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AUVSI
Cascade Chapter Fall Symposium Intel
10/10/2018
ORAVI Summit 2018 Columbia Aviation
Association
9/17/2018 Oregon Transportation Forum
6/11/2018
Salem Commercial Air service -
Salem Convention Center
6/21/2018
Unmanned Aircraft Systems
UAS workshop at OSU
Oregon Transportation Forum 5/31/2018
Oregon Business Plan 12/4/2017
Quarterly Meeting - John
Day Tuesday July 11, 2017
Annual Summit
September 19, 2017
Tillamook Officers Club
Quarterly Meeting Hillsboro Aviation
4/21/2017
April 6, 2017-
AUVSI Cascade UAS conference - Tacoma
April 17-18, 2017-
Oregon Regional Commercial Air Service Roundtable
March 22, 2017-
Columbia Corridor Association UAS presentation with AUVSI
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Held March 3, 2017 35 attendees
ORAVI Quarterly Meeting
OregonTech Wilsonville campus
Friday, March 3,
2017
1:00pm - 4:00pm
This first ORAVI quarterly meeting of
2017 will focus on workforce development
and will feature presentations on the
new Oregon Manufacturing Innovation
Center (OMIC) and STEM programs.
Snacks and beverages will be provided
and there will be plenty of time for
networking.
If you are interested in
Workforce Development and
connecting with sources of
trained technical people for
your company, this is the event to
attend.
Speakers
Mike Myers, Ph.D Associate
professor at OregonTech represents OIT
on the team that is standing up the
Oregon Manufacturing Innovation Center (OMIC).
The project is in collaboration with
Portland State University, Oregon State
University, Portland Community College
and Boeing.
This training and apprenticeship
facility will be based in
Scappoose Oregon. Senator Betsy Johnson
was instrumental in moving this program
forward.
The center is based on a successful
model deployed by the Advanced
Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) in
Sheffield, UK.
Melissa Dubois, Ph.D Director
of the South Metro-Salem STEM
Partnership.
. The South Metro-Salem STEM
Hub is the operational backbone of the
South Metro-Salem STEM Partnership (SMSP),
a strategic partnership housed at the
Oregon Institute of Technology and a
designated Oregon Regional STEM Hub.
SMSP is a collaborative effort of
school districts, community colleges,
universities, out-of-school programs and
business and community partners that is
focused on increasing student access and
success in STEM fields. SMSP
Partnership
Cost is $10 for members, $25 for
non-members
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Thank you. If you are not an ORAVI
member and wish to join with our 100+
aviation companies in Oregon please go
to
www.oravi.org/Join
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ORAVI Summit 2016
Tuesday, October 4, 2016
11:00 AM TO 6:00 PM
(includes lunch & social time)
Columbia Aviation
Association
Aurora State Airport KUAO
14323 Stenbock Way, N.E.
Aurora, OR 97002
The summit featured four major
areas of interest
-
HB2075 grant process
for $20m over 6
years
-
Rural Air Service
for Oregon
communities
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Capital Access to
launch and grow
aviation businesses
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Networking,
contacts, business
connections.
AGENDA
11:00am 11:30 Check
in
11:30 12:30 Catered
lunch
1:00
Welcome and attendee
introductions - Jake
Jacobs
1:30 Senator
Betsy Johnson Keynote:
Aviation in Oregon

Working
with the
legislature. The
history, the future,
the role of aviation
in Oregon's economy.
$omething new in the
air. Betsy knows
aviation. She's
former manager of
Oregon Aeronautics,
a pilot with 3500
hours and 5 terms in
the Oregon
legislature.
1:45 Mitch
Swecker, Director,
Oregon Department of
Aviation

Mitch Swecker
and Planning &
Projects Manager
Heather Peck
will
discuss HB2075 and
the grant request
process for funding
airport maintenance,
emergency
preparedness, rural
air service and
economic
development. Learn
if your organization
qualifies, the
details of the
program and how to
process a grant
request. Mitch is a
retired USN Captain
with 3,800 hours.
