Ground Robotics Capabilities Conference & Exhibition
"What Does the Next Era of Ground Robotics Hold?"
13 - 14 August 2014
Hyattsville, MD
Wednesday, August 13, 2014
Keynote Address:
- Dr. Gill Pratt, Program Manager, Defense Sciences Office, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
Synergy with Parallel Markets
Moderator: Mr. William Thomasmeyer, Executive Director, Robotics Technology Consortium
- Mr. Nathan Dorn, Director Farming Systems, Reiter Affiliated Companies
- Mr. Mitch Weiss, Chief Operating Officer, Seegrid Corporation
Keynote Address:
- Mr. Chris O'Donnell, Staff Specialist, Joint Ground Robotics Enterprise Tactical Warfare Systems (Land Warfare and Munitions), OUSD (AT&L)
Panel: Open Architecture
Moderator: Dr. Parag Batavia, President, Neya Systems, LLC
- Mr. Mark Mazzara, Department of the Army Systems Coordinator (DASC) for Robotics, U.S. Army
- Mr. Brian Gerkey, CEO, Open Source Robotics Foundation (OSRF)
Thursday, August 14, 2014
Keynote Address: The Coming Swarm - Operational Advantages of Robotics on the Battlefield
- Mr. Paul Scharre, 20YY Warfare Project Director, CNAS
Keynote Address: Lethal Autonomous Weapons
- Dr. Ronald C. Arkin, Regents' Professor & Director, Mobile Robot Laboratory; Associate Dean for Research & Space Planning, College of Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology
Keynote Address: Ground Robotic Needs For the Air Force Civil Engineer
- Mr. Bobby Diltz, Airbase Acquisition Branch Chief, Air Force Civil Engineer Center
Keynote Address:
- Mr. George Rumford, Program Manager, Test Resource Management Center
Keynote Address:
- Mr. Tom Dee, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Expeditionary Programs and Logistics Management, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research, Development and Acquisition)