Welcome to the 2026 InnovateEnergy Week Presentations
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Monday, June 22, 2026
Advancing Transportation Operations with UAS
- Travis Baxter, TxDOT
Measuring ROI of Drone & Robotics Programs
- Jason Day, DRONERESPONDERS
DRONERESPONDERS Welcome & Intro
- Jason Day, DRONERESPONDERS
Integrating UAS into Search and Rescue Operations
Charlie Grove, TEXSAR
Advancing Fire Service Operations with UAS
- Jason Burnside, Austin Fire Department
- Scott Mlakar, DRONERESPONDERS
Organizational & Workforce Readiness / Building Trust
Dr. Matthew Alberts, Southern Company
Agentic Operations/ Intelligence for Industrial Enterprises
- Dan Isaacs, DTC- Digital Twin Consortium
- Pieter van Schalkwyk, XMPro
Deep Dive Part 2: Energy Drone/Robotics Program Updates
- Mike Kelly, Evergy
Deep Dive Part 3: Energy Drone/Robotics Program Updates
- Anthony Wagner, Southwest Research Institute
Next Level Scale: Long range, Offshore Drone Cargo, and the Path to Multi-Aircraft Operations
- Bill Wimberley, Skyways
Industrial Intelligence: Making Asset Data Actionable
- Kevin O'Donovan, A Bit of This and That
Innovation Zone - Enable Your Field Teams to Capture Your 3D Digital Twin
- Brian Ahern, DotProduct LLC
- Tianyue Yu, Q3D Sensing, Inc.
Innovation Zone- Discover the Future of UV-Based Predictive Maintenance - Accurate Condition Assessment of High-Voltage Assets
- Michael Kelly, OFIL
Innovation Zone- Next Gen UAV Applications: Future-Proof High-Discharge UAV Battery Design with Thermal Risk Mitigation Beyond the Cell
- Dr. Will Walker, KULR Technology
Innovation Zone- Welcome to The Woodlands Area: Building a Business Community Where Innovation Thrives
- Aaron Cox, The Woodlands Area Chamber of Commerce
tuesday, June 23, 2026
Managing Complex Operations at Scale and Across Multiple Jurisdictions
- David Cole, FlyFreely
CUI2 - Concise UAV Implementation for Corrosion Under Insulation
- Courtland Penk, Osprey Integrity
- Sid Gupta, Suncor Energy
Navigating the UAS Regulatory Framework to Ensure Continued Operations
- Kelly Brodbeck, Teledyne FLIR
Achieving Scale with Remote Ops & Drone Docks
- Dustin Waller, Oxy
- Dylan Allen, Oxy
Tank Inspections With Robots & Drones: Owner's Perspective
- Earl J. Crochet, Crochet Midstream Consulting
Scaling UT: How to Unlock Key Value with Subsea ROVs
- Quinn Holub, HUVRdata
The Age of Geoscience Autonomy
- Ron Bell, Drone Geoscience
The Evolution of Industrial Inspection & CUI Detection
- Zach Wright, ARIX Technologies
Scalable AI & Data in Robotics/Drones: Case Study Roundup
- Dr. Matthew Alberts, Southern Company
- Quinn Holub, HUVRdata
- Haydn Bradfield, DroneDeploy, Inc.
- Dhiraj Dhule, FlytBase
- Dani Feller, Scopito
- Teddy Huerta, Gecko Robotics
The Future of Autonomous Airborne Geophysics
- Jordan Lominac, Overhead Intelligence
Bathymetry Survey with Drone Based Sonar
- Seth Simonson, Moore Engineering
Industrial Cargo Drones: What’s Working Now in Energy Ops
- Andrew Aubrey, CelaTech
Drone, GPS, and Geophysical Approaches to Rapidly Assess Sinkhole Status and Development Potential
- Jeffrey G. Paine, PhD., Texas Bureau of Economic Geology
Recent Methane Detection Projects for Energy- Lessons Learned
- Jeff Leake, Sierra-Olympia Technologies Inc.
From Hesitation to Integration: Building a Culture of Innovation in Energy Inspections
- Marty Robinson, Dow
- John McClain, PEMEX Deer Park
- Courtland Penk, Osprey Integrity
- Zacc Dukowitz, MFE Inspections Solutions
- Matthew Thrasher, Occidental Petroleum
- Casey Collinsworth, Ineos
Above and Below Ground: Digital Twin Integration of UAV LiDAR/Photogrammetry and GPR Array Data
- Zachary Pace, Impulse GPR
AI Applied to Robotic Magnetic Data to Assess Damage to Submarine Pipelines
- Souvik Mukherjee, EmPact AI
Environmental Risk Assessment Using Drone Magnetometer for Sinkholes in East Texas
- Bereket Derie, RoundRock Geophysics
Orphan O&G Wells and Legacy Pipelines
- Ron Bell, Drone Geoscience
Hyperspectral Imaging for O&G Remediation & Monitoring
- Ryan Jones, Echo Labs
Robotics & Geology – What’s Next?
- William Barkhouse, Global Geoscience Institute
Wednesday, June 24, 2026
Key Market Drivers: Challenges & Opportunities to Scale for UAV/Robotics Operations
- J Timothy Shea, JTS Market Intelligence
Successfully Unlocking BVLOS for Drone Ops: What’s Now & What’s Next
- Dawn Zoldi, Autonomy Global / P3 Technologies
- Thomas Jimenez, uAvionix
- Rob Knochenhauer, Censys Technologies
- Todd Basile, Greenberg Traurig
GIS Product Workflows with Aerial Drone Data
- Chris Sheil, Esri
How Docked Drones are Transforming Oil and Gas Operations
- Haydn Bradfield, DroneDeploy, Inc.
From Paper to Performance: Operationalizing Digital Reality for the Connected Worker
- Quinn Holub, HUVRdata
- Scott Benesh, VEERUM
Autonomous Ops Case Studies I: Expanding UAV ROI for Energy
- Christina Park, Skydio
Autonomous Ops Case Studies II: Expanding UAV ROI for Energy
- Dhiraj Dhule, FlytBase
Lifting the Future I: Heavy-Lift, Long Endurance & Cargo Drones Reshaping Energy Operations
- Andrew Aubrey, CelaTech
- Gokmen Cetin, XER Technologies
- Michael Hill, USI - Unmanned Safety Institute
- Kyle Miller, Censys Technology
- Mark Zimmerman, Phenix Solutions
Lifting the Future II: Heavy-Lift, Long Endurance & Cargo Drones Reshaping Energy Operations
- Andrew Aubrey, CelaTech
- Gokmen Cetin, XER Technologies
- Michael Hill, USI - Unmanned Safety Institute
- Kyle Miller, Censys Technology
- Mark Zimmerman, Phenix Solutions
