Events

Ground Day Program

Ground Day Program

7 February 2012

0700

Registration Opens 

0730

Continental Breakfast  

0800 – 0830

Opening Session

Welcome Remarks by Mr. Michael Toscano, President & CEO, AUVSI

Special Address by Rep. Silvestre Reyes (D-Texas), member of the House Armed Services Committee, and the Democratic Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces

0830 – 0915

Keynote Address


Dr. Scott Fish, Chief Scientist, U.S. Army  

0915– 0945

Ground Robotics Enabling the Army's Maneuver Force


Mr. Donald M. Sando, Director of Capabilities Development and Integration, Maneuver Center of Excellence

0945 – 1015

The Current State of Counter-IED Robots


Mr. Steve Cox, Principal Deputy to the Deputy Director Rapid Acquisition and Technology (DDRA&T), JIEDDO

1015 – 1045

Break


1045 – 1115

Improved Acquisition of Robotic Systems


Mr. Scott Davis, Program Executive Officer, Ground Combat
Systems, U.S. Army

1115 – 1145

EOD Robotics Past, Present and Future


CAPT Thomas B. Smith, Commander, Naval Explosive Ordinance Disposal Technology Division, U.S. Navy

1145 – 1300

Networking Lunch (provided)


1300 – 1330

OSD Perspectives on Robotics 


Mr. Rob Maline, Director, Joint Ground Robotics Enterprise, OSD JGRE

1330 – 1400

Agricultural Automation and Robotics


Dr. Daniel Schmoldt, National Program Leader, Instrumentation and Sensors, USDA, NIFA


1400 – 1430

Doing Business with DHS Science & Technology


Mr. Randy Zeller, DHS S&T

1430 – 1500

Border Security Technical Applications


Mr. Mark Borkowski, CTO, U.S. Customs and Border Protection

1500 – 1530

Networking Break


1530 – 1600

Incentivized Innovation for Autonomous Development


Mr. Chris Frangione, Senior Director, Energy and Environment Prize Development, X PRIZE Foundation

1600 – 1715

Ground Robotics Science & Technology Panel

Dr. James Overholt, Chief Scientist, Ground Robotics, U.S. Army; Mr. Charles Shoemaker, Associate Director for Autonomous Systems, U.S. Army CERDEC; Mr. Brian Skibba, Robotics Technical Lead, Air Force Research LaboratoryLTC Joseph Hitt, Program Manager, DARPA; Mr. Michael Bruch, Section Head, SPAWAR Systems Center Pacific; Dr. Jonathan Bornstein, U.S. Army Research Laboratory - RDECOM STTC

 1715 1730 Closing Comments
 
 1730 1830  Networking Reception