07:00 – 08:00

Room: Foyer on the 4th floor

Breakfast

08:15 – 08:45

Room: CR 1&2 - 4th floor

Conference Opening – Canada’s Drone Evolution: Over a Century Shaping the Future

Stéphane Bouvier

08:45 – 09:30

Room: CR 1&2 - 4th floor

AEAC: Where We Came From, Who We Are, and the Role We Must Play Next

Keynote

Jordan Cicoria

09:30 – 10:00

Room: Foyer (4th & 5th floors)

Coffee Break & Exhibitor Hall

10:00 – 10:45

Room: CR 1&2 - 4th floor

From Montréal to the World: ICAO, Unmanned Aviation and the Next Chapter of Global Integration

Keynote

Michele Merkle

10:45 – 11:45

Room: CR 1&2 - 4th floor

Transport Canada Update

Plenary

Ryan Coates Paul Bolt Sylvain Bourque Josué Morissette Carlos Ruella Judy Perpose

11:45 – 13:00

Room: Foyer (4th & 5th floors)

Lunch & Exhibitor Hall

13:00 – 14:00

Room: CR 1&2 - 4th floor

Built for Canada: The Future of Airpower, Autonomy and Industry

Keynote Plenary

Major-General Jeff Smyth, MSM, CD Denean Tomlin

14:00 – 15:00

Room: CR 1&2 - 4th floor

Navigating Dynamic Skies: A Look at the Last Century, Where We Are Now, and a Look Ahead

Plenary

Alan Chapman

15:00 – 15:30

Room: Foyer (4th & 5th floors)

Coffee Break & Exhibitor Hall

15:30 – 16:00

Room: CR 1&2 - 4th floor

NRC / CNRC: Drone Innovation Hub, Aurora Shield and Flight Autonomy

Plenary

Charles Vidal

16:00 – 16:45

Room: CR 1&2 - 4th floor

ADM / YMX Montréal Address

Plenary

Philippe Stas

16:45 – 17:00

Room: CR 1&2 - 4th floor

Day 1 Debrief

17:00 – 19:30

Room: Foyer (4th & 5th floors)

Networking cocktail

Thanks to our sponsors

07:00 – 08:00

Room: Foyer on the 4th

Breakfast

07:00 – 08:00

Room: Foyer on the 5th

Women in Drones Breakfast

Thanks to our sponsors

08:00 – 08:30

Room: CR 2 - 4th floor

Opening Remarks & Student Paper Competition Winner

Science & Applied Research Technical program

Carole El Ayoubi Wade Hawkins

08:00 – 09:00

Room: CR 1 - 4th floor

Staying Current

Regulation & Training

Anne-Sophie Riopel-Bouvier Kate Klassen

08:30 – 10:20

Room: CR 2 - 4th floor

Emerging UAS Technologies, Applications and Integration

Science & Applied Research Technical program

Carole El Ayoubi Pablo Miró-Lucas Colin Rousseau Kosma Roy Zahra Motahari Elham Boozarjomehri Suzanne Swaine

09:00 – 09:30

Room: CR 1 - 4th floor

When the Plan Meets Reality

Regulation & Training

Anne-Sophie Riopel-Bouvier Kate Klassen Martin Laporte Courtland Penk

09:30 – 09:45

Room: Foyer (4th & 5th floors)

Coffee Break & Exhibitor Hall

09:45 – 10:45

Room: CR 1 - 4th floor

Safety Around Airports

Regulation & Training

Anne-Sophie Riopel-Bouvier Kate Klassen Dean Ervin, IAP Jimmy Falldien Josué Morissette Judy Perpose

10:20 – 12:00

Room: CR 2 - 4th floor

UAS Design, Optimization, Resilience & Engineering

Science & Applied Research

Carole El Ayoubi Kash Khorasani Michaël Lévesque-Leduc

10:45 – 11:30

Room: CR 1 - 4th floor

The Gear Grind

Regulation & Training

Anne-Sophie Riopel-Bouvier Kate Klassen Maxime Lapierre Dan Juhlin

11:30 – 12:00

Room: CR 1 - 4th floor

Are You Smarter Than a Regulator?

