Plenary Presentations
Please see below to access the recorded plenary presentations from the workshop. Click on the image under each title to watch the presentation on YouTube. Sub links under each plenary presentation are web resources relevant to that presentation.
Day 1: December 1, 2020
- Opening Remarks – Steve Lommel, Assoc. Dean, NC State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
- Welcome and Plenary Introductions – Danesha Seth Carley, Director, NC State Center of Excellence for Regulatory Science in Agriculture
- Current Status of UAS Technology and Future Directions in Pesticide and Adulticide Applications – Daniel Martin, Research Engineer, USDA-ARS, Aerial Application Technology Research Unit
- The Challenges of UAS Patterns and Pattern Testing – Greg Kruger, Assoc Prof. and Trenton Houston, graduate student, University of Nebraska-Lincoln [PDF slide deck]
- Trends in Industrial Vegetation Management with UAS – Cory Southam, Operations Manager, Strongfield Environmental Solutions [PDF slide deck]
- RPAAS (Spraying UASs) Tech, Uses & Trends – Bryan Sanders, President, HSE
- Perspectives of State Regulatory Partners – Robby Personette, Wisconsin Department of Agriculture [PDF slide deck]
Day 2: December 2, 2020
- Overview of current regulatory direction of EPA UAS spray applications – Amy Blankinship, Branch Chief, US EPA, OPP, EFED [PDF slide deck]
- Canada’s regulatory approach to aerial application via conventional aircraft and remote pilot aircraft systems (RPAS) – Ross Breckels, Scientific Evaluator, PMRA [PDF slide deck]
- Overview of challenges associated with mechanistic modeling of UAS – Harold Thistle, TEALS, LLC [PDF slide deck]
- Overview of current regulatory models, AgDrift, AGDISP, and how they are used for spray drift assessment – Faruque Khan, Senior Scientist, US EPA, OPP, EFED [PDF slide deck]
- Advances in manned aerial application technologies and BMPs from an applicator perspective – Andrew Moore, NAAA and Scott Bretthauer, NAAA [PDF slide deck]
Day 3: December 3, 2020
- The Future of CERSA, What’s Next? – Danesha Seth Carley, Director, NC State Center of Excellence for Regulatory Science in Agriculture [PDF slide deck]
- USDA Spray Drift Field Study (sponsored by Bayer), Preliminary Results and Video – Daniel Martin, USDA-ARS