Industry and Tech Event: UAS Technology for Wildlife and Land Management

1 – 1:05 pm 

Welcome and Introductions - John Eisemann, USDA National Wildlife Research Center (NWRC), FLC Vice Chair

1:05 – 1:50 pm

Public-Private partnerships advancing UAS technology to mitigate negative human-bird interactions.

Panelist presentations include:

• Interagency agreement between FAA and USDA NWRC: evaluating UAS technology for wildlife hazing - Morgan Pfeiffer, USDA NWRC

• FAA, USDA NWRC and Mississippi State University: Using computer vision and GIS to further our understanding of bird response to UAS - Sathish Samiappan, Mississippi State University

• USDA NWRC, National Sunflower Association, and North Dakota State University: An evaluation of social perceptions and biological efficacy of drones used as frightening devices to mitigate bird damage in agriculture - Page Klug, USDA NWRC

1:50 – 2:05 pm

BREAK

2:05 – 2:50 pm

Public-Private partnerships advancing heavy-lift UAS technology for wildlife and land management - Moderator: John Eisemann, USDA NWRC, FLC Vice Chair

Panelist presentations include:

• US Navy: Remote egg-oiling UAS for nuisance bird management - Jean Pan, NAVFAC Engineering & Expeditionary Warfare Center

• M3 Technologies, USDA APHIS and ARS: Pioneering the development of drone technologies for sterile insect release - Nathan Moses-Gonzales, M3 Agriculture Technologies

• Island Conservation, Office of Insular Affairs: Development and demonstration of heavy-lift drones for conservation bait dispersal on islands - David Will, Island Conservation

• Parallel Flight, USDA NIFA, NSF, & NASA: Leveraging federal partnerships to develop a versatile heavy-lift drone for wildfire, land management, and other industrial applications - Joshua Resnick, Parallel Flight Technologies

3 – 3:15 pm

Working with Federal Labs for successful public-private partnerships - John Eisemann, USDA NWRC, FLC Vice Chair