2:30 Senator
Ted Ferrioli.
Senate Minority
Leader Keynote -
Travelling in rural
Oregon
The urban
divide. Benefits of
air service to rural
Oregon communities.
His district
covers 36,000 square
miles in eastern
Oregon and his John
Day office is a 5
hour drive from his
Salem office.
Yes, he'd rather
fly.
2:45 Mark
Gardiner
Oregon Dept of
Aviation - Rural
Air Service
Mark
Gardiner is the
retiring chair of
the Oregon
Department of
Aviation board after
8 years of service.
Mark is a private
pilot with multiple
ratings and is a CEO
of Western Financial
Group and former CFO
at City of Portland.
Mark will lead a
panel of experts
discussing rural air
service plans,
funding available,
alternatives and
targeted
communities.
Panel includes:
Scott
Brooksby,
ORAVI rural air
committee chair
Kent Craford,
CEO of Alaska
Seaplanes
Lance
Vanderbeck,
Airport Manager,
Newport, OR KONP
Mitch
Swecker,
Director, Oregon
Department of
Aviation
3:30 -
4:00 Break
30 minutes for
networking and
refreshments
4:00 Jon
Damush, VP Insitu
and successful entrepreneur
Keynote:
Capital Access
The path of an
entrepreneur.
Connections to
Capital. Jon has
experience in
launching companies
and raising
significant capital.
How to start and
grow regional
aviation and UAS
companies with the
appropriate type of
funding. Find it,
secure it, launch
it. And is he
a pilot, yes!
4:15 Capital
Access expert panel
- John Damush,
moderator
Jonathan Evans, CEO
co-founder Skyward
John Desmond,
Oregon Angel Fund
Diane
Fraiman,
Voyger Capital -
Venture Investor
Amy Pearl,
CEO, Hatch Oregon -
Community Public
Offering
Equity and
debt funding. Seed
funding, angel
investors, venture
capital, banks,
strategic
partnerships, M&A.
Sources for the
capital needed to
grow your company.
4:45 Karmen
Fore, Governor's
Senior Policy
Advisor

As the
Governor's
Senior Policy
Advisor for
Transportation,
Karmen will
discuss the
value of the
aviation
industry as a
leading asset
for
transportation
and economic
development in
Oregon.
5:00 Social
hour
Snacks, libations,
networking, business
connections and new
friends
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Joint SOAR Oregon / ORAVI conference
UAS drones and their positive impact on Oregon's economy
Held
Wednesday June 15, 2016
Survey Results
Thanks to all 100+ who
attended the June 15
conference. For those
unable to attend, here
are copies of the
session
Download
speaker audios
Download as mp3 files
Stream
audios from YouTube
Speakers Part 1
Speakers
Part 2
Agenda
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2015 events
Oregon Business Council's Leadership Summit
Monday
December 14, 2015
Link to Video and
presentations
www.oravi.org/AviationBreakout

On Monday December
14, 2015 the Oregon Business Plan Leadership Summit will
be held at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland.
This yearly event draws 1,000+ attendees from business
and government leadership across the state.
Final Agenda as of 12/10/2015
For more information and to register for
the Summit, go to
www.oregonbusinessplan.org
If you are planning to attend the Leadership Summit
you'll have a choice of several breakfast breakout
sessions presented by nine different cluster groups.
The Aviation Industry Cluster
Breakfast Breakout session is being presented by Oregon
Aviation Industries (ORAVI) from
7:30am - 8:30am at the Oregon Convention Center
Come and hear about:
Rural Air Service, Drones, Heavy
lift helicopters, Kit planes.
