07:00 – 08:00

Room: Foyer on the 4th floor

Breakfast

08:15 – 08:30

Room: CR 1&2 - 4th floor

Indigenous Open / Welcome & Blessing

08:30 – 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

Plenary

Jordan Cicoria

09:30 – 10:00

Room: Foyer (4th & 5th floors)

Coffee Break & Exhibitor Hall

10:00 – 11:00

Room: CR 1&2 - 4th floor

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

Plenary

ICAO institutional representative

11:00 – 12:00

Room: CR 1&2 - 4th floor

Transport Canada Update

Plenary

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

12:00 – 13:00

Room: TBD

Lunch & Exhibitor Hall

13:00 – 14:00

Room: CR 1&2 - 4th floor

TBD

Keynote

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

16:00 – 16:45

Room: CR 1&2 - 4th floor

ADM / YMX Montréal Address

Plenary

Yves Beauchamp

16:45 – 17:00

Room: CR 1&2 - 4th floor

Day 1 Debrief

07:00 – 08:00

Room: Foyer on the 4th floor

Breakfast

08:00 – 08:25

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

Kate Klassen

08:25 – 09:30

Room: CR 2 - 4th floor

Emerging UAS Technologies, Applications and Integration

Science & Applied Research Technical program

Carole El Ayoubi

09:00 – 09:30

Room: CR 1 - 4th floor

When the Plan Meets Reality

Regulation & Training

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

Josué Morissette Ryan Coates Jimmy Falldien

09:45 – 11:40

Room: CR 2 - 4th floor

UAS Design, Optimization, Resilience & Engineering

Science & Applied Research

Carole El Ayoubi

10:45 – 11:30

Room: CR 1 - 4th floor

The Gear Grind

Regulation & Training

Maxime Lapierre Dan Juhlin

11:30 – 12:00

Room: CR 1 - 4th floor

Are You Smarter Than a Regulator?

Regulation & Training

Ian Wills

12:00 – 13:00

Room: TBD

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

13:00 – 14:00

Room: CR 1 - 4th floor

Transforming Front-Line Operations

Emergency Services & Public Safety Panel

Sgt. Curtis Rakievich Sylvain Bourque

13:30 – 15:30

Room: CR 7A&B - 3rd 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

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

15:30 – 16:30

Room: CR 1 - 4th floor

Drone Detection and Countermeasures

Emergency Services & Public Safety Panel

Judy Perpose

07:00 – 08:00

Room: Foyer on the 4th floor

Breakfast

08:00 – 09:00

rFIMS: Canada’s Evolving RTM

Steve Bellingham Sarah Graham

09:00 – 10:00

Women in Drones: History, Successes and the Future

Erika Carrasco

10:00 – 10:30

Room: Foyer (4th & 5th floors)

Coffee Break & Exhibitor Hall

10:30 – 11:15

ISED Operational Communications for RPAS

11:15 – 12:00

AEAC Awards & Recognition

Anne-Sophie Riopel-Bouvier

12:00 – 13:00

Room: TBD

Lunch & Exhibitor Hall

13:00 – 14:00

AEAC AGM

14:00 – 15:00

NAV Drone: What’s New and What’s Next

Amit Sharma

15:00 – 15:30

Room: Foyer (4th & 5th floors)

Coffee Break & Exhibitor Hall

16:30 – 17:00

Final Recap & Closing