03-24-15 Final Agenda- Drone Use in Environmental and Energy Industry

EBC Innovative Technology Program:

Unmanned Aircraft Use in the Environmental and Energy Industry

Tuesday, March 24, 2015

McLane Law Firm

Woburn, Massachusetts

AGENDA

8:00 a.m. Welcome: Daniel K. Moon, President & Executive Director, EBC

8:10 a.m. Introduction and Overview: James R. Gaynor, PG, GISP, GIS Manager, Terracon

8:15 a.m. UAS Applications in Energy and Environmental Sectors

James Gaynor, GIS Manager, Terracon

8:45 a.m. Unmanned Aircraft Systems Terms, Definitions, and Aircraft Categories

Jason Wise, GIS Technical Lead, Terracon

9:00 a.m. Regulatory Status and Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

Jason Wise, GIS Technical Lead, Terracon

Chris Poreda, New England Regional Counsel

Federal Aviation Administration

9:30 a.m. Safety and Training

Know Before You Fly

Frank Serna, President, AUVSI New England

Massachusetts UAS Test Center at Joint Base Cape Cod

Frank Serna, Northeast UAS Airspace Integration Research Alliance

10:00 a.m. Networking Break

10:15 a.m. Innovative Commercial Unmanned Aerial Systems

Kristen Helsel, Vice President for Commercial Systems, CyPhyWorks

10:45 a.m. Legal Framework and Considerations

Cameron Shilling, Director & Chair, Privacy and Data Security Group

McLane Law Firm

11:00 a.m. Questions and Panel Discussion

12:00 p.m. Adjourn

PROGRAM CHAIR

James R. Gaynor, PG, GISP, GIS Manager

Terracon

77 Sundial Avenue, Suite 401W, Manchester, NH 03103

(603) 206-1190 // Cell: (603) 828-6689 // [email protected]

Jamie is the GIS manager for a 3,500-person consulting engineering firm. He is responsible for

implementing technical data solutions for projects and clients across the country. He has a masters

degree in geology from University of New Hampshire, and specializes in the development of data

visualization products and models for environmental contaminant sites, geologic resources, and

geologic hazards.

SPEAKERS

Kristen Helsel, Vice President for Commercial Systems

CyPhy Works

16C Electronics Avenue, Danvers, MA 01923

(980) 329-0972 // [email protected]

Kristen comes to CyPhy Works with an unparalleled background in commercial unmanned air systems

(UAS) and drones. She is an established successful executive who works at the forefront of leading edge

industries. Kristen has a demonstrated track record of new business innovation, industry sales and

marketing, and executive management. At her prior position at Aerovinronment, she spearheaded their

Electric Vehicle (EV) charging business. Kristen will be based at CyPhy Works world headquarters in

Danvers, Massachusetts. She holds a BS in Engineering from the University of Illinois, and an MBA from

the University of Michigan.

Christopher Poreda, New England Regional Counsel

Federal Aviation Administration

12 New England Executive Park, Burlington, MA 01803


Chris Poreda serves as the Regional Counsel for the FAAs New England Region, a position he has held

since August of 2002. Prior to assuming that managerial role he served as a senior staff attorney in

that office and principal legal advisor to the FAAs Engine & Propeller Directorate, an engineering office

responsible for regulatory oversight of engine and propeller designs installed on aircraft world-wide.

Mr. Poreda graduated from Northeastern University School of Law and was admitted to the Bar in the

Commonwealth of Massachusetts in 1985. Following law school he clerked for the Massachusetts

Appeals Court and then worked at the Boston office of Bingham, Dana & Gould, before joining the FAA.

Before attending law school he served in the U.S. Air Force as a pilot in F-4 Phantom II fighter aircraft

and as a primary flight instructor in the Air Force pilot training program. As Regional Counsel, Mr.

Poreda manages the FAAs field legal office in New England and oversees legal issues from regulatory

enforcement to rulemaking to airport sponsor obligations under the FAAs Airport Improvement

Program. Mr. Poreda is also a regular speaker and commentator at aviation law conferences and pilot

safety seminars.

Frank Serna

President, New England Chapter, Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI)

Board Member, Northeast UAS Airspace Integration Research Alliance (NUAIR)

Principal Director, Strategic Initiatives, Draper Laboratory

555 Technology Square, Cambridge, MA 02139


Currently, Mr Serna leads initiatives at Draper Laboratory to identify new and emerging challenges for

Draper capabilities. Previously he was Director of Systems Engineering at Draper. He serves on the

National Academies Panel on Ballistics Science and Engineering. He is Chair of the Systems Engineering

division of the National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA), President of the New England Chapter of

Association of Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI). He is a board member of NUAIR, the

entity that manages the New York/Massachusetts Unmanned Air Systems test sites. Finally, Mr. Serna

has been a guest lecturer at the MIT Engineering Systems Division, summer course on systems

engineering. Mr. Serna holds degrees from Yale University and Northeastern University.

Cameron Shilling, Director & Chair of the Privacy and Data Security Group

McLane Law Firm

City Hall Plaza, 900 Elm Street, Manchester, NH 03101


Cameron is a Director in McLanes Litigation Department, and Chair of the Privacy and Data Security

Group. In his 18 years as a lawyer, Cameron has managed, litigated and resolved numerous

commercial matters involving business, technology, and employment issues in New Hampshire,

Massachusetts, New England, and around the country.

Combining his business, technology and employment interests, Cameron has developed a depth and

breadth of experience in privacy and data security. His rsum includes managing data security audits,

preparing and implementing written security policies, addressing day-to-day security issues, and

investigating and remediating security breaches. Cameron has dealt with these issues under a wide

range of state and federal laws, including the Gramm-Leach-Blilely Act (GLB), Health Insurance

Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical

Health Act (HITECH), Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regulations, Fair Credit Reporting Act

(FCRA), Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act (FACTA), and a number of state data security laws.

Data privacy is another focus of Camerons practice, including creating and implementing privacy

policies, terms of use agreements, information use and social media policies, advising clients about

workplace privacy, social media, and consumer privacy, and handling data privacy claims asserted

against companies. He has dealt with these issues under numerous applicable laws, including the

Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA), Stored Communications Act (SCA), Computer Fraud and

Abuse Act (CFAA), Federal Trade Commission Act (FTC Act), the Massachusetts privacy act, state wiretap

laws, and a variety of other state and federal laws.

Cameron received a J.D. from Cornell Law School in 1995, and a B.A. from Lewis & Clark College in

Portland, Oregon in 1992, with honors in Business. While in law school, he interned for United States

District Court Judge Royce Lamberth in Washington, D.C.

Jason Wise, GIS Technical Lead

Terracon

77 Sundial Avenue, Suite 401W, Manchester, NH 03103


Jason is a software developer and geographic information systems nerd. He earned a masters degree

in hydrology from New Mexico Tech, and he is a private pilot and certified ground instructor. In his free

time, he teaches ground school, studies for an instrument rating, and plays with microcontrollers with

his kids.

Environmental Business Council of New England, Inc.

375 Harvard Street, Suite 2 // Brookline, MA 02446

617-505-1818 // [email protected] // @ebcne // www.ebcne.org

03-24-15 Final Agenda- Drone Use in Environmental and Energy Industry

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