Women Who Drone

Hélène Franchineau is a visual journalist, consultant, drone pilot and WWD Brand Ambassador covering Turkey, the Middle East, Central Asia and Africa but based in Istanbul. As part of her work for HF Visuals, her own company, Hélène is a versatile one-woman band who can pitch, film, edit and produce visual packages for a diversity of clients. She uses drones for her journalistic work (when it makes sense for the story); and she also travels across Turkey and the Middle East region to conduct wind turbine technical inspections. Check out Hélène's BBC story following Baigalmaa, the Mongolian adventurer: https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p077ytl2/from-mongolia-to-the-uk-by-camel https://www.instagram.com/p/CBBGHu-lSpI/ Follow Hélène on Instagram and check out her website: https://www.instagram.com/helene_fr/ https://www.helenefranchineau.com/ HrfSrfScNY7oGzF4MQIh

Sue Osborn was the Chief Drone Pilot for the AGB Events and Intel to run the Southern Hemisphere’s biggest drone sky show in Sydney, Australia in January 2022. Sue has a wealth of experience with drones having served in the Middle East with the Australian Army before taking on the Chief Pilot role with Mirragin. Read about Sue's experience coordinating the largest drone light display: https://www.flightsafetyaustralia.com/2022/01/drone-flyer-diary-sue-osborn/   Check out the ELEVATE SkyShow: https://vimeo.com/665479635 Follow Sue on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sueosborn/ t1Tnv9SJkYzZk0cpLO3g

Christine is a drone pilot, creator, WWD ambassador and nonstop traveller. In less than 2 years she has helped thousands of people to get started with drones. In 2021 over 2 million people have seen her drone videos and she’s a finalist for winning awards as a trailblazing creator. She is also passionate about empowering and inspiring more women and people to fly drones. Follow Christine on all her social channels; Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn and YouTube: https://www.instagram.com/christinelozada/ https://twitter.com/ChristineLozada https://www.linkedin.com/in/christinelozada/ https://www.youtube.com/c/ChristineLozada

Amanda is a Certified Drone pilot based in Arizona and a WWD Brand Ambassador. Originally entering the drone world from an architectural background, Amanda’s love for drones and photography has fuelled her creative pursuits and eventually turned into a business. Today, we will learn more about her drone experiences, community involvement and the lessons she has learned along the way. Follow Amanda on Instagram, LinkedIn and YouTube: https://www.instagram.com/above_az/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/amanda-ochs-8410b674/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjJb94jNFmkqt5oZVud2Vuw/featured

Sandrine Hecq is an aerial photographer who has been flying for over 5 years and lives in Perth Western Australia. She is a travel enthusiast that takes most of her content with a drone. Anyone can tell right away by taking a look at her work that she has an avid love for oceans and capturing the world from an aerial point of view! She is currently an entrepreneur that runs three businesses and flying drones is a huge hobby of hers. Follow Sandrine on Instagram, YouTube, Twitter and Facebook: https://www.instagram.com/sandrinehecq/ https://www.youtube.com/c/SandrineHecqLifestyleEntrepreneur https://twitter.com/sandrinevisuals https://www.facebook.com/sandrine.hecq.9

Petra Leary, who is an award winning New Zealand born aerial photographer and Women Who Drone Brand Ambassador. As a world traveller, she hunts out unusual landscapes, captures them from unforeseen angles such as her signature bird’s eye angle from above, and manipulates and accentuates colours in post-production to create her final work. Follow Petra Leary on Instagram and Twitter:  https://www.instagram.com/petraleary/ https://twitter.com/petraleary

Ellie McCutcheon is a drone cinematographer specializing in storytelling techniques. Based out of Northern California, Ellie teaches at The UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism and is a Brand Ambassador for Women Who Drone. She has shot footage for Netflix, The Washington Post, and NPR, among other notable clients. In addition to film, Ellie flies drones for infrastructure inspection on electrical transmission lines. Her favorite projects take her deep into wild places, whether that's driving trucks deep into the forest for utilities work or filming desert moonscapes with a man in a spacesuit. Ellie's newest frontier is drone mapping and utilizing 3D modelling to aid landowners in planning and designing for land projects on their properties. Check out the article discussing which public lands can you fly over in the US: https://fstoppers.com/aerial/making-heads-or-tails-flying-drone-over-us-public-lands-226124

