Events in Aerial Robotics

Here are events like expos or academic conferences listed that are important for Aerial Robotists.

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2025

Xponential Europe

• Date: Feb 17-20
• Location: Dusseldorf, Germany
• Website: https://www.xponential-europe.com/
• Description: Expo and trade fair
• Side-events: European Drone Forum on 17-18 Feb

ICUAS

• Date: May 14-17
• Location: Charlotte, USA
• Website: https://uasconferences.com/2025_icuas/
• Description: International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems
• Paper submission deadline: Feb 4 2025

Xponential

• Date: May 19-20
• Location: Houston, USA
• Website: https://xponential.org/
• Description: Technology Expo with a focus on drones

ICRA

• Date: May 19-23
• Location: Atlanta, USA
• Website: https://2025.ieee-icra.org/
• Description: Academic robotics conference with many sessions on UAVs
• Note: Workshop on 25 years of Aerial Robotics: Challenges and Opportunities
• Paper submission deadline: Sept 15 2024 (already passed)

International Drone Show

• Date: June 18-19
• Location: Odense, Denmark
• Website: [https://2025.ieee-icra.org/](https://internationaldroneshow.com/)
• Description: Drone business expo with many demos

Embedded Linux Conference Europe

• Date: Aug 25-27
• Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands
• Website: https://events.linuxfoundation.org/open-source-summit-europe/
• Description: Hosted within the Open Source Summit, ELC is the premiere event for anything open source and embedded
• Call for participation: Closed

ROSCon

• Date: Oct 27-29
• Location: Singapore, Singapore
• Website: https://roscon.ros.org/2025/
• Description: Developer Conference on the Robot Operating System (ROS)
• Call for participation: Deadline 2nd of june

IROS

• Date: Oct 19-25
• Location: Hanzhou, China
• Website: http://www.iros25.org/
• Description: Academic robotics conference with many sessions on UAVs
• Paper submission deadline: March 1 2025

IMAV

• Date: Nov 10-14
• Location: San Andres Cholula, Mexico
• Website: https://femexrobotica.org/imav2025/
• Description: Micro Air Vehicle Conference and Competition
• Call for participation: Not out yet

2026

Commercial UAV Forum

• Date: April 22-23
• Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
• Website: https://www.forumuav.com/
• Description: Commercial drone event
• Call for participation: Accepting submissions now

This page was last updated: April 18, 2025