Fall NEARC 2024: Full Schedule

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10:30am EDT

DRONES/UAS: Leveraging Esri for Drone Integration

Tuesday October 29, 2024 10:30am - 11:00am EDT

Municipalities across the county are combining their local GIS data with federal FAA data to help safely integrate UAVs into their community. Drone enabled cities are seeing public safety, economic development and utility department benefits. This presentation aims to explain the integration framework necessary to achieve these benefits, and to highlight communities that are operating ahead of the curve.

Speakers

Airspace Link

Airspace Link is an FAA-approved UAS Service Supplier of the Low Altitude Authorization and Notification Capability (LAANC) and is approved to provide FAA B4UFLY Services. Our mission is to enable the safe integration of drones into the national airspace and communities at scale through... Read More →

Tuesday October 29, 2024 10:30am - 11:00am EDT
Green Mountain C

User Session

Track Drones/UAS

11:00am EDT

DRONES/UAS: UAS for Flood Response & Recovery: From Flight Planning to Data Sharing

Tuesday October 29, 2024 11:00am - 11:30am EDT

Green Mountain C

Severe flood events had major impacts on Vermont in July 2023 and July 2024. The UVM UAS Team carried out more than 350 missions in support of rapid response and long-term recovery efforts after these events, deploying a wide range of UAS platforms and sensors to capture critical and timely data. This presentation will discuss the benefits, applications, challenges, and lessons learned from these efforts to inform the future of how UAS technology can be best applied to the next severe weather events in the Northeast, as well as the opportunities for training emergency responders and geospatial professionals on how to begin to use UAS to aid their efforts.

The University of Vermont is a core-member of the FAA’s ASSURE research center of excellence, which focuses on the integration of UAS into the national airspace. Within ASSURE, UVM’s research focus areas have centered around the application of UAS technology for disaster and emergency response. UVM’s UAS program began in the years following the impacts of Tropical Storm Irene in 2011 and has remained at the forefront of using these technologies to enhance the efficiency for disaster response. UVM was the first organization in the country to respond to a train derailment with UAS and has captured data of tornados, microburst, ice jams, floods, and landslides throughout the state.

Speakers

Adam Zylka

UAS Research Engineer & Program Lead, University of Vermont Spatial Analysis Lab

Adam is an Unoccupied Aircraft Systems (UAS) Research Engineer and UAS Program Lead at the University of Vermont’s Spatial Analysis Lab, integrating his academic and industry experience with UAS and geospatial technology. As part of UVM's core membership in the FAA’s ASSURE Center... Read More →

Tuesday October 29, 2024 11:00am - 11:30am EDT
Green Mountain C

User Session

Track Drones/UAS

11:30am EDT

DRONES/UAS: 10 Lessons Learned flying drones since before there were rules

Tuesday October 29, 2024 11:30am - 12:00pm EDT

Green Mountain C

From checklists and risk assessments to selecting (and employing!) emergency landing sites to the importance of pre-flighting to how (and when!) to safely fly from the seat of your pants this presentation discusses some of the many lessons learned in well over a decade of commercial drone flying. Presented in easy-to-swallow bites, these lessons are easy to take, adapt, and work into your protocols and procedures. These lessons will provide good value for beginners just starting out, as well as seasoned veteran pilots. At the very least, you can learn how to recover from obliterating your drone in front of a client and still complete the project.

Speakers

Kevin Ham

Director of Homeland Security, Southeast Regional Planning & Economic Development District

Tuesday October 29, 2024 11:30am - 12:00pm EDT
Green Mountain C

User Session

Track Drones/UAS