Join Elena Buenrostro as she talks with Bethany Hall, (certified GISP) Geographic Information Systems Coordinator at Consolidated Utility District as we discuss all about how she got started in drone mapping and GIS. Bethany Hall has been flying UAVs for over five years as a licensed Part 107 Remote Pilot and is a Geographical Information Systems professional (GISP) with 20+ years of GIS experience in the electric and water utility industries at Consolidated Utility District of Rutherford County. Currently, she is on special assignment as a participant with Oak Ridge Institute of Science and Education (ORISE) assigned to the Department of Defense's (DoD) Department of POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. She is serving as the Field Data Collection Coordinator assisting field recovery teams with GPS equipment and mapping services to help recover missing U.S. servicemen around the World. Once her assignment is complete with ORISE and DPAA, she'll return to Consolidated Utility District in Murfreesboro, TN to resume her previous duties as GIS Coordinator. In addition to flying UAVs and mapping battlefields with GIS, Bethany volunteers with the American Association of Geographer’s GeoMentor program introducing kids to geography and UAVs. Check out Bethany's course, How to Use Drone Deploy for Aerial Mapping and Surveying: https://womenwhodrone.teachable.com/p/drone-deploy-for-aerial-mapping-surveying

Join us for a leadership panel discussion on the importance of building inclusive women-focused communities in male-dominated industries, with leaders Elena Buenrostro (WomenWhoDrone), Theodora Skeadas (Harvard W3D - Women in Defense, Diplomacy, and Development at Harvard University) and Nora Touré (Wi3D: Women in 3D Printing). ** Biographies ** Elena Buenrostro (Founder @Women Who Drone | Global Content Producer, Google Play | International Speaker) Elena Buenrostro is a Content Producer, Certified Drone pilot, International Speaker, Actress and Founder of Women Who Drone, an online platform and community that inspires, educates and empowers women and girls with drone technology. In addition to her work with Women Who Drone, Elena is also a part of the brand marketing team on Google Play developing content and social media strategies for global social channels, working with top gaming developers and marketing teams to execute global social and engagement content. Theodora Skeadas (President of Harvard W3D: Women in Defense, Diplomacy, and Development) Theodora Skeadas is a Public Policy Associate at Twitter, where she supports a range of policy projects on subjects including disinformation, counter-terrorism, content moderation, safety, public trust, interoperability, and child exploitation. She is also the Executive Director of Cambridge Local First, a non-profit that promotes a local economy community by educating the public and government about the significant environmental, economic, and cultural benefits of a strong local economy. Nora Toure (Founder @Women in 3D Printing | Director, Sales & Service Factory Operations @Fast Radius | TEDx Speaker) Nora Toure has been an additive manufacturing expert since 2010, particularly skilled at building strategy alliances and strong business relationships. She has  a deep understanding and experience of the manufacturing ecosystem with a passion for working at innovative companies driving social value through technology. Besides her career achievements, Nora founded the non-profit Women in 3D Printing in 2014 to promote women leaders in the additive manufacturing industry. She has grown the platform to 15,000+ members spanning 25 countries through 65 chapters.

Join Yasmin Tajik and Lorie Grabham, Sr. Systems Information Technology Applications at American Airlines for a Fireside chat who brings over 20+ years of experience in Technical Operations IT in the Aviation industry, Masters in Unmanned Systems Engineering, and 4+ years in Arizona’s Aerospace and AUVSI community.

Join Dr. Catherine Ball, scientific futurist, speaker,  advisor, author, founder, executive producer, executive director, company director and charity patron working across global projects where emerging technologies meet humanitarian, education and environmental needs. She is the 2020 Patron for the Tech Girls Movement aka 'Tech Girls are Superheroes', a #SheFlies ambassador for Girl Geek Academy, and a mentor and advisor to the CEO of New York based Women Who Drone, as well as a mentor to the #SuperstarsofSTEM project by Science and Technology Australia. Read more on her bio on her Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Ball) or her personal website (https://www.drcatherineball.com/about)

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