China displayed its latest and biggest military unmanned aircraft at an industry expo that closed in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, on Friday, in an attempt to attract more buyers for its combat drones. Continue reading
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Over 2,100 Commercial End Users, Vendors at First Annual Drone World Expo
The first ever Drone World Expo had an extremely successful launch last week at the San Jose Convention Center. The exhibit hall floor featured 75 exhibiting companies and the event attracted 2,120 commercial drone professionals. The exhibitors responded enthusiastically about their experience at the new trade show with many already planning on renewing booth space for the 2016 Show which will take place November 15-16 back at the San Jose Convention Center. Continue reading
Smart Drones on Display at Drone World Expo
After a series of close calls, some unmanned aircraft are now being pre-programmed to steer their users away from trouble. These smarter drones were on display at the first ever Drone World Expo in San Jose. Continue reading
New Applications on Show at Drone World Expo
Two years ago, they were the domain of tinkerers and hobbyists but now, drones are everywhere. ABC7 News found out there are far more serious applications in the works at the Drone World Expo convention in San Jose. Continue reading
Drone World Expo ‘Avoiding the Traffic Jam’
Drone World Expo in San Jose got off to a cracking start on Wednesday with a fully-packed room of attendees who turned up at 9 am for the Keynote: ‘Avoiding the Traffic Jam: A Government and Industry UTM Update’. The high-powered panel featured David Famolari, Verizon Ventures; Marke “Hoot” Gibson, FAA; Parimal “PK” Kopardekar, NASA and Dr. Dave Vos, Google X, and Gretchen West, Hogan Lovells, moderated the discussion.
Silicon Valley Welcomes Drone World Expo
Today is the opening day of the inaugural Drone World Expo, the defining event for the commercial applications of UAS technology, being held at the San Jose Convention Center, November 17-18. Continue reading
The Civil RPAS Operators Forum
RPAS CivOps 2015 will take place in Brussels, Belgium on 2 & 3 December 2015. It has as purpose to inform the Civil Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems Operators Community on the upcoming regulatory changes in Europe, and is being coordinated with the European Parliament & the European Commission. Continue reading
Drone World Expo – Exclusive Interviews – Joel Davis
To conclude our series of exclusive interviews, our final interviewee is the event organiser himself, Joel Davis Founder & CEO of JD Events. Prior to founding JD Events in January of 2002, Joel spent 16 years as a senior executive in the tradeshow and conference industry. He began his event management career with Reed Exhibition Companies and left Reed in 1996 to serve as President of Primedia/Intertec Exhibitions (now Penton Media), and subsequently served as President and COO of eMarketWorld and Vice President/General Manager of Imark Communications.
Joel has a genuine passion for the events business combined with a deeply held belief in the value of face-to-face marketing and community building. He has been a member of the Society of Independent Show Organizers (SISO) since 1996 and has served on the SISO Executive Committee. Continue reading