Active Flow Control as a Technique to Improve Fixed-Wing and Rotary-Wing Aerodynamics of UAVs
"Between" Communication Capability - The Most Significant Differentiator for Man/Machine Public Safety
Aerial Approaches to XPRIZE Rainforest Solutions
Challenges in Modern Safety-Critical Embedded Software

Tuesday, October 06, 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM

Oklahoma’s Role Influencing UAS Policy

Tuesday, October 06, 1:45 PM - 2:00 PM

XPRIZE Rainforest Discussion + Q&A

Tuesday, October 06, 1:50 PM

Four Dimensional Auto-routing for Autonomous Flight Planning with Airspace Deconfliction
Selecting Best UAS Methods to Collect Magnetic Subsurface Structure Mapping Data
Exceeding Standards Through Education
Robots Can Save the World, Too: Current and Future Applications Of Autonomous Technologies For Wildlife Conservation
Seeding a Blue sUAS Industry
Cutting Through the Fog of Autonomy: A Guide to Navigating the Coming Wave for pragmatic Decision Makers
Tether Drone Power Matching
Law Enforcement UAS Operations in Major Cities

Tuesday, October 06, 2:40 PM

Cutting through the fog of Autonomy – A guide to navigating the coming wave for pragmatic decision makers
XCELLENCE Awards

Tuesday, October 06, 3:00 PM

I.D.E.A. (Inclusion + Diversity Enabling Autonomy) Workshop
What will it take to make AI widely deployable?
Artificial Intelligence within Autonomous Systems

Wednesday, October 07, 9:00 AM - 9:15 AM

October 7 Keynote - Opening Remarks & AUVSI Chapter Awards/Member of the Year

Wednesday, October 07, 9:15 AM - 9:40 AM

October 7 Keynote - Dr. Marc Raibert

Wednesday, October 07, 9:45 AM

Software Partitioning as a Flexible, Safe & Cost Effective Path to Certification (by MANNARINO & MicroPilot)
Our 18-Mile Autonomous sUAS Flight
The Unintended Consequences of UAS Technology Innovations
Operational Case Study: Fuel Cell Powered Drone
Implementing Your UAS Strategy: Roadmap to Make it Happen
The Aerial Firefighter: A Global Perspective
ASTM Remote ID Standard and the NPRM - Policy and Implementation

Wednesday, October 07, 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

UAVs in Public Safety

Wednesday, October 07, 10:30 AM

GNSS Receiver Performance Assessment in Varied Multipath Environments with Real-Time Simulation System
By-wire Integration and Control for AV/ADAS Research Vehicles
Uncrewed Systems for Coastal and Deep Sea Exploration
A Model of Human Machine Interaction for Mission-Driven Robotics
Inside Look: How a Fortune 20 Company Operates Its Drone Program
A Closer Look at UAM & AAM
Putting Together the Pieces: Shaping Public Perception
Selecting the Right Equipment for Your Fire Rescue sUAS Program

Wednesday, October 07, 10:35 AM - 11:15 AM

Q&A Round Table: Software Partitioning as a Flexible, Safe & Cost Effective Path to Certification (by MANNARINO & MicroPilot)

Wednesday, October 07, 11:20 AM - 11:40 AM

October 7 Keynote - Desi Matel-Anderson

Wednesday, October 07, 11:40 AM - 12:00 PM

October 7 Keynote - Timothy Gallaudet

Wednesday, October 07, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Turning Data into Action

Wednesday, October 07, 12:05 PM - 1:00 PM

NASA’s Vision and Role to Enable Advanced Air Mobility (AAM)

Wednesday, October 07, 12:10 PM - 1:00 PM

XPERT Insights: Part Two

Wednesday, October 07, 1:00 PM

Customized optical solutions for lightweight applications.
Custom Solutions for Enterprise Drone Programs
A Simulation Framework for Establishing Detect, Alert, and Avoid Requirements.
Drone Collisions: Myths and Reality
Ultra-High Energy Metallic Lithium Anode Battery and Systems
Fielding UTM Capability to Support Civil Operations
Effective UAS Use Today and Tomorrow Through an Ecosystem Approach
FAA Type Certification for UAS: The New Durability and Reliability Means of Compliance
Coordinating Mutual Assistance between Public Safety Drone Teams

