I’ve avoided most CUAS conferences as they appeared to be a poor return on the financial time and financial investment. I signed up to attend based on my experiences with the previous ACI conference. They produced an exceptionally valuable conference on a complex and critical topic, continuing to meet the high expectations...I learned a lot from the presenters, the audience questions, and the networking opportunities. I will continue to prioritize attending ACI’s conferences on various topics based on my experience this year.
CEO, Founder URSA Inc
CHAIR
JAMES POSS
CEO, ISR Ideas
Former Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff for ISR, Headquarters U.S. Air Force
KEYNOTES
THE HONORABLE
NICKOLAS H. GUERTIN
Director, Operational Test & Evaluation Office of the Secretary of Defense, DOT&E (OSD)
ERIC J. SOSKIN
Inspector General
Department of Transportation
TROY A. MILLER
Acting Commissioner
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
L. SCOTT PARKER
&
Chief, UAS Security Branch, Office of Security Programs, Infrastructure Security Division
Office of Security Programs, Infrastructure Security Division, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
COLETTE PETERS
Director
Federal Bureau of Prisons
COLONEL
MICHAEL PARENT, USA
Project Office Commander
Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office (RCCTO)
RYAN M BERRY
Manager, UAS Security Division (AXE-U00) Office of National Security Programs and Incident Response (AXE), Security and Hazardous Materials Safety (ASH), FAA
LTC JOHNATHAN HESTER
Capabilities Integration Branch Chief, (JCO) Office HQ, Dept of the Army
COL JONATHAN HESTER
Chief Requirements and Capabilities (R&C)
Division JIM PATTERSON, JR.
Manager, Airports (ARP) UAS Detection and Mitigation Program
FAA William J. Hughes Technical Center
LTC PAUL
USA
Product Manager for Medium Caliber Ammunition (PM MAS)
Joint Program Executive Office for Armaments and Ammunition
KEVIN LOVETT
Training Integrator
Joint Counter Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems Office
SCOTT SHYNE
Chief of the Information Warfare Division
Air Force Research Laboratory
JULIAN ATENCIO
CUAS Program Manager
Los Alamos National Laboratory
CHRISTOPHER J. MULKINS
Director of Homeland Security
Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
LTC EMORY HAYES, USA
RRD Military Deputy, CsUAS Lead, Robotics Requirements Division
MCDID
MAJ GENERAL DANIEL SIMPSON, USAF
Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance, National Intelligence Manager – Aviation
LUCIAN SIKORSKYJ
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Counterterrorism and Threat Prevention, Office of Strategy, Policy and Plans
DHS
MARK MCKINNON
Partner
Fox Rothschild LLP
LISA ELLMAN Partner
Hogan Lovells Executive Director
Commercial Drone Alliance
SHAWN S. BULLARD
Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society (FRAeS), Specialist in Disruptive Technologies
– Policy Integration – Future Risk Assessment
Founder, Duetto Group
JONATHAN RUPPRECHT
Esquire
Rupprecht Law
TIMOTHY TYLER
Deputy Chief of Police Services
Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority
CASEY FLANAGAN
President & Co-Founder
AeroVigilance
COLIN ROSS
Attorney Advisor, Office of Law & Policy, National Security Division
U.S. Department of Justice
ZOHAR HALACHMI
Chairman & CEO
D-Fend Solutions
DJ SMITH
Technical Surveillance Agent, Unmanned Aerial Systems Program Coordinator, High Tech Crimes Division/Bureau of Criminal Investigations
Virginia State Police
DR. HEATH BERRY
Senior Vice President, Group Manager, Electronic Systems and Cyber Technologies
Radiance Technologies
YEGOR DUBYNSKYI
Deputy Minister
Digital Transformation of Ukraine
RON DAUK
Program Manager
Boeing Directed Energy Systems
RON CLARK
Acting Senior Director WestExec Advisors
Former Deputy Under Secretary of Homeland Security and Former White House National Security Council Director
AMBASSADOR
KATE MCKENNA Director of Government & International Relations
Ukraine’s Army of Drones/United24
LT. COL. PAVLO KHAZAN
C4ISR Group Commander
Armed Forces of Ukraine
TALWYN HALEY
ATO, System Operations Security C-UAS Team Manager Detection and Mitigation FAA
MARY-LOU SMULDERS
Chief Marketing Officer Dedrone
LINCOLN BLOOMFIELD JR. Chairman Emeritus, Board of Directors and Distinguished Fellow Henry Stimson Center
JEFFREY STARR
Chief Marketing Officer D-Fend Solutions
KAREN DIMEO CEO AERODiMEO
DAWN ZOLDI
Founder and CEO
P3 Tech Consulting LLC
DAVID HOCHHAUSER
General Manager, The Americas Sentrycs
LUKE FOX
CEO & Founder
WhiteFox Defense Technologies, Inc.
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