1st Annual Agricultural UAS Conference: Precision Agriculture

October 4, 2011 in Atlanta, GA

• Japan is currently fielding 2500 unmanned helicopters to spray crops and has 10,000 licensed UAS operators
  
• Overseas nations are embracing UAS automation as populations explode
  
• UAS international precision agricultural markets eclipse the traditional UAS defense market
  

Conference Agenda

7:00 - 8:00am	Registration
8:00 - 8:30am	Introduction	Young Kim, AUVSI Atlanta Chapter President
8:30 - 9:00am	UAS Industry Overview	Michael Toscano, AUVSI President & CEO
9:00- 9:45am	Global UAS Agricultural Market	Raul Fernandez, Aerodreams
9:45 - 10:15am	Georgia Agribusiness	Roderick Gilbert, Georgia Agribusiness Center of Innovation
10:15 - 10:30am	Break
10:30 - 11:00am	Remote Sensing in Agriculture	Scott Heath, Leptron/USDA
11:00 - 11:45am	Japanese UAS Agricultural Market	Akira Sato, Yamaha
11:45 - 12:45pm	Lunch
12:45 - 1:00pm	Break
1:00 - 1:30pm	Tracking Plant Pathogens Using UAS	David G. Schmale, Virginia Tech
1:30 - 2:00pm	UAS for Precision Agriculture	Dr. Jim Robbins and Dr. Dharmendra Saraswat, University of Arkansas
2:00 - 2:15pm	Break
2:15 - 2:30pm	UAV Control Software	David Barnhard, Kutta Tech
2:30 - 2:45pm	Turn Key Agricultural UAS Solutions	Dr. Eric Corban, Guided Systems
2:45 - 3:15pm	South Korea UAV Agricultural Market	William Park, HSTNI
3:15 - 3:30pm	Break
3:30 - 4:00pm	Precision Ag-Farm Sight	Darren Havens, John Deere
4:00 - 4:30pm	University UAS Program	Kyle Snyder, Middle Tennessee State University
4:30 - 4:45pm	Wrap-up	Young Kim, AUVSI Atalnta Chapter President

Poster Session Information

 AUVSI Atlanta has decided to offer poster sessions at the conference.  Poster sessions will be presented during a catered lunch for conference attendees.  This is an excellent opportunity for small agricultural businesses to market their efforts to technology organizations in Georgia.  Poster titles and abstracts must be submitted by 1 Sept 2011 for acceptance.  Please submit abstracts to auvsiatlantachapter@gmail.com. 

If your abstract is accepted, the cost is $70 (included with a student registration) and an updated and more convenient format for poster sessions is outlined below.

FORMAT: Each poster presenter will be given 10 minutes during the lunch break to address the conference attendees at a catered lunch. Authors can use 3 to 6 PowerPoint slides mounted to the poster board with tacks or glue, but the best poster papers are colorful, with large type, and eye-catching graphics.