8:00 - Registration Open

• Register at the front lobby

• Visit with sponsor booth

• Network with other state UAS users

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8:45 - Welcome by SCiDUC President

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9:00 - Gov. Henry McMaster Introduction (invited)

 

9:15 - Presentation

• What is the FAASTeam - Community Outreach and Public Perception of Drones by Joey Roberts

 

10:00 - Break

• Light refreshments

• Network

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10:30 - Agency Panel Discussion:  How are state agencies using drones?

• Ryan Reid with Greenville County Sheriff's Office

• Darryl Jones with the SC Forestry Commission

• Scott Reynolds with the SC Dept of Health and Environmental Control

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11:00 - Keynote Speaker #1

• The Future of Unmanned Aircraft Systems with Kevin Morris of the FAA

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12:00 - Lunch Provided

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12:30 - Keynote Speaker #2

• Cybersecurity Drone Policy Explained with Casie Ocana of AUVSI

 

1:30 - Academic Lightning Talk

• RFID and Drones for Nursery Inventory Management by Dr. Joe Mari Maja South Carolina State University

• Uncrewed Aircraft Systems in Marine Mammal Research by Wayne McFee of NOAA

• Aerial Drones for Water Sensing and Targeted Sampling by Nikos Vitzilaios of the University of South Carolina

• Drones and Weather- Important Forecast Elements for Drone Pilots by Mike Proud of the National Weather Service.

 

2:30 - Outside Demo / Networking / Sponsor Booths

• Software and Equipment demos 

• Training Options

• Forestry Commission's fire control unit

• Much more!

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4:00 - Happy Hour Networking