XPONENTIAL 2023: Conference Schedule

XPONENTIAL 24 | April 22 – 25 | Education April 23 – 25 | Exhibits San Diego Convention Center | San Diego

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April 22 – 25 | Education April 23 – 25 | Exhibits San Diego Convention Center | San Diego

The best show floor for uncrewed and robotic technology just got even better. From an expanded list of exhibitors to brand new educational theaters, the XPO Hall will help you keep a pulse on where our industry’s headed.

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Tuesday, May 09, 2:00 PM - 2:25 PM

A Staged Blueprint for Realizing Collaborative Autonomy

Room: 104/106
Session Number:XPO23-4848

UAS autonomy enables vehicles to make their own decisions about navigation and other basic maneuvers, thus removing the need for operators to remotely micro-manage (via joystick) basic performance of these systems. Collaborative autonomy explores the use of multiple UAS working as a team to address mission-level goals and objectives in... read more...

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David Koelle

Director of Engineering and Principal Software Engineer

Charles River Analytics, Inc.

Stand Alone Presentation

Tuesday, May 09, 2:30 PM - 2:55 PM

Using Robot Teams to Find and Characterize Phenomena in the Environment

Room: 104/106
Session Number:XPO23-4599

Exploration, disaster response, environmental monitoring, homeland security… these and other applications require sensing conditions in the environment - such as temperature, concentration, etc. – and using this data to find locations of interest. Such locations might include things like sources of pollution, safe zones, and impact plumes. Using sensed data... read more...

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Session Speaker

Christopher Kitts

William and Janice Terry Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering Director, Robotic Systems Laboratory

School of Engineering Santa Clara University

Stand Alone Presentation

Tuesday, May 09, 3:00 PM - 3:25 PM

Future Transport Zones - A Smart City Blueprint

Room: 207
Session Number:XPO23-4632

The UK government has set up several Future Transport Zone projects across the country. These are areas designed to foster the growth and integration of emerging transport & logistics technologies. A significant component of the project is to create a medical logistics drone delivery service, by the end of the... read more...

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Session Speaker

Gareth Beverley

Managing Director

Consortiq

Stand Alone Presentation

Tuesday, May 09, 3:00 PM - 3:50 PM

BVLOS Pathways Enabled by Autonomous Tech

Room: 104/106
Session Number:XPO23-4711

Shifting towards increased autonomy in BVLOS operations requires reliable technology capable of meeting the most difficult safety challenges. This applies to an aircraft's ability to maintain separation from other air traffic and avoiding mid-air collisions. This responsibility has often fallen on the human's ability to scan the sky at far... read more...

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Session Speaker

Brandon Karr

Drone as First Responder Solutions Engineer

City of Pearland, Texas Police Department

Session Speaker

Jon Damush

CEO

Iris Automation

Stand Alone Presentation

Tuesday, May 09, 3:30 PM - 3:55 PM

Japan’s Urgent Need for an Unmanned Industrial Revolution

Room: 207
Session Number:XPO23-4750

Japan faces a unique combination of sophisticated yet aging infrastructure, the expectation of a deep and efficient logistics network, an impending labor shortage, and disaster-prone geography. Maintaining the highly civilized daily lifestyle that Japanese citizens have grown accustomed to in the face of growing challenges almost necessitates an unmanned industrial... read more...

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Session Speaker

Christopher Raabe

CTO

ACSL

Stand Alone Presentation

Tuesday, May 09, 4:00 PM - 4:50 PM

Regional Air Mobility - Progress and Research

Room: 104/106
Session Number:XPO23-4722

Regional Air Mobility (RAM) will transform the way that people and goods move hundreds of miles by bringing the benefits of aviation to more people in more places. Automation is key to making RAM possible and on this panel you will hear from industry and research leaders. Reliable Robotics and... read more...

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Panelist

Fabrice Kunzi

Chief Operating Officer

SkyGrid, LLC

Panelist

Kurt Swieringa

ATM-X Deputy Project Manager for Technology

NASA

Panelist

Mark Moore

CEO

Whisper Aero

Panelist

Maxime Gariel

CTO

Xwing

Moderator

Davis Hackenberg

VP of Government Partnerships

Reliable Robotics

Panel Discussion

Wednesday, May 10, 2:00 PM - 2:25 PM

Runaway Verdicts and the Road Ahead for Autonomous Vehicles

Room: 104/106
Session Number:XPO23-4742

This session will provide an overview of latest jury verdict trends with interesting examples of large awards in cases involving vehicles, especially ones that involve any kind of autonomous-related technology and how this impacts the industry. It will discuss reasons why these trends could be exacerbated with new tech of... read more...

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Session Speaker

Alletta Brenner

Counsel

Perkins Coie LLP

Session Speaker

Orla Thompson

Counsel

Perkins Coie

Stand Alone Presentation

Wednesday, May 10, 2:30 PM - 2:55 PM

Designing Autonomous Workflows

Room: 104/106
Session Number:XPO23-4801

This session is a deep dive into the design process for Skydio 3D Scan. Attendees will learn about how we identified problems and barriers in current manual workflows for inspection to building improved automated workflows for autonomous drones. Attendees will be guided through the design evolution of House Scan to... read more...

