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*<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">Description: DroneFocus is an annual event that brings together leaders in the drone industry from all acorss the country for an all-day conference. A recap of of last year's (2015) event is available at&nbsp;</span></span></span><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">[https://vimeo.com/133365221 <span style="color:#000000;">https://vimeo.com/133365221</span>]<span style="color:#000000;">. North Dakota is home to one of the leading Unmanned Arial System (UAS) hotspots in the nation. With industry leaders such as Botlink (</span>[https://botlink.com <span style="color:#000000;">https://botlink.com</span>]<span style="color:#000000;">) and facilities such as the Northern Plains UAS Test Site (</span>[http://www.npuasts.com <span style="color:#000000;">http://www.npuasts.com</span>]</span></span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">), North Dakota holds the resources, technologies, and networking opportunity to experience the regional and national state of the UAS atmosphere. Guest speakers, pitch events, and networking opportunities will be just a few of the events available to attendees.</span></span></span></span></span>*<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">Team Leaders: Ben Ferguson</span></span></span></span></span>*<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">Milestones:</span></span></span></span></span>**<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">Designed Team Application (Completed - 01/08/While the DroneFocus competition was a mild success in 2016)</span></span></span></span></span>**<span style="font-family:times new romanwith 8 teams competing,timesthere was not enough interest to continue the competition for 2017. There are still many drone teams in the area,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new romanhowever,timesthey were not willing to compete with their design for some reason. There are still monthly UAS meetings held by Emerging Prairie in downtown Fargo,serif;">Distributed a writewhich are attended by approximately 30-up and outline 40 people per event. NDSU attempted to partner schools (Completed - 02/01/2016)</span></span></span></span></span>**<span style="font-family:times new romanhost a separate drone competition,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-which actually yielded some success. Investigations are currently underway to determine how to grow this competition in terms of both size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">Student Applications for the Pitch Competitions (04/15/2016)</span></span></span></span></span>***<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">This event will take place on 06/01/2016and scope.</span></span></span></span></span>