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Skydio Ascend 2025 Keynote

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Josh Isner
Dori Koren
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Tyler Grosser
Bret Gardner
Jason LaFond
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Tyler Grosser, Bret Gardner, Jason LaFond & 1 content:more content:speaker · Mar 26th, 2026
Traditional pre-incident planning (PDFs, CAD drawings, or static maps) does not prepare a unified command for the complexity of dense stadium environments, layered transit corridors, temporary structures, and evolving security perimeters. As agencies prepare for FIFA, planning cannot rely on static diagrams or assumptions. It requires accurate, real-world data of the environments you will be responsible for securing. This session brings together public safety leaders and 3D mapping experts to discuss how agencies are using autonomous, drone-captured imagery to generate high-fidelity 3D scans, photogrammetry-based point clouds, and measurable digital twins of stadiums and surrounding infrastructure. Skydio’s Jason LaFond and Noreen Charlton will be joined by Captain Tyler Grosser (Kansas City Fire Department) and Bret Gardner from GNext to share practical approaches to strengthening operational readiness for large-scale events. What you’ll learn: - How to capture stadium and surrounding infrastructure as measurable 3D planning environments - The difference between a visual 3D model and an operationally usable digital twin - How to use models for tabletop exercises and command-level scenario planning - Where 3D modeling reduces decision friction in unified command and interagency coordination - How to pressure-test infrastructure, staffing, and airspace plans before public scrutiny This session is built for agencies actively managing FIFA operations and seeking clear, implementation-focused guidance.
# 3-D scan
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# FAA
# Fire
# FIFA
# First Responders
# Part 91
# Pre-event planning
# Public Safety
# Skydio 3D Scan
# World Cup
# Kansas City Fire Department
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Jon-Erik Tucker
Tommy Conley
Jon-Erik Tucker & Tommy Conley · Mar 20th, 2026
The first public demonstration of multi-site autonomous drone security. Now available on demand. Site security leaders are under pressure. Guards can't be everywhere. Cameras miss too much. And 94% of alarms are false. The issue isn't identifying the gaps. It's closing them at scale, without adding headcount. This recording shows what one operator remotely managing four drones across two states actually looks like. One operator. Four autonomous drones patrolling simultaneously in California and Colorado, from a single Skydio cloud window. Autonomous response in less than 20 seconds. Workflow: IDS alert triggers at any site → docked drone launches in under 20 seconds → flies to alert location → 4K live video streams to remote operator → operator verifies and responds → alert cleared. Patrols at every other site continue uninterrupted. What you'll see 1. Multi-site command from a single window. One operator, four drones, two states. See what centralized remote security operations actually look like. 2. Alarm response in under 20 seconds. A drone is airborne before a guard reaches the door. 3. Persistent patrol without added headcount. Scheduled routes run continuously, day and night, without shift variance or coverage gaps. 4. False alarm verification at scale. Remote visual confirmation keeps your team focused on real threats across every site, simultaneously. 5.Cost per site. Cost per patrol. Cost per operator. Understand what one operator covering multiple sites means for labor, response consistency, and cost per covered acre.
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# Critical infrastructure
Watch Corey Hitchcock open a web browser from Skydio's DTECH booth in San Diego, CA and fly a live inspection mission over real utility assets in Tampa, FL, 2,090 miles away. No travel. No truck. No one on site. From Skydio Remote Ops, Corey navigates to a substation, patrols an active distribution circuit, zooms to individual conductors on energized equipment, and switches between visual and thermal, all in real time. The drone returns to dock autonomously when the battery margin triggers the return sequence. Real assets. Real time. From anywhere.
# Utilities
# Skydio Dock
# Remote Operations
# Live Event
# Drone as Infrastructure
# Demo
# Critical infrastructure
Craig Stenberg
Anirudh  Paduru
Mike MacMillan
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Craig Stenberg, Anirudh Paduru, Mike MacMillan & 1 content:more content:speaker · Mar 3rd, 2026
Aging infrastructure. Tightening reliability targets. Mountains of inspection data scattered across departments, systems, and regions. The data exists. The problem is getting it to the people who need it, when they need it. In this panel, leaders from Southern California Edison, Exelon/BGE, and Nova Scotia Power joined Skydio to discuss what it actually takes to connect data across functions, turn it into operational decisions, and what gets in the way. The conversation covers: - Why siloed inspection, vegetation, and reliability data leads to reactive maintenance and missed risk - How drone programs fail to scale when strategy and governance lag behind technology - What cross-functional alignment looks like in practice — and who needs to be in the room - How standardized capture and audit-ready records build the trust needed to act on new data sources Featuring perspectives from asset management, grid strategy, and UAS operations, this session is built for utility leaders who are past the pilot phase and ready to operationalize. Panelists: Craig Stenberg — Sr. Project Manager, Remote Sensing & Unmanned Aerial Systems, Southern California Edison Anirudh "AP" Paduru — Director, Customer Strategy, Planning & Governance, BGE/Exelon Mike MacMillan — Manager, Asset Performance, Nova Scotia Power Moderator: Christina Park — Senior Director, Energy Strategy, Skydio
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# Utilities
Mira Marquez
Jason LaFond
Jakee Stoltz
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Mira Marquez, Jason LaFond, Jakee Stoltz & 1 content:more content:speaker · Feb 18th, 2026
This webinar outlines how public safety agencies can prepare drone operations for FIFA World Cup security. Skydio and Las Vegas Metro PD share practical lessons from large-scale events: stress-test and build redundancy into connectivity, formalize pre-event plans (ConOps, staffing, communications, safety, and regulatory coordination), and use drone-based 2D/3D site mapping to plan perimeters, resources, and response strategies before venues become “temporary cities.” The session also covers staffing models for sustained operations, simulator-based pilot training with Skydio Paraverse, proactive community education to reduce rogue drone incursions, and how to secure the right FAA approvals and TFR access in advance to ensure uninterrupted operations during match days.
