Presentation slides for April Rocky Mountain UAS Professionals Meetup group. Meeting held on April 26, 2016 at CompassData in Centennial, Colorado.

1. Rocky Mountain UAS
Professionals Meetup
Tuesday, April 26, 2016
Meetup Organizers:

2. HOST SPONSOR:
www.compassdatainc.com
Thanks to Hayden Howard & Blaine Horner!!

3. FOOD & DRINKS SPONSOR:
www.uasusa.com
Thanks to Skip Miller & UASUSA team!!

4. Welcome Rocky Mountain UAS Pros!
 Objective #1: Promote, develop and grow the UAS
industry in Colorado.
 Objective #2: Provide an industry forum for UAS
professionals to share technical information and
commercial success stories with the local drone
community.
 Objective #3: Learn, network and have fun!

5. RMUASP Meetup Agenda
5 PM – 5:30 PM: Sign-in / Networking
5:30 PM – 5:55 PM: Guest Speaker: Matt Bethel
6 PM – 6:25 PM: Guest Speaker: Jack Elston
6:25 PM – 6:45 PM: UAS Industry News
Upcoming UAS Events (Local / National)
Job Announcements
UAS Colorado: Membership / Sponsorship Info
6:45 PM - 7 PM: Networking
7 PM: ADJOURN

6. Guest Speaker:
Matt Bethel, Director of Technology
Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Data Quality
and Accuracy Realities
www.merrick.com

7. Guest Speaker:
Jack Elston, Chief Executive Officer
Innovative UAS Applications from BlackSwift
www.blackswifttech.com

8. UAS Industry News
 Legislative handouts (PDF) available - thanks to Tom Dougherty
of Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie for their support!!
 FAA (Regulatory) News
 FAA raises altitude limit (400’) for commercial drones (March
2016)
 FAA: Shooting Down A Drone Is A Federal Crime! (April 2016)
 FAA Grants Its First Approval for Flights of Commercial
Drones at Night (April 2016)
 FAA committee recommending standards to allow for
commercial drone flights over people and for night-time
flight operations (April 2016)

9. Upcoming National UAS Events
 AUVSI XPONENTIAL
 Monday, May 2 – Thursday, May 5, 2016
 The Ernest N. Morial Convention Center
 New Orleans, Louisiana
 Website: http://www.xponential.org/auvsi2016

10. UAS Colorado Exhibit Sponsors
THANKS to Jay Lindell & Vicky Lea for your
financial support!

11. Colorado UAS Firms @ AUVSI XPONENTIAL
 Agribotix – Booth #263
 Ball Aerospace – Booth #1829
 Falcon Unmanned – Booth #1248
 Leptron Unmanned Aircraft Systems – Booth #927
 Reference Technologies, Inc. – Booth #1662
 Rocketship Systems, Inc. – Booth #1676
 UAS Colorado – Booth #1579
 UASUSA – Booth #1249

12. Upcoming National UAS Events
 Commercial UAV Expo -http://www.expouav.com
 Monday, Oct. 31 – Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2016
MGM Grand - Las Vegas, NV
 Drone World Expo - http://droneworldexpo.com/
 Tuesday, Nov. 15 – Wednesday, Nov., 16, 2016
 San Jose Convention Center

13. UAS Industry – Available Jobs
 UASUSA – Four (4) positions available!
Lead Production Manager
UAV Pilot / Technician
GIS Data Sales Analyst
UAS Engineer
 Anyone else hiring?!?

14. Meetup Sponsorships
 Rocky Mountain UAS Professionals seeking sponsors
for the Meetup events, which we are planning to
hold on a bi-monthly basis.
 Event Sponsor– Meeting space for 50 – 100 people
 Food & Drinks Sponsor - $250 (per Meetup)

15. UAS Colorado Membership - General

16. UAS Colorado Membership - Corporate

17. How Can I Get Involved in RMUASP?
 Become a member – join UAS Colorado!
 Provide a presentation at a future Meetup event…we’re always
looking for people to share technical & business insights with
the local drone community.
 Share newsworthy content! Seeking news items, media
coverage or upcoming UAS event information….content will be
shared with Colorado’s UAS community.
 Looking to hire? Advertise your open positions within our
Meetup group and on our social media channels.
 Volunteer to be an event or food/drink sponsor

18. Communications – Share your Success!
 UAS Colorado is utilizing the website & social media
communications channels to interact with the local UAS
community.
Please share your content with us!
Website: http://www.uascolorado.com

19. Updated Website!! http://www.uascolorado.com

20. UAS Colorado Contacts
 Constantin Diehl, CEO: cdiehl@uascolorado.com
 Bill Emison, Dir. of Communications:
bemison@uascolorado.com or 303.884.6004
 Twitter: @UASColorado https://twitter.com/UASColorado
 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ColoradoUasTeam/
 LinkedIn Company Page -
https://www.linkedin.com/company/uas-colorado