Desiree Ekstein – Founding father of On The Go Video and completed figure within the UAS industry. Ekstein is devoted to promoting safety and education as a Lead FAASTeam Representative and AUVSI TOP Level 3 pilot. She can be involved within the “Girls Take Flight” initiative which inspires young women to explore careers within the science and technology fields.
Laurie Grindle – Deputy Center Director, NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center. Grindle assists within the management of the NASA field center, specializing in strategy, business processes, and institutional management. She has also served in multiple leadership roles overseeing Unmanned Air Vehicles and the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew vehicle abort test booster.
Sonet Kock – Director of Drone Policy & Regulatory Development. Sonet is Founder and Managing Director of AviComply (Pty) Ltd, a number one South African consulting firm specializing in Aviation Compliance Solutions. She is understood for her expertise and extensive experience in Aviation Regulatory Compliance and has dedicated her efforts to making sure quality and safety assurance for each crewed and uncrewed flight operations.
Mercy Makau – President and Founding father of the Young Aviator Club of Africa in addition to Chairperson of Drone Club Kenya. Makau is taken into account a passionate change maker, deeply committed to empowering youth and promoting gender equity in Africa’s aviation and aerospace industry.
Jenn Player – Senior Director of Global Aviation Regulatory Affairs at Skydio. Jenn collaborates with customers, regulators, and standards development organizations to advance autonomy and unlock protected and effective docked drone operations. Jenn’s early work to integrate drones into the National Airspace System led to the primary long-range BVLOS civil flight within the continental United States.
Dr. Debbie Saunders – Founder, CEO and Chief Distant Pilot of Wildlife Drones. The Australian company is transforming biodiversity conservation by developing revolutionary technological solutions, including the world’s most advanced drone-based radio-telemetry sensor that empowers endangered and invasive species managers globally to concurrently track the movements of many animals from a drone in real-time.
Annalisa Russell-Smith – Chief Strategy Officer, Flyby Technology. The corporate flew the COVID virus between laboratories and chemotherapy to isolated communities and Russell-Smith was the primary civilian female in the UK to grow to be a Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) pilot.
Abigail Smith – Executive Director (A), of the FAA’s UAS Security Office, which serves as the focus for all matters related to drone and air mobility (AAM) security in U.S. airspace. Inside this role Smith leads the FAA’s efforts to securely integrate detection and mitigation systems for drones and AAM operations into the National Airspace System.