The breakout
speakers include:
Vans Aircraft
Synergy Air
LEKTRO
Erickson Aviation
SOAR Oregon
Oregon Dept. of Aviation
Alaska Seaplanes
Sisters Eagle Airport
Rep. John Huffman
Sen. Betsy Johnson |
For more information and to register for
the Summit, go to
www.oregonbusinessplan.org
Agenda
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ORAVI Annual Summit 2015
Tuesday September 15, 2015This event has
been held
110 attendees
Columbia Aviation Association
Aurora State Airport
14323 Stenbock Way, N.E.
Aurora, Oregon 97002
www.caapilots.com
Fueled for Growth -
Celebrate and Accelerate
House Bill 2075 was submitted by ORAVI in the 2015
Oregon Legislative Session and its successful
passage is a major milestone for aviation in Oregon.
Over the next six years aviation fuel tax funds of
twenty million dollars will become available for
grant matches, economic development, rural air
service and airport infrastructure development for
airports and organizations that qualify under the terms of the
legislation.
At Summit 2015 we will focus on the programs,
priorities and processes that are being established
to apply for funds. And, to set realistic
expectations for the possibility of qualifying to
participate in this program. This a meeting that aviation
related businesses will definitely want to attend.
11:00am Check-in begins
12:00pm Noon networking lunch
Catered by
Wooden Nickel
Menu:
Rosemary Roasted Pork Loin Carved
--or--
Baked Halibut topped with Hollandaise
Sauce
And:
-Hazelnut & Cranberry Rice Pilaf
-Vegetable Medley with Butter Sauce
-Spinach Salad with Dried Cranberries,
Pecans, Fresh Mushrooms, Sliced Red Onions
with House Dressings & Homestyle Croutons
-Baked Assorted Bread Basket with Butter
-Coffee & Water
-Angel Food Cake with Berries & Whipped
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1:30
pm - State Legislator's Panel |
- Sen. Ted Ferrioli
District 30 John Day and much of eastern
Oregon
- Sen. Betsy Johnson
District 16 Scappoose and north coast
- Sen. Fred Girod
District 9 Stayton Hubbard east of Salem
- Rep. Julie Parrish
District 37 Tualatin / West Linn
Panel Moderator
Cam Preus,
President
Blue Mountain Community College
Serving Baker, Grant, Morrow, and
Umatilla counties
Offering courses in Unmanned
Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Systems & Precision
Agriculture.
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This panel of distinguished Oregon legislators will discuss the economic opportunities for aviation
related businesses, unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and rural air transportation in
Oregon.
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2:15 - House Bill 2075 Aviation
Funding
HB2075 |
- Mark Gardiner, Oregon Aviation Board Chairman
- Mary Rosenblum, ORAVI Aviation Funding Committee Chair
and Oregon
Aviation Board Member
- Heather Peck, Oregon Department of
Aviation
Planning and Projects Manager
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The panel will discuss the status of
rule-making and initial information on the types
of projects that may qualify, prioritization,
and how the funding application process will be
organized. This will be initial information,
subject to change as the process continues.
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3:15 Break
- Networking for 30 minutes
3:45
Rural Air Service
Lessons Learned & Future Possibilities
Kent Craford, CEO
Alaska Seaplanes & Redwood Airlines
and former president of SeaPort
Air
4:15 Unmanned
Aircraft Systems
Drones,
test zones, FAA, economic development and jobs
potential Ann
Schmierer, Ph.D OSU Director of
Industry Partnering
Mark Peters, OSU International UAS
Compliance Officer
Brian
Whiteside, President,
AUVSI/Cascade & CEO of VDOS Global
4:30 - Closing Speaker
Karmen Fore,
Governor's Office Transportation Policy Advisor
4:45 -
Networking Reception
Social time with beverages
The successful passage of HB 2075 fuels major
positive progress for aviation businesses and
airports all across Oregon, especially rural Oregon. This meeting is your opportunity to become directly
involved and to provide your inputs.
Contact: Jake Jacobs Executive Director Oregon Aviation Industries jake@oravi.org www.oravi.org
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p.s.
For those flying
into KUAO, CTAF is still 122.7
The tower will not go
into operation until sometime in October 2015. At
that time:
Tower
frequency will
be 120.35
Ground
frequency will
be 119.15
122.7 will continue to be monitored by tower controllers
for several months after switchover to Class D airspace. |
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