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Aug 23, 2016 | Show Announcements

Good Morning America Added to Final Keynote Lineup at InterDrone

Maria Stefanopoulos joins FAA Administrator Michael P. Huerta keynoting at commercial drone industry’s largest dedicated event

BZ Media LLC today announced that Maria Stefanopoulos, Emmy Award Winning Production Manager for ABC News, Good Morning America, has been added to complete it’s final slate of keynote speakers. She will be joined at InterDrone by a high-level lineup of commercial drone thought leaders who will frame the state of the industry for the more than 4,000 attendees expected at the conference, being held September 7-9 at the Paris Hotel in Las Vegas.

Michael P. Huerta, administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, will give the Grand Opening Keynote address at InterDrone, on September 7.

In addition to Mr. Huerta’s grand opening, and Maria Stefanopoulos? keynote on Friday September 9, other keynote addresses will be presented by:

* Tian Yu, CEO and Founder, Yuneec

* Mike Winn, CEO and Co-Founder, DroneDeploy

* Anil V. Nanduri, VP and GM, UAV Segment, Intel

* Romeo Durscher, Director of Education, DJI

* Paul Misener, VP Global Innovation Policy & Communications, Amazon

* Chris Anderson, CEO and Founder, 3D Robotics

* Dr. Gregory McNeal, Co-Founder, AirMap

* Robert Blair, Vice President, Measure, and a precision agriculture expert

* Jeffrey Antonelli, Founder, and Lead, Drone/UAS Practice Group, Antonelli Law

InterDrone is the largest event dedicated to commercial drones in North America, “Attendance is running well ahead of last year at this time and with 155 companies in the exhibit hall we will have a huge collection of commercial drones on display,” said Ted Bahr, InterDrone Chairman. “More than 250 media and association partners are promoting InterDrone on six continents and we have visitors signed up from more than 50 countries so far,” continued Bahr.

BZ Media has also partnered with the CTIA”The Wireless Association? to allow attendees going to CTIA Super Mobility 2016 to also attend InterDrone. CTIA Super Mobility 2016 badge holders gain free “Expo badge and keynote? attendance for InterDrone, while InterDrone badge holders gain free “Expo badge? access to CTIA Super Mobility 2016, with express shuttle bus service between the event sites running during show hours.

Registration for InterDrone’strictly for commercial drone builders, buyers and flyers”Is open at interdrone.com. For information on exhibiting or event sponsorships, please contact Ted Bahr at ted@bzmedia.com or +1 631-421-4158 x101.

ABOUT BZ MEDIA

BZ Media LLC is a 16 year-old high-tech media company producing industry-leading technical conferences and expositions and SD Times, the leading magazine for the software development industry.

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