2025 Speakers

Our 2025 speakers and panelists

  • Abigail Smith

    Andersmith Solutions LLC

  • Adam Cohen

    University of California, Berkeley

  • Alan Jon Van Nevel

    Naval Postgraduate School

  • Andrew Carter

    ResilienX

  • Anwar Elgonemy

    San Francisco International Airport

  • Becca Fenwick

    CITRIS, UC Santa Cruz

  • Bruce Stenslie

    Ventura Economic Development Collaborative

  • Chris Lopez

    Monterey County Board of Supervisors

  • Clifford Cruz

    Skyway

  • Cody Cleverly

    Joby Aviation

  • David Dunning

    General Aviation Manufacturers Association

  • David Oord

    Wisk

  • Dean Donovan

    Diamond Stream Partners

  • Don Berchoff

    TruWeather Solutions

  • Dr. Carl Dietrich

    Jump Aero

  • Dr. David Merrill

    Elroy Air

  • Dr. Kristin Schauble

    ANELLO Photonics

  • Dr. Peter Webley

    Alaska Center for Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration (ACUASI), Geophysical Institute, UAF

  • Edgar G. Waggoner

    Crown Consulting

  • Elizabeth Posey

    The Irvine Foundation

  • Eric Allison

    Joby Aviation

  • Erin Sheelen

    Kimley-Horn

  • Ernest Huffman

    North Texas Council of Governments

  • George Kivork

    Joby Aviation

  • Henry Brinck

    Clear Sky Airlines

  • Ingar Grev

    Motion and Flow Control Products, Inc.

  • James Dorris

    Odys Aviation

  • James Grimsley

    Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma

  • James Parrish

    University of Alaska Fairbanks

  • Jaqueline Cruz

    Hartnell College

  • Josh Metz

    DART

  • Kenji Sugahara

    Oregon Department of Aviation

  • Lt. Gen. Andrew A. Croft

    United States Air Force (Retired)

  • Marek Gootman

    Brookings

  • Maria Elena Manzo

    Mujeres en Acción

  • Martha Danly

    Pivotal

  • Matt Beatty

    Advanced Aviation Alignment (A3)

  • Matt Nelson

    Salinas Municipal Airport

  • Matthew Friedman

    CalTrans Division of Aeronautics

  • Melissa James

    Reach Central Coast

  • Richard A. Gephardt

    Gephardt Government Affairs

  • Rob Heilman

    GBL Systems Corporation (Retired USDOT, DoD)

  • Rob O’Keefe

    See Monterey

  • Robert Rose

    Reliable Robotics

  • Rodrigo Nieto

    National Security Affairs Department | Center for Homeland Defense and Security at the Naval Postgraduate School

  • Sarasina Tuchen

    Investor, Advisor, Board Director, Philanthropist

  • Stephen Zoepf

    Stealth Startup

  • Steve Ellis

    Learning & Development Advisor, Air Education and Training Command (Retired USAF)

  • Tahra Goraya

    Monterey Bay Economic Partnership (MBEP)

  • Tarek Tabshouri

    CalTrans Division of Aeronautics

  • Ted Angel

    National Advanced Air Mobility Center of Excellence

  • Thomas Swoyer

    Grandsky Development Corp.

  • Tony C. Williams

    NavalX Central Coast Tech Bridge

  • Walter Stockwell

    Anello Photonics

Interested in Speaking?

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