Professor Najmedin Meshkati, Viterbi School of Engineering & Captain Ivan Pupulidy, Human Factors Specialist, US Forest Service, USA
1430 – 1500 UAVs for Firespotting
Ed Walby, Dir Bus Dev – HALE Global Hawk, Northrop Grumman, USA*
1500 – 1530 Fire-spotting & Remote Sensing using UAVs
Everett Hinkley, LSP Program Leader, USDA Forest Service Remote Sensing Applications Center*
1530 -1600 Refreshments
1600 – 1630 Military MAFFS Training -
Kathy Allred, US Forest Service, USA*
1630 – 1700 The Impact of Aerial Firefighting Accidents -
Chuck Bushey, IAWF International Association of Wildland Fire
1700 – 1730 PANEL SESSION - Media Impact on Aerial Firefighting Operations & Budgets - Hosted by Richard Alder, National Aerial Firefighting Centre, Australia. Invited guests – Mike Venables, John Winder – Battalion Chief, Calfire & Tony Morris, Wildfire Research Network (WRN)*
1730 – 1830 Cocktail Reception – Sponsored
Aerial Fire Fighting Conference & Exhibition Crowne Plaza Hotel Anaheim, California, USA 19 & 20th February 2009
