Notes from AUVSI Conference 2015 - Visionary Panel

Hello All, I'm having a great time at AUVSI 2015 in Atlanta! This is literally Drone Heaven! The event is taking place at the Georgia World Congress Center, a massive event center in downtown Atlanta. The opening session talk and panel was greeted with cheers from the crowd to the backdrop of heart pounding music.

Moderator: Colin Guinn, CRO, 3D Robotics

Panelists:

Helen Greiner, CEO, CyPhy Works

David Vigilante, senior vice president, legal, CNN

Dave Vos, project lead - Project Wing, Google

Delivery of products was the overwhelming choice for the highest growth area of commercial drone usage in the future. Amazon Prime is leading the charge here in the US. I particularly liked the vision and attitude of Dave Vos from Google. He brought a very serious demeanor and an "anything is possible" attitude to this opening panel discussion. Go Google! There is a pervasive backdrop of most commercial drone conversation in the US though of the FAA and citizen privacy concerns. Colin made a great analogy to drones and the advent of the automobile in this country. Autos were originally limited to a speed of 4 mph and required a person walking along with a red flag for safety purposes. He also mentioned Samsung and their corporate policy banning the use of phones with cameras on company property when they were first introduced. Go look at the latest video quality of a samsung phone, some things just take a while to gain acceptance!