We are pleased to share the schedule for the GoFly Final Fly Off. As a reminder, $20 tickets for public activities are still available!
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27TH
GoFly Welcoming Event
6:00 – 8:30 PM
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28TH
GoFly Teams Take Flight
7:00 AM – 4:00 PM
VIP Day
8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
NASA Talks
These are talks in NASA Ames Building 3 through NASA
8:00 AM
Check-in & Light Breakfast
8:30 AM
Boeing
Greg Hyslop, Chief Engineer, Boeing
8:50 AM
Pratt & Whitney
Geoff Hunt, Senior Vice President, Engineering, Pratt & Whitney
Susanne Micheel-Sprenger, Vice President, Communications, Pratt & Whitney
9:10 AM
NASA
Bob Pearce, Associate Administrator, NASA
Eugene Tu, Center Director, NASA Ames Research Center
9:30 AM
Organization Panel: Meet the Executive Directors
Mike Hirschberg, Executive Director, VFS
Pete Bunce, President & CEO, GAMA
Dan Dumbacher, Executive Director, AIAA
Brian Wynne, President and CEO, AUVSI
Raman Venkatesh, Executive Vice President & COO, SAE International
Tom Haines, Editor in Chief, AOPA
10:15 AM
Morning break at Building 3
10:30 AM
NASA
Parimal Kopardekar, Director of NASA Aeronautics Research Institute
Heinz Erzberger, Senior Advisor, Aviation Systems Division, NASA AMES
10:50 AM
The Entrepreneurs
John Langford, Founder, Aurora Flight Sciences and President, AIAA
Gwen Lighter, CEO, GoFly
11:10 AM
The Entrepreneurs
Helen Grenier, Co-Founder, iRobot
11:30 AM
FAA
Earl Lawrence, Executive Director, Aircraft Certification Service, FAA
Rick Domingo, Executive Director for Flight Standards Service, FAA
11:50 AM FAA
Macquarie
Michael Huerta, Macquarie, Former FAA Administrator
12:10 PM
Finance – CVC
Jim Lockheed, Venture Associate, JetBlue Technology Ventures
Srini Ananth, Director, Intel Capital
Brian Schettler, Managing Director, Boeing HorizonX Ventures
Stefan Heuser, Investment Team Head, Hyundai CRADLE
12:45 PM
Lunch at GoFly VIP Tent
1:45 PM
NASA
Stephen Rizzi, Senior Researcher for Aeroacoustics, NASA Langley Research Center
2:05 PM
Kitty Hawk
Sebastian Thrun, CEO, Kitty Hawk
2:25 PM
Wisk
Gary Gysin, President & CEO, Wisk
2:45 PM
Finance – VC
Tess Hatch, Investor, Bessemer Venture Partners
Greer Carper, Investing Principal, Boeing HorizonX Ventures
Peter Shannon, Founder & Managing Director, Radius Capital
Sunil Nagaraj, Founder & Managing Partner, Ubiquity Ventures
Morgan Mahlock, Associate, In-Q-Tel
3:15 PM
NASA
Shivanjli Sharma, Aerospace Research Engineer, NASA Ames Research Center
3:30 PM – 5:00 PM
GoFly Team Talks
GoFly Flying Teams
LEAP DAY, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 29TH
A Celebration of Flight
10 AM
Doors open
11 AM – 2 PM
GoFly Teams Take Flight
Short Demo Flights to Showcase Teams for the Disruptor Prize
11 AM – 3 PM
STEM Activities
Team Interactions
Meet and Greets
2 PM – 2:30 PM
California Air National Guard performing a Para-Rescue Jump
Vicky Benzing Showcase Flight
3 PM
GoFly Prize Awards Ceremony
Please note, all schedules are subject to change.
