Following the rapid growth of the 12,000 + global community members, the Energy Drone & Robotics Coalition, powered by Innovate Energy, has significantly expanded its advisory board for the Energy Drone & Robotics Summit (June 12-13 in The Woodlands, Texas at the Woodlands Waterway Marriott).

The Energy Drone & Robotics Summit brings together energy & engineering industry leaders in a wide variety of solution-based areas, including, but not limited to, hardware, software, data acquisition, analysis & management, safety, operations, security/C-UAS and legal considerations. As a result, assembling a large and diverse advisory board ensures the Energy Drone & Robotics Coalition can better serve its global community when examining these areas at the Energy Drone & Robotics Summit and additional resource channels, including the Annual Energy UAV Benchmark Report.

Director, Sean Guerre, noted, “We are honored and excited that so many of the UAV & robotics leaders from throughout oil & gas, power/utilities and chemical/petrochemical operations have joined our 2019 Advisory Board to share insight & knowledge and direct the content efforts for the rapidly expanding global industrial demand for real-world best practices, use cases and technology for UAVs, robotics and data in critical infrastructure.”

The members of the 2019 Energy Drone & Robotics Summit Advisory Board include:

• Christine Asaro, UAV Project Advisor, San Diego Gas & Electric

• Assel Ayapova, Global Drone Program Manager, AES Corporation

• Dean Barefield, UAS Program Director, Southern Electric Company

• Larry Barnard, Downstream & Chemicals, Manufacturing ~ Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) Governance, Chevron

• Eric Bitzko, Technical Services Supervisor, Pedernales Electric Cooperative

• Todd Chase, Aviation Safety and Compliance Manager, Americas, Shell

• Tony Cinson, Senior Technical Leader – NDE Innovation, EPRI – Electric Power Research Institute

• Diana Cooper, Vice President of Legal & Policy Affairs, PrecisionHawk

• Mitch Droz, Co-Owner, VP of Operations and Customer Experience, Wolfe UAS, LLC

• Matt Dunlevy, President & CEO, SkySkopes

• Lisa Ellman, Partner, Hogan Lovells

• Jason Forte, Commercial Solutions, Insitu, Inc.

• Tom Fries, Aviation Services Manager, San Diego Gas & Electric

• Dyan Gibbens, Founder & CEO, Trumbull Unmanned

• Mark Hutcherson, Director, Operations Excellence – Knowledge/Innovation Lead, UAS Advisory Team, ConocoPhillips

• Christopher Korody, Founder, DroneBusiness.Center

• Tracy Lamb, VP of Regulatory and Safety Affairs & Chief Pilot, Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International

• Suzanne Lemieux, UAS Lead and Manager, API

• Eileen Lockhart, UAS Program Manager, Xcel Energy

• John McClain, Security Specialist – sUAS Chief Pilot, Shell Deer Park Refining

• Scott McGowen, CEO, Precision Aerial Compliance Solutions

• Travis Moran, Strategic Partner, Welund North America

• Joseph Morgan, Robotic Systems Engineer – USGC Regional TES Tech Center, Dow Chemical Company

• Joshua Olds, President & CEO, Unmanned Safety Institute / Argus Unmanned

• Sudhir Pai, Managing Director – Robotics, Schlumberger

• Landon Phillips, COO, DataWing Global

• James Pierce, Supervisor, UAS Operations, Ameren

• Steven Poirot, Operations & Safety Director, Aerial Data Management, WorleyParsons

• Pierce Prater, Service Consultant Supervisor, Power Delivery Solutions, CenterPoint Energy

• Marty Robinson, Global Robotics Systems, Dow Chemical Company

• Patrick Saracco, VP, Technology Solutions, Cyberhawk Innovations

• Mark Small, Global Aviation Safety Manager, Chevron

• David Tyler, Manager, IT, Puget Sound Energy

• Jacob Velky, Manager, Unmanned Aerial Systems, Duke Energy

• Barrett Walker, Manager, sUAS Program, Cheniere

• Bryan Williams, UAS Coordinator, Duke Energy

• George C. Williamson, SETA, Inspection, Testing and Commissioning Materials Team, BP America Inc., Upstream Engineering Centre

Further details about the Energy Drone & Robotics Summit & Expo are available at www.energydronecoalition.com.