Wednesday, October 07, 1:50 PM

Exploiting Data: How to Get the Most From Your Investment
Thermal Imaging Missions Explained
Designing & Constructing Autonomous Naval Ships
Using a Capabilities Based Assessment Approach to Selecting an Unmanned System
Virginia Flight Information Exchange - An Authoritative SDSP
Durability and Reliability: Understanding the Process
Fire Rescue sUAS Operations in Major Cities

Wednesday, October 07, 2:35 PM - 3:05 PM

Virginia Flight Information Exchange (VA-FIX)

Wednesday, October 07, 2:40 PM - 3:00 PM

October 7 Keynote - Brian Wynne + PwC

Wednesday, October 07, 3:00 PM

Batteries: Powering the Industry
Technology in the Wild: The Intersection of Autonomous Systems and Wildlife Conservation
Innovative Solutions to Long-Term Battery Safety and Performance in Unmanned and Autonomous Vehicles
Future Defining Capabilities At the Battlefield’s Edge
Autonomous Underwater Target Detection, Classification, Localization and Tracking – Why onboard decision making is so critical?
Standards to support the UAS industry

Wednesday, October 07, 3:45 PM

Industry and Regulatory Standards Progress for Long Duration Power Systems
Large Scale Testing for Autonomous Systems
Protecting Mobility: Tesla’s Vulnerability Can Exist in all Vehicles
Advancing Integration and Public Acceptance of Commercial UAS
Lessons Learned from the Wireless Industry: Managing Legal Risk in Boundary-Crossing Development Environments
Planning a HAZMAT Response with Unmanned Systems
Delivering the Trusted Operator Program in Malawi: Africa’s New Drone Pioneers

Thursday, October 08, 9:00 AM - 9:20 AM

October 8 Keynote - AUVSI XCELLENCE Humanitarian + Public Safety Awards

Thursday, October 08, 9:20 AM - 9:40 AM

October 8 Keynote - Keenan Wyrobek

Thursday, October 08, 9:45 AM

Geospatial Data Production and Delivery Considerations for Concept of Operations Development
Work Like a Pro: Turning your Unmanned Data into Work Being Done
Leveraging ADS-B to Enhance UAS Safety
M-RTOS – MANNARINO WORKBENCH IDE DEMO
Global Humanitarian Impacts using Drones For Good
Automating Multi-Drone Missions
SnotBot - Drones for Wildlife Conservation

Thursday, October 08, 10:30 AM

Achieving Logical and Temporal Enforcement for Autonomous Systems
Building Autonomous Systems That Work
Understanding GPS in Contested Environments
Fuel Cell Adoption and Its Benefits
How We All Lose: The Return of Fear-Based UAS Policy

Thursday, October 08, 10:35 AM - 11:15 AM

Q&A Round Table: M-RTOS - MANNARINO Workbench IDE Demonstration

Thursday, October 08, 11:20 AM - 11:40 AM

October 8 Keynote - Lieutenant General Duke z. Richardson

Thursday, October 08, 11:40 AM - 12:00 PM

October 8 Keynote - Dr. Cara LaPointe

Thursday, October 08, 12:05 PM - 1:00 PM

Startup Showdown Finals

Thursday, October 08, 1:00 PM

Beyond Line of Sight Communications Solutions
Using LiDAR Technology: Avalanche Documentation
Remote Pilot Situational Awareness with Mixed Reality Glasses
Safety Goals & Challenges for Self-Driving Technologies
How ASSURE Universities are researching the future of UAS for disaster response
The What, Where, and How on Spectrum for UAS

Thursday, October 08, 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM

Exceptional UAS Test Sites, Assets and Partnerships

Thursday, October 08, 1:50 PM

Testing & Certification of Autonomous Functions & Systems
Conducting Aerial Rapid Damage Assessment with sUAS
Multi-sensor Drone Detection and AI-based Classification
Establishing a Successful Unmanned System Service Operation
Safety, Federalism, and Property Rights
Propelling Drone Innovation: Development, Testing and Deployment Opportunities in an “Open Skies” Environment

Thursday, October 08, 2:40 PM - 3:00 PM

October 8 Keynote - Dr. Jason Stack

Thursday, October 08, 3:00 PM

Real World Challenges for AI in Vision Applications
Challenges and Opportunities with Satellite Communications for Unmanned Systems
Aviation Innovation in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
International Standard Test Methods for sUAS Performance and Pilot Proficiency
Charting the Future for Public Safety sUAS Operations
Standards for Unmanned Aircraft Systems
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