Conference General Program Agenda
Day 1: Monday May 23 |
Day 2: Tuesday May 24 |
Day 3: Wednesday May 25 |
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| 8:00-8:30 | Registration & Breakfast | Registration & Breakfast | Registration & Breakfast |
| 8:30-9:00 | Welcome, Opening Remarks SUNY-ESF President: Joanie Mahoney Conference General Chairs: Dr. Bahram Salehi, SUNY-ESF; Dr. Emmett Ientilucci, RIT; |
Welcome, Opening SUNY-ESF Provost: Dr. Sam Mukasa Conference General Chairs: Dr. Bahram Salehi, SUNY-ESF; Dr. Emmett Ientilucci, RIT; |
Welcome, Opening Conference General Chairs: Dr. Bahram Salehi, SUNY-ESF; Dr. Emmett Ientilucci, RIT; |
| 9:00-9:45 | Keynote-1: Ken Stewart, President and CEO, NUAIR: Enabling Commercial Drone Operations: Progress in Drone Technology in New York | Keynote-2: Dr. Steven J. Thomson, National Program Leader, USDA-NIFA: UAS-Based Remote Sensing for Agriculture – New Directions at USDA-NIFA and Historical Perspective | Keynotes-3: Theodore N. (Ted) Loukides, Oil & Gas Compliance Chief, NYSDEC Richard Bourgeois, Operation Manager for Innovation at NYSERDA : UAVs Fighting Climate Change by Locating Abandoned Oil and Gas Wells in New York State |
| 9:45-10:45 | Technical Session A: UAV for Mapping and Surveying. Session Chair: Dr. Lindi Quackenbush, SUNY-ESF |
Technical Session E: UAV for Educational Programs Session Chair: Buffy Quinn, Onondaga Community College |
Technical Session H: Poster Presentations Session Chair: Dr. Peter Spacher, RIT |
| 10:45-11:15 | Coffee Break/Exhibit Hall | Coffee Break/Exhibit Hall | Coffee Break/Exhibit Hall |
| 11:15-12:15 | Technical Session B: UAV for Agricultural Applications Session Chair: Dr. Leila Hashemi-Beni, North Carolina A&T University |
UAV Flight Demo 2 by ARCADIS Topic: Demonstration of UAV Water Sampling Apparatus at ESF QUAD, Moderated by Dr. Peter Spacher, RIT |
UAV Flight Demo 3 by Imagine Aerial |
| 12:15-1:30 |
Lunch/Group Photo/Networking/ Exhibit Hall |
Lunch/Group Photo/Networking/ Exhibit Hall | Lunch/Group Photo/Networking/ Exhibit Hall |
| 1:30-2:15 | Panel 1: UAV Policy, Public Perception, and Privacy Issues, Moderated by Dr. Jamie Winders, Professor and Associate Provost, Syracuse University |
Panel 2: Applications of UAV in Environmental Monitoring and forecasting |
UAV Trivia Game-2 |
| 2:15-3:15 | Technical Session C: Design of Autonomous UAVs Session Chair: TBA |
Technical Session F: UAV for Flood and Water Quality Monitoring; Session Chair: Dr. Eddie Bevilacqua, SUNY-ESF |
Technical Session I: UAV Flight and Operation Session Chair: Dr Mohamad Razkenari, SUNY-ESF |
| 3:15-3:45 | Coffee Break/Exhibit Hall | Coffee Break/Exhibit Hall | Coffee Break/Exhibit Hall |
| 3:45-4:45 | Technical Session D: UAV for Wildlife, Air Quality, and Post Earthquake Damage Monitoring Session Chair: Dr. Chris Renschler, SUNY Buffalo |
Technical Session G: UAV Data Radiometric and Geometric Calibration Session Chair: Dr. Chris Badurek, SUNY Cortland |
Awards and Closing Remarks: |
| 4:45-5:15 | Wrap Up of the Day | UAV Trivia Game-1 | |
| 5:15-7:00 | Happy Hours/Social at Sheraton Syracuse University |