Draft Agenda

Wednesday, December 13, 2006

8:00 –2:00 Registration

9:00 - 9:20 Welcome and Housekeeping

Introduction of Workshop Sponsors
USGS, National Wetlands Research Center
USGS, Louisiana NSDI Partnership Office
University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Regional Application Center
Mid-South Region of the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing

Welcome – Dr. Robert E. Stewart, Vice-President of Research, University of Louisiana at Lafayette

Housekeeping -- Brent Yantis

Workshop Background and Committee – Pat O’Neil
Workshop Charge -- Larry Handley

9:30 - 10:20 Keynote Speaker -- Introduction –

NOAA Deputy

10:20 - 10:40 Break

10:40 – 12:00 Session 1
Status of Federal Agency UAV Programs
– Moderator, Brent Yantis

NASA – Setting the Stage: NASA UAV Activities
Geoff Bland, Vince Ambrosia, and Brent Cobleigh -- Wallops and Ames Flight Research Center
DHS – Michael Clements, Department of Homeland Security
USDA – UASs for Wildfire Mapping
Everett Hinkley, LSP Program Leader
DOD – Army Unmanned Aircraft Systems Programs, Capabilities, Systems and Payloads -- MAJ Robert Blanchette, US Army Unmanned Aircraft Systems, Redstone Arsenal

12:00 - 1:15 Lunch –

1:15 – 2:20 Session 2
Plenary Session – Moderator, Pat O’Neil

FAA policy on Unmanned Aircraft Systems operating outside Restricted/Warning Area
Ardyth Williams, Manager, FAA Air Traffic Unmanned Aircraft

2:20 – 3:20 Session 3
Matching Sensor to Application – Moderator, Brenda Jones

Vince Ambrosia, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California

Integration of GIS and Remote Sensing in Local and Regional Emergency Management
Ake Sivertun, Linkoping Universitet, Linköping, Sweden

Platforms of the Present and Future
Geoff Bland, Vince Ambrosia, and Brent Cobleigh, NASA Wallops and Ames Flight Research Centers

3:20 – 3:40 Break

3:40 – 5:20 Session 4
UAV Use in First Response – Moderator, Carol Giffin

82nd Airborne – Sgt. John Harrington

US Air Force High Altitude Operations (HAO) Initiatives
Lt. Col Richard A. Lane, Space Force Enhancement Air Force Space Battlelab, Colorado Springs, Colorado

NOAA's use of UAS for Pre and Post Hurricane Applications
Sara Summers, NOAA, Denver, Colorado

NORTHCOM -- Robert Mrak

Anatomy of a Wildfire Emergency Response
Brent Cobleigh, NASA Ames Research Center

5:00 – 6:00 Demonstrations

Thursday, December 14, 2006

8:30 – 8:40 Housekeeping – Brent Yantis

8:40 – 10:00 Session 5
Use of UAV’s in Hazard Response – Moderator, Sgt. John Harrington

The Use of Unmanned Aerial Systems for Wildfire Mapping
Everett Hinkley and Thomas Zajkowski, USDA Forest Service - Remote Sensing Applications Center, Salt Lake City, Utah, and Vince Ambrosia, California State University-Monterey Bay / NASA-Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California

Low Cost UAV Video Stream Processing for Quick Response to Time Critical Disasters
Guoqing Zhou, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia

Lessons Learned in UAV Response -- George Ray, COTS Technology, Houma, Louisiana

– Gene Nelson, USGS, National Wetlands Research Center, Lafayette, Louisiana

10:00 – 10:20 Break

10:20 – 12:00 Session 6 Panel Discussion
UAV Operational (Tactical Deployment) Needs
– Moderator, Gordon Wells
Steven Wilson -- Louisiana Governor's Office of Homeland Security & Emergency Preparedness
Earl Hicks – Houma Airport
Drusilla Key -- NGA
Capt. Bryant Billiot -- Louisiana National Guard
Brent Cobleigh -- NASA

12:00 - 1:15 Lunch

1:15 – 2:00 Session 7 Plenary Session – Moderator, Pat O’Neil

Use of Army Unmanned Aircraft Systems in support of
Homeland Security initiatives
Rex Forney, Homeland Security, for the Project Managers Office, US Army Unmanned Aircraft Systems at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama --

2:00 – 3:00 Session 8 Panel Discussion
Research Needs -- Moderator, Larry Handley
Vince Ambrosia – NASA Ames Research Center
Ake Sivertun -- Linkoping University
Everett Hinkley – USFS
Sara Summers -- NOAA
Geoff Bland – NASA Wallops Flight Research Center
Lt. Col Richard A. Lane – US Air Force

3:00 -- 3:45 Next Steps Discussion and Wrap-up – Larry Handley