Regulation & Training

Anne-Sophie Riopel-Bouvier Kate Klassen Ian Wills

12:00 – 13:00

Room: Foyer (4th & 5th floors)

Lunch & Exhibitor Hall

13:00 – 14:00

Room: CR 1 - 4th floor

Build where you are: Québec as a regional use-case

Espace Aéro / NEXUS Scale-up Workshop

Jarrod Morley Pascal Chiva-Bernard Stéphane Bouvier Eric Côté Nathan Warkentin

13:00 – 14:30

Room: CR 2 - 4th floor

Transforming Front-Line Operations

Emergency Services & Public Safety Panel

Sgt. Curtis Rakievich Sylvain Bourque Jeff Burns Sgt. Peter Svinth-Lassen

13:30 – 15:30

Room: CRA&B - 1st floor

ISO UAS Standards Committee Meeting

Invite Only

14:00 – 15:00

Room: CR 1 - 4th floor

Scale across Canada through ambitions of national sovereign capabilities

Espace Aéro / NEXUS Scale-up Workshop

Jarrod Morley MGen (Ret.) Simon Bernard Jordan Cicoria Luc Massé Charles Vidal Elliot Hewitt

14:30 – 15:00

Room: CR 2 - 4th floor

PVD Presentation

Emergency Services & Public Safety Panel

Carlos Ruella

15:00 – 15:30

Room: Foyer (4th & 5th floors)

Coffee Break & Exhibitor Hall

15:30 – 16:30

Room: CR 1 - 4th floor

Compete Internationally: Defining a Team Canada Approach

Espace Aéro / NEXUS Scale-up Workshop

Jarrod Morley Jordan Cicoria Luc Massé David Neveu Elliot Hewitt Declan Sweeney

15:30 – 17:00

Room: CR 2 - 4th floor

Drone Detection and Countermeasures

Emergency Services & Public Safety Panel

Judy Perpose Danielle Gagne Jacob Gurnick Marguerite Karteris

19:00 – 22:00

MFE AFTER HOURS AT FISH BONE

Invite Only

07:00 – 08:00

Room: Foyer on the 4th floor

Breakfast

08:00 – 09:00

Room: CR 1&2 - 4th floor

AEAC AGM

Open to all Voting by members only

Declan Sweeney Jordan Cicoria

09:00 – 10:00

Room: CR 1&2 - 4th floor

Canada’s Evolving RTM

Steve Bellingham Sarah Graham

10:00 – 10:30

Room: Foyer (4th & 5th floors)

Coffee Break & Exhibitor Hall

10:30 – 11:30

Room: CR 1&2 - 4th floor

Women in Drones: History, Successes and the Future

Erika Carrasco Kathryn McCulloch

11:30 – 12:15

Room: CR 1&2 - 4th floor

AEAC Awards & Recognition

Anne-Sophie Riopel-Bouvier

12:15 – 13:15

Room: Foyer (4th & 5th floors)

Lunch & Exhibitor Hall

13:15 – 14:00

Room: CR 1&2 - 4th floor

ISED Operational Communications for RPAS

Jacob Gurnick

14:00 – 14:45

Room: CR 1&2 - 4th floor

NAV Drone: What’s New and What’s Next

Amit Sharma Jimmy Falldien

14:45 – 15:15

Room: Foyer (4th & 5th floors)

Coffee Break & Exhibitor Hall

15:15 – 16:45

Room: CR 1&2 - 4th floor

Build, Buy, or Integrate? The Great Canadian Drone Debate

Erika Carrasco Sean Greenwood Kevin Toderel Angad Singh Graeme Sloane Guillaume Charland-Arcand Julie Camy

16:45 – 17:00

Room: CR 1&2 - 4th floor

Final Recap & Closing

Stéphane Bouvier Jordan Cicoria Geneviève DaCambra