8:00 AM

Registration and Breakfast

9:00 AM

Welcome and Opening Remarks

• Ken Patsey, President and Executive Director, Manufacturing Works
• Todd Diacon, President, Kent State University
• Dr. Christina Bloebaum, Dean, College of Aeronautics and Engineering, Kent State University
• Dr. Marla Perez-Davis, Executive in Residence at College of Aeronautics and Engineering , Kent State University

9:40 AM

"Autonomous Vehicles: Industry will Lead the Way

• Jason Lorenzon J.D., Assistant Professor and Program Coordinator, College of Aeronautics and Engineering, Kent State University

10:10 AM

Ohio Advanced Air Mobility Framework

• Joe Zeis, Senior Advisor to the Governor of Ohio on Aerospace and Defense
• Tim Sweeney, Director Advanced Manufacturing, Aerospace and Aviation, Jobs Ohio
• Adam Holmes, Ohio State Representative District 97, Ohio House of Representatives
• Keri Zipay, Director of Business Development, Team NEO

10:45 AM

Northeast Ohio Regional Initiatives

• Kyle Snyder, Principal, Michael Best Consulting
• John Eberhardt, Chief Technology Officer, ATA LLC

11:15 AM

Break

11:30 AM

"Supply Chain: Making the Most Out of Autonomous Vehicles"

• Moderator: John Nottingham, Co-CEO, Nottingham Spirk
• Craig Padula, President, DEM Manufacturing
• Todd Loschelder, President, Schneller LLC, Transdigm Group Inc.
• Mitch Heaton, Director of Business Development and New Technology, Hartzell Propeller

12:30 PM

Lunch and "Operationalizing Advanced Air Mobility"

• Edgar Valdez, Senior Consultant, Deloitte

1:30 PM

Use Case Panel

• Moderator: Elaine Bryant, Executive Vice President for Aerospace and Defense, Dayton Development Coalition
• Geoff Gates, Senior Director SCSS P2P & Technology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation
• Timothy Holt, Captain, United States Coast Guard
• Tim McCartney, Director of Aeronautics, NASA Glenn Research Center
• Rebecca White, Corporate Development Strategist, Kenan Advantage Group

2:30 PM

Action Planning, facilitated by Chelsea Treboniak, Owner, Critical Ops

• "Leveraging AAM Technology Outside of AAM" with Joe Darden, Associate Director, Aviation Business Development, Iridium

3:45 PM

Closing Remarks and Next Steps