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# FAA
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# Las Vegas Metro Police Department
# Part 107
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# World Cup
Episode 7 looks back on the rapid growth of public safety BVLOS in 2025, then resets the conversation around how agencies can successfully request and operate under a Part 91 BVLOS waiver today. Jakee Stoltz from the Skydio Regulatory Team explains what has changed in the FAA’s process since early 2025, how 200’ and 400’ waivers differ in real-world use, and what agencies need to submit to move through approvals smoothly. The session also covers how BVLOS works in controlled airspace, what it takes to operate near airports and zero grids, and how teams should think about training, airspace awareness, and operational responsibility under Part 91. The discussion wraps with practical guidance on airspace authorizations, common questions from agencies at different stages, and how to move forward now while keeping an eye on future rulemaking.
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# Drone as First Responder
# FAA Policy
# Multi-Drone
# Part 107
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# Public Safety
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# Zero Grid Airspace
Jake Reed
Christina Park
Corey Hitchcock
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Jake Reed, Christina Park, Corey Hitchcock & 1 content:more content:speaker · Jan 21st, 2026
One missed defect on a critical structure can mean millions in outage costs and penalties. See inside American Electric Power’s inspection program and how they use autonomous drones and computer vision to find problems earlier, cut truck rolls, and keep crews off hazards. Hear from AEP Ohio's drone program manager, Jake Reed, as he walks through how AEP designed and scaled their program, from first pilots to daily operations. Jake explains how Levatas's computer vision automatically recognizes and flags defects so alerts reach the right teams without hours of manual video review. You'll also see how Skydio autonomous drones and Skydio Cloud stream live inspection feeds to operations centers and sync data into Levatas and other systems of record, enabling inspections at scale. What to expect: - Learn how AEP’s workflow goes from flight to automated defect detection to routed alerts with less human intervention - See where AEP is replacing manual climbs, truck rolls, and helicopter hours with standardized digital inspections - Examples of real inspection data, the defects Levatas flags, and how those insights feed maintenance and storm preparation - A live remote flight of the Skydio and Levatas inspection solution, followed by an open discussion of what has worked and what AEP would - change starting from zero
# Inspection
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Site security leaders are under pressure. Guards can’t be everywhere. Cameras miss too much. And 94% of alarms are false. Remotely piloted drones from Skydio deliver instant eyes on the scene—cutting false alarms, closing blind spots, and helping your team respond faster and safer across large, complex sites. In this demo, see an autonomous alarm response in action: IDS alert → drone launches from dock → flies to the alert location → live video streams to your GSOC → remote response → alert cleared. Leading organizations are implementing persistent drone coverage around critical assets today for better deterrence, faster verification, fewer guard rolls, and audit-ready video. See how persistent drone coverage helps organizations: ➜ Cut false alarms: confirm alerts remotely, keep staff focused only on real threats. ➜ Respond faster: reach any alert in seconds with live video streamed to your teams. ➜ Expand coverage: patrol multiple large sites at once, day or night, without adding staff. ➜ Protect people and property: act decisively with real-time situational awareness. ➜ Reduce costs: replace slow, repetitive foot patrols with fast, automated operations that scale. This session is for security and operations leaders ready to modernize protection across complex sites.
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Commander Tom Maguire explains how San Francisco’s Real Time Investigation Center uses a “team of teams” approach, combining skilled officers with tools like automated license plate readers, Skydio drone-as-first-responder systems, cameras, and analytics to support short-staffed patrol units, respond faster, and act with more precision. By centralizing drone operations and ALPR in the RTIC, they can quickly identify suspect vehicles and people, coordinate plainclothes and patrol responses, and avoid unnecessary pursuits or stops, which improves safety, reduces use-of-force risk, and builds stronger cases for prosecutors. He highlights dramatic crime reductions, including about a 44% drop in auto theft and a roughly 74% drop in auto burglary over two years, attributing those results to both technology and the people using it well. Real examples include catching organized retail thieves, stopping auto burglary crews in tourist areas, and intercepting armed suspects in stolen cars by quietly disabling vehicles and guiding low-key arrests. Maguire stresses that agencies of any size can start small with a computer, radio, a few motivated people, and basic tech, then scale up, and he notes growing national and international interest in this model as departments look to modernize public safety while minimizing collateral harm.
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Jakee Stoltz
Sujoy Banerjee
Jakee Stoltz & Sujoy Banerjee · Nov 13th, 2025
Skydio’s regulatory lead Jakee Stoltz and product director Sujoy Banerjee, explain how public safety agencies can secure FAA authorization to fly drones Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) in restricted “zero grid” airspace and manage multiple drones at once. Using Las Vegas Metro PD as a case study, they outlined the step-by-step process for obtaining airspace approvals through the CAPS portal and highlighted new Skydio tools—like custom map layers, terrain-following Pathfinder, and an updated Remote Flight Deck interface—that simplify compliance. The session also introduced Skydio’s multi-drone capability, allowing a single pilot to operate up to four X10s simultaneously, improving coverage, staffing efficiency, and real-time response for Drone as First Responder programs.
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# FAA
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