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Session Speaker

Clara Kelley

Sr. Interface Designer

Skydio

Session Speaker

Mira Marquez

Sr. Program Manager, Skydio For All

Skydio

Stand Alone Presentation

Wednesday, May 10, 3:00 PM - 3:50 PM

The Value of Data and Understanding Public Perception for Forecasting the Future of Advanced Air Mobility (AAM)

Room: 104/106
Session Number:XPO23-4792

Data is an essential tool for predicting the impact that UAS will have on the National Airspace System (NAS). This is especially true when assessing the impact of Advanced Air Mobility (AAM), which offers opportunities to redefine conventional attitudes regarding air travel and air cargo transport. Questions remain regarding public... read more...

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Catherine Cahill

Director of ACUASI

University of Alaska Fairbanks

Panelist

Mark Johnson

Assistant Professor

University of North Dakota

Panelist

Steve Bert

Senior Economist

Institute for Transportation Research and Education (ITRE)

Panelist

Tim Bruner

Researcher

Kansas State University

Moderator

Katie Silas

Research Associate

Kansas State University

Panel Discussion

Wednesday, May 10, 4:00 PM - 4:25 PM

Autonomy in the World of The Blueprint, A Builder's Perspective

Room: 104/106
Session Number:XPO23-4748

Speaker(s)

Mark Blacklin
Session Speaker
Maurice Clarke
Session Speaker
Richard Lopez
Session Speaker

Stand Alone Presentation

Collaboration Between Local Government Users and Industry Leaders to Improve Technology Adoption

Room: 207
Session Number:XPO23-4785

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Patrick Bresnahan
Session Speaker

Stand Alone Presentation

Wednesday, May 10, 4:30 PM - 4:55 PM

Integration of Drone Imagery, GIS and AI in the Inspection of Facility Assets

Room: 104/106
Session Number:XPO23-4663

Lockheed Martin Aeronautics manages and maintains some of the largest and most advanced manufacturing facilities in the world. To help ensure that the organization is able build some of the nation’s most critical infrastructure efficiently and safely Lockheed Martin is leveraging the power of ArcGIS and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV)... read more...

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Session Speaker

Jermaine Smith

GIS Strategy Lead & Project Manager

Lockheed Martin

Session Speaker

Taze Lamb

Manager - Facilities and Plant Engineering

Lockheed Martin Aeronautics

Stand Alone Presentation

Thursday, May 11, 11:00 AM - 11:25 AM

Future Autonomous Delivery and Logistics

Room: 104/106
Session Number:XPO23-4700

This presentation will include global drone delivery operation focused on S.Korea and USA markets and explain how we will define future autonomous delivery systems based on this references/use cases. Our use cases of drone delivery and systematic foundation to connect smart mobilities in a single platform will be mainly discussed.... read more...

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Session Speaker

Chanjoo Lee

Chief Operating Officer

PABLO AIR Co., Ltd.

Stand Alone Presentation

Thursday, May 11, 11:30 AM - 12:20 PM

Robotics for the Blue Economy

Room: 104/106
Session Number:XPO23-4905

This panel will present case studies about uncrewed maritime systems (UMS) and how they are supporting economic and environmental needs in the ocean environment. Diverse technologies and applications will be presented....

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Panelist

Jason McKenna

Director of RDT&E and Training

University of Southern Mississippi

Panelist

Jason Schwartz

Vice President of Corporate Development

Terradepth, Inc.

Panelist

Julie Angus

CEO and Co-founder

Open Ocean Robotics

Panelist

Matthew Pickett

Founder

Oceans Unmanned

Moderator

Justin Manley

Managing Director

Just Innovation Inc.

Panel Discussion

Thursday, May 11, 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM

New Materials for UAS & AAM Aircraft Production

Room: 207
Session Number:XPO23-4902

New UAS & AAM aircraft in development assume that new materials, such as carbon fiber, and advanced manufacturing, such as robotics, digital engineering, & 3D printing, will be used in production processes. This panel will present the challenges related to the qualification and certification of new materials and advanced manufacturing... read more...

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Panelist

Cal Coopmans

Assistant Research Professor

Utah State University

Panelist

Craig Rees

President

Shipcom Wireless, Inc

Panelist

John Manning

Co-Founder

ElectraFly

Panelist

Robert Yancey

Director Business Development

Hexcel

Moderator

Tulinda Larsen

Executive Director

UAMMI

Panel Discussion

Thursday, May 11, 12:30 PM - 12:55 PM

Driving Automation: Commercial Transportation's Pursuit of Level 4 Autonomy

Room: 104/106
Session Number:XPO23-4816

To support the autonomous commercial vehicle development of Class 4-8 vehicles, ACT Research engaged in a 12-month multi-client study focused on understanding and forecasting adoption rates and key considerations of on-highway transportation. In this presentation, Ann Rundle will share insights and takeaways from this study....

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Session Speaker

Ann Rundle

VP of Electrification & Autonomy

ACT Research Co

Stand Alone Presentation

Thursday, May 11, 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM

Lessons Learned in Paving the Roadway to Autonomy: A Survey of Programs that Got Us to Here

Room: 104/106
Session Number:XPO23-4847

Overview of various airspace and CNS infrastructure projects that Collins and Partners have been involved have been involved with and lessons learned....