National Congress on Counter UAS Technology 2023 | American Conference Institute | 23 May 2023 | Holiday Inn Washington Capitol - Natl Mall, an IHG Hotel, 550 C St SW, Washington, DC 20024, USA

Recognized as the premiere summit offering an unparalleled, comprehensive and interactive examination of DoD; Commercial; and Civil CUAS technologies, this international forum will give attendees a cutting edge overview of Government and leading industry perspectives on advancing CUAS Capabilities. Gain critical insight on how not only the military, but how nationwide the prison systems, airports, stadiums, nuclear power plants and so many others are tackling the ever-evolving drone threat that we are facing. This summit will also offer unique lessons learned in war time use of Counter UAS, and the ongoing Ukrainian CUAS capabilities presented by special guests from the Ukrainian Government and Military.

Be a part of the advanced discussions on global CUAS threats along with DoD, DHS, DoJ, FAA, Air Force, SOCOM, TSA, US Secret Service and many more.

2023 Speakers

Major Gen (USAF-ret) James Poss
CEO, ISR Ideas, Former Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance, Headquarters, U.S. Air Force

The Honorable Nickolas Guertin
Director, Operational Test & Evaluation, Office of the Secretary of Defense

Eric J. Soskin
Inspector General, Department of Transportation

Troy A. Miller
Acting Commissioner, U.S. Customs and Border Protection

Julian James Atencio
CUAS Program Manager, Los Alamos National Laboratory

Ryan M. Berry
Manager, UAS Security Division (AXE-U00), Office of National Security Programs and Incident Response (AXE), Security and Hazardous Materials Safety (ASH), FAA

Yegor Dubynskyi
Deputy Minister, Digital Transformation of Ukraine

Talwyn Haley
ATO, System Operations Security C-UAS Team Manager Detection and Mitigation, FAA

Col Jonathan Hester
Requirements and Capabilities Division Chief, Requirements and Capabilities (R&C) Division

Lt. Col. Pavlo Khazan
C4ISR Group Commander, Armed Forces of Ukraine

Kevin Lovett
Training Integrator, Joint Counter Small Unmanned, Aircraft Systems Office

Kate McKenna
Director of Government & International Relations, Ukraine's Army of Drones/ United24

Christopher J. Mulkins
Director of Homeland Security, Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

L. Scott Parker
Chief, UAS Security Branch, Office of Security Programs, Infrastructure Security Division, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency

Jim Patterson, Jr.
Manager, Airports (ARP) UAS Detection and Mitigation Program, FAA William J. Hughes Technical Center

Colette Peters
Director, Federal Bureau of Prisons

Colin Ross
Attorney Advisor, Office of Law & Policy, National Security Division, U.S. Department of Justice

Dr. Sean Ross
Air Force Lifecycle Management Center (AFLCMC)

LTC Paul Santamaria, USA
Product Manager for Medium Caliber Ammunition (PM MAS), Joint Program Executive Office for Armaments and Ammunition

Scott Shyne
Chief of the Information Warfare Division, Air Force Research Laboratory

Lucian Sikorskyj
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Counterterrorism and Threat Prevention, Office of Strategy, Policy and Plans, DHS

Maj General Daniel Simpson, USAF
Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance, National Intelligence Manager – Aviation

DJ Smith
Technical Surveillance Agent, Unmanned Aerial Systems Program Coordinator, High Tech Crimes Division/Bureau of Criminal Investigations, Virginia State Police

Matthew Smith
Supervisory Special Agent, Team Leader, FBI counter-UAS Research, Test, Training, and Evaluation efforts, Federal Bureau of Investigation

Timothy Tyler
Deputy Chief of Police Services, Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority

Dr. Heath Berry
Senior Vice President, Group Manager, Electronic Systems and Cyber Technologies, Radiance Technologies

Ambassador Lincoln Bloomfield Jr.
Chairman Emeritus, Board of Directors and Distinguished Fellow, Henry Stimson Center

Shawn S. Bullard
Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society (FRAeS), Specialist in Disruptive Technologies – Policy Integration – Future Risk Assessment, Founder, Duetto Group

Ron Clark
Acting Senior Director, WestExec Advisors, Former Deputy Under Secretary of Homeland Security and Former White House National Security Council Director

Ron Dauk
Program Manager, Boeing Directed Energy Systems

Karen DiMeo
CEO, AERODiMEO

Lisa Ellman
Partner, Hogan Lovells, Executive Director, Commercial Drone Alliance

Casey Flanagan
President & Co-Founder, AeroVigilance

Luke Fox
CEO & Founder, WhiteFox Defense Technologies, Inc.

David Hochhauser
General Manager, The Americas, Sentrycs

Mark McKinnon
Partner, Fox Rothschild LLP

Jonathan Rupprecht
Esquire, Rupprecht Law

Patrick “Mike” Shortsleeve
VP DoD Strategic Development, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc.

Mary-Lou Smulders
Chief Marketing Officer, Dedrone

Jeffrey Starr
Chief Marketing Officer, D-FEND Solutions

Dawn Zoldi
Founder and CEO, P3 Tech Consulting LLC

2023 Sponsors

SILVER SPONSORS:
• D-Fend Solutions
• Sentrycs

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