June 10, 2019
2019 Drone Law Conference
2019 Drone Law Conference
Parsing the Preemption Puzzle: Where is the Line?
Moderator:
Mary-Caitlin Ray, Counsel, Crowell & Moring LLP, Washington, DC
Panelists:
Brent Connor, Senior Counsel, Thomson Hine LLP, Washington, DC
Ben Husch, Natural Resources and Infrastructure Committee Director, National Conference of State Legislatures, Washington, DC
- The Uniform Tort Law Relating to Drones Act, which will be presented at the ULC meeting in Anchorage in July
- A July 20, 2018 press release from the FAA addressing state and local authority
- The State and Local Regulation of Unmanned Aircraft Systems Fact Sheet- published by the FAA in 2015
- Huerta v. Haughwout, No. 3:16-cv-358, Dkt. No. 30 (D. Conn. Jul. 18, 2016)
Legislative and Regulatory Update
Moderator:
Sohum Karia, Counsel, Airlines Reporting Corporation, Arlington, VA
Panelists:
Rob A. Hawks, Manager – Operations Law Branch, Office of the Chief Counsel of the Federal Aviation Administration, Washington, DC
Connecting counter-UAS solutions within the interagency and industry partners, making use of new legal authority
Panelists:
Simone V. Davis, USAF Judge Advocate, Chief – Air and Space Law, International and Operations Law Directorate, Headquarters, USAF, Pentagon
Stephanie Giese, CACI International Inc., Vice President, Deputy General Counsel, Arlington, VA
Angela Stubblefield, FAA, Deputy Associate Administrator for Security and Hazardous Materials Safety, Washington, DC
- 10 USC 130i: Protection of certain facilities and assets from unmanned aircraft
- 50 USC 2661: Protection of certain nuclear facilities and assets from unmanned aircraft
- FAA Reauthorization CUAS
- Updated Information UAS Detection- Countermeasures
- Panel “Connecting Counter-UAS Solutions Within the Interagency and Industry Partner, Making Use of New Legal Authorities”
Preparing to Launch An In-House Drone Program
Moderator:
Caroline Gentry, Partner, Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP, Dayton, OH
Panelists:
Lisa Ellman, Partner, Hogan Lovells, Washington, DC
Cybersecurity Issues Facing the Drone Community
Moderator:
Samir Jain, Partner, Jones Day, Washington, DC
Panelists:
Pamela Cohn, Managing Partner, Ascension Global, Washington, DC
Torsten Staab, Principal Engineering Fellow, Raytheon, Herndon, VA
Understanding Traffic Management: UTM 101 for Lawyers
Moderator:
Dean Griffith, Of Counsel, Jones Day, Washington, DC
Jacob Ruytenbeek, Legal Counsel, Thales Air Traffic Management U.S., Arlington, VA
Conference Schedule
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Upcoming Events:
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